Research
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Latest papers
Phylogenomic species delimitation reveals distinct pace and mode of lineage evolution in Amanita jacksonii.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2026 · senior author
A revised phylogeny of Boletaceae using whole genome sequences.
Mycologia · 2024
Historical biogeography and diversification of ringless Amanita (section Vaginatae) support an African origin and suggest niche conservatism in the Americas.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2023
Latest funding
- $135,000
Origin and diversity of mushrooms in Eastern Canada and phylogenomics of selected groups
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
- $108,350
Fungal diversity in eastern Canada forests; biogeography and taxonomy of selected mushrooms
NSERC · 2008 · Principal investigator
- $563,400
Biology, ecology and management of eastern Canadian forest mushrooms
NSERC · 2004 · Co-investigator
17 publications.
Phylogenomic species delimitation reveals distinct pace and mode of lineage evolution in Amanita jacksonii.
Sánchez-Ramírez S, Tulloss RE, Margaritescu S, Piñero D, Moncalvo JM
A revised phylogeny of Boletaceae using whole genome sequences.
Tremble K, Henkel T, Bradshaw A, Domnauer C, Brown LM, Thám LX, Furci G, Aime MC, Moncalvo JM, Dentinger B
Historical biogeography and diversification of ringless Amanita (section Vaginatae) support an African origin and suggest niche conservatism in the Americas.
Codjia JEI, Sánchez-Ramírez S, Ndolo Ebika ST, Wu G, Margaritescu S, Komura DL, Oliveira JJS, Ryberg M, Tulloss RE, Yorou NS, Moncalvo JM, Yang ZL
A compendium of macrofungi of Pakistan by ecoregions.
Aman N, Khalid AN, Moncalvo JM
Diversification of the gut fungi Smittium and allies (Harpellales) co-occurred with the origin of complete metamorphosis of their symbiotic insect hosts (lower Diptera)
Yan Wang, Merlin M. White, Jean‐Marc Moncalvo
Comparative Genomics Reveals the Core Gene Toolbox for the Fungus-Insect Symbiosis.
Wang Y, Stata M, Wang W, Stajich JE, White MM, Moncalvo JM
Validation of two Amanita species from eastern North America: A.rhacopus sp. nov. and A.variicolor sp. nov.
Lambert H, Fortin G, Labbé R, Labrecque J, Bérubé JA, Landry J, Ilyukhin E, Margaritescu S, Moncalvo JM, Lamoureux Y
Genome-Wide Survey of Gut Fungi (Harpellales) Reveals the First Horizontally Transferred Ubiquitin Gene from a Mosquito Host.
Wang Y, White MM, Kvist S, Moncalvo JM
Draft Genome Sequence of Capniomyces stellatus , the Obligate Gut Fungal Symbiont of Stonefly
Yan Wang, Merlin M. White, Jean‐Marc Moncalvo
In and out of refugia: historical patterns of diversity and demography in the North American Caesar's mushroom species complex.
Sánchez-Ramírez S, Tulloss RE, Guzmán-Dávalos L, Cifuentes-Blanco J, Valenzuela R, Estrada-Torres A, Ruán-Soto F, Díaz-Moreno R, Hernández-Rico N, Torres-Gómez M, León H, Moncalvo JM
Origin and diversity of mushrooms in Eastern Canada and phylogenomics of selected groups
Principal investigators: Moncalvo, JeanMarc
Fungal diversity in eastern Canada forests; biogeography and taxonomy of selected mushrooms
Principal investigators: Moncalvo, JeanMarc
Biology, ecology and management of eastern Canadian forest mushrooms
Principal investigators: Piché, Yves
A genomic exploration of fungal diversity in Ontario forests
Principal investigators: Moncalvo, JeanMarc
DNA sequencing facility for the genomic exploration of fungal diversity
Principal investigators: Moncalvo, Jean-Marc
Keywords: fungi, basidiomycetes, biological diversity, environmental genomics, phylogenetic systematics, biogeography, taxonomy, ecology
The Canadian Barcode of Life Network (BOL.ca)
Principal investigators: Hebert, Paul
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Yan Wang and Jean-Marc Moncalvo: 4 shared papers
- Wei Wang and Yan Wang: 1 shared paper
- Wei Wang and Jean-Marc Moncalvo: 1 shared paper
- Yan Wang and Sebastian Kvist: 1 shared paper
- Sebastian Kvist and Jean-Marc Moncalvo: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (St. George Campus)
- Other
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