brief historical survey of fungal taxonomy and floristics in China

The major contributors, from 1775 to 1980, by Chinese and foreign mycologists to the taxonomy of fungi in China are reported. During this period, taxonomic studies by 27 foreign and more than 90 Chinese scholars resulted in over 900 publications. Of these accounts, 110 were monographs (generic or familial), and 14 were compilations or general works. All major groups of fungi are represented in the Chinese mycoflora. Most emphasis by Chinese mycologists has been on the collection and identification of the Uredinales, Ustilaginales, and Erysiphales.