Yi-jian Yao
Professor
Department of Biology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Biography
Dr Yi-Jian Yao, BSc, MAgr, PhD (London), Professor of Mycology, awardee of Introduction of Overseas Outstanding Talents by Chinese Academy of Sciences and of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars by National Natural Science Foundation of China. He currently serves as Director of Fungarum, Chinese Academy of Sciences (HMAS). He is also an Honorary Research Associate of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Deputy Director of the Working Group for Agricultural and Forest Biodiversity of the Chinese National Committee for Diversitas; Member of the IAPT Nomenclature Committee for Fungi and of the Biodiversity Committee, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Fungal Research, Life Worldand Wuyi Science Journal; Editor of Mycosystema, Plant Diversity and Resources, Acta Edulis Fungi, Cryptogamic Flora of China and Scientific Reports.
Research Interest
Molecular Systematics of Economically Important Larger Fungi
Publications
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Whalley MA, Khalil AM, Wei TZ, Yao YJ, Whalley AJ. A new species of Engleromyces from China, a second species in the genus. Mycotaxon. 2010 Jun 24;112(1):317-23.
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Yao YJ, Wang XC, Wang B. Epitypification of Ganoderma sichuanense JD Zhao & XQ Zhang (Ganodermataceae). Taxon. 2013 Oct 22;62(5):1025-31.
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Wang XC, Xi RJ, Li Y, Wang DM, Yao YJ. The species identity of the widely cultivated Ganoderma,‘G. lucidum’(Ling-zhi), in China. PLoS One. 2012 Jul 20;7(7):e40857.
