Award Abstract #0118776
PEET: Monographic Studies of Southeast Asian Saprotrophic Agaricales (Fungi)

NSF Org:	DEB Division of Environmental Biology
Initial Amendment Date:	September 6, 2001
Latest Amendment Date:	July 28, 2007
Award Number:	0118776
Award Instrument:	Continuing grant
Program Manager:	Maureen M. Kearney DEB Division of Environmental Biology BIO Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:	September 1, 2001
Expires:	August 31, 2008 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$745801
Investigator(s):	Dennis Desjardin ded@sfsu.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave San Francisco, CA 94132 415/405-3943
NSF Program(s):	PARTNER TO ENHANCE EXP IN TAX, SYST BIOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY IN, PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS
Field Application(s):	0000099 Other Applications NEC
Program Reference Code(s):	EGCH, 9169, 1056
Program Element Code(s):	7376, 7374, 1171

ABSTRACT

Saprotrophic fungi play major ecological roles in litter decomposition, nutrient recycling and retention, soil genesis, litter binding that inhibits erosion, and as food sources for innumerable animals. Additionally, some mushroom species cause extensive damage to economically important food crops, while others produce biomedically important antibiotics. Understanding the diversity, ecological roles, and phylogenetic relationships of these decomposer organisms is essential to understanding how ecosystems function and persist, especially in tropical ecosystems where nutrient turnover is so rapid. Dr. Dennis Desjardin at San Francisco State University, a mycologist with a productive record of research on the mushrooms of the Pacific Rim and especially Indonesia, will conduct monographic studies of the saprotrophic agarics (gilled mushrooms) from underexplored regions of Southeast Asia. Special emphasis will be given to the genera Marasmius, Marasmiellus, and Mycena, which are the most diverse yet

understudied genera of decomposer mushrooms in tropical ecosystems. Approximately 25% of all mushroom species encountered in Southeast Asia

belong to these three genera, and nearly one third of them represent species new to science. Monographic studies are imperative in order to build a taxonomic foundation to support biodiversity studies, and to provide raw materials for phylogenetic analyses and for the screening of biomedically important compounds. A central focus of this five-year project is on the integration of traditional morphological and ecological studies with molecular phylogenetic analyses. Training of undergraduate and graduate students from Southeast Asia and the US entails coursework in systematics, laboratory and museum studies, and extensive fieldwork in Southeast Asia. All aspects of data documentation will be computerized and Internet-distributed, including specimen databasing, taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses, nomenclature and bibliographic databasing. Collaborations with colleagues and students from Southeast Asia will build lifelong partnerships that enhance taxonomic expertise across international

borders.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Buyck, B. and D.E. Desjardin.  "Russula zonata, a new Russula in subsection Ochricompactae from Thailand.,"  Crypt. Mycol.,  v.24,  2004,  p. 111.

Desjardin, D.E. and L. Ryvarden.  "The genus Gloiodon.,"  Sydowia,  v.55,  2003,  p. 153.

Desjardin, D.E., and E. Horak.  "Agaricales of Indonesia. 4. Mycena sect. Longisetae with comments on allied species.,"  Sydowia,  v.54,  2002,  p. 142.

Desjardin, D.E., M. Capelari and C. Stevani.  "Bioluminescent Mycena species from Sao Paulo, Brazil.,"  Mycologia,  v.99,  2007,  p. 317.

Desjardin, D.E., T. Boonpratuang, and N.L. Hywel-Jones..  "An accounting of the worldwide members of Mycena sect. Longisetae.,"  Fungal Diversity,  v.11,  2002,  p. 69.

Desjardin, D.E., T. Boonpratuang, and N.L. Hywel-Jones..  "New spinose species of Mycena in sections Basipedes and Polyadelphia from Thailand.,"  Fungal Diversity,  v.12,  2003,  p. 7.

Desjardin, D.E., Wang, Z., Binder, M. and Hibbett, D.S..  "Sparassis cystidiosa sp. nov. from Thailand is described based on morphological and molecular data and molecular data.,"  Mycologia,  v.96,  2004,  p. 1010.

Desjardin, D.E.; Oliveira, A.G.; Stevani, C.V..  "Fungi bioluminescence revisited,"  Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.,  v.7,  2008,  p. 170.

Keirle, M., D. E. Hemmes and D. E. Desjardin.  "Agaricales of the Hawaiian Islands. 8. Agaricaceae: Coprinus and Podaxis; Psathyrellaceae: Coprinopsis, Coprinellus and Parasola.,"  Fungal Diversity,  v.15,  2004,  p. 33.

Le, H.T., J. Nuytinck, A. Verbeken, D.E. Desjardin and S. Lumyong.  "Lactarius in Northern Thailand: 1. Lactarius subgenus Piperites.,"  Fungal Diversity,  v.24,  2007,  p. 173.

Le, H.T.; Verbeken, A.; Nuytinck, J.; Lumyong, S.; Desjardin, D.E..  "Lactarius in Northern Thailand. 3. Lactarius subgenus Lactariopsis,"  Mycotaxon,  v.102,  2007,  p. 281.

Matheny, P.B. et al. (28 authors including D. E. Desjardin).  "Six major clades of Agaricales inferred from RNA polymerase II and nuclear ribosomal RNA genes.,"  Mycologia,  v.98,  2006,  p. 984.

Noorlidah, A., S. Vikineswary, M. Yusoff, and D. E. Desjardin.  "Higher fungi of Northeast Langkawi.,"  Malayan Journal of Science,  v.24,  2005,  p. 95.

Tan, Y-S., Desjardin, D.E., Vikineswary, S., and N. Abdullah.  "New species and mating studies of Marasmius from Malaysia.,"  Fungal Diversity,  v.25,  2007,  p. 187.

Tan, Y.S.; Desjardin, D.E.; Vikineswary, S.; Abdullah, N..  "The genus Marasmius in Peninsular Malaysia,"  Malaysian Fungal Diversity,  2007,  p. 61.

Wannathes, N., D.E. Desjardin, A. Retnowati, Y.S. Tan, and S. Lumyong,.  "A redescription of Marasmius pellucidus, a species widespread in South Asia,"  Fungal Diversity,  v.17,  2004,  p. 203.

Wilson, A. W., D. E. Desjardin and E. Horak.  "Agaricales of Indonesia. 5. The genus Gymnopus from Java and Bali.,"  Sydowia,  v.56,  2004,  p. 137.

Wilson, A.W. and D.E. Desjardin.  "Phylogenetic relationships in the gymnopoid and marasmioid fungi (Basidiomycetes, euagarics clade).,"  Mycologia,  v.97,  2005,  p. 667.

Zhao, R-L., Desjardin, D.E., Soytong, K, and K.D. Hyde.  "Proposed synonyms in Cyathus.,"  Mycotaxon,  v.97,  2006,  p. 327.


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