title: A without-prejudice list of generic names of fungi for protection under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.
abstract: As a first step towards the production of a List of Protected Generic Names for Fungi, a without-prejudice list is presented here as a basis for future discussion and the production of a List for formal adoption. We include 6995 generic names out of the 17072 validly published names proposed for fungi and invite comments from all interested mycologists by 31 March 2014. The selection of names for inclusion takes note of recent major publications on different groups of fungi, and further the decisions reached so far by international working groups concerned with particular families or genera. Changes will be sought in the Code to provide for this and lists at other ranks to be protected against any competing unlisted names, and to permit the inclusion of names of lichen-forming fungi. A revised draft will be made available for further discussion at the 10(th) International Mycological Congress in Bangkok in August 2014. A schedule is suggested for the steps needed to produce a list for adoption by the International Botanical Congress in August 2017. This initiative provides mycologists with an opportunity to place nomenclature at the generic level on a more secure and stable base.
authors.affiliation: Mycology Section, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK;
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.affiliation: CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joost A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stalpers
authors.affiliation: Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Herbarium, Neuwerk 21, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.affiliation: CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Pedro W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Crous
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History (S), P.O. Box 50007, Svante Arrhenius väg 7, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Mycology Section, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK; ; Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, Madrid 28040, Spain; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hawksworth
authors.affiliation: Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.affiliation: Science & Education, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lücking
authors.affiliation: Science & Education, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
authors.forename: Thorsten H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lumbsch
authors.affiliation: Systematic Mycology & Microbiology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA.
authors.forename: Amy Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Rossman
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6 Canada.
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Dept. Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stadler
keywords: Ascomycota; Basidiomycota; Chytridiomycota; Glomeromycota; Lichens; Myxomycota; Nomenclature; Oomycota; Protected List; Zygomycota