Fungal literature records database of the Northern West Siberia (Russia)

Nina Filippova; Stanislav Arefyev; Elena Zvyagina; Vladimir Kapitonov; Tatiana Makarova; Victor Mukhin; Nellya Sedelnikova; Iraida Stavishenko; Anton Shiryaev; Tatiana Tolpysheva; Natalia Ryabitseva; Alexander Paukov

doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e52963

Fungal literature records database of the Northern West Siberia (Russia)

Biodivers Data J. 2020 Jul 9:8:e52963. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e52963. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Yugra State University, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Yugra State University Khanty-Mansiysk Russia.
² Institute of the Problems of Northern Development of Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS, Tyumen, Russia Institute of the Problems of Northern Development of Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RAS Tyumen Russia.
³ Federal Nature Reserve "Yuganskiy", Ugut, Russia Federal Nature Reserve "Yuganskiy" Ugut Russia.
⁴ Surgut State University, Surgut, Russia Surgut State University Surgut Russia.
⁵ Tobolsk Complex Scientific Station of the UrB RAS, Tobolsk, Russia Tobolsk Complex Scientific Station of the UrB RAS Tobolsk Russia.
⁶ Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia Ural Federal University Ekaterinburg Russia.
⁷ Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Novosibirsk, Russia Central Siberian Botanical Garden Novosibirsk Russia.
⁸ Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of Ural branch of RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of Ural branch of RAS Ekaterinburg Russia.
⁹ Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Moscow State University Moscow Russia.

Abstract

Background: Mycological research in the Northern part of West Siberia has now become sufficient for review and digitisation as over 460 scientific works have been completed mainly since the beginning of the 20th century. The history of research in the region started from isolated studies at the beginning of the 20th century, but regular and systematic research started from the 1970s. Over the following decades, several dozens of researchers have worked in the area, but the reported occurrences were scattered amongst a broad variety of publications, mainly hardly available. The great need in digitisation and accumulation of fungal records reported in published literature in a standardised regional database has now become evident. The «Fungal records database of the Northern West Siberia» (FuNWS) was initiated in 2016 according to contemporary biodiversity data standards (Darwin Core), to be compatible and accessible by the broad research community. The database has been supplemented ever since by the collective effort of specialists working in the area. According to the database summary report, there are 3358 fungal and fungus-like species revealed in the Northern West Siberia at present. The richest in species number classes are Agaricomycetes (60%) and Lecanoromycetes (33%) with a total of 25 classes represented. The FuNWS database was uploaded to Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (Ygra State University Biological Collection publisher) on 11 November 2017 (earlier titled «Fungal Records Database of Yugra, FReDY») to provide open access to the data and its reusability (Filippova et al. 2020).

New information: This publication summarises the results of the digitisation of literature-based occurrence records of fungi and fungus-like organisms initiated in the Northern part of West Siberia for the first time in the history of mycological research. The bibliography of regional mycological publications was created to include about 460 published works (Suppl. material 2). In total, about 140 literature sources were digitised and about 22000 occurrence records were integrated into the FuNWS database (Filippova et al. 2020).

Keywords: Mycobiota; data mobilisation; digitisation; funga; occurrence; specimen.

Nina Filippova, Stanislav Arefyev, Elena Zvyagina, Vladimir Kapitonov, Tatiana Makarova, Victor Mukhin, Nellya Sedelnikova, Iraida Stavishenko, Anton Shiryaev, Tatiana Tolpysheva, Natalia Ryabitseva, Alexander Paukov.