WEI Yullian, Female, born in August 1975, native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. Doctoral supervisor, Project Researcher, Master's Supervisor of Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyang, CAS. Her main research interests include Deadwood Fungal Diversity, Fungal Ecology, as well as Fungal Resource Development and Utilization. With funding from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and other relevant programs, She has visited and engaged in collaborative exchanges at Mid Sweden University in Sweden, the University of Leuven in Belgium, the University of Helsinki in Finland, and the Taichung Museum of Natural Science in Taiwan. She has published more than 80 papers in journals, of these, 36 were published in SCI-indexed journals, and 8 invention patents were granted. She has led nine research projects, including grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Liaoning Provincial Applied Basic Research Program, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Taxonomy Scientist Program.

2003.09 — 2006.06 Ph.D. degree in Ecology Science from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. 1998.09 — 2001.06 Master degree in Ecology Science from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. 1993.09 — 1997.06 Bachelor degree in Forest Conservation from Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

2025.12–present Project Professor of Biodiversity, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2006.9–2025.11 Associate Professor of Biodiversity, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2004.9–2006.8 Assistant Professor of Biodiversity, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2002.5–2004.8 Research Associate of Biodiversity, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China 2001.8–2002.5 Engineer of Shenyang Academy of Landscape Architecture, Institute of Floriculture

Fungal Diversity, Fungal Ecology, as well as Fungal Resource Development and Utilization.

2023-2026 Project Leader, Functional traits variety and species coexistence mechanism of wood-decaying fungi in typical forest ecosystem. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program 2022-2025 Project Leader, Development and Application of Medicinal Fungal Resources in the Hymenochaete Family in Northeast China. Liaoning Province Applied Basic Research Program Project 2021-2024 Project Leader, Community succession and decomposing mechanism of wood-decaying fungi on dead Korean pine and birch wood in temperate forest. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program 2019-2022 Project Leader, Studying on species diversity and community assembly mechanisms of wood-decaying fungi in different forest ecosystems in China. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program 2014-2017 Project Leader, Distribution pattern and community dynamic change of wood-decaying fungi in temperate forest ecosystem. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program.

1.Zhu Yaquan, Zhou Linjiang, Liu Jiaxue, Yuan Yiwei, Wei Yulian*, Yuan Haisheng*. 2026. Thirty new species in Thelephorales and Hymenochaetales from the Eastern Himalayas and Southern China. Mycosphere 17: e001. 2.Xue Jianbin, Wei Yulian*, Li Qiushi, Mao Zikun, Yuan Haisheng ,Wang Xugao, Li Guanhua. 2025. Fungal community assembly and limiting factors of logs in the initial decomposition phase in temperate forests. Ecological Processes 14:76. 3.Xue Jianbin, Wei Yulian*, Chen Liting, Yuan Haisheng*. 2025. Transcriptomic Insights into the Degradation Mechanisms of Fomitopsis pinicola and Its Host Preference for Coniferous over Broadleaf Deadwood. Microorganisms 13: 1006. 4.Zhao Dongxue, Wei Yulian, YOU Ziqi, et al. 2025. Host Developmental Stage and Vegetation Type Govern Root EcM Fungal Assembly in Temperate Forests. Journal of Fungi 11: 307. 5.Zhao Dongxue, Wei Yulian, Cao Ting, et al. 2025. Convergence of root ectomycorrhizal fungal communities across Pinaceae developmental stages in temperate forests in northeastern China. iScience 28: 112754. 6.Wei Yulian, Xue Jianbin, Shi Jiangtao, Li Tong, Yuan Haisheng*. 2024. Comparative transcriptome analysis explores the mechanism of angiosperm and gymnosperm deadwood degradation by Fomes fomentarius. Journal of Fungi 10: 196. 7.Zhu Yaquan, Li XL, Zhao Dongxue, Wei Yulian, Yuan Haisheng*. 2024. Four New Species of Tomentella (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) from Subtropical Forests in Southwestern China. Journal of Fungi 10: 440. 8.Yang Shirong, Wei Yulian, Yuan Haisheng*. 2023. Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four new species of Thelephora (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) from subtropical China, closely related to T. ganbajun. Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1109924. 9.Wang Yuxi, Jia Jinghui, Wang Qi, Wei Yulian, Yuan Haisheng*. 2023. Secondary metabolites from the cultures of medicinal mushroom Vanderbylia robiniophila and their tyrosinase inhibitory activities. Journal of Fungi 9(7): 702-714. 10.Li Tong, Cui Lizhen, Song Xiufang, Cui Xiaoyong, Wei Yulian*, Tang Li, Mu Yanhong, Xu Zhihong. 2022. Wood decay fungi an analysis of worldwide research. Journal of Soils and Sediments 22: 1688-1702. 11.Wei Yulian*, Li Qiushi, Bai Zhen, Wu Qingxue. 2021. Fungal Community Composition and Enzyme Activity in Different Type Bark of Pinus koraiensis. Forests. 12: 1781. 12.Bai Zhen, Ye Ji, Wei Yulian, Yan Shaokui, Yuan Haisheng*. 2021. Soil depth-dependent C/N stoichiometry and fungal and bacterial communities along a temperate forest succession gradient. Catena 207: 105613. 13.Mu Yanhong, Hu Yaping, Wei Yulian, Yuan Haisheng*. 2020. Hydnaceous fungi of China 8. Morphological and molecular identification of three new species of Sarcodon and a new record from southwest China. MycoKeys 66: 83-103 14.薛健斌，陈丽婷，魏玉莲*. 2024. 森林生态系统中木腐真菌功能性状研究进展. 生态学杂志, 43: 2587-2595. 15.李双琳, 魏玉莲*, 袁海生. 2023. 香菇菌糠高效降解菌株的筛选及其酶活特征. 菌物学报, 42: 2269-2284. 16.张思瑶，余盛武，魏玉莲*. 东亚木层孔菌与两种野生桑黄的活性成分及其抗氧化活性比较. 菌物学报. 43(2): 230220. 17.魏玉莲. 2021. 森林生态系统中木腐真菌群落形成机理及生态功能. 生态学杂志, 40: 534-543. 18.李秋实, 魏玉莲*. 2021. 中国热带地区木腐真菌物种组成及分布特征. 菌物学报, 40: 1-20. 李俊凝，李秋实，魏玉莲*. 丽江老君山国家公园木腐真菌区系组成与分布特征，应用生态学报，2020，31 : 259－265.

WEI Yulian, et al. A Culture Medium Plate Maker. Authorization Date: September 23, 2009. Application No. 200820231885.6 WEI Yulian, et al. A Gas Detection Device for Microbial Cultures. Authorization Date: June 9, 2010. Application No. 200820231886.0 WEI Yulian, et al. A Species of Irpex lacteus and Its Applications. Authorization Date: December 13, 2019. Application No. 20170804218.6 WEI Yulian, et al. A Species of Funania trogii and Its Applications. Authorization Date: March 31, 2023. Application No. 201911336845.7 WEI Yulian, et al. A Species of Phellinus orientoasiaticus and Its Applications. Authorization Date: October 10, 2025. Application No. 2024 1 1356443.4