PlutoF (http://plutof.ut.ee) is a platform providing cloud database and computing services for taxonomic, ecological, phylogenetic, and related kinds of research. It enables a user to address integrated questions in ecology and coevolution of taxa, as well as manage different types of species occurrences, such as preserved specimens, DNA sequences, human observations, etc. PlutoF cloud comprises a complex relational database model and a web-based workbench built on top of it as a thin client. It also includes several public web sites for displaying and searching the data. For example, the Estonian eBiodiversity database (http://elurikkus.ut.ee) gathers all available biodiversity data (collection specimens, observations, references, molecular data, multimedia, Red List status, etc.) linked to taxa present in Estonia. The UNITE database (http://unite.ut.ee) provides a reference DNA sequence dataset and software tools for molecular identification of fungi.

PlutoF workbench features a login system and workgroup management allowing its users to:

1. manage ecological studies using the hierarchical study/plot/sample model;
2. add and edit various taxon occurrences;
3. manage classification, names of the taxa and scientific collections;
4. use the analysis module to examine molecular sequence data and their associated metadata;
5. upload molecular sequence data into the UNITE database and annotate fungal DNA sequences of International Nucleotide Sequence Databases (INSD) for quality and additional metadata.