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According to Wikipedia, Thomas William May is a mycologist at the National Herbarium of Victoria where he specialises in the taxonomy and ecology of Australian macrofungi. He is most notable for the comprehensive bibliographical lists of all Australian fungi published thus far; Volume 2A, published in 1997, and Volume 2B, published in 2003. as well as the originator of Fungimap, an Australia-wide mapping fungal mapping scheme based on observations of 100 easily identified macrofungi. May was awarded the 2014 Australian Natural History Medallion.

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Global diversity and geography of soil fungi (2014) (2192)
Ectomycorrhizal lifestyle in fungi: global diversity, distribution, and evolution of phylogenetic lineages (2010) (818)
High-level classification of the Fungi and a tool for evolutionary ecological analyses (2018) (358)
Global diversity and distribution of macrofungi (2006) (238)
Global diversity and geography of soil fungi 1 2 (2016) (234)
FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles (2020) (197)
Preserving accuracy in GenBank (2008) (191)
Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? (2020) (171)
Mycophagy among Australian mammals (1994) (169)
Fungal Planet description sheets: 625–715 (2017) (143)
Mushroom Lectins: Specificity, Structure and Bioactivity Relevant to Human Disease (2015) (94)
Fungi and fire in Australian ecosystems: A review of current knowledge, management implications and future directions (2011) (64)
The Taxon Hypothesis Paradigm—On the Unambiguous Detection and Communication of Taxa (2020) (64)
Macrofungal diversity and community ecology in mature and regrowth wet eucalypt forest in Tasmania: A multivariate study (2002) (63)
Phylogeography and biogeography of fungi. (2008) (61)
Fungal taxonomy and sequence-based nomenclature (2021) (61)
How to publish a new fungal species, or name, version 3.0 (2021) (55)
Antibacterial metabolites from Australian macrofungi from the genus Cortinarius. (2010) (53)
Establishment of ectomycorrhizal fungal community on isolated Nothofagus cunninghamii seedlings regenerating on dead wood in Australian wet temperate forests: does fruit-body type matter? (2009) (45)
Concordance of seven gene genealogies compared to phenotypic data reveals multiple cryptic species in Australian dermocyboid Cortinarius (Agaricales). (2014) (41)
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1112–1181 (2020) (38)
Taxonomic and functional characterisation of fungi from the Sebacina vermifera complex from common and rare orchids in the genus Caladenia (2010) (37)
A conservation overview of Australian non-marine lichens, bryophytes, algae and fungi (1997) (36)
Multigene sequence data reveal morphologically cryptic phylogenetic species within the genus Laccaria in southern Australia (2013) (33)
Fire regime, not time-since-fire, affects soil fungal community diversity and composition in temperate grasslands. (2016) (32)
Surrogates for Macrofungi and Mosses in Reservation Planning (2009) (31)
Redundancy among mammalian fungal dispersers and the importance of declining specialists (2017) (31)
New species of Tulasnella associated with terrestrial orchids in Australia (2017) (31)
Chapter F of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants as approved by the 11th International Mycological Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 2018 (2019) (29)
Fungi of Australia (2003) (28)
Mycophagy in small mammals: A comparison of the occurrence and diversity of hypogeal fungi in the diet of the long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus and the bush rat Rattus fuscipes from southwestern Victoria, Australia (1997) (28)
Using Species Distribution Models For Fungi (2020) (26)
Ethanolic and aqueous extracts derived from Australian fungi inhibit cancer cell growth in vitro (2011) (22)
The macrofungal community and fire in a Mountain Ash forest in southern Australia (2002) (21)
Fungal nomenclature evolving: changes adopted by the 19th International Botanical Congress in Shenzhen 2017, and procedures for the Fungal Nomenclature Session at the 11th International Mycological Congress in Puerto Rico 2018 (2017) (19)
Conservation of New Zealand and Australian fungi (2003) (19)
Direct and indirect disturbance impacts in forests. (2021) (16)
G2/M cell cycle arrest by an N-acetyl-D-glucosamine specific lectin from Psathyrella asperospora (2013) (16)
Fungi of Australia. Volume 2B: catalogue and bibliography of Australian fungi 2, Basidiomycota p.p. & Myxomycota p.p. (2003) (14)
The diet of the long‐footed potoroo (Potorous longipes) (1999) (14)
Seeking the needle in the haystack: Undetectability of mycorrhizal fungi outside of the plant rhizosphere associated with an endangered Australian orchid (2018) (14)
Population genetic structure of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria sp. A resembles that of its host tree Nothofagus cunninghamii (2015) (13)
Setting scientific names at all taxonomic ranks in italics facilitates their quick recognition in scientific papers (2020) (13)
Recognition of the discipline of conservation mycology (2018) (13)
Towards a Natural Classification of Hyphodontia Sensu Lato and the Trait Evolution of Basidiocarps within Hymenochaetales (Basidiomycota) (2021) (12)
Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi: 20 (2017) (12)
Where are the short-range endemics among Western Australian macrofungi? (2002) (12)
Biogeography of the Ectomycorrhizal Mushroom Genus Laccaria (2017) (12)
(117-119) Proposals to make the pre-publication deposit of key nomenclatural information in a recognized repository a requirement for valid publication of organisms treated as fungi under the Code (2010) (12)
Documenting the fungal biodiversity of Australasia: from 1800 to 2000 and beyond (2001) (11)
Disturbance alters the forest soil microbiome (2021) (11)
XI International Mycological Congress: report of Congress action on nomenclature proposals relating to fungi (2018) (10)
Comparative study of hemagglutination and lectin activity in Australian medicinal mushrooms (higher Basidiomycetes). (2011) (10)
Fixed and Hypothesis‐Guided Soil Sampling Methods‐Principles, Strategies, and Examples (2007) (9)
The functional significance for the orchid Caladenia tentaculata of genetic and geographic variation in the mycorrhizal fungus Sebacina vermifera s. lat (2011) (9)
Biophysical characterization and structural determination of the potent cytotoxic Psathyrella asperospora lectin (2017) (8)
Rediscovering an old foe: Optimised molecular methods for DNA extraction and sequencing applications for fungarium specimens of powdery mildew (Erysiphales) (2020) (8)
Fungi of Australia Volume 2A (1997) (8)
Global diversity and geography of soil fungi FUNGAL BIOGEOGRAPHY (2014) (8)
Data on the fungal species consumed by mammal species in Australia (2017) (8)
Rediscovery of Multifurca stenophylla (Berk.) T.Lebel, C.W.Dunk & T.W.May comb. nov. (Russulaceae) from Australia (2013) (7)
Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? (2020) (7)
Report of the Special Subcommittee on Governance of the Code with Respect to Fungi (2016) (7)
Delving into the dark ecology: A continent-wide assessment of patterns of composition in soil fungal communities from Australian tussock grasslands (2019) (6)
Dating the emergence of truffle-like fungi in Australia, by using an augmented meta-analysis (2016) (6)
Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use (2021) (6)
Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi – 201 (2017) (5)
Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi: 21 – Lists from working groups (2017) (5)
(362–363) Proposals to amend the Code to modify its governance with respect to names of organisms treated as fungi (2016) (5)
Synopsis of proposals on fungal nomenclature: a review of the proposals concerning Chapter F of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants submitted to the XI International Mycological Congress, 2018 (2018) (5)
Claustula: The forgotten phalloid (1997) (5)
Hypocreopsis amplectens sp. nov., a rare fungus from New Zealand and Australia (2007) (5)
Naming names: the first women taxonomists in mycology (2017) (4)
The status of names and records of Australian macrofungi (2003) (4)
Molecular data from up to 130‐year‐old herbarium specimens do not support the presence of cherry powdery mildew in Australia (2020) (4)
Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi – 21: Lists from working groups1 (2017) (4)
New species of Tulasnella associated with Australian terrestrial orchids in the Cryptostylidinae and Drakaeinae (2020) (4)
The third 'F' - fungi in Australian biodiversity conservation: actions, issues and initiatives. (2010) (4)
Cerylimycins [corrected] A and B: antibacterial triterpenes from the new species Tricholoma sp. AU1. (2005) (4)
Correction to: FungalTraits: a user friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles (2021) (4)
Report of the special committee on by-laws for the nomenclature section (2016) (3)
Phaeolus schweinitzii in Australia (2002) (3)
Some macrofungi from alpine Tasmania (2003) (3)
What Do the First 597 Global Fungal Red List Assessments Tell Us about the Threat Status of Fungi? (2022) (3)
International Mycological Congress: Guiding Vote on nomenclature proposals to amend Chapter F of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (2018) (3)
Worldwide diversity of endophytic fungi and insects associated with dormant tree twigs (2022) (3)
Austrocolorone B and austrocolorin B1, cytotoxic anthracenone dimers from the Tasmanian mushroom Cortinarius vinosipes Gasparini (2011) (3)
Mycologists' committees strongly support changes to the governance of fungal nomenclature (2017) (3)
A new styrylpyrone-containing Cortinarius from Australia (1992) (3)
Mitochondrial microsatellite markers for the Australian ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria sp. A (Hydnangiaceae)1 (2014) (3)
Seven new Serendipita species associated with Australian terrestrial orchids (2021) (3)
Redelimitation of Heteroradulum (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota) with H.australiense sp. nov. (2022) (2)
The Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act and the conservation of lesser known groups of biota. (2003) (2)
Preface to 'Biodiversity and biogeography of Australian fungi' (2001) (2)
First record of Galerina nana (Cortinariales) from Australia (1988) (2)
Incidence, characteristics and risk factors for perioperative cardiac arrest and 30-day-mortality in preterm infants requiring non-cardiac surgery. (2021) (2)
Don’t be afraid of the f-word: prospects for integrating fungi into biodiversity monitoring (2012) (2)
Fungi of Australia 2A: Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 1. Basidiomycota (1998) (2)
Nyctalis mirabilis (Fungi: Agaricales), a new species from Australia (1995) (2)
Nomenclature - Formal reports, proposals, and opinion (2010) (2)
Notes on Protoglossum (Fungi: Cortinariales) (1995) (2)
The Truffle-like 'Protubera canescens' Is an Early Developmental Stage of the Cage Fungus 'Ileodictyon' (2010) (2)
Fungal taxonomy: current status and research agendas for the interdisciplinary and globalisation era (2022) (2)
It's time for a global strategy for plant and fungus conservation (2014) (2)
Introducing the Australian Journal of Taxonomy, a new, fully-online, fully open-access journal for the rapid publication of new Australian species and other taxa (2022) (1)
Report on corrections and future considerations for Appendices II–VIII of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (2017) (1)
Procedures and timetable for proposals to amend Chapter F of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (2020) (1)
Isolation of the 3′R and 3′S diastereomers of fasciculic acid C from the Australian mushroom Hypholoma australianum (2021) (1)
Wild Mushrooming (2021) (1)
Enhancing repository fungal data for biogeographic analyses (2021) (1)
The significance of mycological contributions by Lothar Becker (2019) (1)
What does the Atlas of Living Australia tell us about the distribution of Mycena interrupta in Queensland and South Australia ? (2016) (1)
The safety of edible fungi purchased at Melbourne markets (2006) (1)
On the threshold of mycology: Flora Martin nee Campbell (1845-1923) (2017) (1)
Re-Evaluation of the Podosphaera tridactyla Species Complex in Australia (2021) (1)
THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FUNGI IN NEW SOUTH WALES— ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS (2009) (1)
Worldwide diversity of endophytic fungi and insects associated with dormant tree twigs (2022) (1)
Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae) (2021) (1)
Curated open-access fungi occurrence data for Australia (2021) (1)
Use of Target Species in Citizen Science Fungi Recording Schemes (2021) (1)
New species of Tulasnella associated with Australian terrestrial orchids in the subtribes Megastylidinae and Thelymitrinae (2022) (1)
Antibacterial Metabolites from Australian Macrofungi from the Genus Cortinarius (2010) (0)
Rediscovery of Multifurca stenophylla (Berk.) T.Lebel, C.W.Dunk & T.W.May comb. nov. (Russulaceae) from Australia (2012) (0)
Selected Mycological papers from ‘the 1996 Commemorative Conferences’, Melbourne, 29 September to 5 October 1996 (1997) (0)
Jean-baptiste bory de saint-vincent’s set of plantae cryptogamicae arduenna and the importance of mentors and modesty in marie-anne libert’s cryptogamic career (2018) (0)
Australasian Plant Conservation (2007) (0)
Australian fungi in the genus Cortinarius as a source for new photosensitizers (2023) (0)
Author Correction: Fungal taxonomy and sequence-based nomenclature (2021) (0)
15 shades of grey-a multi-gene phylogeny and taxonomic review of Pseudotomentella tristis, integrating ecological and geographical data (2019) (0)
Figure 2 from: Li Q-Z, Liu S-L, Wang X-W, May TW, Zhou L-W (2022) Redelimitation of Heteroradulum (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota) with H. australiense sp. nov. MycoKeys 86: 87-101. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.86.76425 (2022) (0)
FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles (2020) (0)
Figure 11 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Figure 1 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
G2/M cell cycle arrest by an N-acetyl-D-glucosamine specific lectin from Psathyrella asperospora (2013) (0)
Use of Target Species in Citizen Science Fungi Recording Schemes (2021) (0)
Figure 4 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
Figure 9 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Figure 4 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
A comparison of the accuracy of mushroom identification applications using digital photographs (2023) (0)
Climate, host and geography shape insect and fungal communities of trees (2023) (0)
Figure 10 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Beyond degree sequences : the descriptive power of walk sequences in graphs and biological networks (2012) (0)
Figure 9 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
1740) Proposal to Conserve the Name Agaricus lepideus against A. suffrutescens (Basidiomycota) (2006) (0)
Figure 3 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
Figure 2 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
Figure 7 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Figure 8 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Figure 5 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
Fungal hyphae of a Coprinopsis sp . found in a bilby ( Macrotis lagotis ) burrow spoil-mound (2015) (0)
Figure 1 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Flowers and fungi: illustrations by Ferdinand von Mueller’s nieces. (2020) (0)
Fungi and fi re in Australian ecosystems : a review of current knowledge , management implications and future directions (2011) (0)
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN N-ACETYL-D- GLUCOSAMINE SPECIFIC LECTIN FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSHROOM (2014) (0)
An overview of the fungi of Melbourne (2011) (0)
DNA barcode analyses improve accuracy in fungal species distribution models (2021) (0)
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Figure 6 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Figure 5 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Identification of fungi: background, challenges and prospects. (2021) (0)
Figure 3 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Some Taxonomic and Ecological Observations on the Genus 'Banksiamyces' (2006) (0)
Figure 7 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
Figure 2 from: Zhou M, Wang L, May TW, Vlasák J, Chen J-J, Dai Y-C (2019) Phylogeny and diversity of Haploporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota). MycoKeys 54: 77-98. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.54.34362 (2019) (0)
Correction to: FungalTraits: a user friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles (2021) (0)
Evaluating the Potential Water Quality Impacts of Animal Feeding Operations on National Wildlife Refuges on the Delmarva Peninsula CBFO-C 0303 (2013) (0)
Book review (2006) (0)
Figure 6 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
Figure 8 from: Johnston PR, Park D, Smith ME, Mujic AB, May TW (2021) Brahmaculus gen. nov. (Leotiomycetes, Chlorociboriaceae). MycoKeys 80: 19-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.64435 (0)
Validation of three new species of Lecidella from Australia (2015) (0)
Investigations into the cytotoxic effects of Australian indigenous mushrooms (2008) (0)

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