New Names for Fungi of Medical Importance: Can We Have Our Cake and Eat It Too?
Sarah Kidd, Catriona Halliday, Brendan McMullan, Sharon C.-A. Chen, Juliet Elvy
Abstract
The recently published update of fungal nomenclature (1) generated heated debate on social media with predictions of patient harm and disruption of mycological literature, one example being the following Tweets from the Twitter exchange at https://twitter.com/ABsteward/status/1313985253405536264 (accessed 23 October 2020).
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HarmSocial mediaNomenclatureInternet privacyBiologyWorld Wide WebComputer sciencePolitical scienceZoologyLawTaxonomy (biology)Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsFungal Biology and Applications