REVSYS: Revision of Australian Inocybaceae: studies in systematics and evolution of ectomycorrhizal Agaricales from the southern hemisphere

真菌代表了一个鲜为人知和被忽视的生物群体，具有丰富的科学研究潜力。解释真菌在应用研究中的作用需要了解它们的多样性、在自然界中的生态作用和进化历史。在这里，研究人员将产生澳大利亚丝孢菌科的基线数据。蘑菇科Inocybaceae是理想的修订合成，因为它的世界性分布（包括一个高度多样化的组合，发生在热带和温带澳大利亚），其长期的进化历史的专性共生与热带和温带植物。南方热带和温带类群的整合是重要的，以了解历史进程，塑造了目前的分布和多样化模式。除了使用现代分类学的修订方法，在过去的6500万年Inocybaceae的进化历史的分析研究将进行广泛的生物上诉解决的假设。这项研究将包括来自不同大陆的科学家之间的合作，并为两名初级研究人员提供实地和分析培训。研究结果将在网上传播，并通过专著，期刊，会议和涉及科学家，学生和自然爱好者的突袭。

Fungi represent a poorly understood and neglected group of organisms that are rich in scientific research potential. An explanation of the roles of fungi in applied research requires baseline knowledge of their diversity, ecological roles in nature, and evolutionary history. Here the investigators will produce baseline data for Australian Inocybaceae. The mushroom family Inocybaceae is ideal for a revisionary synthesis because of its cosmopolitan distribution (including a highly diverse assemblage that occurs across tropical and temperate Australia), and its long evolutionary history of obligate symbioses with both tropical and temperate plants. Integration of austral tropical and temperate taxa is important to understand historical processes that have shaped current distributions and diversification patterns. In addition to the use of modern taxonomic revisionary methods, analytical studies of the evolutionary history of Inocybaceae over the past 65 million years will be performed to address hypotheses of broad biological appeal. This research will include collaborations between scientists from different continents and provide field and analytical training for two junior researchers. Results will be disseminated online and via monographs, journals, and conferences and forays involving scientists, students, and nature enthusiasts.