TY - JOUR
T1 - TEN PRESSING QUESTIONS (AND ANSWERS) ABOUT MARINE FUNGI AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATIONS IN THE OCEAN SCIENCES
AU - Amend, Anthony S.
AU - Gunde-Cimerman, Nina
AU - Coelho, Marco A.
AU - Durkin, Colleen A.
AU - Ettinger, Cassandra
AU - Gifford, Hugh
AU - Gladfelter, Amy S.
AU - Gostinčar, Cene
AU - Granit, Lior
AU - Grigoriev, Igor
AU - Gutiérrez, Marcelo H.
AU - Hickman, K. J.E.
AU - James, Timothy Y.
AU - Jones, Adam C.
AU - Levi, Rotem
AU - David-Palma, Márcia
AU - Peng, Xuefeng
AU - Quandt, C. Alisha
AU - Rämä, Teppo
AU - Vargas-Gastélum, Lluvia
AU - Whitner, Syrena
AU - Williams, Audrey
AU - Yarden, Oded
AU - Yenewodage, Anne
AU - Zahn, Geoffrey
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025, Oceanography Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - Nearly 200 years have passed since the first marine fungus, collected from the shores of North Africa, was described. In that time, marine mycologists have continued to observe, describe, and study fungi in every marine ecosystem examined. Nevertheless, fungi remain functionally “dark matter” of the ocean, presenting a grand opportunity to unravel their roles in ecosystem processes. This report outlines the discussion among participants of the second occasional meeting of marine mycologists at Asilomar, California, in March 2024, in which a diverse and interdisciplinary consortium of researchers enumerated the most pressing, and often basic, unanswered questions in marine fungi. We report on the questions facing the field of marine mycology, identify challenges in addressing those questions, and propose concrete and practical solutions for obtaining their answers. A common thread is the need for increasing cross talk and collaboration between mycologists and oceanographers that would present opportunities for readers to participate in a rapidly growing field.
AB - Nearly 200 years have passed since the first marine fungus, collected from the shores of North Africa, was described. In that time, marine mycologists have continued to observe, describe, and study fungi in every marine ecosystem examined. Nevertheless, fungi remain functionally “dark matter” of the ocean, presenting a grand opportunity to unravel their roles in ecosystem processes. This report outlines the discussion among participants of the second occasional meeting of marine mycologists at Asilomar, California, in March 2024, in which a diverse and interdisciplinary consortium of researchers enumerated the most pressing, and often basic, unanswered questions in marine fungi. We report on the questions facing the field of marine mycology, identify challenges in addressing those questions, and propose concrete and practical solutions for obtaining their answers. A common thread is the need for increasing cross talk and collaboration between mycologists and oceanographers that would present opportunities for readers to participate in a rapidly growing field.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105030481878
U2 - 10.5670/oceanog.2025.e402
DO - 10.5670/oceanog.2025.e402
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AN - SCOPUS:105030481878
SN - 1042-8275
VL - 38
SP - 40
EP - 49
JO - Oceanography
JF - Oceanography
IS - 4
ER -