The number of fungal species has been greatly overestimated
Friday, March 13, 2015 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
A study led by the researchers of the University of Tartu Natural History Museum discovered that the most species-rich fungal communities are in tropical rainforests. The estimated global species richness of fungi, 1.5–5.1 million species, however, seems to be a vast overestimation, according to their data.