C. Sharp

ORCID: 0009-0003-4985-1543
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Research Areas
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Plant and fungal interactions
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Global Health and Epidemiology
  • Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds
  • Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Pepperdine University
2025

Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
2000

Ghent University
2000

Environment Agency
1997

Fungi play major roles in ecosystem processes, but the determinants of fungal diversity and biogeographic patterns remain poorly understood. Using DNA metabarcoding data from hundreds globally distributed soil samples, we demonstrate that richness is decoupled plant diversity. The plant-to-fungus ratio declines exponentially toward poles. Climatic factors, followed by edaphic spatial variables, constitute best predictors community composition at global scale. show similar latitudinal...

10.1126/science.1256688 article EN Science 2014-11-28
Leho Tedersoo Vladimir Mikryukov Alexander Zizka Mohammad Bahram Niloufar Hagh‐Doust and 95 more Sten Anslan Oleh Prylutskyi Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo Fernando T. Maestre Jaan Pärn Maarja Öpik Mari Moora Martin Zobel Mikk Espenberg Ülo Mander Abdul Nasir Khalid Adriana Corrales Ahto Agan Aída‐M. Vasco‐Palacios Alessandro Saitta Andrea C. Rinaldi Annemieke Verbeken Bobby P. Sulistyo Boris Tamgnoue Brendan Furneaux Camila Duarte Ritter Casper Nyamukondiwa C. Sharp César Marín Daniyal Gohar Dārta Kļaviņa Dipon Sharmah Dong Dai Eduardo Nouhra Elisabeth M. Biersma Elisabeth Rähn Erin K. Cameron Eske De Crop Eveli Otsing Evgeny A. Давыдов Felipe E. Albornoz Francis Q. Brearley Franz Buegger Geoffrey Zahn Gregory Bonito Inga Hiiesalu Isabel C. Barrio Jacob Heilmann‐Clausen Jelena Ankuda John Y. Kupagme Jose G. Maciá‐Vicente Joseph Djeugap Fovo József Geml Juha M. Alatalo Julieta Alvarez‐Manjarrez Kadri Põldmaa Kadri Runnel Kalev Adamson Kari Anne Bråthen Karin Pritsch Kassim I. Tchan Kęstutis Armolaitis Kevin D. Hyde Kevin K. Newsham Kristel Panksep Adebola Azeez Lateef Liis Tiirmann Linda Hansson Louis J. Lamit Malka Saba Maria Tuomi Marieka Gryzenhout Marijn Bauters Meike Piepenbring Nalin N. Wijayawardene Nourou S. Yorou Olavi Kurina Peter E. Mortimer Peter Meidl Petr Kohout R. Henrik Nilsson Rasmus Puusepp Rein Drenkhan Roberto Garibay‐Orijel Roberto Godoy Saad Alkahtani Saleh Rahimlou Sergey V. Dudov Sergei Põlme Soumya Ghosh Sunil Mundra Talaat Ahmed Tarquin Netherway Terry W. Henkel Tomas Roslin Vincent Nteziryayo Vladimir E. Fedosov V. G. Onipchenko W. A. Erandi Yasanthika Young Woon Lim

Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However, compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns conservation needs of fungi have been little explored. Here, we examined endemicity patterns, global change vulnerability priority areas for functional groups soil based on six surveys using a high-resolution, long-read metabarcoding approach. We found that all most peaks in tropical habitats, including Amazonia, Yucatan, West-Central...

10.1111/gcb.16398 article EN cc-by Global Change Biology 2022-08-19
Leho Tedersoo Vladimir Mikryukov Sten Anslan Mohammad Bahram Abdul Nasir Khalid and 90 more Adriana Corrales Ahto Agan Aída M. Vasco‐Palacios Alessandro Saitta Alexandre Antonelli Andrea C. Rinaldi Annemieke Verbeken Bobby P. Sulistyo Boris Tamgnoue Brendan Furneaux Camila Duarte Ritter Casper Nyamukondiwa C. Sharp César Marín Dong-Qin Dai Daniyal Gohar Dipon Sharmah Elisabeth M. Biersma Erin K. Cameron Eske De Crop Eveli Otsing Evgeny A. Давыдов Felipe E. Albornoz Francis Q. Brearley Franz Buegger Genevieve Gates Geoffrey Zahn Gregory Bonito Indrek Hiiesalu Inga Hiiesalu Irma Zettur Isabel C. Barrio Jaan Pärn Jacob Heilmann‐Clausen Jelena Ankuda John Y. Kupagme Joosep Sarapuu Jose G. Maciá‐Vicente Joseph Djeugap Fovo József Geml Juha M. Alatalo Julieta Alvarez‐Manjarrez Jutamart Monkai Kadri Põldmaa Kadri Runnel Kalev Adamson Kari Anne Bråthen Karin Pritsch Kassim I. Tchan Kęstutis Armolaitis Kevin D. Hyde Kevin K. Newsham Kristel Panksep Lateef A. Adebola Louis J. Lamit Malka Saba Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres Maria Tuomi Marieka Gryzenhout Marijn Bauters Miklós Bálint Nalin N. Wijayawardene Niloufar Hagh‐Doust Nourou S. Yorou Olavi Kurina Peter E. Mortimer Peter Meidl R. Henrik Nilsson Rasmus Puusepp Rebeca Casique-Valdés Rein Drenkhan Roberto Garibay‐Orijel Roberto Godoy Saleh Alfarraj Saleh Rahimlou Sergei Põlme Sergey V. Dudov Sunil Mundra Talaat Ahmed Tarquin Netherway Terry W. Henkel Tomas Roslin Vladimir E. Fedosov В. Г. Онипченко W. A. Erandi Yasanthika Young Woon Lim Meike Piepenbring Dārta Kļaviņa Urmas Kõljalg Kessy Abarenkov

10.1007/s13225-021-00493-7 article EN Fungal Diversity 2021-11-01
Vladimir Mikryukov Olesya Dulya Alexander Zizka Mohammad Bahram Niloufar Hagh‐Doust and 95 more Sten Anslan Oleh Prylutskyi Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo Fernando T. Maestre R. Henrik Nilsson Jaan Pärn Maarja Öpik Mari Moora Martin Zobel Mikk Espenberg Ülo Mander Abdul Nasir Khalid Adriana Corrales Ahto Agan Aída M. Vasco‐Palacios Alessandro Saitta Andrea C. Rinaldi Annemieke Verbeken Bobby P. Sulistyo Boris Tamgnoue Brendan Furneaux Camila Duarte Ritter Casper Nyamukondiwa C. Sharp César Marín Daniyal Gohar Dārta Kļaviņa Dipon Sharmah Dong-Qin Dai Eduardo Nouhra Elisabeth M. Biersma Elisabeth Rähn Erin K. Cameron Eske De Crop Eveli Otsing Evgeny A. Давыдов Felipe E. Albornoz Francis Q. Brearley Franz Buegger Geoffrey Zahn Gregory Bonito Inga Hiiesalu Isabel C. Barrio Jacob Heilmann‐Clausen Jelena Ankuda Jiří Doležal John Y. Kupagme Jose G. Maciá‐Vicente Joseph Djeugap Fovo József Geml Juha M. Alatalo Julieta Alvarez‐Manjarrez Kadri Põldmaa Kadri Runnel Kalev Adamson Kari Anne Bråthen Karin Pritsch Kassim Tchan Issifou Kęstutis Armolaitis Kevin D. Hyde Kevin K. Newsham Kristel Panksep Adebola Azeez Lateef Linda Hansson Louis J. Lamit Malka Saba Maria Tuomi Marieka Gryzenhout Marijn Bauters Meike Piepenbring Nalin N. Wijayawardene Nourou S. Yorou Olavi Kurina Peter E. Mortimer Peter Meidl Petr Kohout Rasmus Puusepp Rein Drenkhan Roberto Garibay‐Orijel Roberto Godoy Saad Alkahtani Saleh Rahimlou Sergey V. Dudov Sergei Põlme Soumya Ghosh Sunil Mundra Talaat Ahmed Tarquin Netherway Terry W. Henkel Tomas Roslin Vincent Nteziryayo Vladimir E. Fedosov В. Г. Онипченко W. A. Erandi Yasanthika Young Woon Lim

How the multiple facets of soil fungal diversity vary worldwide remains virtually unknown, hindering management this essential species-rich group. By sequencing high-resolution DNA markers in over 4000 topsoil samples from natural and human-altered ecosystems across all continents, we illustrate distributions drivers different levels taxonomic phylogenetic fungi their ecological groups. We show impact precipitation temperature interactions on local species richness (alpha diversity)...

10.1126/sciadv.adj8016 article EN cc-by-nc Science Advances 2023-11-29
Leho Tedersoo Vladimir Mikryukov Alexander Zizka Mohammad Bahram Niloufar Hagh‐Doust and 95 more Sten Anslan Oleh Prylutskyi Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo Fernando T. Maestre Jaan Pärn Maarja Öpik Mari Moora Martin Zobel Mikk Espenberg Ülo Mander Abdul Nasir Khalid Adriana Corrales Ahto Agan Aída M. Vasco‐Palacios Alessandro Saitta Andrea C. Rinaldi Annemieke Verbeken Bobby P. Sulistyo Boris Tamgnoue Brendan Furneaux Camila Duarte Ritter Casper Nyamukondiwa C. Sharp César Marín Daniyal Gohar Dārta Kļaviņa Dipon Sharmah Dong Dai Eduardo Nouhra Elisabeth M. Biersma Elisabeth Rähn Erin K. Cameron Eske De Crop Eveli Otsing Evgeny A. Давыдов Felipe E. Albornoz Francis Q. Brearley Franz Buegger Geoffrey Zahn Gregory Bonito Inga Hiiesalu Isabel C. Barrio Jacob Heilmann‐Clausen Jelena Ankuda John Y. Kupagme Jose G. Maciá‐Vicente Joseph Djeugap Fovo József Geml Juha M. Alatalo Julieta Alvarez‐Manjarrez Kadri Põldmaa Kadri Runnel Kalev Adamson Kari Anne Bråthen Karin Pritsch Kassim I. Tchan Kęstutis Armolaitis Kevin D. Hyde Kevin K. Newsham Kristel Panksep Adebola Azeez Lateef Liis Tiirmann Linda Hansson Louis J. Lamit Malka Saba Maria Tuomi Marieka Gryzenhout Marijn Bauters Meike Piepenbring Nalin N. Wijayawardene Nourou S. Yorou Olavi Kurina Peter E. Mortimer Peter Meidl Petr Kohout R. Henrik Nilsson Rasmus Puusepp Rein Drenkhan Roberto Garibay‐Orijel Roberto Godoy Saad Alkahtani Saleh Rahimlou Sergey V. Dudov Sergei Põlme Soumya Ghosh Sunil Mundra Talaat Ahmed Tarquin Netherway Terry W. Henkel Tomas Roslin Vincent Nteziryayo Vladimir E. Fedosov V. G. Onipchenko W. A. Erandi Yasanthika Young Woon Lim

Summary Fungi play pivotal roles in ecosystem functioning, but little is known about their global patterns of diversity, endemicity, vulnerability to change drivers and conservation priority areas. We applied the high-resolution PacBio sequencing technique identify fungi based on a long DNA marker that revealed high proportion hitherto unknown fungal taxa. used Global Soil Mycobiome consortium dataset test relative performance various depth standardization methods (calculation residuals,...

10.1101/2022.03.17.484796 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2022-03-19

Records are given of 35 Lactarius species (Basidiomycota, Russulales) from drier Zam bezian miombo woodlands in Zimbabwe.Most them represent the first records for this country an all most southern on African continent.Lactarius albocinc Verbeken, L. brachystegiae Verbeken & Sharp, carmineus Walleyn and emerg proposed as new taxa.Fully illustrated descriptions time aurantiifolius, nonpiscis, phlebonemus (with typification), pulchrispermus, roseol subamarus, urens volemoides

10.2307/3668621 article EN Systematics and Geography of Plants 2000-01-01

Abstract The “magic mushroom” Psilocybe cubensis is cultivated worldwide for recreational and medicinal uses. Described initially from Cuba in 1904, there has been substantial debate about its origin diversification. prevailing view, first proposed by the expert Gastón Guzmán 1983, that P. was inadvertently introduced to Americas when cattle were continents Africa Europe (∼1500 CE), but progenitor endemic Africa. This hypothesis never tested. Here, we report discovery of closest wild...

10.1101/2024.12.03.626483 preprint EN cc-by-nc bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024-12-07

Abstract A description is provided for Mycoamaranthus congolensis , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. Some information on its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission, conservation status given, along with details geographical distribution (Africa (Benin, Burundi, Zambia,...

10.1079/dfb/20143405904 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07

Abstract A description is provided for Mackintoshia persica , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. This species locally used food. Some information on its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission, conservation status given, along with details geographical distribution (Africa...

10.1079/dfb/20143405903 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07

Abstract A description is provided for Strobilomyces echinatus , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. In Burundi, basidiomata species collected wild human consumption. Some information on its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission, conservation status given, along with...

10.1079/dfb/20143405907 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07

Abstract A description is provided for Russula congoana , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. This species was included key to more than 100 edible mushrooms tropical Africa, based on macroscopic characters. Some information its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission,...

10.1079/dfb/20143405906 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07

Abstract A description is provided for Lactifluus velutissimus , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. This species collected food Tanzania Zimbabwe. Some information on its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission, conservation status given, along with details geographical...

10.1079/dfb/20143405902 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07

Abstract A description is provided for Amanita loosii , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. This highly prized food valued medicinally stomach problems. Some information on its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission, conservation status given, along with details...

10.1079/dfb/20143405900 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07

Abstract A description is provided for Boletus spectabilissimus , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo rain forest woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. Some information on its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission, conservation status given, along with details geographical distribution (Africa (Tanzania...

10.1079/dfb/20143405901 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07

Abstract A description is provided for Russula compressa , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. In Benin, basidiomata species collected wild human consumption. Some information on its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission, conservation status given, along with details...

10.1079/dfb/20143405905 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07

Abstract A description is provided for Amanita afrospinosa , which as a likely mycorrhizal species, this fungus and the ecosystem services it provides are important in sustaining miombo woodland through enhanced uptake of minerals from nutrient-poor soils by providing protection desiccation. Some information on its associated organisms substrata, habitats, dispersal transmission, conservation status given, along with details geographical distribution (Africa (Benin, Burundi, Zambia,...

10.1079/dfb/20143405899 article EN Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria 2015-01-07
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