Publications

High reciprocal pollination specialization leading to pollinator isolation can prevent interspecific pollen transfer and competition for pollinators. Sharing pollinators may induce mating costs, but it may also increase pollination services and pollen dispersal and offer more resources to pollinators, which may be important in case of habitat fragmentation leading to pollination disruption. We estimated pollen dispersal and pollinator isolation ...

Of the eight Cantharellus species known from Benin, seven have been encountered under similar macroecological conditions. The present work attempts to generate a more complete distribution of these seven species. Fortyeight occurrences of the target species and four explanatory variables including three bioclimatic variables and a land cover variable were used to build an ensemble model from five modelling approaches under the Biomod2 package of ...

Abstract - An interesting record of Lentaria subcaulescens from Belgium is described and illustrated.
Samenvatting – Een vondst van Lentaria subcaulescens wordt beschreven en geïllustreerd.

This study presents Paxilloboletus gen. nov., a new lamellate bolete genus represented by two tropical African species, Paxilloboletus africanus sp. nov. and Paxilloboletus latisporus sp. nov. Although the new taxa strongly resemble Paxillus (Paxillaceae), they lack clamp connections and form a separate generic clade within the Boletaceae phylogeny. The new species are lookalikes, morphologically only separable by their spore morphology. ...

Since the publication of the Catalogue of the Laboulbeniomycetes of Belgium, eleven species were found that represent new records for Belgium. Some of these taxa are rare in Europe. In this paper we present brief descriptions, notes and illustrations of these taxa. Some corrections to the Catalogue are given.

Laboulbeniomycetes is a class of fungi that have obligate associations with arthropod hosts, either for dispersal (order Pyxidiophorales) or as biotrophic parasites (orders Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales). Here, we focus on Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales, which include fungi that form thalli, 3-dimensional, multicellular units of 1000 s of cells. Based on recently published data regarding patterns of speciation, we present the ...

Bacterial biofilms have been described on a number of fungal taxa. These microbial communities are of interest both from an ecological and a biotechnological point of view, as they have been shown to play a role in biodegradation and biosynthesis. This study is the first to show the presence of biofilms on thallus surfaces of Laboulbeniales, an order of fungi that have biotrophic associations with arthropod hosts. Scanning electron microscopy ...

Mushrooms are among the most diverse group of living organisms on earth, though inadequately studied worldwide. The objective of this study was to assess the diversity and distribution of mushroom species in riparian zone of Lake Kivu in order to develop a baseline helping for further studies on fungi in Rwanda. The diversity and distribution of mushroom species were studied by plot-based mushroom surveys in Mariri, Mpangara and Nyakarwa sites ...

The evolution of mycology in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is mostly linked to its colonial history with Belgium. An up-to-date overview of the challenges faced by mycologists and opportunities for mycological research in this country is still lacking. With an emphasis on studies of larger fungi, this paper presents the progress made in this country from the colonial era to the present day. This historical survey shows that most of ...

The objective of this work is to establish a list of species of edible fungi consumed by the Lamba and Bemba people of Haut-Katanga (DR Congo).
This study contributes to the valorization of edible fungi gathered in the
miombo woodlands of Haut-Katanga. A survey was conducted among
Lamba and Bemba people of the peri-urban area of Lubumbashi. The first
author conducted structured and ...