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Fig. 3 | IMA Fungus

Fig. 3

From: Mapping mycological ignorance – checklists and diversity patterns of fungi known for West Africa

Fig. 3

Increase of knowledge on the diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms in West Africa over time. a Knowledge increasing over years. The upper limit of the grey area shows the increasing number of records and the red area the cumulative number of species and infraspecific taxa reported for West Africa. b Research fields yielding records of fungal species over time. Publications are attributed to mycological, phytopathological/agricultural, or lichenological research fields. Each green dot corresponds to one publication. c Origin of first authors of publications including records of fungal species over time. One dot or line reflects activities of one first author. The length of the lines indicates the range of years in which a given author published. The width of the lines is proportional to the number of publications from that author

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