Mycologia

Mycologia
Title	Mycologia
Discipline	Mycology
Publisher	Mycological Society of America
Country	United States
History	1909–present
Frequency	Bimonthly
Issn	0027-5514

Mycologia is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal published by the Mycological Society of America focusing on the taxonomy, ecology, systematics, physiology, and molecular biology of fungi. The journal serves as a venue for original research, reviews, and monographic treatments relevant to fungi and fungus-like organisms, attracting contributions from authors affiliated with institutions such as Harvard University, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It intersects with work by researchers from institutions including Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oxford, and University of Tokyo.

History

Mycologia was established in 1909 amid contemporary scientific developments involving societies like the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Botanical Society of America, and American Philosophical Society. Early contributors included figures associated with the New York Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, and Cornell University with research that paralleled botanical explorations funded by institutions such as the Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Institution. Over decades the journal published work tied to expeditions connected to the Smithsonian Institution and collaborations with laboratories at Johns Hopkins University, contributing to taxonomic frameworks referenced by institutions such as Kew Gardens and the Natural History Museum, London. During the mid-20th century, editorial directions reflected influences from Mount Holyoke College, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Michigan, and later editors held positions at Yale University, Duke University, and University of California, Davis.

Scope and Content

Mycologia publishes primary research spanning fungal taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology, pathology, and molecular systematics, engaging with methods developed at places like Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Max Planck Institute, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The journal features studies that often cite genetic repositories and initiatives such as the National Center for Biotechnology Information, GenBank, Barcode of Life Data Systems, and Tree of Life projects. Authors include researchers affiliated with botanical gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; New York Botanical Garden) and universities such as University of British Columbia, University of Sydney, University of São Paulo, Peking University, and Kyoto University. Topics intersect with applied research undertaken at institutions including the US Forest Service, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, and World Health Organization collaborations. The remit encompasses contributions from specialists at museums and herbaria like the Field Museum, Natural History Museum (London), California Academy of Sciences, and Australian National Herbarium.

Publication and Editorial Structure

The journal is published by the Mycological Society of America with an editorial board comprising scholars from institutions such as Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Oregon State University. Editorial practices align with peer review standards used by journals associated with the American Society for Microbiology, Wiley-Blackwell, Springer, and Elsevier, and it collaborates with indexing services managed by Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier. Production workflows draw on partnerships with printers and distributors historically linked to academic presses like Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Johns Hopkins University Press. The society organizes meetings and symposia at venues where contributors present work—venues have included the University of Washington, Colorado State University, Michigan State University, and Pennsylvania State University.

Abstracting and Indexing

Mycologia is indexed in major services and databases operated by providers such as Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), Elsevier (Scopus), ProQuest, EBSCO, and CAB International. Abstracting also appears in subject-specific compilations curated by PubMed/MEDLINE, BIOSIS Previews, AGRICOLA, and Biological Abstracts, with entries cross-referenced by the Library of Congress, WorldCat, and HathiTrust. Citations to Mycologia articles are tracked in citation databases maintained by Google Scholar, CrossRef, Dimensions, and ResearchGate. Cataloging metadata is incorporated into institutional repositories at universities including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and University of California libraries.

Impact and Reception

Over its history Mycologia has influenced fungal systematics cited in major monographs and treatises produced by authors connected to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the International Mycological Association. Impact assessments reference metrics provided by Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier and analyses published by research evaluation units at institutions like Leiden University and University College London. The journal’s significance is acknowledged in works associated with awards and honors conferred by societies such as the Linnean Society, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Botanical Society of America. Reviews and commentaries on Mycologia articles have appeared in venues linked to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Research.

Notable Articles and Contributions

Notable contributions in Mycologia include taxonomic revisions and species descriptions cited by museums and herbaria such as the Field Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and New York Botanical Garden, and utilized in fungal databases maintained by Index Fungorum and MycoBank. Seminal molecular phylogenetic studies referenced methods from the Max Planck Institute, EMBL-EBI, and Sanger Institute, while ecological syntheses have been incorporated into reports by the Food and Agriculture Organization and United Nations Environment Programme. Mycologia has published influential mycotoxin and pathology reports utilized by the US Department of Agriculture, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and World Health Organization. The journal’s articles have been foundational for graduate training programs at institutions such as University of California, Berkeley; Rutgers University; University of Wisconsin–Madison; and University of British Columbia.

Category:Mycology journals