Mycosphere

Mycosphere is a peer-reviewed open-access mycology journal founded in 2010 by Kevin D. Hyde and published since 2026 by Maximum Academic Press, covering fungi and fungus-like organisms with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 19.9《菌物圈》是由 Kevin D. Hyde 于 2010 年创办、自 2026 年起由（Maximum Academic Press）出版的同行评审开放获取真菌学期刊，刊载真菌及类真菌生物研究，2025 年影响因子为 19.9。

Scope

• It publishes original research articles, reviews, monographs and taxonomic notes on fungi and fungus-like organisms该刊刊载关于真菌及类真菌生物的原创研究论文、综述、专著与分类学札记。
• Its taxonomic work emphasises morphology and phylogenetics together with the discovery of novel fungal lineages其分类学研究强调形态学与系统发育学并举，并着力发现新的真菌谱系。
• Subject areas include taxonomy and systematics, biodiversity and biogeography, ecology and symbioses, plant-fungal interactions, endophytes and pathogens学科领域涵盖分类与系统学、生物多样性与生物地理学、生态与共生、植物与真菌互作，以及内生菌与病原菌。
• It also covers environmental mycology and methodological papers relevant to fungal research该刊还涵盖环境真菌学以及与真菌研究相关的方法学论文。
• The journal welcomes studies spanning taxonomy, evolution, ecology, physiology, pathology, biotechnology, multi-omics and applied mycology该刊欢迎涵盖分类学、演化、生态学、生理学、病理学、生物技术、多组学与应用真菌学的研究。
• All manuscripts undergo peer review to acceptance and only rigorous and impactful contributions are considered所有稿件均经同行评审直至录用，仅考虑严谨且有影响力的贡献。
• It runs the long-standing Mycosphere Notes series that documents new fungal taxa and records该刊设有长期连载的（Mycosphere Notes）系列，用于记录新发现的真菌分类单元与新记录。^[1]

History

• It was founded in 2010 by Kevin D. Hyde, then based at Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai, Thailand该刊由时任（Mae Fah Luang University）学者的 Kevin D. Hyde 于 2010 年创办。
• For many years it was published by the Mushroom Research Foundation of Chiang Rai, Thailand该刊长期由位于泰国清莱的（Mushroom Research Foundation）出版。
• Effective 1 January 2026 the journal is published by Maximum Academic Press自 2026 年 1 月 1 日起，该刊改由（Maximum Academic Press）出版。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Current Contents, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews and Scopus该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（Current Contents）、（Biological Abstracts）、（BIOSIS Previews）与（Scopus）收录。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 4.211 in 2021, 16.525 in 2022, 15.1 in 2024 and 19.9 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 4.211，2022 年为 16.525，2024 年为 15.1，2025 年为 19.9。
• The Chinese Academy of Sciences rates it a Tier 1 journal for Mycology（Chinese Academy of Sciences）将其评定为真菌学一区期刊。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Yucheng Dai of Beijing Forestry University in China现任主编为（Beijing Forestry University）的 Yucheng Dai。
• The founder Kevin D. Hyde remains closely associated with the journal's development创始人 Kevin D. Hyde 仍与该刊的发展保持紧密联系。
• The editorial board includes associate editors based in China, Thailand, Brazil, Portugal, Italy, the Philippines and the United States编委会成员包括来自中国、泰国、巴西、葡萄牙、意大利、菲律宾与美国的副编辑。
• Associate editors are grouped by fungal group such as Basidiomycetes, Ascomycetes, aquatic fungi, lichens and slime moulds副编辑按真菌类群分组，例如担子菌、子囊菌、水生真菌、地衣与黏菌。
• Other associate editors cover plant pathology together with biotechnology and biochemistry其他副编辑负责植物病理学以及生物技术与生物化学。
• Cici Tang serves as the Managing Editor of the journal's editorial officeCici Tang 担任该刊责任编辑。