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supporter to build the library of life for biodiversity on earth, and in this capacity, was the
European representative in the International Barcode of Life project (Genome Canada), the chair of the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life, served on the Executive of the Consortium for the Barcode of Life, and participated in major projects such as the FES Plant Health, Tree of Life, and FP7- Quarantine Barcode of Life.
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from 2013 onwards. Prof Crous has played an active role in teaching microbial biodiversity, and has added several thousand cultures to the CBS culture collection, and has described more than 3000 fungal taxa, the majority also supplemented with DNA barcodes. From the start, he has been a strong
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