Mycoscience

Instructions for authors
Mycoscience Editorial Office*
The Mycological Society of Japan, AquaHakusan Building 5F, Hakusan 1-13-7, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0001, Japan

Article history: Revised Mar 04, 2024.

1. Aims and scope of Mycoscience3.1. Submission

Mycoscience is a fully peer-reviewed and open access international journal, which is issued online by the Mycological Society ofJapan (MSJ). Readers are able to search publications in Mycoscience via J-STAGE (https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/mycosci/-char/en). Mycoscience publishes original research articles and reviews on various topics related to fungi, including yeasts and otherorganisms, that have traditionally been studied by mycologists.
The research areas covered by Mycoscience encompass basic
and applied scientific fields such as: systematics, evolution, phylogeny, morphology, ecology, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agriculture, medicine, and industry. New and improved applications of well-established mycological techniquesand methods are also covered.

Manuscripts should be submitted as electronic files via Editorial
Manager (EM), the online manuscript submission, review andtracking system (https://www.editorialmanager.com/mycoscience).
If the corresponding author or the first author is a Regular member/Student member/Life member/Honorary member of MSJ,
please provide the membership number when submitting a manuscript via EM for a membership discount of the publication charges.

2. Types of articles
Mycoscience publishes the articles in the following four categories:
Full Papers are detailed, well-documented reports containing
original, comprehensive, and complete work. Therefore, the papers
in this category should be original and have scientific merit.
Short Communications, reporting timely novel findings, arebrief accounts of original research results and should adhere to asimilar standard of quality and scientific rigor as Full Papers.
Notes include fewer novel findings than Short Communications
but should have important records or data for Mycology.
Reviews are surveys of recent advances in mycology and related
field, appealing to a broad audience. Author should consult the
Editor-in-Chief to discuss the proposed review topic. Once received
by the Editor-in-Chief, the manuscript will be reviewed and edited
as a regular submission.

3. Journal and ethics policies
Mycoscience strives to uphold the highest research and publishing standards, and this comprehensive suite of policies covers themain responsibilities of the journal.
* Corresponding author.
E-mail address: editorial-office@mycoscience.mycology-jp.org (Editor in Chief,
Mycoscience)

3.2. Duplicate submission
Papers are accepted for review on the understanding that they
are not being currently considered or submitted for publicationelsewhere. It is improper for authors to submit manuscripts describing essentially the same research to more than one journal.
That is, the submitted manuscripts should not have been previously published, should not be currently submitted for review to any
other journal, and will not be submitted elsewhere before a decision on the publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief of Mycoscience. Resubmission of a manuscript rejected or withdrawn frompublication is permissible.

3.3. Preprint policy
Mycoscience publishes only original, unpublished work; however, manuscripts previously posted on nonprofit preprint servers(e.g., bioRxiv and medRxiv) will be considered. As defined in “Preprints for the life sciences” (2016, Science 352: 899–901), preprints
are the author’s version of a research manuscript uploaded to a
publicly accessible server prior to formal peer review at a journal.
During the submission process, authors are required to disclose in
their cover letter if their manuscript has been previously posted ona preprint server, including the digital object identifier (DOI). They
must also agree, if their manuscript is accepted, to update the archived preprint with a publication reference, including the complete citation, DOI, and a link to the article published in Mycoscience.

3.4. Originality
Submission to the journal implies that the manuscript reflects
original work. The journal may use software to screen manuscripts

This is an open-access paper distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative 4.0 international license(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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for unoriginal content. By submitting a manuscript to the journal,
authors agree to this screening. Any manuscript with an unacceptable level of unoriginal material may be rejected or retracted at theeditors’ discretion.

3.5. Authorship
Submission to the journal implies that all authors have seen andapproved the author list. Changes to the author list after manuscript submission — such as the insertion or removal of authornames, or a rearrangement of author order — must be approved by
all authors and the Editor.
Authors are those who have made substantial contributions to
the work; have agreed to be held accountable for their own contributions to the work; can identify which co-authors are responsible
for other parts of the work; have confidence in the integrity of thework; and have reviewed and approved the final manuscript. Contributors who do not qualify for authorship may be included in the
Acknowledgements section instead.

where the specimens are collected. It is also recommended that, inthe manuscript, the authors include proper evidence of the correct
compliance of the ABS regulation (e.g. code numbers of official
documents, names of local institutional contacts, etc.). If necessary, the ABS advisory editor will provide suggestions and recommendations on the correct compliance of the ethical responsibilities conducted by the authors.

3.9. Conflicts of interest
The corresponding author is required to disclose any actual or
perceived conflicts of interest on the part of any author when submitting a manuscript. Potential conflicts of interest include affiliations, financial relationships, personal relationships, or funding
sources that could be perceived as influencing an author’s objectivity regarding the manuscript content. The existence of a conflict ofinterest does not preclude publication. If there are no interests to
declare then please state: “Declarations of interest: none.”

4. Editorial and peer review process

3.6. Reproducing copyrighted material
If a manuscript includes material that is not under the authors’
own copyright, the authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder  (s) to reproduce it.
If a manuscript includes previously published material, the authors must obtain permission from the copyright owners and the
publisher of the original work to reproduce it. The authors must
cite the original work in their manuscript. Copies of all reproduction permissions must be included with the manuscript when it isfirst submitted.

3.7. Animal/human experimentation
Studies related to human subjects, human material, or humandata must have been performed in accordance with the Declarationof Helsinki and must have been approved by an appropriate ethics
committee. A statement detailing this, including the name of the
ethics committee and the reference number, must appear in all
manuscripts. Manuscripts may be rejected if the Editor considers
that the research has not been carried out within an appropriate
ethical framework. Persons being tested have a right to privacy thatshould not be infringed upon without informed consent. Identifying information should not be published in written descriptions orphotographs unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the study participant (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication. Identifying details should beomitted if they are not essential.
All work on animal or human subjects must provide appropriate detail, demonstrating compliance with the relevant ethical approval committees and with current legislation in the country
where the work has been undertaken. All animal experiments
should comply with the ARRIVE guidelines. Authors should also
state whether experiments were performed in accordance with
relevant institutional and national guidelines and regulations forthe care and use of laboratory animals.

3.8. Compliance of the ABS regulation
Based on the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the authors are required toproperly comply with the international legislation concerning theuse of genetic resources, along with the legislation of the country

This journal operates a single blind-review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the Editor-in- Chief for suitability for the journal and can be declined at this stage if they do not fit
to the scope of this journal. The quality of the manuscript is also
validated after the automatic similarity checking by an on-line submission system. Further evaluation is performed by an assigned
Editor. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editors may change or unify wording, figures and/or tables. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the final decision
regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor-in-Chief’s
decision is final. The decision letters, along with the comments ofthe Editors and reviewers, will be sent to the corresponding author
via e-mail.
The revised manuscript must be returned within two months(or within periods indicated by the Editor) of the authors’ receipt of
the Editors’ report. The revised manuscript should be attachedwith a letter providing a point-by- point explanation of all changes
to the manuscript and how the authors have addressed the concerns expressed by the reviewers. Revised manuscripts not returned within two months (or within periods indicated by the Editor) are considered to have been withdrawn.

4.1. Editorial board
The Mycoscience editorial board has several senior editors and a
few dozen editors, who were selected as experts in Mycology. The
current editorial board members are shown in the journal overview athttps://www.editorialmanager.com/mycoscience/journal_overview.
html.

5. Open access, copyright and publication charges
5.1. Open access
Mycoscience is fully open access and uses Creative Commons(CC) licenses, CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivative) 4.0 international license. This license allows users to
non-commercially distribute and reproduce the unmodified article,
provided the original source and authors are credited.

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Instructions for authors• Use italic font for genera, species and other all taxonomic
ranks. Do not abbreviate genus names in the paper title and at
the beginning of sentences.
• Authors must deposit information on newly recognized taxa
in MycoBank or in another nomenclatural registry acceptedby the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi,
and plants (ICN) and to indicate the accession number below
the new taxon name.
• Molecular sequence data must be deposited in a molecularsequence repository (DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank); the accession
numbers must be cited in the manuscript.
• Authors are requested to deposit sequence alignments in TreeBASE or in other public databases and to indicate the accession number in the manuscript.

5.2. CopyrightAll rights to articles published in Mycoscience are reserved by
the Mycological Society of Japan, AquaHakusan Building 5F,
Hakusan 1-13-7, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0001, Japan. Upon the acceptance of the manuscript for publication, authors will be requested
to complete the agreement of copyright transfer. After the completion of the agreement, authors cannot withdraw the manuscript.
If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author  (s) must obtain written permission from the copyright ownersof these works and credit the source  (s) in the article.

5.3. Publication charges
Mycoscience has an article processing charge (APC). Authors
must be aware that they are responsible for APC if their submissionis accepted for publication. APCs are based on the typeset journal
pages. Accepted manuscripts will not move into production until
payment has been received. The invoice and other details will besent to the corresponding author by the officer of MSJ.
Regular members/Student members/Life members/Honorary
members of the MSJ as corresponding author or first author: Authors will not be charged APC for manuscripts with eight typeset
journal pages for a Full Paper and Review, or four printed pages fora Short Communication and Note. Non-member authors will becharged JPY 6,000 for each of the first eight typeset journal pages
for a Full Paper, or for each of the first four typeset journal pages fora Short Communication and Note. In addition, all authors will becharged JPY 15,000 for each extra typeset journal page.

6. Manuscript style
6.1. Title page, abstract and keywords• A concise and informative title.
• Full names of all authors; their complete affiliations and fullpostal addresses.
• One author is designated as the corresponding author withcontact details.
• Abstract and Keywords in the required format.

6.2. All necessary files have been uploaded and contain• Text in the required format (Note: recheck the headings, references, fungal nomenclature and descriptions, etc.)• All figure legends in the required format.
• All tables (including title, description, and footnotes) and figures in the required format and of appropriate high quality.
• Authors’ response to reviewers’ comments (only for the revised manuscript).

6.3. Further considerations• Manuscript has been spell-checked and grammar-checked in
Microsoft Word or some other word processor.
• References are in the correct format for this journal.
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the
text and vice versa.
• Permission is obtained for use of copyrighted material fromother sources (including the Web) and documentation for thispermission is available upon request.
• Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color
reproduction on the Web and in print.

6.4. Submission declaration
Submission of an article implies that the work described has notbeen published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or academic thesis, refer to “duplicate, multiple publication or simultaneous submission” for more information), that it
is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if
accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in
English or in any other language, including electronically without
the written consent of the copyright-holder.

6.5. Language
Please write your text in English (American usage is preferable).
Authors will be responsible for ensuring that papers are written
clearly and are advised to use a language editing service before
submission. If the manuscript is difficult to understand due to poor
English, it will be rejected without review.

7. Preparation of manuscript
An extensive guide for Mycoscience manuscript preparation isavailable for download at https://www.mycology- jp.org/_userdata/
mycoscience/oamycos_extguide.docx. Please review this document
when preparing your manuscript for submission.

7.1. Title
Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where
possible. Omit names of authors of taxa.

7.2. Author names and affiliations
Please clearly indicate the given name  (s) and family name  (s) ofeach author and check that all names are accurately spelled. You
can add your name between parentheses in your own script behindthe English translation. Present the authors’ affiliation addresses(where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate allaffiliations with a lower- case superscript letter immediately after
the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide
the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country
name.
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list should be made only before the manuscript has been acceptedand only if approved by the journal Editor.

7.3. Corresponding author
One author is designated as the corresponding author who willhandle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication,
also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any
future queries about Methodology and Materials. Authors have a
responsibility to give due acknowledgement to all workers contributing to the work, including technical staff and data professionals.
Those who have contributed significantly to the research should belisted as co-authors. On submission of the manuscript, the corresponding author attests to the fact that those named as co-authors
have agreed to its submission for publication and accepts the responsibility for having properly included all (and only) co-authors.
Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are
kept up to date by the corresponding author.

7.4. Present/permanent address
If an author has moved since the work described in the article
was done, or was visiting at the time, a “Present address” (or “Permanent address”) may be indicated as a footnote to that author’sname. The address at which the author actually did the work must
be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

ground, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of theresults.

7.9. Material and methods
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced byan independent researcher. Methods that are already publishedshould be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If quoting
directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks
and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods
should also be described.

7.10. Results
Results should be clear and concise.

7.11. Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work,
not repeat them. A combined Results and discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

7.12. Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short
Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsectionof a Discussion or “Results and discussion” section.

7.5. Abstract

7.13. Disclosures

A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should
state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results andmajor conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately fromthe article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author  (s)and year  (s). Also, non- standard or uncommon abbreviations
should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their firstmention in the abstract itself. The abstract should not exceed 200
words in Full Papers and Review, or 150 words for Short Communications and Notes.

All potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed in this section. Potential conflicts of interest include all financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) your work. Examples of potential
conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock
ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding (from the private sector).

7.6. Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords in alphabetical order, using American spellingand avoiding
words already present in the title, general and plural terms andmultiple concepts (e.g., “and”, “of”, should be avoided). Be sparing
with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in thefield may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing
purposes.

7.7. Abbreviations
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations
that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their firstmention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency ofabbreviations throughout the article.

7.8. Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate back-7.14. Acknowledgments
Collate acknowledgments in a separate section at the end of thearticle before the references and do not, therefore, include them on
the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here thoseindividuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing
language help, writing assistance or proof-reading the article, etc.).

7.15. Scientific names
Scientific names (genus, species and all taxon ranks) in Mycoscience must be italicized in text, tables, and figures (Note: scientific names in second-level or third level heading should be given inroman). Author names of all taxa must be provided at first mention
in taxonomic works. Genus names must not be abbreviated when
they are first mentioned in the text, tables, and figures, at the beginning of a sentence, and title. Where the name is repeated, the genus
name is abbreviated to its initial letter.

7.16. Quantity and units
All measurements should be expressed in the metric system andabbreviated. Use the recommended SI units (Système Internationald’Unités) as a general rule. When non-SI units are used, they must

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be explained clearly to avoid ambiguity.
Use Roman-type for units and abbreviated units, without periods. Care should be taken to italicize only the units for absorbance,
gravitational acceleration, and water activity. The abbreviated units
should not be provided in the plural form, that is, an “s” should not
be added to the unit (e.g., 2 weeks is 2 wk, not 2 wks).
Units should be abbreviated as follows:length: nm, μm, mm, cm, mmass: pg, ng, μg, mg, g, kg
amount of substance: nmol, μmol, mmol, mol; molar concentration: μM, mM, M
area: mm2, cm2, m2
volume: μL, mL, L (capitalize L, to avoid confusion with number1), cm3, m3
time: s, min, h, d, wk, mo, ynames of months by first three letters: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May,
Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
temperature: °C (example: 37 °C), K
absorbance: A (example: A260)
gravitational acceleration: g (example: 10,000 g)
light: J, lx, lm, Wmolecular weight: Da, kDa
water activity: Aw
Concentrations of solutions are preferably expressed in terms of
molarity (M). The percentage symbol “%” must be used in its correct sense, e.g., g/100 g; otherwise it must be defined as “% (v/v)” or“% (w/v)”, e.g., 5% (v/v). Use μg/mL or μg/g in place of the ambiguous “ppm”.

7.17. Measurements
Record measurements as length by width (or diameter). Place
exceptional dimensions in parentheses. Indicate mean values separately.
Example: (10–)13–16(–18.5) × 7–8(–9) μm, 15.5 × 7.5 μm on
average. Use en-dash, not hyphen, for measurements.

initials (priority: the first author, the second author, the third author, and so on). If the same author is present in more than one
source, these entries should be listed in chronological order. Journal names are not to be abbreviated. Citation by DOI is strongly
recommended. For the reference list entry in Mycoscience, “APA
Style 7th ed.” has been generally adopted. See our extensive guideand the website of APA Style for details. The following are someexamples for the list in Mycoscience.
7.19.1. Single authorHorn, W. B. (1989). Ultrastructural changes in trichospores of Smittium culisetae and S. culicis during in vitro sporangiospore
extrusion and holdfast formation. Mycologia, 81, 742–753.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1989.12025816
Morimoto, Y. (1953). Notes on species of the rust fungi collected in
the island of Yakushima, Kiusiu [In Japanese]. Journal ofJapanese Botany, 28, 313–316. http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/
JJB_028_313_316.pdf
7.19.2. Two authors
Hughes, S.J., & Seifert, K. A. (2012). Taxonomic and nomenclatural
notes on sooty mould names based on species mixtures: Hormiscium handelii and Torula lechleriana. Mycoscience, 53,
17–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-011-0133-4
LoBuglio, K. F., & Pfister, D. H. (2008). A Glomerella species phylogenetically related to Colletotrichum acutatum on Norway
maple in Massachusetts. Mycologia, 100, 710–715. https://doi.org/10.3852/07-192
Takeshita, N., & Fischer, R. (2011). On the role of microtubules, cellend markers, and septal microtubule organizing centres on site
selection for polar growth in Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Biology, 115, 506–517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.009

7.19. Reference style

7.19.3. Multiple authors (up to 19 authors)de Hoog, G. S., Nishikaku, A. S., Fernandez-Zeppenfeldt, G.,
Padίn-Gonzalez, C., Burger, E., Badali, H., Richard- Yegres,N., & Gerrits van den Ende, A. H. G. (2007). Molecular analysis and pathogenicity of the Cladophialophora carrionii complex, with the description of a novel species. Studies in Mycology, 58, 219–234. https://doi.org/10.3114/sim.2007.58.08
Niinomi, S., Takamatsu, S., & Havrylenko, M. (2008). Molecular
data do not support a southern hemisphere base of Nothofagus powdery mildews. Mycologia, 100, 716–726. https://doi.
org/10.3852/08-030
Pota, S., Chatasiri, S., Ono, Y., Yamaoka, Y., & Kakishima, M.
(2013). Taxonomy of two host specialized Phakopsora populations on Meliosma in Japan. Mycoscience, 54, 19–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.myc.2012.07.004
Van de Putte, K., Nuytinck, J., De Crop, E., & Verbeken, A. (2016).
Lactifluus volemus in Europe: Three species in one e revealed
by a multilocus genealogical approach, Bayesian species delimitation and morphology. Fungal Biology, 120, 1–25. https://
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2015.08.015

References should be arranged in alphabetical order by authors’last name in the Reference section. If there are several referencesby the same author  (s), then citations are listed in order by the dateof publication. The list of references should include only works
that are cited in the text and have been published or accepted for
publication. Personal communications and unpublished works
should be mentioned only in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. Reference list entries
should be alphabetized by the last name of the authors and their

7.19.4. Multiple authors (20 or more authors)
Schardl, C. L., Young, C. A., Hesse, U., Amyotte, S. G., Andreeva, K.,
Calie, P. J., Fleetwood, D. J., Haws, D. C., Moore, N., Oeser, B.,
Panaccione, D. G., Schweri, K. K., Voisey, C. R., Farman, M.
L., Jaromczyk, J. W., Roe, B. A., O’Sullivan, D. M., Scott, B.,
Tudzynski, P., … Zeng, Z. (2013). Plant-symbiotic fungi aschemical engineers: Multi-genome analysis of the Clavicipitaceae reveals dynamics of alkaloid loci. PLoS Genetics, 9,e1003323. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003323

7.18. Citation in text
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Citations are arranged inalphabetical order. Multiple works by the same author  (s) in thesame parenthetical citation, give the author’s name only once andfollow with years. If there is more than one reference by the sameauthor  (s) in the same year, then “a”, “b”, etc. should be placed after
the year. Unpublished results and personal communications are
not recommended in the reference list but may be mentioned in the
text. Citation of a reference as “in press” implies that the item has
been accepted for publication.

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7.19.5. Book
Domsch, K. H., Gams, W., & Anderson, T.-H. (1980a). Compendiumof soil fungi (Vol. 1). Academic Press.
Domsch, K. H., Gams, W., & Anderson, T.-H. (1980b). Compendium of soil fungi (Vol. 2). Academic Press.
Gams, W., Christensen, M., Onions, A. H., Pitt, J. I., & Samson, R.
A. (1985). Infrageneric taxa of Aspergillus. In: R. A. Samson,& J. I. Pitt (Eds.), Advances in Penicillium and Aspergillus
systematics (pp. 55–62). Plenum.
Ribeiro, O. K. (1978). A source book of the genus Phytophthora. J.
Cramer.
Swofford, D. L. (2003). PAUP 4.0b10: Phylogenetic analysis usingparsimony. Sinauer Associates.
White, T. J., Bruns, T., Lee, S., & Taylor, J. (1990). Amplification anddirect sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. In: M. A. Innis, D. H. Gelfand, J. J. Sninsky, & T. J.
White (Eds.), PCR protocols: a guide to methods and applications (pp. 315–322). Academic Press.
7.19.6. Online resource
Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitor Working Group. (2020). General use recommendations (all crops). FRAC recommendationfor SDHI fungicides. Fungicide Resistance Action Committee. Retrieved Aug 15, 2020, from https://www.frac.info/fracteams/working-groups/sdhi-fungicides/recommendationsfor-sdhi
Phytopathological Society of Japan. (2020). Common names ofplant diseases in Japan (Aug 2020, ed.) [In Japanese]. Phytopathological Society of Japan. https://www.ppsj.org/pdf/
mokuroku/mokuroku202008.pdf?0911

8. Tables and figures
8.1. General points
All figures and tables should be numbered respectively in a serial manner by the order they appear in the text. They should have ashort title and a short legend. Avoid abbreviation in the short title.
Legends for figures should be assembled on separate sheets.
For a composite figure, each section should be labeled A, B, C
and so on (use uppercase letters).

8.2. Tables
Use the table function of Microsoft Word. Include footnotes ifnecessary and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters (notasterisks).
Avoid vertical lines and unnecessary horizontal lines. Use tables
sparingly and make sure that the data presented in tables do not
duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Upload tables
in separate files from the main body of text.

8.3. Figures
Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original
artwork. Embed the fonts if the software provides that option. Submit each illustration as a separate file. Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS, JPEG, PDF or MS
Office files) and with the correct resolution. Color or grayscale
photographs (halftones); keep to a minimum of 300 dpi. Line drawings; keep to a minimum of 1,000 dpi. The figures should be 84 mm,
131 mm, or 174 mm wide and not higher than 240 mm. The publisher reserves the right to reduce or enlarge figures.

8.4. Supplementary material
Supplementary material can support and enhance your scientific research. Please note that such items are published online exactly as they are submitted; there is no typesetting involved (supplementary data supplied as an Excel file or as a PowerPoint slide willappear as such online).
Please submit the supplementary material and supply a concise
and descriptive caption given directly on each file in a readable
format, not in the main body of the text. Please also make sure toswitch off the “Track Changes” option in any Microsoft Office files
as these will appear in the published supplementary file  (s).

9. After Acceptance9.1. Proofs
One set of page proofs (as PDF files) will be sent by e-mail to thecorresponding author or, a link will be provided in the e-mail sothat authors can download the files themselves. You will need todownload the latest Adobe Reader available free from https://get.
adobe.com/reader and use the correct version of the program, although PDF files can be read by other programs. Instructions on
how to annotate PDF files will accompany the proofs (also given
online). The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site:
https://www.adobe.com/products/reader/tech-specs.html.
If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may
list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return them to Editorial office by e-mail. Please list your corrections
quoting line number. If, for any reason, this is not possible, thenmark the corrections and any other comments (including replies to
the Query Form) on a printout of your proof and return by post.
Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing,completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only beconsidered at this stage with permission from the Editor-in-Chief.
We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly
and accurately — please let us have all your corrections within 48
hours. It is important to ensure that all corrections are sent back to
us in one communication; please check carefully before replying,as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed.
Proofreading is the corresponding authors responsibility.

9.2. Advance online publication
After proofreading by the authors, the article will be opened for
public as an advanced online publication.

9.3. Long-term digital archiving
J-STAGE preserves its full digital library, including Mycoscience, with Portico in a dark archive (q.v., https://www.portico.org/
publishers/jstage/). In the event that the material becomes unavailable at J-STAGE, it will be released and made available by Portico.

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