that leave no footprint behind.

"The Basidiomycota constitutes a major phylum of the kingdom Fungi and is second in species numbers to the Ascomycota. The present work provides an overview of all validly published, currently used basidiomycete genera to date in a single document. An outline of all genera of Basidiomycota is provided, which includes 1928 currently used genera names, with 1263 synonyms, which are distributed in 241 families, 68 orders, 18 classes and four subphyla."

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with the intention of situating the state of the field in a historical and social context. With the understanding that everything is in community with fungi, we look to the biology and ecology of these organisms for transformative inspiration and a deep-time sense of belonging. Our scientific understanding of mushrooms and other fungi has been shaped and indeed impeded by mycophobia, a condition of fear and revulsion that we compare here to queerphobia. In this work, we argue that mycology relies upon queer methodologies for knowledge acquisition given both the nonbinary, cryptic, and subversive biological nature of fungi as well as a hegemonic, Western, cultural rendering of fungi as perverse and unworthy of formal investigation. We further argue that the queer methodologies of mycology that developed in response to these conditions have enhanced rather than hindered our knowledge of fungi. Because our ultimate quest as scientists is the pursuit of truth, as best as we can determine, we suggest that scientists would do well to meaningfully reconcile with the inescapable and oftentimes queer reality of bias and subjectivity.