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Dr Sally Fryar

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9512-7666
1998 …2025

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Research Biography

Sally's main research interests are the ecology, evolution, systematics, and conservation of microfungi. She completed a PhD at Flinders University in 1997 on the taxonomy and ecology of wood decay fungi, examining indirect effects of multi-species interactions. In 1998 she moved to Hong Kong as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hong Kong where worked on freshwater and marine fungi. Her research took her to various peat swamp forests, mangroves and streams in Borneo where she was a visiting fellow at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam. While studying the competition between microfungi on wood in aquatic ecosystems as well as their succession and natural distribution she also discovered new taxa of microfungi and became increasingly concerned about the threats to aquatic fungal diversity. Her research now involves documenting microfungi from marine and freshwater habitats around Australia. This includes the identification of ascomycetes, culturing, DNA extraction, PCR for DNA sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Sally maintains a strong interest in fungal conservation.

Research Interests

Sally is currently exploring the diversity of Australian marine and freshwater microfungi.

External positions

Co-chair, IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group

30 Oct 2023 → 31 Dec 2024

Member, IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee

30 Oct 2023 → 31 Dec 2024

Supervision

  • Registered

Research Areas

  • Ecology and conservation

Supervisory Interests

  • Mycology
  • Ecology
  • Phylogenetics
  • Marine biology

Keywords

  • QH301 Biology

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  4. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • A checklist of marine fungi from Australia

    Fryar, S. C., Hyde, K. D. & Catcheside, D. E. A., May 2020, In: Mycotaxon. 135, 2, p. 1-14 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • A survey of marine fungi on wood in South Australia

    Fryar, S. C., Hyde, K. D. & Catcheside, D. E. A., Oct 2020, In: BOTANICA MARINA. 63, 5, p. 469-478 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    6 Citations (Scopus)

  • Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

    Wijayawardene, N. N., Hyde, K. D., Al-Ani, L., Tedersoo, L., Haelewaters, D., Rajeshkumar, K. C., Zhao, R. L., Aptroot, A., Leontyev, D. V., R K, S., Tokarev, Y. S., Dai, D. Q., Letcher, P. M., Stephenson, S. L., Ertz, D., Lumbsch, H. T., Kukwa, M., Issi, I. V., Madrid, H. & Phillips, A. J. L. & 135 others, Selbmann, L., Pfliegler, W. P., Horvath, E., Bensch, K., Kirk, P. M., Kolaříková, K., Raja, H. A., Radek, R., Papp, V., Dima, B., Ma, J., Malosso, E., Takamatsu, S., Rambold, G., Gannibal, P. B., Triebel, D., Gautam, A. K., Avasthi, S., Suetrong, S., Timdal, E., Fryar, S., Delgado, G., Reblova, M., Doilom, M., Dolatabadi, S., Pawlowska, J. Z., Humber, R. A., Kodsueb, R., Sanchez-Castro, I., Goto, B. T., Silva, D. K. A., de Souza, F. A., F, O., da Silva, G. A., Silva, I. R., Blaszkowski, J., Jobim, K., Maria, L. C., Barbosa, F. R., Fiuza, P. O., Divakar, P. K., Shenoy, B. D., Castañeda-Ruiz, R. F., Somrithipol, S., Lateef, A. A., Karunarathna, S. C., Tibpromma, S., Mortimer, P. E., Wanasinghe, D. N., Phookamsak, R., Xu, Y., Wang, Y., Tian, F., Alvarado, P., Li, D. W., Kušan, I., Matočec, N., Mesic, A., Tkalcec, Z., Maharachchikumbura, S. S. N., Papizadeh, G., Heredia, G., Wartchow, F., Bakhshi, M., Boehm, E., Youssef, N., Hustad, V. P., Lawrey, J. D., Santiago, A. L. C. M. A., Bezerra, J. D. P., de Souza-Motta, C. M., Firmino, A. L., Tian, Q., Hongsanan, S., Tanaka, K., Dissanayake, A. J., Monteiro, J. S., Grossart, H. P., Suija, A., Weerakoon, G., Etayo, J., Tsurykau, A., Vázquez, V., Mungai, P., Damm, U., Li, Q. R., Zhang, H., Boonmee, S., Lu, Y. Z., Becerra, A. G., Kendrick, B., Brearley, F. Q., Motiejūnaitė, J., Sharma, B., Khare, R., Gaikwad, S., Wijesundara, D. S. A., Tang, L. Z., He, M. Q., Flakus, A., Rodriguez-Flakus, P., Zhurbenko, M. P., McKenzie, E. H. C., Stadler, M., Bhatt, D. J., Liu, J. K., Raza, M., Jeewon, R., Nassonova, E. S., Prieto, M., Jayalal, R. G. U., Erdoğdu, M., Yurkov, A., Schnittler, M., Shchepin, O. N., Novozhilov, Y. K., Silva-Filho, A. G. S., Gentekaki, E., Lui, P., Cavender, J. C., Kang, Y., Mohammad, S., Zhang, L. F., Xu, R. F., Dayarathne, M. C., Ekanayaka, A. H., Wen, T. C., Deng, C. Y., Navathe, S., Hawksworth, D. L., Fan, X. L., Dissanayake, L. S., Kuhnert, E., Grossart, H. P. & Thines, M., 2020, In: Mycosphere. 11, 1, p. 1060-1456 397 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    755 Citations (Scopus)

  • www.freshwaterfungi.org, an online platform for the taxonomic classification of freshwater fungi

    Calabon, M., Hyde, K. D., Jones, E., Chandrasiri, S., Dong, W., Fryar, S., Yang, J., Luo, Z., Lu, Y., Bao, D. & Boonmee, S., 6 Oct 2020, In: Asian Journal of Mycology. 3, 1, p. 419-445 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    40 Citations (Scopus)

  • Annabella australiensis gen. & sp. nov. (Helotiales, Cordieritidaceae) from South Australian mangroves

    Fryar, S. C., Haelewaters, D. & Catcheside, D. E. A., 3 Jul 2019, In: Mycological Progress. 18, 7, p. 973-981 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    16 Citations (Scopus)
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