School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, 81 Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
Conserv Biol. 2018 Oct;32(5):1031-1037. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13121. Epub 2018 Jun 20.
Fungi are undoubtedly important for ecosystem functioning; however, they have been omitted or given scant attention in most biodiversity policy documents, management plans, and formal conservation schedules throughout the world. This oversight may be due to a general lack of awareness in the scientific community and compounded by a scarcity of mycology-associated curricula at the tertiary level and a lack of mycologists in research institutions. Although molecular techniques advance the systematic cataloging of fungi and facilitate insights into fungal communities, the scarcity of professional mycologists in the environmental sciences hampers conservation efforts. Conversely, citizen science initiatives are making significant contributions to the mycology discipline by increasing awareness and extending the scope of fungal surveys. Future research by professional and amateur mycologists into the distribution of fungi and their function in ecosystems will help identify wider and more effective conservation goals.
真菌无疑对生态系统功能很重要；然而，在世界范围内，大多数生物多样性政策文件、管理计划和正式保护计划中都忽略或很少关注真菌。这种忽视可能是由于科学界普遍缺乏意识，再加上高等教育阶段与真菌学相关的课程稀缺，以及研究机构中缺乏真菌学家。尽管分子技术可以促进真菌的系统分类，并深入了解真菌群落，但环境科学领域缺乏专业真菌学家，这阻碍了保护工作的开展。相反，公民科学倡议通过提高认识和扩大真菌调查范围，为真菌学领域做出了重大贡献。专业和业余真菌学家未来对真菌分布及其在生态系统中的功能的研究，将有助于确定更广泛和更有效的保护目标。
