Descriptions of new fungal taxa. Fungal Planet description sheets: 625–715

The concept of biodiversity brings images of adorable animals (‘charismatic megafauna’) and beautiful plants to the mind of the average person. Many people are concerned about endangered species, and in general about the negative effects of human economic activities on wild plants and animals. Those who fund biodiversity research often have similar perspectives. These viewpoints are understandable, but in terms of real biology, unrealistically narrow.Few people, for example, ever think of fungi in these terms. Fungi are rarely considered organisms that can be threatened, or whose activities can be essential to the health of ecosystems. A major aim within biology these days is to link fungi to their environment, i.e. to the ecosystems where they occur. Mycologists know that there are more than 1.5 million species of fungi, of which we currently know only around 7%. The Fungal Planet project is intended to facilitate the description of new fungal species. At the same time, it aims to stabilize the nomenclature of known species, and very importantly, to develop non-technical material on fungal diversity that might resonate with politicians, decision makers and other biologists. With this initiative, we aim to highlight the world’s incredible fungal diversity, and thus emphasize the importance of supporting fungal biodiversity research. Although not all fungi can be cultivated , we intend to make cultures or DNA extracts of all species included in the Fungal Planet available to international initiatives such as AFToL (Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life), and CBoL (Consortium for the Barcode of Life). Contributors must ensure that cultures or DNA are deposited in major international collections to facilitate further research on these taxa.Fungal Planet is expected to be one of several kingdom-based, consortium-style projects aimed at facilitating the discovery and description of our planet’s biodiversity. You and other mycologists are invited to contribute to this venture.

生物多样性的概念，往往会让普通人联想到可爱的动物（即“魅力型巨型动物群（charismatic megafauna）”）与美丽的植物。许多人关注濒危物种，总体上也关切人类经济活动对野生动植物造成的负面影响。资助生物多样性研究的机构与个人，往往也持有类似的观点。这类观点固然可以理解，但从真正的生物学视角来看，却过于狭隘且脱离实际。
举例而言，极少有人会以这类视角看待真菌：真菌很少被视为可能面临生存威胁的生物，也鲜有人意识到其活动对生态系统健康至关重要。当前生物学领域的一项核心目标，便是将真菌与其生存环境——也就是其所处的生态系统——紧密关联起来。真菌学家们深知，全球真菌物种总量超过150万种，而目前人类仅了解其中约7%。
“真菌星球（Fungal Planet）”项目旨在推动新真菌物种的描述与定名工作；同时，该项目还致力于稳定已知物种的命名规范，尤为重要的是，开发面向非专业人士的真菌多样性科普材料，以吸引政治家、决策者以及其他生物学家的关注。通过这项倡议，我们旨在展现全球令人惊叹的真菌多样性，进而强调支持真菌生物多样性研究的重要性。
尽管并非所有真菌都可培养，但我们计划将“真菌星球”项目收录的所有物种的培养物或DNA提取物，提供给国际合作项目，例如“构建真菌生命之树（AFToL）”与“生命条形码联盟（CBoL）”。项目贡献者需确保将培养物或DNA样本存入权威国际馆藏机构，以推动后续针对这些类群的研究。
“真菌星球”项目有望成为多个以生物类群为基础的联盟式项目之一，旨在推动全球生物多样性的发现与研究描述。我们诚挚邀请您及其他真菌学家参与这项事业。