Unearthing a fungal giant: Dianjunaceae fam. nov., a novel Paleocene lineage of Xylariales harbouring Dianjunus rex gen. et sp. nov.
Jing Song, Zhuyue Yan, Jesús Pérez‐Moreno, Fengming Zhang, Shimei Yang, Tao Xie, Luofeng Su, Jianwei Liu, Yanliang Wang, Dong Liu, Zhenyan Yang, Chengmo Yang, Wei Liu, Xiaofei Shi, Shanping Wan, , Fuqiang Yu
The paper describes a new fungal family and species, Dianjunaceae and Dianjunus rex, discovered in Yunnan, China, with large stromata and a Paleocene origin.
Frontiers in Fungal Biology · Sep 29, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology