Editors

Scientific Editor-in-Chief: Wanasinghe DN (PhD), Department of Soil Science, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Scientific Editor-in-Chief (Assistant): Manawasinghe IS (PhD), Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, P.R. China

Managing Editor: Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani S (PhD), MYCOSPHERE Co.,Ltd, Chiang Rai, Thailand

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), Associate professor, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK – 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
• Zhou LW (PhD), State Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity and Innovative Utilization, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences – Fungal taxonomy, diversity and nomenclature; evolutionary and conservation biology; utilization of medicinal fungi and ligninolytic fungi

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
• dela Cruz TEE (Dr.rer.nat.), Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008 Philippines - fungal endophytes, endolichenic fungi, myxomycetes
• 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, Escuela de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Mayor, Alemania 281, 4801043 Temuco, 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
• Suwannarach N (PhD), Office of Research Administration, Chiang Mai University, Thailand – Biodiversity, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny of Fungi

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
• Sohrabi M (PhD), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, United Kingdom - Lichenology
• 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

Yeasts

• Wang QM (PhD), Hebei University, China – Yeast Phylogeny and Evolution

Medical Mycology

• Masoomeh Shams-Ghahfarokhi (PhD), Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran - Medical Mycology