Sergey Volobuev
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Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.
Position: Senior Researcher
E-mail: sergvolobuev@binran.ru
Research interests:
- Systematics, phylogeny, ecology and geography of aphyllophoroid fungi.
- Biodiversity of xylobiont basidiomycetes of the European part of Russia and the Caucasus.
- Molecular identification of wood-destroying fungi.
- Rare species and fungal conservation.
Keywords: Mycology, basidial fungi, Agaricomycetes, ecology, phylogeny, xylotrophic species
Education and work experience:
2005-2010 – Student, Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Orel State University.
2010 – Diploma with honours in Biology, Orel State University.
2010-2013 – Postgraduate student, Laboratory of Systematics and Geography of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute of the RAS.
2012 – the international educational program «Identification of corticioid BasidiomycetesC, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu.
2013 – PhD in Biology, Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Speciality - 03.02.12 - mycology. Thesis topic: «Aphyllophoroid fungi of the Oryol region: taxonomic composition, distribution, ecology» (supervisor – M.A. Bondartseva).
2018 – additional professional program «Psychological and pedagogical bases of professional activity of the teacher of educational organization of higher education in the conditions of implementation of FSES», Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia.
2020 - additional professional program «Environmental protection and ecological safety» (specialization - «Problems of biodiversity conservation and ecological safetyV), Dagestan State University.
2009-2010 – Laboratory Assistant, Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Orel State University.
2010-2013 – Senior laboratory assistant with higher education, Komarov Botanical Institute of the RAS.
2013-2016 – Research Assistant, Laboratory of Systematics and Geography of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute of the RAS.
2015-2020 – Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Kirov Military Medical Academy.
2016 – until now – Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Systematics and Geography of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute of the RAS.
2021 – until now – Associate Professor, Department of General Ecology, Plant Anatomy and Physiology, St. Petersburg State Forestry University
Grants and research projects:
Project leader:
- 2019-2021. Grant RSCF № 19-77-00085 «Taxonomic diversity, spatial structure and biogeographical links of xylobiont aphyllophoroid fungi of the North-Eastern Caucasus (on the example of the Republic of Dagestan)».
- 2019-2020. Grant of the President of the Russian Federation № MK-3216.2019.11 «Phytopathogenic wood-destroying fungi of orchard agrocenoses of the Central Black Earth Region: species diversity inventory, monitoring, DNA barcoding».
- 2019. Grant RFBR № 19-34-50111 «Molecular taxonomic revision of species in the genus Tomentella (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota)».
- 2018. Grant RFBR № 18-04-20015 «Project for the organization of the IV (XII) International Botanical Conference for Young Scientists in Saint Petersburg, 22-28 April 2018».
- 2015-2016. Grant of the President of the Russian Federation № MK-6345.2015.4 «Aphyllophoroid fungi of the Central Russian Upland: biodiversity, structure and genesis of communities».
- 2015. Grant RFBR №15-04-07006 «Publication of the monograph «Aphyllophoroid fungi of the Oryol Oblast: taxonomic composition, distribution, ecology»».
- 2013. Grant of the Saint Petersburg Government «Communities of wood-destroying macromycetes in natural forests and park landscapes of European Russia».
- 2012-2013. Grant RFBR № 12-04-31867 «Taxonomic diversity and structure of xylotrophic macromycetes communities in broad-leaved forests of Southern Non-Chernozem Zone of Russia».
- 2012-2013. Grant of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia "The study of biodiversity of wood-destroying basidiomycetes in model habitats of the forest-steppe zone of European Russia using anatomical, morphological, cultural and molecular markers" within the Federal Target Program «Scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel of innovative Russia for 2009-2013».
- 2012. Grant of the Saint Petersburg Government «Structure and dynamics of tree-destroying macromycete communities in old-growth park and garden plantations».
Member of research team:
- 2022-2023, Grant of the Russian Science Foundation № 22-24-01063 «Metagenomic analysis of xylobiont fungi and bacteria in deadwoods of deciduous and coniferous trees at different stages of decomposition after a catastrophic windthrow in a mesic broad-leaved forest».
- 2021-2022. Grant RFBR № 20-04-00733-а «Dynamics of ecosystem processes after local and mass windthrows in the broad-leaved forests».
- 2018-2020. Grant RFBR № 18-05-00398-а «Spatial structure and dynamics of the Russian Arctic mycobiota and its transformation under climate change and anthropogenic impact (Murmansk province and Yamal-Nenets autonomic district)».
- 2018. Grant RFBR № 18-04-20051 «Project for the organization of the XV International Workshop on the Study of Macromycetes».
- 2016-2017. Grant RFBR № 16-34-00877 «Ecological and genetic factors of formation of the morphological diversity in the genus Polyporus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota) of Asian Russia».
- 2016. Grant RFBR № 16-04-20518 «Project for the organization of the XIV International Workshop on the Study of Macromycetes».
- 2015-2017. Grant RFBR № 15-29-02622 «The estimation of the «hidden diversity» of higher fungi and myxomycetes in soils of vulnerable natural ecosystems on the base of metagenomic approach and classical molecular analysis».
- 2015-2017. Grant RFBR № 15-04-06211-а «Morpho-physiological and biochemical basis of ecological plasticity of xylobiotic macromycetes».
- 2014-2015. Grant RFBR № 14-04-32239 «Systematics of the Phanerochaete sordida–complex: morphological, molecular and ecogeographical aspects».
- 2014. Grant RFBR № 14-04-20281 «Project for the organization of the XIII International Workshop on the Study of Macromycetes».
- 2013-2014. Grant RFBR № 12-04-33018 «The main trends of divergence of the cryptic species of fungi and myxomycetes as a result of climate change and as an indicator of functional state of the ecosystems».
- 2009-2011. Grant RFBR № 09-04-01064-а «Substrate preferences and spatial structure of the aphyllophoroid fungi biota in natural ecosystems of European Russia».
Other projects:
Author of essays in the sections «Fungi» of the regional Red Data Books:
- 2021. Red Data Book of the Oryol Region.
- 2020. Red Data Book of the Republic of Dagestan.
- 2019. Red Data Book of the Chuvash Republic.
- 2019. Red Data Book of the Belgorod region.
- 2016. Red Data Book of the Bryansk Region.
Professional memberships:
- Russian Botanical Society
- European Mycological Association
- Saint Petersburg Mycological Society
Editorial activity:
- Editorial Board member of the journal «Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya»
Selected publications:
Monographs:
Bolshakov S.Yu., Volobuev S.V., Ezhov O.N., Palomozhnykh E.A., Potapov K.O. Aphyllophoroid fungi of the European part of Russia: a checklist / Eds. S.Yu. Bolshakov, S.V. Volobuev. Saint Petersburg: ETU Publishing house. 2022. 578 p. [In Russian, with English summary]
Malysheva V.F., Malysheva E.F., ... Volobuev S.V. et al. Fungi and mosses of Sayano-Shushensky Reserve. Synopsis of flora. Ed. E.A. Shikalova. Shushenskoye. 2017. 162 p. [In Russian]
Volobuev S.V. Aphyllophoroid fungi of Oryol Oblast: taxonomic composition, distribution, ecology. SPb.: Lan’ Publishing. 2015. 304 p. [In Russian]
Zmitrovich I.V., Stolyarskaya M.V. ... Volobuev S.V. et al. Macromycetes of Nizhne-Svirsky Reserve (annotated checklist) / Ed. M.V. Stolyarskaya. SPb.: Svoye Izdatel’stvo Publishing. 2015. 185 p. [In Russian]
Papers:
Volobuev S.V., Bolshakov S.Yu., Kalinina L.B. et al. New species for regional mycobiotas of Russia. 7. Report 2022. Микология и фитопатология. 2022. 56(6): 383–392.
Volobuev S., Shakhova N. Towards the discovery of active lignocellulolytic enzyme producers: a screening study of xylotrophic macrofungi from the Central Russian Upland. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology. 2022. 46(1):91–100.
Ivanushenko Yu.Yu., Volobuev S.V. New and noteworthy records of aphyllophoroid fungi from the Gunib Plateau (Dagestan, Russia). Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2022. 56(6): 411–418.
Crous P.W., Osieck E.R., ... Volobuev S.V. et al. Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284–1382. Persoonia. 2021. 47: 178-374.
Crous P.W., Cowan D.A., ... Volobuev S.V. et al. Fungal planet description sheets: 1182-1283. Persoonia. 2021. 46: 313–528.
Spirin V., Volobuev S., Malysheva V., Miettinen O., Kotiranta H., Larsson K.-H. Identity of the subalpine–subarctic corticioid fungus Megalocystidium leucoxanthum (Russulales, Basidiomycota) and six related species. Plant Ecology and Evolution. 2021. 154(2): 231–244.
Spirin V., Volobuev S., Viner I. et al. On Sistotremastrum and similar-looking taxa (Trechisporales, Basidiomycota). Mycological Progress. 2021. 20(4): 453–476.
Khovpachev A.A., Basharin V.A., Chepur S.V., Volobuev S.V., Yudin M.A., Gogolevsky A.S., Nikiforov A.S., Kalinina L.B., Tyunin M.A. Actual concepts of higher fungi’s toxins: simple nitrogen-containing compounds. Biology Bulletin Reviews. 2021. 11(2): 198–212.
Volobuev S.V., Bolshakov S.Yu., Shakhova N.V. Synopsis of the macrofungi (Basidiomycota) on wood of fruit trees in the Central Black Earth Region of Russia. South of Russia: ecology, development. 2020. 15(4): 75–98.
Ordynets A., Liebisch R. ... Volobuev S. et al. Morphologically similar but not closely related: the long-spored species of Subulicystidium (Trechisporales, Basidiomycota). Mycological Progress. 2020. 19(7): 691–703.
Shakhova N.V., Volobuev S.V. Culture characteristics and enzymatic activity of Sarcodontia crocea (Basidiomycota) strains collected from the Central Russian Upland. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2020. 54(6): 446–451.
Bolshakov S.Yu., Kalinina L.B., Volobuev S.V. et al. New species for regional mycobiotas of Russia. 5. Report 2020. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2020. 54(6): 404–413.
Volobuev S.V. Aphyllophoroid fungi of the «Samurskiy» National Park (Dagestan). Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2020. 54(4): 235–243.
Volobuev S.V., Ivanushenko Yu.Yu. Aphyllophoroid fungi (Basidiomycota) on juniper on the Gunib Plateau, inner-mountain Dagestan. Czech Mycology. 2020. 72(1): 83–93.
Ivanushenko Yu.Yu., Volobuev S.V. Species of Odontia and Tomentella (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) new to Dagestan, Russia. South of Russia: ecology, development. 2020. 15(3): 165–173.
Bogomolova E.V., Volobuev S.V. Mycological analysis as an effective method of pharmaceutical production control: investigation of a case of infection of an immunoglobulin preparation. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal. 2020. 54(8): 861–864.
Shakhova N.V., Volobuev S.V. Revealing new active and biotechnologically perspective producers of oxidative and cellulolytic enzymes among pure cultures of xylotrophic Agaricomycetes from the Southern non-Chernozem Zone of the European part of Russia. Current Research in Environmental and Applied Mycology. 2020. 10(1): 113–119.
Volobuev S.V., Ivanushenko Yu.Yu., Ismailov A.B. New for Dagestan species of Tomentella (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota). South of Russia: ecology, development. 2019. 14(2): 172–179.[In Russian]
Zmitrovich I.V., Volobuev S.V., Dudka V.A., Zhukova E.A., Sidelnikova M.V., Bondartseva M.A. Ganoderma applanatum (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) at the Saint Petersburg area. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2019. 53(6): 354–362.
Volobuev S.V., Bolshakov S.Yu., Shiryaev A.G. et al. New species for regional mycobiotas of Russia. 4. Report 2019. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2019. 53(5): 261–271.
Ordynets A., Heilmann-Clausen J. ... Volobuev S. et al. Do plant-based biogeographical regions shape aphyllophoroid fungal communities in Europe? Journal of Biogeography. 2018. 45(5): 1182–1195.
Volobuev S., Arzhenenko A., Bolshakov S., Shakhova N., Sarycheva L. New data on aphyllophoroid fungi (Basidiomycota) in forest-steppe communities of the Lipetsk region, European Russia. Acta Mycologica. 2018. 53(2): 1112.
Zmitrovich I.V., Shchepin O.N., Malysheva V.F., Kalinovskaya N.I., Volobuev S.V., Myasnikov A.G., Ezhov O.N., Novozhilov Yu.K. Basidiome reduction in litter-inhabiting Thelephorales in boreal forest environments: morphological and molecular evidence. Current Research in Environmental and Applied Mycology. 2018. 8(3): 360-371.
Bolshakov S.Yu., Volobuev S.V., Potapov K.O. et al. New species for regional mycobiotas of Russia. 3. Report 2018. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2018. 52(6): 1–12.
Spirin V., Volobuev S., Okun M., Miettinen O., Larsson K.-H. What is the type species of Phanerochaete (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)? Mycological Progress. 2017. 16: 171–183.
Zmitrovich I.V., Volobuev S.V., Parmasto I.H., Bondartseva M.A. Re-habilitation of Cerioporus (Polyporus) rangiferinus, a sib of Cerioporus squamosus. Nova Hedwigia. 2017. 105 (3–4): 313–328.
Ambrosio E., Volobuev S., Mariotti M.G., Zotti M., Zappa E., Agamennone V. A new ecological note on Confertobasidium olivaceoalbum (Russulales, Basidiomycota). Nova Hedwigia. 2017. 105(3–4): 425–434.
Volobuev S., Arzhenenko A. Aphyllophoroid fungi (Basidiomycota) in forests of the middle part of Luga River valley, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Karstenia. 2017. 57(1-2): 37-47.
Zhukova E.A., Morozova O.V., Volobuev S.V., Bryantseva Yu.S. Basidial macromycetes and their impact on the state of green plantations of the State Russian Museum Gardens (Saint Petersburg). Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2017. 51(6): 328–339. [In Russian]
Svetasheva T.Yu., Arslanov S.N., Bolshakov S.Yu., Volobuev S.V. et al. New species for regional mycobiotas of Russia. 2. Report 2017. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2017. 51(6): 375–389.
Volobuev S. Subulicystidium perlongisporum (Trechisporales, Basidiomycota) new to Russia, with notes on a molecular study of the species. Nova Hedwigia. 2016. 102(3-4): 531–537.
Bolshakov S.Yu., Potapov K.O., Ezhov O.N., Volobuev S.V., Khimich Yu.R., Zmitrovich I.V. New species for regional mycobiotas of Russia. 1. Report 2016. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2016. 50(5): 275–286.
Volobuev S.V., Bolshakov S.Yu. Aphyllophoroid fungi of the Middle Russian Upland. I. The history of study and some new data. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2016. 50(6): 335–346. [In Russian]
Novozhilov Yu.K., Malysheva V.F., Malysheva Ye.F., Schepin O.N., Azarov D.V., Zmitrovich I.V., Volobuev S.V., Kovalenko A.Ye. Hidden diversity of fungi and fungus-like protists in natural ecosystems: problems and prospects. Biosfera. 2016. 8(2): 202–215. [In Russian]
Volobuev S., Okun M., Ordynets A., Spirin V. The Phanerochaete sordida group (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) in temperate Eurasia, with a note on Phanerochaete pallida. Mycological Progress. 2015. 14: 80.
Volobuev S., Logachev A., Mushnikov N., Okun M. New records of aphyllophoroid fungi (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) from the Les na Vorskle area of the Belogor’e Nature Reserve (Belgorod Region, Russia). Folia Cryptog. Estonica. 2015. 52: 89–93.
Popov E.S., Volobuev S.V. New data on wood-inhabiting macromycetes in key protected areas of the South-Western part of the non-Chernozem zone. Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya. 2014. 48(4): 231–239. [In Russian]
Volobuev S.V. Aphyllophoroid fungi of the Naryshkinskij Natural Park, Orel Region, Russia. Folia Cryptog. Estonica. 2013. 50: 81–88.
Volobuev S.V. The first record of Jaapia ochroleuca (Basidiomycota) in the European part of Russia. Novosti Sist. Nizsh. Rast. 2013. 47: 68–73. [In Russian]