syno_mycobank: Downloads synonyms from mycobank.org

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples

Description

Searches and downloads synonmys from the mycobank.org website for a given fungal species name

Usage

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Arguments

taxon

a character containing fungal species name

Details

The function searches all synonym entries on the MycoBank on-line database. The data may then be further processes, e.g. a search which of the synonmys are present at GenBank (syns_on_ncbi).

Mycobank devides synonyms into obligate (=) and facultative (≡) synonyms. Obligate synonyms have 2 different materials, while facultative synonyms refer to the same material. The output of this function produces two lists according to this definition.

Value

list with two vectors of class character

Author(s)

Franz-Sebastian Krah

Examples

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syns <- syno_mycobank(taxon = "Heterobasidion annosum")

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