About the Author

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Dr. Yu Li (1944-), academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, professor and doctoral supervisor of Jilin Agricultural Agriculture, president of International Society of Medicinal Fungi, Honorary President of Chinese Association of Edible Fungi. Dr Taihui Li (1959 -): Director of the Centre of Microbial Resources of South China in Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, research scientist, doctorial supervisor, vice president of Mycological Society of China from 2011 to 2017. Dr. Zhuliang Yang (1963 -), research scientist of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, doctorial supervisor, executive director of Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Biogeography in East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, editor in chief of Fungal Diversity, deputy editor in chief of Mycosystema, vice president of Mycological Society of China and director of Professional Committee of Fungal Diversity and Phylogeny in thesociety, member of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi (NCF), member of Fungal Specialist Group of Species Survival Commission (SSC), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Dr. Tolgor Bau (1962 -): foreign academician Mongolian Academy of Natural Sciences, distinguished professor of Ludong University, Taishan scholar, Professor of Jilin University of agriculture, doctoral supervisor, leader of the Doctorial Training Base of fungal crops, leader of the Innovation Team of the Ministry of Education, vice president of Mycological Society of China, editorial board member of Mycosystema and Journal of Fungal Research, mainly studies on the taxonomy of agarics and fungal biodiversity. Dr. Yucheng Dai (1964 -): professor of Beijing University Forestry, doctorial supervisor, vice president of Forest Pathology lodge, Chinese Society of Forestry, chief editor of Mycosystema. He has made great contributions to the development of mycology, including discovering two new families, more than 20 new genera, and over 200 species, making 43 new combinations of fungal species, firstly explicating 52 new forest pathogenic fungi, 26 new edible and medicinal fungi, and 15 new fungal bioengineering strains, increasing the known Chinese lignicolous fungi up to more than 1200 species, making China become the country with the most known lignicolous fungi in the world.