Three years ago, the Council of Agriculture commissioned researchers to make a survey of Taiwan's fungal resources. The survey recorded over 5,300 fungus species, of which a seventh are endemic to Taiwan and a quarter were new to science. Most Taiwanese mycologists have published descriptions of at least ten to 20 new fungus species.
三年前，農委會委託學界進行真菌資源調查，記錄了台灣五千三百多種真菌，其中特有種佔七分之一，世界新種又佔四分之一，國內真菌學者幾乎都發表過一、二十種新的真菌。