Has taxonomic vandalism gone too far? A case study, the rise of the pay-to-publish model and the pitfalls of Morchella systematics

Michael Loizides, Pablo Alvarado, Pierre-Arthur Moreau, Boris Assyov, Viktorie Halasů, Marc Stadler, Andrea Rinaldi, Guilhermina Marques, Georgios I. Zervakis, Jan Borovička, Nicolas Van Vooren, Tine Grebenc, Franck Richard, Hatira Taşkin, Matthias Gube, Carmel Sammut, Carlo Agnello, Timothy J. Baroni, Pedro Crous, Vassiliki Fryssouli, Zacharoula Gonou, Urbano Guidori, Gro Gulden, Karen Hansen, Roy Kristiansen, Thomas Læssøe, Javier Mateos, Andrew Miller, Gabriel Moreno, Branislav Perić, Elias Polemis, Joan Carles Salom, José Leonardo Siquier, Martin Snabl, Øyvind Weholt, Jean-Michel Bellanger

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DOI: 10.1007/s11557-021-01755-z
Published: 2022-01
Container: Mycological Progress
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s11557-021-01755-z,
  title = {Has taxonomic vandalism gone too far? A case study, the rise of the pay-to-publish model and the pitfalls of Morchella systematics},
  author = {Michael Loizides and Pablo Alvarado and Pierre-Arthur Moreau and Boris Assyov and Viktorie Halasů and Marc Stadler and Andrea Rinaldi and Guilhermina Marques and Georgios I. Zervakis and Jan Borovička and Nicolas Van Vooren and Tine Grebenc and Franck Richard and Hatira Taşkin and Matthias Gube and Carmel Sammut and Carlo Agnello and Timothy J. Baroni and Pedro Crous and Vassiliki Fryssouli and Zacharoula Gonou and Urbano Guidori and Gro Gulden and Karen Hansen and Roy Kristiansen and Thomas Læssøe and Javier Mateos and Andrew Miller and Gabriel Moreno and Branislav Perić and Elias Polemis and Joan Carles Salom and José Leonardo Siquier and Martin Snabl and Øyvind Weholt and Jean-Michel Bellanger},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Mycological Progress},
  doi = {10.1007/s11557-021-01755-z},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-021-01755-z}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Has taxonomic vandalism gone too far? A case study, the rise of the pay-to-publish model and the pitfalls of Morchella systematics
AU  - Michael Loizides
AU  - Pablo Alvarado
AU  - Pierre-Arthur Moreau
AU  - Boris Assyov
AU  - Viktorie Halasů
AU  - Marc Stadler
AU  - Andrea Rinaldi
AU  - Guilhermina Marques
AU  - Georgios I. Zervakis
AU  - Jan Borovička
AU  - Nicolas Van Vooren
AU  - Tine Grebenc
AU  - Franck Richard
AU  - Hatira Taşkin
AU  - Matthias Gube
AU  - Carmel Sammut
AU  - Carlo Agnello
AU  - Timothy J. Baroni
AU  - Pedro Crous
AU  - Vassiliki Fryssouli
AU  - Zacharoula Gonou
AU  - Urbano Guidori
AU  - Gro Gulden
AU  - Karen Hansen
AU  - Roy Kristiansen
AU  - Thomas Læssøe
AU  - Javier Mateos
AU  - Andrew Miller
AU  - Gabriel Moreno
AU  - Branislav Perić
AU  - Elias Polemis
AU  - Joan Carles Salom
AU  - José Leonardo Siquier
AU  - Martin Snabl
AU  - Øyvind Weholt
AU  - Jean-Michel Bellanger
PY  - 2022
JO  - Mycological Progress
DO  - 10.1007/s11557-021-01755-z
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APA

Loizides, M., Alvarado, P., Moreau, P., Assyov, B., Halasů, V., Stadler, M., Rinaldi, A., Marques, G., Zervakis, G. I., Borovička, J., Vooren, N. V., Grebenc, T., Richard, F., Taşkin, H., Gube, M., Sammut, C., Agnello, C., Baroni, T. J., Crous, P., Fryssouli, V., Gonou, Z., Guidori, U., Gulden, G., Hansen, K., Kristiansen, R., Læssøe, T., Mateos, J., Miller, A., Moreno, G., Perić, B., Polemis, E., Salom, J. C., Siquier, J. L., Snabl, M., Weholt, Ø., & Bellanger, J. (2022). Has taxonomic vandalism gone too far? A case study, the rise of the pay-to-publish model and the pitfalls of Morchella systematics. Mycological Progress. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-021-01755-z

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