我们通常对真菌的认识是以陆生为主。事实上,目前报道的近10万种真菌中,98%以上都来自于陆地。淡水中的真菌很少有人研究,并且研究淡水真菌的人员也主要关注的是壶菌门(Chytrimycota),而对子囊菌(Ascomycota)等类群则较少有人研究。我们课题组在云南、贵州等省份对淡水子囊菌进行了长期的调查,发表了大量新种和新属。近期发表新属:Aquapeziza D.M. Hu, L. Cai & K.D. Hyde, 3个新种:Acrogenospora ellipsoidea D.M. Hu, L. Cai & K.D. Hyde, Dictyosporium biseriale D.M. Hu, L. Cai & K.D. Hyde, Vanadripa menglensis D.M. Hu, L. Cai & K.D. Hyde.
Hu D.M., Cai L., Chen H. & Hyde K.D. (2010).Four new freshwater fungi associated with submerged wood from Southwest Asia. Sydowia 62(2): 191-203.
Hu D.M., Cai L., Bahkali A.H., Hyde K.D (2011). Aquapeziza: a new genus from freshwater and its morphological and phylogenetic relationships to Pezizaceae. Mycologia. in press. doi:10.3852/11-123