Saowaluck Tibpromma (PhD)
Editor-in-Chief
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P. R. China (Ascomycota). saowaluckfai@gmail.com
Samantha C. Karunarathna (PhD)
Managing Editor
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P. R. China. samanthakarunarathna@gmail.com
Arun Kumar Dutta (PhD)
Managing Editor
Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Jalukbari, Guwahati - 781014, Assam, India (Basidiomycota).
arun.botany@gmail.com
Dong-Qin Dai (PhD)
Managing Editor
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P. R. China (Ascomycota). cicidaidongqin@gmail.com
Associate Editors
Prof. Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura; School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), High-Tech West Zone, Chengdu 611731, P.R. China.
Expertise: Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny, Pestalotioid fungi
Email: sajeewa8300@gmail.com
Prof. Hiran A. Ariyawansa; Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec.4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, P.R. China.
Expertise: Ascomycota taxonomy and phylogeny; Pleosporales
Email: ariyawansa44@ntu.edu.tw
Prof. Nalin Wijayawardane; Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P.R. China.
Expertise: Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny, Asexual fungi
Email: nalinwijayawardene@yahoo.com
Prof. Chang-lin Zhao; College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, No. 300, Baiong Road, Panlong District, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224 P.R.China.
Expertise: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Basidiomycota; Polyporaceae
Email: fungichanglinz@163.com
Dr. Chayanard Phukhamsakda; Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, Jilin, P.R.China.
Expertise: Ascomycota, Fungal applications, Taxonomy
Email: Chayanard91@gmail.com
Dr. Alvin M.C. Tang; Lecturer and Course Coordinator of Tree Management Programme, Division of Applied Science, College of International Education, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
Expertise: Plant Pathology, Fungal ecology, Tree risk assessment, Postharvest fungal diseases
Email: alvintang@hkbu.edu.hk
Dr. Ishara S. Manawasinghe; Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China.
Expertise: Fungal taxonomy, Fungal plant pathology, Fungal biodiversity
Email: ishara9017@gmail.com
Dr. Dhanushka Wanasinghe; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P.R. China.
Expertise: Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny; Dothideomycetes; Biogeography of fungi
Email: dnadeeshan@gmail.com
Dr. Rungtiwa Phookamsak; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China.
Expertise: Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny; Dothideomycetes
Email: jomjam.rp2@gmail.com
Dr. Indunil Chinthani Senanayake; Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R.China.
Expertise: Microbiology, Mycology, Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny
Email: indunilchinthani@gmail.com
Dr. Asha Dissanayake; School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), High-Tech West Zone, Chengdu 611731, P.R. China.
Expertise: Fungal plant pathology, Fungal taxonomy and phylogeny
Email: asha.janadaree@yahoo.com
Dr. Iqbal Hosen; Principal Scientific Officer (A.C.), Planning and Evaluation (P&E)
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh.
Expertise: Basidiomycete taxonomy and phylogeny
Email: iqbalmyco@gmail.com
Prof. Li-Hong Han; Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P.R. China.
Expertise: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Boletaceae
Email: hanlihong9527@126.com
Dr. Anuruddha Karunarathna; Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Expertise: Grass fungi, Fungi on monocots, Fungal pathogens on grasses, Dothideomycetes, Sordariomycetes
Email: anumandrack@yahoo.com
Dr. Vinodhini Thiyagaraja; Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Expertise: Borderline lichens, Non-lichenized saprotrophs, and Lichenicolous fungi
Email: vino.thiyagaraja@gmail.com
Dr. Milan C. Samarakoon; Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Expertise: Fungal evolution, Fungal pathology, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Xylariomycetidae
Email: milan.chameera@yahoo.com
Dr. Nimali Indeewari de Silva; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand.
Expertise: Fungal biology, Fungal taxonomy & phylogeny, Fungal endophytes, Saprobic fungi
Email: nimalindeewari@gmail.com
Asst. Prof. K. W. Thilini Chethana; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, 333, Moo 1, Thasud, Muang, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
Expertise: Ascomycota taxonomy and phylogeny
Email: tchethi@yahoo.com
Dr. Danushka S. Tennakoon; Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Expertise: Fungal taxonomy, Fungal succession, Fungal biology
Email: danushkasandaruwanatm@gmail.com
Dr. Jaturong Kumla; Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Expertise: Endophytic fungi, Mycorrhizal fungi, Plant pathology, Molecular phylogeny, Mycology, Mushroom science
Email: Jaturong.kumla@gmail.com
Dr. Nakarin Suwannarach; Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Expertise: Fungal biotechnology, Plant protection, Mushroom science, Mushroom cultivation
Email: suwan.462@gmail.com
Prof. Krishnendu Acharya; Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, University of Calcutta, Kolkata- 700019, India.
Expertise: Basidiomycota; Fungal taxonomy
Email: krish_paper@yahoo.com
Prof. Jayarama Bhat; No. 128/1-J, Azad Housing Society, Curca, P.O. Box, Goa Velha 403108, India.
Expertise: Ascomycota (Hyphomycetes)
Email: bhatdj@gmail.com
Prof. Ajay Kumar Gautam; School of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Abhilashi University, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India-175028.
Expertise: Mycology and Plant pathology
Email: a2gautam2006@gmail.com
Dr. Pheng Phengsintham; National University of Laos, Don Noun, Lao P.D.R.
Expertise: Ascomycetes (Cercosporoid fungi)
Email: p.phengsintham@gmail.com
Dr. B. Devadatha; Research scientist, Virus Diagnostic and Research Lab, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517507, India.
Expertise: Aquatic fungi
Email: devadatha796@gmail.com
Dr. Belle Damodara Shenoy; CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography Regional Centre, 176, Lawson’s Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam – 530 017, India.
Expertise: Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny
Email: shenoynio@gmail.com
Dr. C. K. Pradeep; Principal Scientist & Head, Microbiology Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute (JNTBGRI), Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695562, India.
Expertise: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Basidiomycota; Entolomataceae
Email: pradeeptbgri@gmail.com
Prof. Kumananda Tayung; Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Jalukbari, Guwahati – 781014, Assam, India.
Expertise: Plant, animal & human fungal pathology
Email: kumanand@gauhati.ac.in
Dr. Rajesh Kumar K.C.; National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), Room No. B4-36, Biodiversity & Palaeobiology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agharkar Road, Pune 411 004, Maharashtra, India.
Expertise: Taxonomy of micro fungi
Email: rajeshfungi@gmail.com
Prof. Chandrika Nanayakkara; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
Expertise: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota
Email: chandi@pts.cmb.ac.lk
Prof. Udeni Jayalal; Department of Natural Resources, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya 70140, Sri Lanka.
Expertise: Lichen taxonomy
Email: rgujayalal@gmail.com
Dr. Monika Dayarathne; Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, MB, CA R3T 2N2, Canada.
Expertise: Fungal taxonomy, Marine & aquatic fungi, Fungal plant pathology, Fungal biodiversity, Fungal biotechnology, Secondary metabolite extraction, Fungal phylogeny, Divergence time estimation
Email: monidaya40@gmail.com
Dr. Anusha Hasini Ekanayaka; Department of Botany, Faculty of Applied sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Expertise: Microbiology; Ascomycota taxonomy and phylogeny; Discomycetes
Email: hasinie88@gmail.com
Prof. Neelamanie Yapa; Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihinthale, Sri Lanka.
Expertise: Mycorrhiza
Email: pnyapa40@yahoo.co.uk
Dr. Niranjan W Gunasekara; Department of Export Agriculture, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka.
Expertise: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Basidiomycota
Email: niranjan@uwu.ac.lk
Prof. Dinushani Anupama Daranagama; Department of Plant and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Expertise: Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny; Xylaraceae
Email: anubs206@gmail.com
Prof. Rajesh Jeewon; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
Expertise: Ascomycota taxonomy and phylogeny
Email: r.jeewon@uom.ac.mu
Dr. Benjarong Thongbai; Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany.
Expertise: Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of basidiomycetes and ascomycetes
Email: benjarong.zine.thongbai@gmail.com
Dr. Yusufjon Gafforov; Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, 32 Durmon yuli Street, Tashkent 100125, Uzbekistan.
Expertise: Fungal taxonomy and phylogeny
Email: yugafforov@yahoo.com
Prof. Alan J.L. Phillips; Principal Researcher in Plant Pathology and Mycology Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
Expertise: Fungal taxonomy, Fungal plant pathology, Fungal biodiversity
Email: alan.jl.phillips@gmail.com
Dr. Subashini Chathumini; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Expertise: Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny; Seed fungi
Email: schathumini@gmail.com
Dr. Leela Maya Rizal; The University of Queensland, Australia.
Expertise: Fungal taxonomy and phylogeny, Mushroom domestication
Email: l.rizal@uq.net.au
Prof. Steven Lee Stephenson, University of Arkansas, USA.
Expertise: Myxomycetes.
Email: slsteph@uark.edu
Dr. Gothamie Weerakoon, Scientific Affiliate, Integrative Research Centre, Field Museum of Natural History, USA.
Expertise: Lichens.
Email: gothamiew@yahoo.com
Dr. Mariana Herrera Cruz; Chicago Botanical Garden, USA.
Expertise: Fungal taxonomy, Fungal phylogeny, Ectomycorrhizal fungi, Edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota
Email: herrerac.mariana@gmail.com
Prof. Jesús Pérez-Moreno; Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico.
Expertise: Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Basidiomycota; Ectomycorrhizal fungi
Email: jepemo@yahoo.com.mx
Dr. Hoang Pham; Director of Applied Biotechnology Institute, and Head of Southern Key Laboratory of Biotechnology, Institute of Mycology and Biotechnology (IMB), Vietnam.
Expertise: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Basidiomycota
Email: pndhoang@gmail.com
Dr. Le Thanh Huyen; Department of Toxicology and Environmental Monitoring, Faculty of Environment, Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, 41A Phu Dien Street, Phu Dien Ward, Tu Liem North District, Hanoi City, Vietnam.
Expertise: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Basidiomycota; Russulaceae
Email: huyenle1007@gmail.com
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