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Kasun M. Thambugala is a researcher affiliated with Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand. Their research spans multiple aspects of fungal biology and plant sciences with a focus on agricultural and biological sciences and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, Kasun M. Thambugala has contributed to subfields such as:

  • Plant Science
  • Cell Biology
  • Pharmacology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The primary topics of their work cover a broad spectrum related to fungal biology and plant pathology:

  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Lichen and fungal ecology

Kasun M. Thambugala has published frequently in several specialized journals, with repeated contributions to these venues:

  • Fungal Diversity
  • Phytotaxa
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • New Zealand Journal of Botany
  • Studies in Fungi

Their recent papers include:

  • Fungi vs. Fungi in Biocontrol: An Overview of Fungal Antagonists Applied Against Fungal Plant Pathogens, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Fungal diversity notes 1151-1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa, 2020, Fungal Diversity
  • Freshwater Dothideomycetes, 2020, Fungal Diversity
  • Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes, 2020, Fungal Diversity
  • Fungal diversity notes 1512-1610: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa, 2022, Fungal Diversity

Kasun M. Thambugala frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including:

  • Danushka S. Tennakoon
  • Kevin D. Hyde
  • Nimali I. de Silva
  • Dinushani A. Daranagama
  • Itthayakorn Promputtha

Best Publications

  • Families of Dothideomycetes

    Kevin D. Hyde;E. B.Gareth Jones;Jian Kui Liu;Hiran Ariyawansa

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

    Subashini C. Jayasiri;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Jayarama Bhat

  • Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa

    Guo Jie Li;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Rui Lin Zhao;Sinang Hongsanan;Sinang Hongsanan

  • Fungal diversity notes 1–110: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal species

    Jian Kui Liu;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;E. B. Gareth Jones;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa

  • Fungi vs. Fungi in Biocontrol: An Overview of Fungal Antagonists Applied Against Fungal Plant Pathogens.

    Kasun M. Thambugala;Kasun M. Thambugala;Dinushani A. Daranagama;Alan J. L. Phillips;Sagarika D. Kannangara

  • Notes for genera: Ascomycota

    Nalin N. Wijayawardene;Kevin D. Hyde;Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar;David L. Hawksworth

  • 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

  • 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;Paul M. Kirk;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth

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

    Kevin D. Hyde;Chada Norphanphoun;Vanessa P. Abreu;Anna Bazzicalupo

  • 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

  • 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

  • Refined families of dothideomycetes: Dothideomycetidae and pleosporomycetidae

    S. Hongsanan;K. D. Hyde;R. Phookamsak;D. N. Wanasinghe

  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 281-319

    P. W. Crous;M. J. Wingfield;R. K. Schumacher;B. A. Summerell

  • Revision of Phaeosphaeriaceae.

    Rungtiwa Phookamsak;Jian-Kui Liu;Eric H. C. McKenzie;Dimuthu S. Manamgoda

  • Epitypification and neotypification: guidelines with appropriate and inappropriate examples

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;E. B. Gareth Jones

  • A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Didymosphaeriaceae (= Montagnulaceae )

    Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Kazuaki Tanaka;Kasun M. Thambugala;Rungtiwa Phookamsak

  • Recommended names for pleomorphic genera in Dothideomycetes.

    Amy Y. Rossman;Pedro W. Crous;Kevin D. Hyde;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth

  • Mycosphere notes 1-50: Grass (Poaceae) inhabiting Dothideomycetes

    K. M. Thambugala;D. N. Wanasinghe;A. J. L. Phillips;E. Camporesi

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

    Kasun M. Thambugala;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kazuaki Tanaka;Qing Tian

  • Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes

    Sinang Hongsanan;Sinang Hongsanan;Sinang Hongsanan;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Rungtiwa Phookamsak;Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe

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

    Dinushani A. Daranagama;Dinushani A. Daranagama;Kevin D. Hyde;Esteban B. Sir;Kasun M. Thambugala

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin D. Hyde
Kevin D. Hyde Mae Fah Luang University
Hiran A. Ariyawansa
Hiran A. Ariyawansa National Taiwan University
Saranyaphat Boonmee
Saranyaphat Boonmee Mae Fah Luang University
Jian-Kui Liu
Jian-Kui Liu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Jianchu Xu
Jianchu Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alan J. L. Phillips
Alan J. L. Phillips University of Lisbon
Eric H. C. McKenzie
Eric H. C. McKenzie Landcare Research
Nalin N. Wijayawardene
Nalin N. Wijayawardene Qujing Normal University
Rajesh Jeewon
Rajesh Jeewon University of Mauritius
Dong-Qin Dai
Dong-Qin Dai Qujing Normal University

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