Submissions

Author Guidelines

• Title: Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data (Times new Roman, 14 pt, bold)
• Authors: Kare Liimatainen¹, Jan T. Kim², Lisa Pokorny^1,3, Paul M. Kirk⁴, Bryn Dentinger⁵ and Tuula Niskanen¹(Times new Roman, 12 pt, bold)
• Affiliation:¹ The affiliation and address of the author without abbreviations and email (Times new Roman, 10 pt, Italics)
• Citation: Liimatainen, K., Kim, J.T., Pokorny, L. et al. (2022) Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data Title). PhytoMycology X (X): XXX–XXX. Doi (Times new Roman, 10pt)
• Abstract (Times new Roman 12pt, bold)

The abstract should be concise and provide the basic findings of the study. No abbreviations, author citations or reference citations should be included. (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• Keywords (Times new Roman, 12 pt, bold) – in alphabetical order – must not repeat words in title (Times New Roman, 12 pt)
•  Introduction

Citations are listed in chronological order (von Arx & Müller 1954, Ball 1987, 2007, Tall et al. 2006). The introduction should briefly review the topic being investigated and present the objectives of the study. [Note: ‘&’ not ‘and’; semicolons to separate citations] (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• Materials and methods

Materials and methods should be described in sufficient detail to allow the research work to be reliably reproduced in another laboratory, and to leave the readers in no doubt as to how the results were derived.

All subheadings should be in the same format. (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• Results

Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and figures, usually matching the order as described in Materials and Methods. The Results should not include a lengthy discussion. (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

Figures and Tables:

Authors should submit tables and figures with clear contents. Tables and Figures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals as Table 1, 2, 3 and Figure 1, 2, 3.

Figures: high-resolution (300 dpi for color, 600 dpi for black-and-white), in TIFF, JPEG, or PNG formats

Tables: editable, not embedded as images; provide clear titles and legends.

Captions: placed below figures and above tables.

• Discussion

This is where you compare your work with other research and put forward and discuss your major findings (Table 1). There must be adequate comparison and references to previous work. (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• Conclusions

A short conclusion of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, or at the end of the Discussion section. (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• Supplementary Information

1. All lesser significant figures, tables, and procedures that support the main body of key results and conclusions in the text should be included as Electronic Supplementary Information and uploaded as a separate file (PDF) at the same time of manuscript submission.
2. The availability of electronic supplementary information should be mentioned in a separate paragraph in the manuscript, placed immediately before the References, as “Supplementary Information”.

• Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments should include the funding agency and grant number which provided other resources. Individuals who have contributed to make the research possible, but not sufficiently quantified to be authors should also be included in this section. (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• Author contributions

The roles and contributions of each author must be described in the subsequent manner: The authors confirm contribution to the paper as follows: study conception and design: Conceptualization, Author X (last name and initials); methodology, Author Y (last name and initials); formal analysis, Author Z (last name and initials); resources, Author X (last name and initials); data curation, Author Y (last name and initials); writing—original draft preparation, Author X (last name and initials); writing—review and editing, Author X (last name and initials); supervision, Author X (last name and initials); project administration, Author Y (last name and initials); funding acquisition, Author X (last name and initials). All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. An author name can appear multiple times, and each author name must appear at least once. (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• ORCID

The ORCID of the first author(s) and corresponding author(s) should be provided. (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• Conflict of interest statement

A statement must be included for all contributing authors who are involved in various kinds of conflicts. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other resources which may potentially influence the decision derived from this research. If no conflict of interest is declared, the following statement should be declared in the manuscript: “The authors have declared no conflict of interest.” (Times New Roman, 12 pt)

• References (Note: If there are more than 5 authors, write first 4 authors names followed by et al.)

1. Citation in text: Author(s) and year (e.g., Thompson 1990). Multiple citations separated by semicolons.
2. Reference list: Include only cited, published, or accepted works. Alphabetize by first author. Include DOIs where available.
3. Reference formats:

Journals:

1. Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al. (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329.

Article by DOI:

2. Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001090000086.

Book:

3. South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London.

Book chapter:

4. Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York, pp 230–257.

Online document:

5. Cartwright J (2007) Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007.

Dissertation:

6. Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California.

Journal abbreviations should follow the ISSN LTWA list; otherwise, provide the full journal title.

Citation Ethics:

Cite relevant and appropriate literature. Avoid excessive self-citation, citation manipulation, or biased geographic selection