YANG Zhuliang, Professor of mycology. Major research interests include 1) fungal diversity within and among geographic regions; 2) phylogenetic relationships and biogeography among species within representative genera or families of higher fungi, with emphasis on Agaricaceae, Amanitaceae, and Physalacriaceae (e.g. Lepiota s.l., Amanita, and Oudemansiella s.l.); 3) population genetics and co-evolution of fungi with plants. E-mail: fungi@mail.kib.ac.cn