Submissions and Author Guidelines

Submissions

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Author Guidelines

The recommended guidelines include bibliographic and formatting standards together with examples of common citation formats to be used in submissions.

Requirements for the Submission of Originals

Articles submitted for possible publication in Scientia Fungorum must submit the following complete documentation in its final version through the Open Journal System interface. Submissions not sent through this means will not be accepted.

1. Submission form: Available in the journal's OJS interface (scientiafungorum.org.mx), where specific information about the article and the author or authors is requested.
2. Letter of originality and non-duplication: This letter must be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief and must indicate the titles of the work in Spanish and English, confirming that it is a new manuscript and that it has not been simultaneously submitted for evaluation to another journal. It must include the complete data of all authors and will be signed by the corresponding author.
3. Format for assignment of patrimonial rights: In this letter, addressed to the Editor and signed by all authors of the manuscript, it is stated that, if accepted, Scientia Fungorum is authorized to publish the manuscript under the open access policy.
4. Attach the complete content of the article being submitted and additional files, in their final version. No changes will be accepted once the process has begun.

Once the submission requirements have been met, the submitted text will be sent for Editorial Review.

Publication Fee

The publication cost per page will be $400.00 MXN for residents in Mexico and $30.00 USD for residents outside the country. Payments will be made directly to the account of the Asociación Mexicana para el Estudio de los Hongos (see data at: www.facebook.com/SociedadMexicanadeMicologia/). Payments from outside Mexico will be made through the PayPal system.

Types of Manuscripts

The following types of contribution will be accepted for evaluation:

1. Original scientific article. These are contributions with novel information not previously published. They may have a length of up to 10,000 words.
2. Short note. This format considers works with conclusive information, but insufficient for extensive analysis; preliminary results will not be accepted. Its length will be a maximum of 1,500 words and it may contain 2 figures and/or tables. The summary and abstract in these works will be a maximum of 150 words.
3. Review. In this category, works that review the state of knowledge of current mycological topics will be published. Reviews will be considered only by express invitation of the Editorial Committee and must be submitted in English.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Contributions may be written in Spanish or English, using the Word word processor (version 1997 onward) double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12-point font and a page size of 21.59 x 27.94 cm, with left and right margins of 3 cm and lower and upper margins of 2 cm. Number the pages in the lower right margin. Write in italics only the scientific names of organisms, words in Latin and the names of fungal collectors and their numbers in the lists of studied material. All taxonomic work must conform to the latest edition of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and preferably include a document endorsing the incorporation of the article's material into the cited herbarium.

Original scientific articles will be composed of the following sections: Title, Summary, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments and References. When the author considers it appropriate, the Results and Discussion sections may be presented together. In short notes, the text will not be divided into sections. Reviews must contain, in addition to the Introduction, the sections that the authors consider necessary and also include a final Conclusions section.

Organization of the Work

In order to speed up the review process and ensure double-blind evaluation, the manuscript must be submitted as follows:

1) Presentation Page

This page must include the title of the work in English and Spanish, the complete list of authors with their affiliations including the ORCID number and the email address of the corresponding author. The acknowledgments of the work will also be included. This file must be called “Presentation of the work”.

2) Manuscript Text

In the manuscript text file, DO NOT INCLUDE THE NAMES OF THE AUTHORS. This file must be called “Main text”.

The manuscript will begin with the title written in two languages, Spanish and English. The title must be brief and informative and reflect the content of the article. If it contains scientific names of species, these must be in italics without the names of the authors of the taxa.

Next, the summary will be written first in Spanish and then in English (Abstract). It is necessary to ensure that the content of the two summaries matches completely. Both texts must be structured and include the following information: Background, Objective, Methods, Results and conclusions. The summary must be concise, clear and informative and contain a maximum of 200 words. The authors of taxa or bibliographic references are not included in the summary or abstract. Information not mentioned in the text must not be included.

At the end of the summary and abstract include 3 to 5 keywords, which are not included in the title. Keywords are ordered alphabetically and separated by commas.

In Short Notes the text must not be divided into sections and will have a maximum length of 1,500 words. Two figures and/or tables may be included.

For original articles and reviews, section titles and subtitles will be in the left margin, in lowercase and bold. It is recommended to limit the manuscript text to a maximum of 10,000 words including references, figures and tables. It is recommended to organize the text with the following sections:

Introduction. It must place the study in its context and provide relevant recent or historical background. In this section the research must be justified. It is suggested to end the introduction with the statement of the study objectives.

Materials and Methods. Include all materials and methods used. It is very important to add information about the variables and statistical analyses performed. All graphs must include standard deviation. The consulted herbaria must be included, as well as the banks where genetic sequences of the studied materials have been deposited.

For taxonomic works, verify that the name used and the taxonomic classification are current for the taxon or taxa studied. For this purpose, consultation of the Index Fungorum and/or Mycobank databases is suggested.

How to cite the studied materials:

Studied material: Country. State, Municipality. Precise locality and, if available, georeference, altitude, collector (herbarium), collection date.

Habitat: Substrate(s), species on which it grows and type of vegetation.

Comments: Description of the relevant aspects of the species.

Example:

Morchella rufobrunnea Guzmán & F. Tapia, Mycologia 90(4): 706 (1998)

Figures 1, 2H-J

Ascoma 32-90 mm high. Hymenophore 30-60 × 10-15 mm, conical to subconical, with marked longitudinal ribs and transverse ribs at the same level but scarcer, forming elongated alveoli, light brown or yellowish brown color (5C3-5), stains when damaged to ferruginous or reddish-brown color (10F8), visible even after herbarium drying. Stipe 15-35 × 10-15 mm, cylindrical, whitish to cream colored, with whitish to cream colored basal mycelium. Ascospores of (20-) 22-24 (-25) × (13-) 14-15 (-16) µm, Q = (1.25-) 1.33-1.84, ellipsoid to elongated, some broadly ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, with small content drops, hyaline. Paraphyses of (80-) 90-180 (-190) × 10-15 µm, simple, septate at the base with one or two cells, hyaline.

Studied material: MEXICO. Veracruz, Municipality of San Andrés Tlalnelhuayocan, Río Xocoyolapan, 19°30.89'N 97°00.39'W, 1590 m, Medel 2378 (XAL), October 13, 2011. Municipality of Jesús Carranza, Las Quebradas, Guzman 17315 (XAL), July 30, 2001.

Habitat: On fallen leaves of Liquidambar styraciflua, cloud forest.

Comments: Abundant species, microscopically, the ascospores are within the size described by...

Works that present lists of species, whose identification is based only on morphological descriptions and brief discussions and/or lists based on the review of herbarium materials, without carrying out macro- and micromorphological studies, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

New species must be presented accompanied by the morphological description and the accession numbers of the respective sequences in GenBank and/or Mycobank. In addition, they must be accompanied by good quality figures or drawings.

Results. Present the results according to the objectives and in the order proposed in the Materials and Methods section.

Discussion. It must comprise an analysis of the results placed in the context of the objectives of the work. It is suggested to include a conclusions section at the end.

References. Place the bibliography at the end of the work, under the name References, using the citation system suggested by Scientia Fungorum, according to the examples indicated below. Arrange the citations alphabetically, carefully observing punctuation. All references must be cited in the text (in parentheses). It is recommended to use the Word “Find” command twice to corroborate that all references are cited in the text and that all citations appear in the list of references. In citations of one or two authors, both surnames followed by the year of publication will be placed (Herrera and Guzmán 2000); in the case that the citation has three authors or more, only the name of the first author followed by “et al.” and the year of publication will be placed (Cifuentes et al. 2005). In case there are more than two works by the same author, first cite those signed by the author alone and then those made in collaboration with coauthors. Make sure that the spelling of the names of the authors and of the cited scientific journals appears correctly. The names of the journals must be cited in full. Do not indicate the journal number if it is a volume with several annual numbers and progressive pagination. Avoid citing thesis works and conference works; this type of citation will only be accepted in case there is no other alternative. Personal communication citations will not be accepted in this section; such citations must be included in the text in parentheses; for example: (Hernández G. 2020, Pers. Comm.) and only when it is not possible to omit them. Avoid citing works in press. Include the DOI numbers of publications whenever possible. Examples:

1. a) Periodical journals:

Barron GL, Thorn RG. 1987. Destruction of nematodes by species of Pleurotus. Canadian Journal of Botany 65, 774-778. https://doi.org/10.1139/b87-103

Guzmán G, Wasson RG, Herrera T. 1975. Una iglesia dedicada al culto de un hongo “Nuestro señor del honguito” en Chignahuapan, Puebla. Revista Mexicana de Micologia 9, 137-147.

1. b) Books: note the publisher and the city (not the country) where it was published, written in the language in which the manuscript is submitted:

Eriksson KE, Blanchette RA, Ander P. 2020. Microbial and enzymatic degradation of wood and wood components. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Herrera T, Ulloa M. 1998. El Reino de los Hongos. Micología básica y aplicada. UNAM-FCE, México, D.F.

1. c) Book chapters:

Huppert M. 1982. Antigens used for measuring immunological activity. In: Howard DH (ed.) Fungi pathogenic for humans and animals, Part B. Pathogenicity and detection. Marcel Dekker, New York. 305-340.

1. d) Web page

Nakaya M, Yoneyama Y. 2000. Recycling of cultural waste of Pleurotus cornucopiae for cultivation of P. cornucopiae and P. ostreatus. http://www.agro.nl/pc/isms/posters/pos169.htm (January 16, 2016).

Tables and figures. They must be sent in files separate from the text of the work, numbered progressively (Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, Table 2). Tables must be written in Word and will have the table title at the top of it. Titles must be self-explanatory; that is, they must contain sufficient information so that it is not necessary to refer to the text of the writing to understand what it is about. Figures (photographs, graphs or drawings) must be high quality with a minimum of 300 dpi. Figures in jpg or compatible format will be accepted. If Excel graphs are included, the original file with the graph data must be sent.

3) General Information

Symbols and units: Use units of the Decimal Metric System and abbreviate them according to the General Conference on Weights and Measures (1960, 1971), for example: m, cm, g, kg, mol, etc. Use h, min, s for times and L for liter. Abbreviations not covered by said Conference, such as máx., mín., diám., Méx., etc., must have a period and be accented where applicable. Temperature must be expressed in degrees centigrade (°C). In certain cases in which it is necessary to note other units, these must be added in parentheses. When the names of chemical compounds are abbreviated, use internationally established acronyms (ATP, DNA, etc.) or indicate their meaning. Avoid using Anglicisms or Gallicisms. Accentuate capital letters according to grammatical rules and the standards established by the Dictionary of the Spanish Language.

4) Reviewers. It is recommended that the authors of the work suggest 2 or 3 names of experts in the subject to carry out the peer review of the submitted manuscript. For this, they must indicate the email address, the work institution and a brief explanation of why the suggestion is made. It is clarified that the designation, under double blind, of the reviewers of the submitted writing corresponds exclusively to the editorial body.

For Accepted Works

Once the works are accepted, authors must send the final version of the manuscript in Word format including the full names of the authors and their affiliations, exactly as they should appear in the publication. Also include acknowledgments and study funding data. Care must be taken that the names of the authors in the text and in the metadata captured in the Scientia Fungorum portal match perfectly. Tables and figures will be sent separately according to the instructions mentioned above.

The editor will send the galley proofs to the corresponding author, who will have a maximum of 3 business days to review them, with the understanding that only minor changes and typographical corrections will be accepted.