RESEARCHERS
Yuan Hai Sheng / 男
Professional Title:Professor
Education:Ph.D
Phone:024-83970347
Email:hsyuan@iae.ac.cn
Resume
YUAN Hai-Sheng, Male, born in September 1975, native of JinZhong, Shanxi Province. Doctoral supervisor, Researcher.
His main research interests include the fungal diversity, molecular phylogeny, fungal ecology and exploration and utilization of fungal resources.
Educational Experience
2003.09—2006.06 Ph.D. degree in Ecology from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2000.09—2003.07 Master degree in Agronomy from Shanxi Agricultural University, China.
1994.09—1998.07 Bachelor degree in Agronomy from Shanxi Agricultural University, China.
Work Experience
2013–present Professor of Microbiology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
2013.3–2014.3 Visiting Scholar, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, USA.
2009.11–2010.3 Postdoctor, Taichung Natural Science Museum, Taiwan, China.
2008.11–2013.10 Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
2006.7–2008.10 Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
Research Interests
Fungal taxonomy and molecular phylogeny; Fungal ecology; Fungal genomics; Fungus and Host Interaction; Exploration and utilization of fungal resources
Awards and Honors
1. 2020 National Forestry and Grassland Administration Liang Xi Natural Science Award, “Research on the diversity and resources of wood decaying fungi in Southwest China”. National Forestry and Grassland Administration (3/5).
2. 2017 Jilin Province Science and Technology Progress Award, “Research and demonstration of green comprehensive prevention and control technology system for vegetable Oomycete diseases in Jilin Province”. Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Award Committee (4/11).
3. 2017 National Forestry and Grassland Administration Liang Xi Scientific and Technological Progress Award, “Research on wood decaying fungal resources and diversity in Northeast China”. National Forestry and Grassland Administration (3/8).
4. 2014 Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Award, “Research on the diversity of wood-decaying fungi in China”. Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Award Committee (2/5).
5. 2014 Ministry of Education Natural Science Award, “Research on the resources and systematics of the Hymenochaetacea in China”. Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (5/5).
6. 2008 Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, “Research on the diversity of macrofungi in forests of South China and its neighboring regions and its applications”. Guangdong Provincial People's Government (11/15).
7. 2006 Guizhou Province Science and Technology Progress Award, “Research on the diversity of higher fungi in tropical and subtropical forests of China”. Guizhou Provincial People's Government (6/10).
Research Projects
2026–2029: Project Leader, Diversity of corticioid fungi in forests of Northeastern China and the genomic mechanisms of their substrate preference, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
2022–2025: Project Leader, Species and genetic diversity mining and protection of important fungal resources of Thelephorales in Yunnan Province, NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund Key Project.
2024–2025: Project Leader, Excavation and utilization of non-woody resources under Liaodong forests, Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Cultivation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2021–2025: Project Leader, Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Selected Publications
1. Yuan Hai-Sheng#*, Zhou Lin-Jiang#, Zhu Ya-Quan, Wei Yu-Lian, Zhang Xiao-Jie, Zhao Chang-Lin*, Zhao Heng*. Species diversity of corticioid and hydnoid fungi in China and their medicinal, environmental, agricultural and industrial values. Mycosphere 2026, (SCI, 2025 IF= 15.1, 一区, in press)
2. Zhu YQ#, Zhou LJ#, Liu JX, Yuan YW, Wei YL*, Yuan HS*. Taxonomy and phylogeny of corticioid and hydnoid fungi in Thelephorales and Hymenochaetales from Southern China. Mycosphere 2026, 17: e001 (SCI, 2025 IF= 15.1, 一区)
3. Zhao H#, Yuan HS#, Cui YJ, Wang K, Wu F, Dai YC, Yuan Y*. Global polypore diversity and distribution patterns. Fungal Diversity 2026, 136: 136002. https://doi.org/10.65390/fdiv.2026.136002 (SCI, IF= 24.8, 一区)
4. Yuxi Wang, Yaqin Huo, Qi Wang, Yulian Wei, Le Zhou, Hai-Sheng Yuan*. 2025. Taxonomy-based molecular networks for discovery of triterpenoids from functional mushroom Ganoderma shandongense and their acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity. Food Bioscience 68:106740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2025.106740. (SCI, 2024 IF= 4.8, 二区)
5. Zhao H, Cui YJ, Guan QX, Wang K, Zhuang L, Zeng GY, Wei YL, Wu F*, Yuan Hai-Sheng*. Global fungal diversity and distribution patterns within the order Hymenochaetales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota). Mycosphere 2025, 16(1): 3257-3280 https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/16/1/24 (SCI, 2025 IF= 15.1, 一区)
6. Jia-Rui Yu, Si-Ao Li, Dong-Xue Zhao, Francis M. Martin*, Hai-Sheng Yuan*. Host adaptation is driving genome evolution and ecological speciation in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Tricholoma. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2025, 63(6): 1344-1357. 10.1111/jse.70006 (SCI, 2024 IF= 2.9, 二区)
7. Cao T, Hu YP, Yu JR, Wei TZ, Yuan HS*. 2021. A phylogenetic overview of the Hydnaceae (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) with new taxa from China. Studies in Mycology 99: 100121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2021.100121. (SCI, 2022 IF= 25.731, 一区)
8. Yuan HS*, Lu X, Dai YC*, Hyde KD*, Kan YH, Kušan I, He SH, Liu NG, Sarma VV, Zhao CL, Cui BK, Yousaf N, Sun GY, Liu SY, Wu F, Lin CG, et al. 2020. Fungal diversity notes 1277–1386: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 104: 1–266. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-020-00461-7) (SCI, 2021 IF=20.372,一区)
9. Li Si-Ao, Yu Jia-Rui, Yuan Hai-Sheng*. Climate change impacts on valuable Thelephora fungi distribution in China. iScience, 2025, 28, 113522 (SCI, 2024 IF= 4.1, 二区)
10. Mu YH, Yu JR, Cao T, Wang XH, Yuan HS*. 2021. Multi-gene phylogeny and taxonomy of Hydnellum (Basidiomycota) from China. Journal of Fungi 7: 818. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7100818 (SCI, 2021 IF= 5.816, 二区)
Patents and Standards
1. Yuan Hai-Sheng, Wang Yu-Xi, et al. Triterpenoid compounds and their preparation methods and applications. Authorization Date: Nov. 21, 2025; Application No. ZL2025100814239.
2. Yuan Hai-Sheng, Wang Yu-Xi, et al. Steroid compounds in Vanderbylia robiniophila and their preparation methods and applications. Authorization Date: May 17, 2024; Application No. ZL2022117212505.
3. Yuan Hai-Sheng, Wang Yu-Xi, et al. Preparation method and application of triterpenoids in Ganoderma angustisporum. Authorization Date: July 23, 2024; Application No. ZL2022113990822
4. Yuan Hai-Sheng, Wei Yu-Lian et al. A kind of Tricholoma bakamatsutake culture medium and its application. Authorization Date: April 8, 2022; Application No. ZL2020102636159.
5. Yuan Hai-Sheng, et al. A strain of Lenzites betulina and its application in the degradation of residual enoxymorpholine. Authorization Date: Mar. 5 2019; Application No. ZL2014104208884.