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Kasun M. Thambugala

kasun-m-thambugalaKasun M. Thambugala
B.Sc. Hons (Kalaniya), Ph.D. (Thailand)

Lecturer
kasun@sci.sjp.ac.lk

Research Interests: Molecular phylogenetics, Fungal systematics, Plant pathology

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Qualifications:

  • B.Sc. (Honours) in Biological science, Uni….
  • Ph.D. in Biosciences, Uni….

Appointments/Career Profile:    

  • Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand.
  • Senior Scientist, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai, Thailand.

 

Special Achievements/Awards:            

  • Top published author -2014, Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Scholarships / Fellowships:  

  • Visiting Scholar, Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, People’s Republic of China.

Administrative and other positions:

  • Learning Management System Coordinator | Genetics and Molecular Biology Unit, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
  • Lecturer-In-Charge | The Industrial Training program, Genetics and Molecular Biology Unit, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Research Interests:

  • Molecular phylogenetics.
  • Fungal systematics.
  • Plant pathology.

 

Research projects:

Present research projects:

  • Molecular characterization of fungal endophytes in tea, Biological control of plant pathogens using microbial antagonists

Collaborative Research Projects:

  • Molecular characterization of fungal endophytes in tea, Biological control of plant pathogens using microbial antagonists; University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Morphology and phylogeny of plant inhabiting microfungi; Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

 

Research publications:

 

  1. Morpho-molecular taxonomic studies reveal a high number of endophytic fungi from Magnolia candolli and M. garrettii in China and Thailand.

N de Silva, SSN Maharachchikumbura, KM Thambugala, DJ Bhat, SC Karunarathna, DS Tennakoon, R Phookamsak, RS Jayawardena, S Lumyong, KD Hyde.

MYCOSPHERE 12 (1), 163-237, 2021.

 

  1. What is a species in fungal plant pathogens?

Ruvishika S Jayawardena, Kevin D Hyde, Antonio Roberto Gomes de Farias, Chitrabhanu S Bhunjun, Himashi S Ferdinandez, Dimuthu S Manamgoda, Dhanushka Udayanga, Indunil S Herath, Kasun M Thambugala, Ishara S Manawasinghe, Achala J Gajanayake, Binu C Samarakoon, Digvijayini Bundhun, Deecksha Gomdola, Naruemon Huanraluek, Ya-ru Sun, Xia Tang, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Marco Thines.

Fungal Diversity, 1-28, 2021.

 

  1.   A dynamic online documentation of Italian ascomycetes with hosts and substrates: www. italianmicrofungi. org.

SN Wijesinghe, E Camporesi, DN Wanasinghe, SSN Maharachchikumbura, IC Senanayake, R Phookamsak, S Hongsanan, S Tibpromma, KM Thambugala, T Luangharn, EHC McKenzie.

Asian Journal of Mycology 4 (1), 10-18, 2021.

 

  1.   Revealing the endophytic mycoflora in tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves in Sri Lanka: the first comprehensive study.

Kasun Thambugala, Dinushani Daranagama, Sagarika Kannangara, Thenuka Kodituwakku.

Phytotaxa 514 (3), 247-260, 2021.

 

  1.   Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to Celtis formosana, Ficus ampelas, F. septica, Macaranga tanarius and Morus australis leaf litter inhabiting microfungi.

Danushka S Tennakoon, Chang-Hsin Kuo, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Kasun M Thambugala, Eleni Gentekaki, Alan JL Phillips, D Jayarama Bhat, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Nimali I de Silva, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Kevin D Hyde.

Fungal Diversity, 1-215, 2021.

 

  1.   Introducing a new pleosporalean family Sublophiostomataceae fam. nov. to accommodate Sublophiostoma gen. nov.

Sinang Hongsanan, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Ishani D Goonasekara, Kasun M Thambugala, Kevin D Hyde, Jayarama D Bhat, Nakarin Suwannarach, Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon.

Scientific reports 11 (1), 1-10, 2021.

 

  1.   Three saprobic Dothideomycetes from the aerial parts of mangrove trees with polyphenism in Striatiguttula.

Vinit Kumar, Kasun M Thambugala, V Venkatesh Sarma, R Cheewangkoon, Ting Chi Wen. 2021.

  1.   Ecology and Evolution of Marine Fungi With Their Adaptation to Climate Change.

V Kumar, VV Sarma, KM Thambugala, JJ Huang, XY Li, GF Hao.

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2527, 2021.

 

  1.   Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa.

Kevin D Hyde, Yang Dong, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Rajesh Jeewon, D Jayarama Bhat, EB Jones, Ning-Guo Liu, Pranami D Abeywickrama, Ausana Mapook, Deping Wei, and others.

Fungal diversity 100 (1), 5-277, 2020.

 

  1. Refined families of dothideomycetes: dothideomycetidae and pleosporomycetidae.

S Hongsanan, KD Hyde, R Phookamsak, DN Wanasinghe, EHC McKenzie, VV Sarma, S Boonmee, R Lücking, DJ Bhat, NG Liu, and others. 2020

 

  1. Freshwater Dothideomycetes.

Wei Dong, Bin Wang, Kevin D Hyde, Eric HC McKenzie, Huzefa A Raja, Kazuaki Tanaka, Mohamed A Abdel-Wahab, Faten A Abdel-Aziz, Mingkwan Doilom, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Sinang Hongsanan, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Xian-Dong Yu, Gen-Nuo Wang, Hao Yang, Jing Yang, Kasun M Thambugala, Qing Tian, Zong-Long Luo, Jian-Bo Yang, Andrew N Miller, Jacques Fournier, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Dian-Ming Hu, Sarunya Nalumpang, Huang Zhang.

Fungal Diversity 105 (1), 319-575, 2020.

 

  1. Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes.

Sinang Hongsanan, Kevin D Hyde, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Eric HC McKenzie, V Venkateswara Sarma, Robert Lücking, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Jayarama D Bhat, Ning-Guo Liu, and others.

Fungal Diversity 105 (1), 17-318, 2020.

 

  1. Fungi vs. fungi in biocontrol: an overview of fungal antagonists applied against fungal plant pathogens.

Kasun M Thambugala, Dinushani A Daranagama, Alan JL Phillips, Sagarika D Kannangara, Itthayakorn Promputtha.

 

  1. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 10, 2020.

 

  1. Distoseptispora bambusae sp. nov.(Distoseptisporaceae) on bamboo from China and Thailand.

Yaru Sun, Ishani D Goonasekara, Kasun M Thambugala, Ruvishika S Jayawardena, Yong Wang, Kevin D Hyde.

Biodiversity data journal 8, 2020.

 

  1. Species diversity of Pleosporalean taxa associated with Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze in Taiwan.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Ichen Tsai, Kasun M Thambugala, Wei-Yu Chuang, Shiou-Ruei Lin, Wael N Hozzein, Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon.

Scientific reports 10 (1), 1-20, 2020.

 

  1. Morphology and multigene phylogeny reveal a new species and a new record of Rhytidhysteron (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) from China.

NI De Silva, DS Tennakoon, KM Thambugala, SC Karunarathna, S Lumyong, KD Hyde.

AJOM 3, 295-306, 2020.

 

  1. Taxonomic novelties of saprobic Pleosporales from selected dicotyledons and grasses.

RS Brahmanage, MC Dayarathne, DN Wanasinghe, KM Thambugala.

Mycosphere 11 (1), 2481-2541, 2020.

 

  1. Additions to Phaeosphaeriaceae (Pleosporales): Elongaticollum gen. nov., Ophiosphaerella taiwanensis sp. nov., Phaeosphaeriopsis beaucarneae sp. nov. and a new host record of Neosetophoma poaceicola from Musaceae.

Danushka S Tennakoon, Kasun M Thambugala, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Eleni Gentekaki, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Chang-Hsin Kuo, Kevin D Hyde.

MycoKeys 70, 59, 2020.

 

  1. Leucaenicola osmanthi sp. nov.(Bambusicolaceae, Pleosporales), causing leaf spot of Osmanthus fragrans in Taiwan.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Ichen Tsai, Wael N Hozzein, Kasun M Thambugala.

Phytotaxa 437 (1), 23-31, 2020.

 

  1. The contributions of Erio Camporesi.

Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Nalin N Wijayawardene, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Indunil C Senanayake, Wen-Jing Li, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Qing Tian, Dinushani A Daranagama, Kasun M Thambugala, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Anusha H Ekanayaka, Marc Stadler, Kevin D Hyde.

Fungal Diversity 100 (1), 1-3, 2020.

 

  1. Two new species and a new record of Nigrograna (Nigrogranaceae, Pleosporales) from China and Thailand.

JF Zhang, JKJ Liu, KM Thambugala, J Yang, ZH Meng, ZY Liu.

Mycological Progress 19 (11), 1365-1375, 2020.

 

  1. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Muyocopron thailandica sp. nov.

Sinang Hongsanan, C Norphanphoun, KM Thambugala, N Boonyuen, N Huanraluek, R Cheewangkoon.

Phytotaxa 456 (2), 195-202, 2020.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi.

Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Kevin D Hyde, Rajesh Jeewon, D Jayarama Bhat, EB Gareth Jones, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Olivier Raspe, Samantha C Karunarathna, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Sinang Hongsanan, and others.

Fungal diversity 95 (1), 1-273, 2019.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa.

Kevin D Hyde, Danushka S Tennakoon, Rajesh Jeewon, D Jayarama Bhat, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Walter Rossi, Marco Leonardi, Hyang Burm Lee, Hye Yeon Mun, Jos Houbraken, and others.

Fungal Diversity 96 (1), 1-242, 2019.

 

  1. Rhytidhysteron mangrovei (Hysteriaceae), a new species from mangroves in Phetchaburi Province, Thailand.

Vinit Kumar, Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon, Kasun M Thambugala, Gareth EB Jones, Rashika S Brahmanage, Mingkwan Doilom, Rajesh Jeewon, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 401 (3), 166-178, 2019.

 

  1. Additions to Chaetothyriaceae (Chaetothyriales): Longihyalospora gen. nov. and Ceramothyrium longivolcaniforme, a new host record from decaying leaves of Ficus ampelas.

Danushka S Tennakoon, Kasun M Thambugala, Rajesh Jeewon, Sinang Hongsanan, Chang-Hsin Kuo, Kevin D Hyde.

MycoKeys 61, 91, 2019.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 929-1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi.

Hugo Madrid, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Kevin D Hyde, Rajesh Jeewon, D Jayarama Bhat, EB Jones, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Olivier Raspe, Samantha C Karunarathna, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, and others.

SPRINGER, 2019.

 

  1. Mycosphere notes 169–224.

KD Hyde, N Chaiwan, C Norphanphoun, S Boonmee, E Camporesi, KWT Chethana, MC Dayarathne, NI De Silva, AJ Dissanayake, AH Ekanayaka, and others.

Mycosphere 9 (2), 271-430, 2018.

 

  1. Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Graphostromataceae, Hypoxylaceae, Lopadostomataceae and Xylariaceae.

Dinushani A Daranagama, Kevin D Hyde, Esteban B Sir, Kasun M Thambugala, Qing Tian, Milan C Samarakoon, Eric HC McKenzie, Subashini C Jayasiri, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Jayarama D Bhat, XingZhong Liu, Marc Stadler.

Fungal Diversity 88 (1), 1-165, 2018.

 

  1. Mycosphere Notes 225–274: types and other specimens of some genera of Ascomycota.

M Doilom, KD Hyde, R Phookamsak, DQ Dai, LZ Tang, S Hongsanan, P Chomnunti, S Boonmee, MC Dayarathne, WJ Li, KM Thambugala, RH Perera, DA Daranagama, C Norphanphoun, S Konta, W Dong, D Ertz, AJL Phillips, EHC McKenzie, K Vinit, HA Ariyawansa, EBG Jones, PE Mortimer, Jian Chu Xu, Itthayakorn Promputtha.

Mycosphere 9 (4), 647-754, 2018.

 

  1. Saprobic Lophiostomataceae (Dothideomycetes): Pseudolophiostoma mangiferae sp. nov. and Neovaginatispora fuckelii, a new record from Mangifera indica.

Danushka Sandaruwan Tennakoon, Chang-Hsin Kuo, Rajesh Jeewon, Kasun Madhusanka Thambugala, Kevin David Hyde.

Phytotaxa 364 (2), 157-171, 2018.

 

  1. Additions to the genus Massariothea in Diaporthaceae.

KM Thambugala, KD Hyde.

Mycological Progress 17 (10), 1139-1147, 2015.

 

  1. Morphology and phylogeny of Atrocalyx acervatus sp. nov.(Lophiotremataceae) from Acer species.

Nimali I De Silva, Kasun M Thambugala, Rajesh Jeewon, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Ishani D Goonasekara, Saisamorn Lumyong, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 333 (2), 199-208, 2018.

 

  1. Didymella eriobotryae sp. nov.(Didymellaceae) and Arthrinium arundinis (Apiosporaceae) from fruit of Eriobotrya japonica (loquat) in China.

Kasun M Thambugala, Kevin D Hyde, Jin-Feng Zhang, Zuo-Yi Liu.

Phytotaxa 382 (1), 136-147, 2018.

 

  1. Introducing Massarioramusculicola, a novel genus in Massariaceae.

Naruemon Huanraluek, Kasun M Thambugala, Yong Wang, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 371 (1), 17-24, 2018.

 

  1. Notes for genera: Ascomycota.

Nalin N Wijayawardene, Kevin D Hyde, Kunhiraman C Rajeshkumar, David L Hawksworth, Hugo Madrid, Paul M Kirk, Uwe Braun, Rajshree V Singh, Pedro W Crous, Martin Kukwa, and others.

Fungal diversity 86, 1-594, 2017.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 491–602: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa.

Saowaluck Tibpromma, Kevin D Hyde, Rajesh Jeewon, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Jian-Kui Liu, D Jayarama   Bhat, EB Gareth Jones, Eric HC McKenzie, Erio Camporesi, Timur S Bulgakov, and others.

Fungal diversity 83 (1), 1-261, 2017.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 603–708: taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on genera and species.

Kevin D Hyde, Chada Norphanphoun, Vanessa P Abreu, Anna Bazzicalupo, KW Thilini Chethana, Marco Clericuzio, Monika C Dayarathne, Asha J Dissanayake, Anusha H Ekanayaka, Mao-Qiang He, and others.

Fungal Diversity 87 (1), 1-235, 2017.

 

  1. Mycosphere notes 1-50: grass (Poaceae) inhabiting Dothideomycetes.

KM Thambugala, DN Wanasinghe, AJL Phillips, E Camporesi, TS Bulgakov, C Phukhamsakda, HA Ariyawansa, ID Goonasekara, R Phookamsak, A Dissanayake, DS Tennakoon, S Tibpromma, YY Chen, Zouyi Y Liu, KD Hyde.

Mycosphere 8 (4), 697-796, 2017.

 

  1. Towards incorporating asexual fungi in a natural classification: checklist and notes 2012–2016.

NN Wijayawardene, KD Hyde, S Tibpromma, DN Wanasinghe, KM Thambugala, Q Tian, Y Wang, L Fu.

Mycosphere 8 (9), 1457-1555, 2017.

 

  1. Phylogenetic revision of Camarosporium (Pleosporineae, Dothideomycetes) and allied genera.

Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Kevin D Hyde, R Jeewon, Pedro W Crous, Nalin N Wijayawardene, EBG Jones, D Jayarama Bhat, Alan JL Phillips, JZ Groenewald, Monika C Dayarathne, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Kasun M Thambugala, TS Bulgakov, Erio Camporesi, YS Gafforov, Peter E Mortimer, Samantha C Karunarathna.

Studies in Mycology 87, 207-256, 2017.

 

  1. Microfungi on Tamarix.

Kasun M Thambugala, Dinushani A Daranagama, Alan JL Phillips, Timur S Bulgakov, Darbhe J Bhat, Erio Camporesi, Ali H Bahkali, Prapassorn D Eungwanichayapant, Zuo-Yi Liu, Kevin D Hyde.

Fungal Diversity 82 (1), 239-306, 2017.

 

  1. Monochaetia ilexae sp. nov.(Pestalotiopsidaceae) from Yunnan Province in China.

Nimali I De Silva, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Kasun M Thambugala, Darbhe J Bhat, Abdullah M Al-Sadi, Saisamorn Lumyong, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 291 (2), 123-132, 2017.

 

  1. Taxonomy and phylogeny of dothideomycetes in terrestrial habitats.

KM Thambugala.Mae Fah Luang University, 2017.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa.

GJ Li, KD Guo Jie Li, Kevin D Hyde, Rui Lin Zhao, Sinang Hongsanan, Faten Awad Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed A Abdel-Wahab, Pablo Alvarado, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Joseph F Ammirati, Hiran A Ariyawansa, and others.

Fungal diversity 78 (1), 1-237, 2016.

 

  1. Additions to the genus Rhytidhysteron in Hysteriaceae.

Kasun M Thambugala, Kevin D Hyde, Prapassorn D Eungwanichayapant, Andrea I Romero, Zuo-Yi Liu.

Cryptogamie, Mycologie 37 (1), 99-116, 2016.

 

  1. Perspectives into the value of genera, families and orders in classification.

NG Liu, HA Ariyawansa, KD Hyde, SSN Maharachchikumbura, RL Zhao, AJL Phillips, RS Jayawardena, KM Thambugala, AJ Dissanayake, NN Wijayawardene, JK Liu, ZY Liu, R Jeewon, EBG Jones, J Jumpathong.

Mycosphere 7, 1649-1668, 2016.

 

  1. Additions to karst fungi 2: Alpestrisphaeria jonesii from Guizhou Province, China.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Kevin D Hyde, Kasun M Thambugala, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Abdullah M Al-Sadi, Zuo Yi Liu.

Phytotaxa 277 (3), 255-265, 2016.

 

  1. Phaeobotryon negundinis sp. nov.(Botryosphaeriales) from Russia.

DA Daranagama, KM Thambugala, B Campino, A Alves, TS Bulgakov, AJL Phillips, XZ Liu, KD Hyde.

Mycosphere 7 (7SI), 933-941, 2016.

 

  1. Camarosporium uniseriatum nom. nov., from Celtis occidentalis in European Russia.

KM Thambugala, TS Bulgakov, PD Eungwanichayapant, ZY Liu, KD Hyde.

Studies in Fungi 1, 90-98, 2018.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa.

Li Guo Jie, Kevin D Hyde, Rui Lin Zhao, Sinang Hongsanan, Faten Awad Abdel Aziz, Mohamed A Abdel Wahab, Pablo Alvarado, Genivaldo Alves Silva, Joseph F Ammirati, Hiran A Ariyawansa, and others.

FUNGAL DIVERSITY, 78 (1), 1-237, 2016.

 

  1. The Faces of Fungi database: fungal names linked with morphology, phylogeny, and human impacts.

Subashini C Jayasiri, Kevin D Hyde, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Jayarama Bhat, Bart Buyck, Lei Cai, Yu-Cheng Dai, Kamel A Abd-Elsalam, Damien Ertz, Iman Hidayat and others.

Fungal diversity, 74 (1), 3-18, 2015.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 111-252-taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Kevin D Hyde, Subashini C Jayasiri, Bart Buyck, KW Thilini Chethana, Dong Qin Dai, Yu Cheng Dai, Dinushani A Daranagama, Ruvishika S Jayawardena, Robert Luecking, and others.

Fungal diversity 75 (1), 27-274, 2015.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 1-110: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal species.

Jian Kui Liu, Kevin D Hyde, EB Gareth Jones, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Darbhe J Bhat, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Eric HC McKenzie, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, and others.

Fungal diversity 72 (1), 1-197, 2015.

 

  1. Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Lophiostomataceae, Floricolaceae, and Amorosiaceae fam. nov.

Kasun M Thambugala, Kevin D Hyde, Kazuaki Tanaka, Qing Tian, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Subashini C Jayasiri, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Erio Camporesi, Akira Hashimoto, Kazuyuki Hirayama, René K Schumacher, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Zuo-Yi Liu.

Fungal Diversity 74 (1), 199-266, 2015.

 

  1. Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Pleosporaceae.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Kasun M Thambugala, Dimuthu S Manamgoda, Ruvishika Jayawardena, Erio Camporesi, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, R Phookamsak, Singang Hongsanan, Chonticha Singtripop, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Ji-Chuan Kang, EB Gareth Jones, Kevin D Hyde.

Fungal Diversity 71 (1), 85-139, 2015.

 

  1. Recommended names for pleomorphic genera in Dothideomycetes.

Amy Y Rossman, Pedro W Crous, Kevin D Hyde, David L Hawksworth, André Aptroot, Jose L Bezerra, Jayarama D Bhat, Eric Boehm, Uwe Braun, Saranyaphat Boonmee, and others.

IMA fungus 6 (2), 507-523, 2015.

 

  1. The faces of fungi database: fungal names linked with morphology, molecular and human attributes.

SC Jayasiri, KD Hyde, HA Ariyawansa, J Bhat, B Buyck, L Cai, YC Dai, KA Abd-Elsalam, D Ertz, I Hidayat, and others.

Fungal Diversity 74 (1), 3-18, 2015.

 

  1. Revision and phylogeny of Leptosphaeriaceae.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Kasun M Thambugala, Timur S Bulgakov, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Rekhani H Perera, Ausana Mapook, Erio Camporesi, Ji-Chuan Kang, EB Gareth Jones, Ali H Bahkali, Subashini C Jayasiri, Kevin D Hyde, Zuo-Yi Liu, JD Bhat.

Fungal Diversity 74 (1), 19-51, 2015.

 

  1. Phylogenetic relationships and morphological reappraisal of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales).

Qing Tian, Jian Kui Liu, Kevin D Hyde, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Subashini C Jayasiri, Zong Long Luo, Joanne E Taylor, Alan JL Phillips, Darbhe J Bhat, Wen Jing Li, Hiran Ariyawansa, Kasun M Thambugala, EB Gareth Jones, Putarak Chomnunti, Ali H Bahkali, Jian Chu Xu, Erio Camporesi.

Fungal Diversity 74 (1), 267-324, 2015.

 

  1. Pseudodidymosphaeria gen. nov. in Massarinaceae.

Kasun Madhusanka Thambugala, Yu Chunfang, Erio Camporesi, Ali H Bahkali, Zuo Yi Liu, Kevin Hyde.

Phytotaxa 231 (3), 271-282, 2015.

 

  1. Erratum to: Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Kevin D Hyde, Subashini C Jayasiri, Bart Buyck, KW Thilini Chethana, Dong Qin Dai, Yu Cheng Dai, Dinushani A Daranagama, Ruvishika S Jayawardena, Robert Lücking, and others.

Fungal Diversity 75 (1), 275-277, 2015.

 

  1. Fungal diversity notes 111-252-taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa.

S Boonmee, ZL Yang, Q Cai, YY Cui, AH Bahkali, J Chen, BK Cui, JJ Chen, MC Dayarathne, AJ Dissanayake.

SPRINGER 75 (1).

 

  1. Nomenclatural novelties: Sigarispora caulium comb. nov.

KM Thambugala, DN Wanasinghe, K Tanaka, KD Hyde.Index Fungorum, 267.

 

  1. Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes–2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names.

Nalin N Wijayawardene, Pedro W Crous, Paul M Kirk, David L Hawksworth, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Uwe Braun, Dong-Qin Dai, Melvina J D’souza, Paul Diederich, Asha Dissanayake, and others.

Fungal Diversity, 69 (1), 1-55, 2014.

 

  1. Epitypification and neotypification: guidelines with appropriate and inappropriate examples.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, David L Hawksworth, Kevin D Hyde, EB Gareth Jones, Sajeewa SN Maharachchikumbura, Dimuthu S Manamgoda, Kasun M Thambugala, Dhanushka Udayanga, Erio Camporesi, Anupama Daranagama, and others.

Fungal Diversity 69 (1), 57-91, 2014.

 

  1. Revision of Phaeosphaeriaceae.

Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Jian-Kui Liu, Eric HC McKenzie, Dimuthu S Manamgoda, Hiran Ariyawansa, Kasun M Thambugala, Dong-Qin Dai, Erio Camporesi, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Nalin N Wijayawardene, Ali H Bahkali, Peter E Mortimer, Jian-Chu Xu, Kevin D Hyde.

Fungal Diversity 68 (1), 159-238, 2014.

 

  1. Fungal Planet description sheets: 281–319.

Pedro W Crous, Michael J Wingfield, RK Schumacher, Brett A Summerell, A Giraldo, J Gené, J Guarro, DN Wanasinghe, Kevin D Hyde, E Camporesi, and others.

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 33, 212, 2014.

 

  1. A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Didymosphaeriaceae (= Montagnulaceae).

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Kazuaki Tanaka, Kasun M Thambugala, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Qing Tian, Erio Camporesi, Sinang Hongsanan, Jutamart Monkai, Dhanushka N Wanasinghe, Ausanan Mapook, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Ji-Chuan Kang, Jian-Chu Xu, Eric HC McKenzie, EB Gareth Jones, Kevin D Hyde.

Fungal Diversity 68 (1), 69-104, 2014.

 

  1. Dothideales.

Kasun M Thambugala, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Yan-Mei Li, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Sinang Hongsanan, Qing Tian, Chonticha Singtripop, D Jayarama Bhat, Erio Camporesi, Ruvishika Jayawardena, Zuo-Yi Liu, Jian-Chu Xu, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Kevin D Hyde.

Fungal Diversity 68 (1), 105-158, 2014.

 

  1. Confusion surrounding Didymosphaeria—phylogenetic and morphological evidence suggest Didymosphaeriaceae is not a distinct family.

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Erio Camporesi, Kasun M Thambugala, Ausana Mapook, Ji-Chuan Kang, Siti A Alias, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Marco Thines, ERIC HC McKENZIE, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 176 (1), 102-119, 2014.

 

  1. Phylogeny and morphology of Phaeosphaeriopsis triseptata sp. nov., and Phaeosphaeriopsis glaucopunctata.

Kasun M Thambugala, Erio Camporesi, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Zuo-Yi Liu, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 176 (1), 238-250, 2014.

 

  1. Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 2: the genera Cucurbidothis, Heterosphaeriopsis, Hyalosphaera, Navicella and Pleiostomellina (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis).

Hiran A Ariyawansa, Kasun M Thambugala, Ji-Chuan Kang, Siti A Alias, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 176 (1), 7-17, 2014.

 

  1. The status of Myriangiaceae (Dothideomycetes).

Asha J Dissanayake, Ruvishika S Jayawardena, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Kasun M Thambugala, Qing Tian, Ausana Mapook, Indunil C Senanayake, Jiye Yan, Yan Mei Li, Xinghong Li, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 176 (1), 219–237-219–237, 2014.

 

  1. Towards a natural classification of dothideomycetes 6: the genera Dolabra, Placostromella, Pleosphaerellula, Polysporidiella and Pseudotrichia (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis).

Kasun M Thambugala, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Zuo-Yi Liu, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Kevin D Hyde.

Phytotaxa 176 (1), 55-67, 2014.

 

  1. Multi-locus phylogeny reveals the sexual state of Tiarosporella in Botryosphaeriaceae.

Kasun M Thambugala, D Anupama Daranagama, Erio Camporesi, Chonticha Singtripop, Zuo-Yi Liu, Kevin D Hyde.

Cryptogamie, Mycologie 35 (4), 359-367, 2014.

 

  1. Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 7: the genera Allosoma, Austropleospora, Dangeardiella, Griggsia and Karschia (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis).

Kasun Madhusanka Thambugala, Chonticha Singtripop, YU Chunfang, Eric HC Mckenzie, Zuo-Yi Liu, Ekachai Chukeatirote, KEVIN HYDE.

Phytotaxa 181 (1), 34-46, 2014.

 

  1. Multi-Locus Phylogeny Reveals the Sexual State of Tiarosporella in Botryosphaeriaceae Mycologie.

KM Thambugala, D Anupama Daranagama, Erio Camporesi, Chonticha Singtripop, Zuo-Yi Liu, Kevin D Hyde.

Cryptogamie, 35(4), 359-367, 2014.

 

  1. Families of dothideomycetes.

Kevin D Hyde, EB Gareth Jones, Jian-Kui Liu, Hiran Ariyawansa, Eric Boehm, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Uwe Braun, Putarak Chomnunti, Pedro W Crous, Dong-Qin Dai and others.

Fungal diversity, 63 (1), 1-313, 2013.

 

International / Local –abstracts:

  • Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa, Li YM, Hyde KD. Dothideales. Oral presentation delivered at the Asian Mycological Congress 2013 and the 13th International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposia – August 2013 – China.
  • Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa, Liu ZY et al. A systematic treatment of Dothideales: a molecular and morphological approach. Oral presentation delivered at the 10th International Mycological Congress (IMC) – August 2014 – Thailand.
  • Hongsanan S, Huanraluek N, Thambugala KM, Hyde KD, Xie N. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Muyocopron thailandica sp. nov. Asian Mycological Congress – October 2019 – Japan.

Membership held in Professional Societies:            

  • Life membership | Institute of Biology.
  • Life membership | Sri Lanka Association for Mycology and Plant Pathology (SLAMPP).

Editorial and Reviewer functions:       

  • Senior Associate Editor  International Journal of Fungal Genetics and Biology, Plant Pathology & Quarantine and Mycosphere
  • Ad-Hoc Journal Reviewer of Fungal Diversity, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, CREAM,  Phytotaxa.
  • Asian Journal of Mycology, Phyton, Journal of Fungi and Studies in Fungi.
   
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