Bio: Zheng Wang received a Masters degree from the Systematic
Research interests:
1. Fungal flora of China (especially in Tibet - Yunnan - Sichuan area).
2. Multilocus phylogenetic analyses of the Helotiales (Ascomycota) and polypores (Basidiomycota): biogeographic implications, evaluation of species boundaries, and inclusive studies (Ph. D. thesis). Currently, I am studying life history and phylogeny of Mitrula species, aero-aquatic genus in the Helotiales. Preliminary results suggest that ecological factors (lifestyle) play important roles in shaping evolution in the Helotiales. Molecular phylogeny based on 3 rDNA regions does not support traditional classification in the Helotiales based only on morphology.
Publications (this is a partial list):
Wang Z., Binder M., & Hibbett D.S. (2005) Life history and systematics of the aquatic discomycetes Mitrula (Helotiales, Ascomycota) based on cultural, morphological, and molecular studies” American Journal of Botany 92: 1565-1574.
Dai Y.C. & Wang Z. (2005) A new polypore on Ginkgo from China. Mycotaxon 92: 345-349.
Wang Z., Binder M., Dai Y. C., & Hibbett D. S. (2004). Phylogenetic relationships of Sparassis inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA and RNA polymerase sequences. Mycologia 96:1013-1027.
Desjardin D. E., Wang Z., Binder M., & Hibbett D. S. (2004). A new Sparassis from Thailand. Mycologia 96:1008-1012.
Dai Y. C., Wei Y. L., & Wang Z. (2004). Wood-inhabiting fungi in southern China 2. polypores from Sichuan Province. Ann. Bot. Fennici 41: 319-329.
Zhuang W. Y., Yu Z. H., & Wang Z. (2004). Fungal flora of China (vol. 21): Hyaloscyphaceae, Sarcoscyphaceae and sarcosomataceae. Zhuang W. Y. (ed.). Science Press, Beijing. (in Chinese).
Hibbett D. S., Binder M., Wang Z., & Goldman Y. (2003). Another fossil agaric from Dominican amber. Mycologia 95: 685-687.
Wang Z., Binder M., & Hibbett D. S. (2002). A new species of Cudonia based on morphological and molecular data. Mycologia 94: 641-650.
Wang Z. & Zhong Z.-h. (2001) Two species of Leucoscypha from southwestern China. Fungal Sciences 16 (3-4): 17-20.
Wang Z. & Pei. K.-q. (2001). Notes on the discomycetes from Dongling Mountains, Beijing. Mycotaxon 79: 307-314.
Wang Z. & Pfister D. H. (2001). Wenyingia, A new genus in the Pezizales (Otideaceae). Mycotaxon 79: 397-399.
Zhong Z.-h., Z. Wang & Pfister D. H. (2001). Pezicula magnispora, a new species on a herbaceous plant. Mycotaxon 78:161-165.
Wang Z. & Wang Yei-zhen (2000) Notes on coprophilous fungi from southwest China. Fungal Sciences 15: 125-134.
Zhuang, W. Y. & Z. Wang (1998) Some new species and records of discomycetes in China. VIII. Mycotaxon 66: 429-438.
Zhuang, W. Y. & Z. Wang (1998) Discomycetes of tropical China. I. Collections from Hainan island. Mycotaxon 67: 21-31.
Zhuang, W. Y. & Z. Wang (1998) Sarcosomataceous discomycetes in China. Mycotaxon 67: 355-364.
Wang Z. (1997) Taxonomy of Cookeina in China. Mycotaxon 62: 289-298.
Zhuang, W. Y. & Z. Wang (1997) Some new species and new records of discomycetes in China VII. Mycotaxon 63: 307-321.
Zhuang, W. Y. & Z. Wang (1997) Two new species of Ciborinia (Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae) from the Jinggang Mountains, Jiangxi, China. Mycosystema 16: 329-335.
Zhuang, W. Y. & Z. Wang (1997) Notes on sclerotiniaceous fungi on Castanea and Castanopsis in Asia. Mycotaxon 64: 449-454.
Wang Z. & W.-Y. Zhuang (1996) Taxonomic studies of the genus Sarcoscypha in China. Mycosystema 8-9: 39-52.
POSTERS
Wang Z, Binder M. & Hibbett D.S. (2005). Characterizing atp6 in multilocus phylogenetics of polyporoid homobasidiomycetes. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America and Mycological Society of Japan in Hilo, HI.
Binder M., Bodensteiner P., Wang Z. & Hibbett D.S. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships of cyphelloid and aquatic homobasidiomycetes. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America and Mycological Society of Japan in Hilo, HI.
Wang Z, Binder M., Hibbett D.S., Schoch C.L. & Spatafora J.W. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships of the Helotiales inferred from 3 rDNA regions. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America and Mycological Society of Japan in Hilo, HI.
Matheny P.B., Hibbett D.S., Ammirati J.F., Aoki T., Baroni T.J., Binder M., Celio G., Crane P., de Nitis M., Dentinger B., Froslev T., Ge Z.W., Halling R., Hosaka K., Hughes K.W., Kerrigan R.W., Kropp B.R., Langer E., Matsuura K., McLaughlin D.J., Nilsson R.H., Nishida H., Padamsee M., Petersen R., Piepenbring M., Slot J., Vauras J., Vellinga E.C., Wang Z., Wilson A. & Yang Z.L. (2005). Progress towards assembling the Tree of Life for the Basidiomycota. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America and Mycological Society of Japan in Hilo, HI.
Matheny P.B., Ammirati J.F., Aoki T., Baroni T.J., Binder M., Celio G., Crane P., de Nitis M., Dentinger B., Froslev T., Ge Z.W., Halling R., Hosaka K., Hughes K.W., Kerrigan R.W., Kropp B.R., Langer E., Matsuura K., McLaughlin D.J., Nilsson R.H., Nishida H., Padamsee M., Petersen R., Piepenbring M., Slot J., Vauras J., Vellinga E.C., Wang Z., Wilson A., Yang Z.L. & Hibbett D.S. (2004). Progress towards assembling the Tree of Life for the Basidiomycota. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Asheville, NC.
Wang Z. & Hibbett D. S. (2004). Life history and phylogeny of Mitrula species, aero-aquatic fungi in the Helotiales. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Asheville, NC.
Wang Z., Binder M. & Hibbett D.S. (2003). Sparsitubus, an unusual cyphelloid-like polypore from tropical China, is closely related to the Ganodermataceae. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Asilomar, CA.
Wang Z., Binder M., Lim Y.W. & Hibbett D.S. (2002). Phylogeny and biogeography of the cauliflower fungus Sparassis and other brown-rot basidiomycetes inferred from rDNA and RNA polymerase gene sequences. IMC7, Oslo, Norway.