The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

David L. Hawksworth; Pedro W. Crous; Scott A. Redhead; Don R. Reynolds; Robert A. Samson; Keith A. Seifert; John W. Taylor; Michael J. Wingfield; Ozlem Abaci; Catherine Aime; Ahmet Asan; Feng-Yan Bai; Z. Wilhelm de Beer; Dominik Begerow; Derya Berikten; Teun Boekhout; Peter K. Buchanan; Treena Burgess; Walter Buzina; Lei Cai; Paul F. Cannon; J. Leland Crane; Ulrike Damm; Heide-Marie Daniel; Anne D. van Diepeningen; Irina Druzhinina; Paul S. Dyer; Ursula Eberhardt; Jack W. Fell; Jens C. Frisvad; David M. Geiser; Jozsef Geml; Chirlei Glienke; Tom Grafenhan; Johannes Z. Groenewald; Marizeth Groenewald; Johannes de Gruyter; Eveline Gueho-Kellermann; Liang-Dong Guo; David S. Hibbett; Seung-Beom Hong; G. Sybren de Hoog; Jos Houbraken; Sabine M. Huhndorf; Kevin D. Hyde; Ahmed Ismail; Peter R. Johnston; Duygu G. Kadaifciler; Paul M. Kirk; Urmas Koljalg; Cletus P. Kurtzman; Paul-Emile Lagneau; C. Andre Levesque; Xingzhong Liu; Lorenzo Lombard; Wieland Meyer; Andrew Miller; David W. Minter; Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh; Lorelei Norvell; Svetlana M. Ozerskaya; Rasime Ozic; Shaun R. Pennycook; Stephen W. Peterson; Olga V. Pettersson; William Quaedvlieg; Vincent A. Robert; Constantino Ruibal; Johan Schnurer; Hans-Josef Schroers; Roger Shivas; Bernard Slippers; Henk Spierenburg; Masako Takashima; Evrim Taskin; Marco Thines; Ulf Thrane; Alev Haliki Uztan; Marcel van Raak; Janos Varga; Aida Vasco; Gerard Verkley; Sandra I. R. Videira; Ronald P. de Vries; Bevan S. Weir; Neriman Yilmaz; Andrey Yurkov; Ning Zhang; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

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The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

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The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

David L. Hawksworth, Pedro W. Crous, Scott A. Redhead, Don R. Reynolds, Robert A. Samson, Keith A. Seifert, John W. Taylor, Michael J. Wingfield, Ozlem Abaci, Catherine Aime, …

IMA fungus, Vol.2(1), pp.105-112

01/06/2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.01.14

PMCID: PMC3317370

PMID: 22679594

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The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature was agreed at an international symposium convened in Amsterdam on 19-20 April 2011 under the auspices of the International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF). The purpose of the symposium was to address the issue of whether or how the current system of naming pleomorphic fungi should be maintained or changed now that molecular data are routinely available. The issue is urgent as mycologists currently follow different practices, and no consensus was achieved by a Special Committee appointed in 2005 by the International Botanical Congress to advise on the problem. The Declaration recognizes the need for an orderly transitition to a single-name nomenclatural system for all fungi, and to provide mechanisms to protect names that otherwise then become endangered. That is, meaning that priority should be given to the first described name, except where that is a younger name in general use when the first author to select a name of a pleomorphic monophyletic genus is to be followed, and suggests controversial cases are referred to a body, such as the ICTF, which will report to the Committee for Fungi. If appropriate, the ICTF could be mandated to promote the implementation of the Declaration. In addition, but not forming part of the Declaration, are reports of discussions held during the symposium on the governance of the nomenclature of fungi, and the naming of fungi known only from an environmental nucleic acid sequence in particular. Possible amendments to the Draft BioCode (2011) to allow for the needs of mycologists are suggested for further consideration, and a possible example of how a fungus only known from the environment might be described is presented.

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Title: The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature
Creators - without role: David L. Hawksworth - Natural History Museum
Pedro W. Crous - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Scott A. Redhead - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Don R. Reynolds - University of California, Berkeley
Robert A. Samson - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Keith A. Seifert - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
John W. Taylor - Plant
Michael J. Wingfield - University of Pretoria
Ozlem Abaci - Ege University
Catherine Aime - Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Ahmet Asan - Trakya University
Feng-Yan Bai - Institute of Microbiology
Z. Wilhelm de Beer - University of Pretoria
Dominik Begerow - Ruhr University Bochum
Derya Berikten - Anadolu University
Teun Boekhout - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Peter K. Buchanan - Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Treena Burgess - Murdoch University
Walter Buzina - Medical University of Graz
Lei Cai - Institute of Microbiology
Paul F. Cannon - CABI Switzerland
J. Leland Crane
Ulrike Damm - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Heide-Marie Daniel - UCLouvain
Anne D. van Diepeningen - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Irina Druzhinina - TU Wien
Paul S. Dyer - University of Nottingham
Ursula Eberhardt - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Jack W. Fell - University of Miami
Jens C. Frisvad - Technical University of Denmark
David M. Geiser - Pennsylvania State University
Jozsef Geml - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Chirlei Glienke - Universidade Federal do Paraná
Tom Grafenhan - Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Canada
Johannes Z. Groenewald - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Marizeth Groenewald - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Johannes de Gruyter - Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences
Eveline Gueho-Kellermann - Mauves sur Huisne, France
Liang-Dong Guo - Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Microbiol, State Key Lab Mycol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
David S. Hibbett - Clark University
Seung-Beom Hong - National Academy of Agricultural Science
G. Sybren de Hoog - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Jos Houbraken - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Sabine M. Huhndorf - Field Museum of Natural History
Kevin D. Hyde - Bandoo Post Office, Muang, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Ahmed Ismail - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Peter R. Johnston - Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Duygu G. Kadaifciler - Istanbul University
Paul M. Kirk - CAB International
Urmas Koljalg - University of Tartu
Cletus P. Kurtzman - National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Paul-Emile Lagneau - Regional Association for Health and Animal Identification, Mons, Belgium
C. Andre Levesque - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Xingzhong Liu - Institute of Microbiology
Lorenzo Lombard - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Wieland Meyer - Westmead Institute
Andrew Miller - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
David W. Minter - Cybertruffle, Whitby YO21 1PA, N Yorkshire, England
Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Lorelei Norvell - University of Portland
Svetlana M. Ozerskaya - G. K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms
Rasime Ozic - Anadolu University
Shaun R. Pennycook - Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Stephen W. Peterson - ARS, Natl Ctr Agr Utilizat Res, USDA, Peoria, IL 61604 USA
Olga V. Pettersson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
William Quaedvlieg - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Vincent A. Robert - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Constantino Ruibal - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Johan Schnurer - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Hans-Josef Schroers - Agricultural institute of Slovenia
Roger Shivas - Department of Jobs and Small Business
Bernard Slippers - University of Pretoria
Henk Spierenburg - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Masako Takashima - RIKEN BioResource Research Center
Evrim Taskin - Manisa Celal Bayar University
Marco Thines - Goethe University Frankfurt
Ulf Thrane - Technical University of Denmark
Alev Haliki Uztan - Ege University
Marcel van Raak - Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences
Janos Varga - University of Szeged
Aida Vasco - Universidad de Antioquia
Gerard Verkley - Canadian Bio-Systems
Sandra I. R. Videira - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Ronald P. de Vries - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Bevan S. Weir - Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Neriman Yilmaz - Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Andrey Yurkov - Ruhr University Bochum
Ning Zhang - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Publication Details: IMA fungus, Vol.2(1), pp.105-112
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 8
Grant note: CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre
Identifiers: 9919698608331
Academic Unit: King Faisal University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article