“…In terms of biogeography, most studies have been carried out in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including alpine and subalpine mountains (Ronikier & Ronikier, ; Novozhilov et al ., ), tundra (Novozhilov et al ., ; Stephenson et al ., ), winter‐cold deserts (Schnittler & Novozhilov, ; Schnittler, ; Novozhilov & Schnittler, ) and temperate grasslands (Rollins & Stephenson, ). Only recently have other parts of the world, such as tropical zones, warm deserts or the Patagonian steppe been studied systematically (Estrada‐Torres et al ., ; Wrigley de Basanta et al ., ; Lado et al ., , , ). At the level of morphologically recognizable taxa, many myxomycete species display cross‐continental distribution patterns (Stephenson et al ., ).…”