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Should describing a new species be science or data release? Rethinking introductions in fungal taxonomy.

IMA Fungus · 2026 · PMC13324474 · PMID 42396231

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Our analyses show that in these genera, approximately 60% of 591 new species described in basidiomycetes and 58% of 322 new species of ascomycetes were published in taxonomic papers dealing with a few species in closely related groups (single lineage), but there has been an increasing trend to publish new species in publications containing multiple unrelated new species (cumulative and online release publications).

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