Recent Papers

Volume 15 - 2024 Issue 1

29. Lignicolous freshwater fungi from karst landscapes in Yunnan Province, China
Wang WP et al. (2024)

28. Lignicolous freshwater fungi from China Ⅳ: Morphology and phylogeny reveal new species of Pleosporales from plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, China
Shen HW et al. (2024)

27. Unlocking nature’s pharmacy: diversity of medicinal properties and mycochemicals in the family Hymenochaetaceae (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota)
Ghobad-Nejhad M et al. (2024)

26. A reappraisal of families within the order Magnaporthales and description of new endophytic taxa associated with Poaceae plants in China
Feng JW et al. (2024)

25. The 2024 Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa
Hyde KD et al. (2024)

24. Bambusicolous Fungi from Southwestern China
Yu XD et al. (2024)

23. Oomycetes as biocontrol agents: unveiling their potential and mechanisms in plant disease control
Li Y et al. (2024)

22. The revision of the taxonomic system of Lycoperdaceae
Li JX et al. (2024)

21. Bambusicolous mycopathogens in China with an update on taxonomic diversity, novel species, pathogenicity, and new insights
Yang CL et al. (2024)

20. Longistipes gen. nov. and four novel species of Hyphodiscaceae along with six new collections of Leotiomycetes in Yunnan Province, China
Li CJY et al. (2024)

Editors

Senior Associate Editors

• Bezerra JD (PhD), Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil – Ascomycota taxonomy and ecology

• Cao B (PhD), Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China – Phylogeny and evolution of Basidiomycota

• Doilom M (PhD), Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou – Fungal endophytes

• Ghobad-Nejhad M (PhD), Professor, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST), Iran – Wood-inhabiting basidiomycetes

• Gibertoni TB (PhD), Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil – Agaricomycotina

• He MQ (PhD), Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan, China – Phylogeny and evolution of Basidiomycota

• Hongsanan S (PhD), Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China – Diversity, Dothideomycetes, evolution of fungi, plant pathology, phylogeny, Sordariomycetes, Taxonomy

• Jeewon R (PhD), University of Mauritius, Réduit, Moka, Mauritius – Fungal taxonomy and phylogenetics

• Karunarathna S (PhD), Qujing Normal University, Qujing, China – Basidiomycetes, mushroom cultivation, phylogeny

• Maharachchikumbura SSN (PhD), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China – Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny

• McKenzie EHC (PhD), Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland 1142, New Zealand – General mycology

• Miller Sl (PhD), University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA – Fungal ecology and symbiosis

• Ryberg M (PhD), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden – Basidiomycetes

• Stadler M (PhD), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany – Sordariomycetes

• Xu JP (PhD), Department of Biology, McMaster University, Canada – Population genetics and genomics

• Zhao RL (PhD), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China – Phylogeny and evolution of Basidiomycota; mushroom breeding

Associate Editors

Basidiomycetes

• Buyck B (PhD), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France – Ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes
• Ge ZW (PhD), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China –Taxonomy and molecular systematics of agarics, mycorrhizal ecology
• Gorjón SP (PhD), University of Salamanca, Spain – Resupinate basidiomycetes
• Perez-Moreno J (PhD), Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico – Basidiomycetes
• Wu G (PhD), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, – Phylogeny of Boletales
• Vizzini A (PhD) Researcher, Università di Torino, Italy – Basidiomycetes and ascomycetes
• Xing XK (PhD), Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China – Mycorrhizal fungi and fungal ecology
• Yuan HS (PhD), Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang – Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Basidiomycota

Ascomycetes

Aquatic Fungi

• Dong W (PhD), Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou – Freshwater fungi
• Calabon M (PhD), College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, Philippines– Freshwater and marine fungi
• Jones EBG (PhD), Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia – Marine fungi
• Raja H (PhD), University of Illinois, USA – Freshwater fungi
• Sridhar R (PhD), Mangalore University, India – Freshwater fungi

Fungal Taxonomy and Phylogenetics (General)

• Ariyawansa HA (PhD), Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan – Fungal phylogenetics and evolution, diversity of fungal pathogens
• Dai DQ (PhD), Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan – Bamboo fungi
• Dissanayake AJ (PhD), Center for Informational Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China – Plant pathogens
• Goto BT (PhD), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Natal 59078–900, Brazil – Fungal taxonomy, systematic, evolution, ecology, Glomeromycota, mycorrhiza Fungi
• Hosoya T (PhD), National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref. 305-0005, Japan – Discomycetes
• Liu JK (PhD), School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu – Ascomycete taxonomy and phylogeny
• Madrid H, Departamento de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Tarapacá, Sede Iquique, Av. Luis Emilio Recabarren 2477, Iquique, Chile – Coelomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, hyphomycetes
• Nakashima C (PhD), Associate Professor, Mie University, Japan – Powdery mildews
• Norphanphoun C (PhD), Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang – Sordariomycetes 
• Phillips AJL (PhD), BioISI – Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal – Botryosphaeriales
• Phukhamsakda C (PhD), Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand – Dothideomycetes
• Promputtha I (PhD), Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand – Endophytes
• Samarakoon MC (PhD), Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand – Fungal evolution
• Tanaka K (PhD), Hirosaki University, Bunkyo‑cho3, Hirosaki, Aomori 035‑8561, Japan – Dothideomycetes
• Taylor JE (PhD), Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom – Endophytes and invasive species
• Thambugala KM (PhD), Genetics and Molecular Biology Unit, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka – Dothideomycetes
• Yu FM (PhD) Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,  132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China  – Fungicolous fungi and cup-fungi
• Wang PH (PhD), Tunghai University, Taiwan – Forest ecology
• Wijayawardene N (PhD), Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan, China – Nomenclature

Lichens and Slime molds

• Grube M (PhD), University of Graz, Germany – Biology of symbioses, lichens, and slime molds
• Flakus A (PhD), W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland – Lichenology, mycology, taxonomy, phylogenetics and evolution
• Stephenson SL (PhD), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA – Myxomycetes
• Gothamie Weerakoon (PhD), Natural History Museum, London– Lichenology

Pathology

• Abeywickrama PD (PhD), Beijing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China– General plant pathology
• Alberto R (PhD), College of Agriculture, Central Luzon State University, Philippines – General plant pathology
• Aumentado HDR Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand– General plant pathology
• Alves A (PhD), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal – fungal taxonomy and phylogeny, plant pathogens, marine fungi, host-fungal interactions – General plant pathology
• Benedetto L (PhD),  Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali, Università degli Studi di Padova, Viale dell’Università – General plant pathology
• Carlucci A (PhD), Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy – Plant pathogens, fungal taxonomy
• Jayawardena RS (PhD), Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand – fungal taxonomy and phylogeny, host-fungal interactions
• Wang Y (PhD), Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, People’s Republic of China – Plant pathogens
• Zhang W PhD), Beijing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China – General plant pathology

Biotechnology and biochemistry

• Boonpragop K (PhD), Department of Biology, Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand – Biotechnology
• Bhunjun A (PhD), Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand – Bioinformatics and Eurotiomycetes
• Chethana KWT (PhD), Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand – Functional genomics and Discomycetes
• Harischandra DL (PhD),  Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand– Functional genomics and Dothideomycetes
• Liu F (PhD), Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China – Fungal genomics
• Liu HW (PhD), Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences China – Fungal bioactive compounds
• Liu X (PhD), Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China – Fungal genetics
• Luangharn T (PhD), Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University,  Thailand – Mushroom products
• Marin-Felix Y (PhD), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany – Sordariomycetes, dung and soil fungi, chemotaxonomy