Here's an interesting opinion piece published in Fungal Biology entitled "Against the naming of fungi:"
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614613000871
It highlights problems with the Linnean taxonomic system, and proposes using a system of molecularly-based operational taxonomic units (OTUs) that are named in a standardized way. While this is an interesting and appealing idea, it comes with its own problems. I think that it is important for everyone to recognize the problems with the current system, but I cannot say I'm on board with any particular alternative. We'll see how much traction this gets in years to come!
-Brendan
Monday, September 23, 2013
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