PRINCIPLES OF ARTICLES
THE JOURNAL OF FUNGUS (e-ISSN 2147 6845) is published by SELÇUK UNIVERSITY MYCOLOGICAL APPLICATION RESEARCH CENTER. The journal, which is a peer-reviewed journal, publishes original research and review articles. The journal includes national or international research of results with respect to the field of mycology.
Journal articles submitted for publication, after deciding for the eligibility in terms of issues to be published in the journal by the editors, articles will be sent to relevant expertise in the field of scientific referees for evaluation. Editorial Board decides whether it can be published or not in accordance with the referees decides and suggestions. Galley Proof of the articles which is accepted for the publication is sent to the authors then final inspection is done. The language of the journal is in Turkish and English.

The Journal of Fungus is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
• Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
• Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
• Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works and remixes based on it only if they give the author or licensor the credits (attribution) in the manner specified by these.

The author should upload the article as a word file to the system.
To start the process of the Articles as soon as possible; “Signed Copyright Notice Text” and “Final Control Form” should be uploaded to the system as an additional file in color.
Author and order changes are only processed before the article is accepted. Authors should carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscripts and finalize the list of authors at the time of original submission.
The account of the corresponding author of the study should be used in the applications. All correspondence regarding the application is forwarded to the responsible author via e-mail sent through the journal system.
When uploading the article file, make sure that it does not contain any elements that would reveal the identity of the author due to the double-blind peer-review process.
Files You Need To Download Separately:
1) Article Full Text (Word)
2) Cover page (Word)
3) Separate jpeq format of the figures given in the article
4) Signed Copyright Notice (pdf)

During the submission, the following commitment is received from the author in electronic form:
1. I am authorized/authorized by co-authors to submit this work to your journal.
2. The article is original, has not been officially published in another peer-reviewed journal, has not been reviewed by any other journal, and does not infringe any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the article is editorially accepted for publication, it will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-4.0) license.
4. Copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or employer(s) of the author(s), if any, are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher is not responsible for any claims or lawsuits to be filed by third parties due to copyright infringement, and that all responsibility belongs to them.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there is no criminal or illegal statement in the article, and that no illegal materials and methods are used while conducting the research.

ARTICLE WRITING RULES
The article should be written in A4 size, 1 cm margins, 1.15 spacing, arial font, 10 points, in accordance with the template, in Word 2003 or higher version program. Automatic numbering should not be used in the word file of the article. Sections of the article should be respectively like this:

For Article in Turkish
In the Cover Page template: Turkish Title, Authors (the responsible author must be specified) and their addresses, Emails, Orcid numbers, Abstract, Keywords, English Title, Abstract, Key words.
In the Article Text template: Turkish Title, Abstract, Keywords, English Title, Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Material and Method, Results, Discussion, Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest, Acknowledgments, References.

For Article in English
In the Cover Page template: English Title, authors (responsible author must be specified) and their addresses, Emails, Orcid numbers, Abstract and Key words, Turkish Title, Abstract and Keywords
In the Article Text template: English Title, Abstract and Key words, Turkish Title, Abstract and Keywords, Introduction, Material and Method, Results, Discussion, Author contributions, Conflict of Interest, References.
The same titles (except for material and method) should be used in Review Articles. Results and Discussion titles can be given under a single title.
If necessary, authors may use sub-titles. The title of each section should be written in bold and the initial letters should be written big on title. All the scientific names should be italicized in the text, if it takes part in the title should be both bold and italic. Genus and species names must first be supplied with the authors in their place. Then other place names should be used only species names. Should be a blank line between sections.
Title: Title of Turkish articles should be 14 points. English title should be 12 points. Initial letters and surname of the author's must be greater. Address should be written under the name of the author. E-mail address of corresponding author must be given. Academic qualifications are not included in the article.
Key words: Should consist of 4-10 words.
Introduction: Research topic as much as possible should be short and concise. The aim of the study should also be indicated.
References: References in the text must be written in parentheses (name, date). References section should be written as 10 points in alphabetical order. Names of books, articles and announcements initial letters should be big. The first letters of the names of the book, the article and the published submition should be written in large. Master's theses are not shown as a reference. References should be written in APA style in the following order (from 2019).

For Article:
Aktaş, S., Kaşık, G., Doğan, H. H. and Öztürk, C. (2006). Two New Taxa Records for the Macrofungi of Turkey. Tr.J.of Bot., 30 (4) 209-212.

For Books:
Kaşık, G., Öztürk, C., Doğan, H. H., Aktaş, S. and Demirel, G. (2005). Mikoloji Laboratuvarı. Konya: Marifet Ofset Matbaa ve Kağıtçılık.

For Congress Book:
Önay, A. O., Kaşık, G., Alkan, S. and Öztürk, C. (2018). Pleurotus ostreatus’un Misel Gelişmesine Humik Maddelerin Etkisinin Araştırılması. Ö. Türkmen ve M. Paksoy (Ed.), II. International Eurasian Agriculture and Natural Sciences Congress Book of Full Text, (ss.22-29). Bakü-Azerbaijan.
Tables and figures: All images (photographs, drawings, graphs, maps, etc..) should be named as figure. All figures and tables should be numbered consecutively in the text. The sizes of tables and figures 14×20 cm should not be greater than. Figures must be original. Photos must be at least 600 dpi resolution or must be scanned. Figures must be separate from the main article "jpeg" should be sent to the file. Figure name should be written under figure and should be 10 points. Table name should be written on top of the table and should be 10 points.
The articles are sent online at "https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mantar". Unspecified subjects must comply with scientific rules.

Contact Address: S.Ü. Mushroom Application and Research Center Directorate
The Journal of Fungus
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