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·       Year: 2020

o   Wijesinghe SN, Wanasinghe DN, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wang Y, Al-Sadi AM, Hyde KD (2020) Bimuria omanensis sp. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales) from Oman. Phytotaxa 449: 97–108.

o   Al-Jaradi AJ, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sadi AM (2020) Phaeosphaeriopsis omaniana (Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales), a novel fungus from Oman. Phytotaxa 436:187–192.

o   Karunasinghe T, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Rethinasamy V, Al-Sadi AM (2020) Antagonistic activity of endophytic and rhizosphere fungi isolated from sea purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum) against Pythium damping-off of cucumber. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-20-0003-RE

o   Chaiwan N, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wanasinghe DN, Doilom M, Jayawardena R, Hyde KD (2020) First sexual morph record of Sarcopodium vanillae. Mycotaxon 134:707–717.

o   Konta S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Senanayake IC, McKenzie EH, Stadler M, Boonmee S, Phookamsak R, Jayawardena RS, Senwanna C, Hyde KD, Elgorban AM. A new genus Allodiatrype, five new species and a new host record of diatrypaceous fungi from palms (Arecaceae). Mycosphere 11: 239–268.

o   Dayarathne MC, Jones EB, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Devadatha B, Sarma VV, Khongphinitbunjong K, Chomnunti P, Hyde KD (2020) Morpho-molecular characterization of microfungi associated with marine based habitats. Mycosphere 11:1–88.

o   Bundhun D, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jeewon R, Senanayake IC, Jayawardena RS, Hongsanan S, et al. (2020) https://sordariomycetes. org/, a platform for the identification, ranking. Asian Journal of Mycology 3: 13–21.

o   Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat DJ, Jones EB, Bundhun D, Chen YJ, Bao DF, Boonmee S, Calabon MS, Chaiwan N, et al. (2020) Refined families of Sordariomycetes. Mycosphere 11: 305–1059.

o   Al-Rashdi FK, Al-Sadi AM, Al-Riyamy BZ, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sabahi JN, Velazhahan R (2020) Endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant Aloe dhufarensis Lavranos exhibit antagonistic potential against phytopathogenic fungi. South African Journal of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.05.022

o   Shang QJ, Hyde KD, Camporesi E, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Norphanphoun C, Brooks S, Liu JK (2020) Additions to the genus Cytospora with sexual morph in Cytosporaceae. Mycosphere 11: 189–224.

o   Monkai J, Jayawardena RS, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD (2020) Sexual Morph of Furcasterigmium furcatum (Plectosphaerellaceae) from Magnolia liliifera Collected in Northern Thailand. Phyton 89: 765–777.

o   Khuseib Hamed Al-Rashdi F, Al-Sadi AM, Al-Riyamy BZ, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Khalfan Al-Ruqaishi H, Velazhahan R (2020) Alternaria alternata and Neocosmospora sp. from the medicinal plant Euphorbia larica exhibit antagonistic activity against Fusarium sp., a plant pathogenic fungus. All Life 13: 223–232.

o   Li WJ, McKenzie EH, Liu JK, Bhat DJ, Dai DQ, Camporesi E, Tian Q, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Luo ZL, Shang QJ, Zhang JF, et al. (2020) Taxonomy and phylogeny of hyaline-spored coelomycetes. Fungal Diversity 100: 279–801.

o   Hyde KD, de Silva NI, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ, Liu NG, Chaiwan N, Tennakoon DS, Boonmee S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, et al. (2020) AJOM new records and collections of fungi: 1–100. Asian Journal of Mycology 3: 22–94.

o   Al-Daghari NR, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Moqbali D, Al-Saady N, Al-Sadi AM (2020) Fungal diversity in leaves and stems of Neem (Azadirachta Indica). International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research 9:793–798.

o   Wijayawardene N, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L, Haelewaters D, Rajeshkumar KC, Zhao RL, Aptroot A, Leontyev DV, Saxena RK, Tokarev YS, Dai DQ, Letcher PM, Stephenson SL, Ertz D, Lumbsch HT, Kukwa M, Issi IV, Madrid H, Phillips AJL, Selbmann L, Pfliegler WP, Horváth E, Bensch K, Kirk P, Kolaříková Z, Raja HA, Radek R, Papp V, Dima B, Ma J, Malosso E, Takamatsu S, Rambold G, Gannibal PB, Triebel D,Gautam AK, Avasthi S, Suetrong S, Timdal E, Fryar SC, Delgado G, Réblová M, Doilom M, Dolatabadi S, Pawłowska J, Humber RA, Kodsueb R, Sánchez-Castro I, Goto BT, Silva DKA, de Souza FA, Oehl F, da Silva GA, Silva IR, Błaszkowski J, Jobim K, Maia LC, Barbosa FR, Fiuza PO, Divakar PK, Shenov BD, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Somrithipol S, Karunarathna SC, Tibpromma S, Mortimer PE, Wanasinghe DN, Phookamsak R, Xu JC, Wang Y, Tian FH, Alvarado P, Li DW, Kušan I, Matočec N, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Papizadeh M, Heredia G, Wartchow F, Bakhshi M, Boehm E, Youssef N, Hustad VP, Lawrey JD, de A Santiago ALCM, Tian Q, Houbraken J, Hongsanan S, Tanaka K, Dissanayake AJ, Monteiro JS, Grossart HP, Suija A, Weerakoon G, Etayo J, Tsurykau A, Kuhnert E, Vázquez V, Mungai P, Damm U, Li QR, Zhang H, Boonmee S, Lu YZ, Becerra AG, Kendrick B, Brearley FQ, Motiejūnaitė J, Sharma B, Khare R, Gaikwad S, Wijesundara DSA, Tang LZ, He MQ, Flakus A, Rodriguez-Flakus P, Zhurbenko MP, McKenzie EHC, Stadler M, Bhat DJ, Liu JK, Raza M, Jeewon R, Nassonova ES, Prieto M, Ja yalal RGU, Yurkov A, Schnittler M, Shchepin ON, Novozhilov YK, Liu P, Cavender JC, Kang YQ, Mohammad S, Zhang LF, Xu RF, Li YM, Dayarathne MC, Ekanayaka AH, Wen TC, Deng CY, Lateef AA, Pereira OL, Navathe S, Hawksworth DL, Fan XL, Dissanayake LS, Erdoğdu M (2020) Outline of Fungi and fungi-like taxa. Mycosphere 11: 1060–1456.

o   Hyde KD, Dong Y, Phookamsak R, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ, Jones EBG, Liu NG, Abeywickrama PD, Mapook A, Wei DP, Perera RH, Manawasinghe IS, Pem D, Bundhun D, Karunarathna A, Ekanayaka AH, Bao DF, Li JF, Samarakoon MC, Chaiwan N, Lin CG, Phutthacharoen K, Zhang SN, Senanayake IC, Goonasekara ID, Thambugala KM, Phukhamsakda C, Tennakoon DS, Jiang HB, Yang J, Zeng M, Huanraluek N, Liu JK, Wijesinghe SN, Tian Q, Tibpromma S, Brahmanage RS, Boonmee S, Huang SK, Thiyagaraja V, Lu YZ, Jayawardena LS, Dong W, Yang EF, Singh SK, Singh SM, Rana S, Lad SS, Anand G, Devadatha B, Niranjan M, Sarma VV, Liimatainen K, Aguirre-Hudson B, Niskanen T, Overall A, Alvarenga RLM, Gibertoni TB, Pliegler WP, Horváth E, Imre A, Alves AL, Santos ACDS, Tiago RV, Bulgakov TS, Wanasinghe DN, Bahkali AH, Doilom M, Elgorban AM, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Rajeshkumar KC, Haelewaters D, Mortimer PE, Zhao Q, Lumyong S, Xu JC, Sheng J. (2020) Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 100: 5–277.

·       Year: 2019

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Ariyawansa HA, Wanasinghe DN, Dayarathne MC, Al-Saady NA, Al-Sadi AM (2019) Phylogenetic classification and generic delineation of Hydeomyces desertipleosporoides gen. et sp. nov., (Phaeosphaeriaceae) from Jebel Akhdar Mountain in Oman. Phytotaxa 391(1):028–038.

o   Dayarathne MC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jones EB, Wei D, Devadatha B, Yang J, Ekanayake H, De Silva W, Sarma VV, Al-Sadi AM, Khongphinitbunjong K. (2019) Phylogenetic revision of Savoryellaceae and evidence for its ranking as a subclass. Frontiers in microbiology doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00840

o   Halo AB, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Yahya RA, Al-Sadi AM (2019) Cladosporium omanensis, a new endophytic species from Zygophyllum coccineum in Oman. Phytotaxa 388(1):145–154.

o   Halo AB, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Yahya RA, Al-Sadi AM (2019) Talaromyces omanensis sp. nov.: phenotypic and molecular characterization of a novel species isolated from Rhazya stricta in Oman. Phytotaxa 404(5): 190-202.

o   Al Ghafri A, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Saady N, Al-Sadi AM (2019) A new section and a new species of Alternaria encountered from Oman. Phytotaxa, 405(6): 279–289

o   Dayarathne MC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jones EBG, Al-Sadi AM, Hyde KD, Chomnunti P (2019) Sexual morph of Phaeoacremonium aureum from Rhizophora mucronata collected in Southern Thailand. Phytotaxa 387(1):021–039.

o   Ma XY, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Chen BW, Hyde KD, Mckenzie EH, Chomnunti P, Kang JC (2019) Endophytic pestalotiod taxa in Dendrobium orchids. Phytotaxa 419: 268–286.

o   Bao DF, Su HY, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Liu JK, Nalumpang S, Luo ZL, Hyde KD (2019) Lignicolous freshwater fungi from China and Thailand: Multi-gene phylogeny reveals new species and new records in Lophiostomataceae. Mycosphere 10: 1080–1099.

o   Halo AB, Al-Yahya RA, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sadi AM (2019) Talaromyces variabilis interferes with Pythium aphanidermatum growth and suppresses Pythium-induced damping-off of cucumbers and tomatoes. Scientific reports 9(1): doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47736-x.

o   Al-Hammadi MS, Al-Shariqi R, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sadi AM (2019) Molecular identification of fungal pathogens associated with date palm root diseases in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Plant Pathology 101:141–147.

o   Rathnayaka AR, Dayarathne MC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Liu JK, Tennakoon DS, Hyde KD (2019) Introducing Seriascoma yunnanense sp. nov. (Occultibambusaceae, Pleosporales) based on evidence from morphology and phylogeny. Asian Journal of Mycology 2: 245–253.

o   Wijesinghe SN, Dayarathne MC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wanasinghe DN, Hyde KD (2019) Ceramothyrium chiangraiense, a novel species of Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes) from Ficus sp. in Thailand. Asian Journal of Mycology 2: 269–280.

o   Al-Shibli H, Dobretsov S, Al-Nabhani A, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Rethinasamy V, Al-Sadi AM (2019) Aspergillus terreus obtained from mangrove exhibits antagonistic activities against Pythium aphanidermatum-induced damping-off of cucumber. PeerJ 7: p.e7884.

o   Luo ZL, Hyde KD, Liu JK, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2019) Freshwater Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 99: 451–660.

o   Hyde KD, Tennakoon DS, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2019) Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 96(1): 1–242.

o   Conforto C, Lima NB, Silva FJA, Câmara MPS, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Michereff SJ (2019) Characterization of fungal species associated with cladode brown spot on Nopalea cochenillifera in Brazil. European Journal of Plant Pathology doi.org/10.1007/s10658-019-01847-3

o   Phookamsak R, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ, Jones EG, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2019) Fungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi. Fungal Diversity 95:1–273.

o   Zeng XY, Wu HX, Hongsanan S, Jeewon R, Wen TC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Chomnunti P, Hyde KD (2019) Taxonomy and the evolutionary history of Micropeltidaceae. Fungal Diversity 97: 393–436.

o   Kumar V, Cheewangkoon R, Gentekaki E, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2019) Neopestalotiopsis alpapicalis sp. nov. a new endophyte from tropical mangrove trees in Krabi Province (Thailand). Phytotaxa 393: 251–262

o   Jayawardena R, Hyde KD, Mckenzie EHC et al. (2019) One stop shop III: taxonomic update with molecular phylogeny for important phytopathogenic genera: 51– 75. Fungal Diversity 98: 77–160.

o   Jayawardena RS, McKenzie EHC, Chen YJ, Phillips AJL, Hongsanan S, Norphanphoun C, Abeywikrama PD, Maharachchikumbura SSN, et al. (2019) https://onestopshopfungi.org/, a database to enhance identification of phytopathogenic genera. Asian Journal of Mycology 2: 281–286.

o   Monkai J, McKenzie EHC, Phillips AJL, Hongsanan S, Pem D, Liu JK, Chethana T, Tian Q, Ekanayaka AH, Lestari AS, Zeng M, Zhao Q, Norphanphoun C, Abeywikrama PD, Maharachchikumbura SSN, et al. (2019) https://fungalgenera.org/: a comprehensive database providing web-based information for all fungal genera. Asian Journal of Mycology 2: 297–304.

·       Year: 2018

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Perera RH, Al-Sadi AM (2018) Acrocordiella omanensis sp. nov. (Requienellaceae, Xylariales) from the Sultanate of Oman. Phytotaxa 338(3):294–300.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Luo Z, Su HY, Al-Sadi AM, Cheewangkoon R (2018) Reticulascaceae hyphomycetes from submerged wood in Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 348(3):187–198.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Haituk S, Pakdeeniti P, Al-Sadi AM, Hongsanan S, Chomnunti P, Cheewangkoon R (2018) Phaeosaccardinula coffeicola and Trichomerium chiangmaiensis, two new species of Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes) from Thailand. Mycosphere 9(4):769–778.

o   Tsai I, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Ariyawansa HA (2018) Molecular phylogeny, morphology and pathogenicity of Pseudopestalotiopsis species on Ixora in Taiwan. Mycological Progress 17:941–952.

o   Perera RH, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD et al. (2018) An appendage-bearing coelomycete Pseudotruncatella arezzoensis gen. and sp. nov. (Amphisphaeriales genera incertae sedis) from Italy, with notes on Monochaetinula. Phytotaxa 338 (2):177–188.

o   Huang SK, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jeewon R et al. (2018) Morphological and molecular taxonomy of Jahnula dianchia sp. nov. (Jahnulales) from submerged wood in Dianchi Lake, Yunnan China. Mycological Progress 17:547–555.

o   Huang S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jeewon R et al. (2018) Lecanicillium subprimulinum (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), a novel species from Baoshan, Yunnan. Phytotaxa 348(2):99–108.

o   Al-Nadabi HH, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Agrama H et al. (2018) Molecular characterization and pathogenicity of Alternaria species on wheat and date palms in Oman. European Journal of Plant Pathology 152:577–588.

o   De Silva NI, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat DJ et al. (2018) Monochaetia sinensis sp. nov. from Yunnan Province in China. Phytotaxa 375:059–069.

o   Ahmed S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sadi AM (2018) Bipolaris omanensis, a novel saprobic species of Bipolaris from Oman based on morphology and sequence data. Phytotaxa 385(1): 023–030.

o   Solarte AF, Muñoz CG, Maharachchikumbura SSN, González A, Álvarez E (2018) Characterizing Neopestalotiopsis spp. and Pestalotiopsis spp., causal agents of guava scab disease in Colombia. Plant Disease 102:49–59.

o   Samarakoon MC, Gafforov Y, Liu N, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat DJ, Liu JK, Promputtha I, Hyde KD (2018) Combined multi-gene backbone tree for the genus Coniochaeta with two new species from Uzbekistan. Phytotaxa 336:43–58.

o   Al-Jaradi A, Al-Mahmooli I, Janke R, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Saady N, Al-Sadi AM (2018) Isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi and oomycetes associated with beans and cowpea root diseases in Oman. PeerJ 6:e6064.

o   Al-Balushi ZM, Agrama H, Al-Mahmooli IH, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sadi AM (2018) Development of resistance to hymexazol among Pythium species in Cucumber’s greenhouses in Oman. Plant Disease 102:202–208.

o   Wijayawardene N, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Ekanayaka H, Qing T, Phookamsak R (2017) Outline of Ascomycota – 2017. Fungal Diversity 88:167–263.

o   Al Fahdi A, Al-Mamari A, Shahid MS, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2018) Characterization of Huanglongbing disease associated with acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) in Oman. Journal of Plant Pathology 100:419–427.

o   Luo Z, Hyde KD, Bhat DJ, Jeewon R, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2018) Morphological and molecular taxonomy of novel species Pleurotheciaceae from freshwater habitats in Yunnan, China (2018). Mycological Progress 17: 511–530.

o   Hyde KD, Chaiwan N, Norphanphoun C, Boonmee S et al. (2018) Mycosphere notes 169–224. Mycosphere 9:271–430.

o   Tibpromma S, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC, Bhat DJ et al. (2018). Fungal diversity notes 840–928: micro-fungi associated with Pandanaceae. Fungal Diversity 93: 1–160.

·       Year: 2017

o   Hongsanan H, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Samarakoon MC, Jeewon R, Zhao Q, Al-Sadi AM, Bahkali AH (2017) An updated phylogeny of Sordariomycetes based on phylogenetic and molecular clock evidence. Fungal Diversity 84:25–41.

o   Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hongsanan H, Samarakoon MC, Lücking R, et al. (2017) The ranking of fungi - a tribute to David L. Hawksworth on his 70th birthday. Fungal Diversity 84:1–23.

o   Chen YY, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Nanayakkara RR, Zhu GS, Liu ZY (2017) Fungi from Asian Karst formations I. Pestalotiopsis photinicola sp. nov., causing leaf spots of Photinia serrulata. Mycosphere 8(1):103–110.

o   Senanayake IC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jeewon R, Promputtha I, Al-Sadi AM, Camporesi E, Hyde KD (2017) Morphophylogenetic study of Sydowiellaceae reveals several new genera. Mycosphere 8(1):172–217.

o   Kazerooni EA, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Rethinasamy V, Al-Mahrouqi H, Al-Sadi AM (2017) Fungal diversity in tomato rhizosphere soil under conventional and desert farming systems as assessed by direct plating and 454-pyrosequencing techniques. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:1462.

o   Perera RH, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jones EBG et al. (2017) Delonicicola siamense gen. & sp. nov. (Delonicicolaceae fam. nov., Delonicicolales ord. nov.), a saprobic species from Delonixregia seed pods Cryptogamie, Mycologie 38(3):321–340.

o   Yang J, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Liu JK. et al.  (2017) Pseudostanjehughesia aquitropica gen. et sp. nov. and Sporidesmium sensu lato species from freshwater habitats. Mycological progress 17:591–616.

o   Ran SF, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Ren YL, Liu H, Chen KR, Wang YX, Wang Y (2017) Two new records in Pestalotiopsidaceae associated with Orchidaceae disease in Guangxi Province, China. Mycosphere 8(1):121–130.

o   Tamakaew N, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Cheewangkoon R (2017) Tar spot fungi from Thailand. Mycosphere 8(8):1054–1058.

o   Wang Y, Ran SF, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sadi AM, Hyde KD, Wang HL, Wang T, Wang YX (2017) A novel Pestalotiopsis species isolated from Bulbophyllum thouars in Guangxi Province, China. Phytotaxa 306(1):96–100.

o   De Silva NI, Phookamsak R, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2017) Monochaetiailexae sp. nov. (Pestalotiopsidaceae) from Yunnan Province in China. Phytotaxa 291(2):123–132.

o   Tibpromma S, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Liu JK et al. (2017) Fungal diversity notes 491–602: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 83:1–261.

o   Senanayake IC, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2017). Families of Diaporthales based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence. Studies in Mycology 86:217–296.

o   Zhang H, Dong W, Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hongsanan S, Bhat DJ, McKenzie EHC, Al-Sadi AM, Zhang D (2017) Towards a natural classification of Annulatascaceae-like taxa; introducing Atractosporales ord. nov. and six new families. Fungal Diversity 85:75–110.

o   Sun JZ, Liu XZ, Hyde KD, Zhao Q, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Camporesi E, Bhat DJ, Lumyong S (2017) Calcarisporium xylariicola sp. nov. and introduction of Calcarisporiaceae fam. nov. in Hypocreales. Mycological Progress 16(4):433–445.

o   Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Phillips AJL, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Ryberg M, Ariyawansa HA, Liu ZY ZhaoQ (2017) Ranking higher taxa using divergence times - a case study in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 84:75–99.

o   Shang QJ, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Doilom M, Bhat DJ, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Promputtha I (2017) Diatrypella tectonae and Peroneutypa mackenziei spp. nov. (Diatrypaceae) from northern Thailand. Mycological Progress 16(4):463–476.

o   Al-Sadi AM, Al-Khatri B, Nasehi A, Al-Mazroui SS, Al-Mahmooli IH, Maharachchikumbura SSN (2017) High fungal diversity and dominance by Ascomycota in dam reservoir soils under arid climates. International Journal of Agriculture & Biology DOI: 10.17957/IJAB/15.0328.

o   Konta S, Hongsanan S, Eungwanichayapant PD, Liu JK, Jeewon R, Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Boonmee S(2017)Leptosporella (Leptosporellaceae fam. nov.) and Linocarpon and Neolinocarpon (Linocarpaceae fam. nov.) are accommodated in Chaetosphaeriales. Mycosphere 8:1943–1974.

o   Li JF, Phookamsak R, Jeewon R, Tibpromma S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat DJ, ChukeatiroteE, Lumyong S, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC (2017) Establishment of Zygosporiaceae fam. nov. (Xylariales, Sordariomycetes) based on rDNA sequence data to accommodate Zygosporium. Mycosphere 8(10):1855–1868.

o   Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC et al. (2017) Notes for genera – Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86:1–594.

o   Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Abreu VP et al. (2017) Fungal diversity notes 603–708: taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on genera and species. Fungal Diversity 87:1–235.

·       Year: 2016

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EGB et al. (2016) Families of Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 79:1–317.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sadi AM, kharousi M, AL-Saady NA, Hyde KD (2016) A checklist of fungi in Oman. Phytotaxa 273:219–261.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Guo LD, Liu ZY, Hyde KD (2016) Pseudopestalotiopsisignota and Ps. camelliae spp. nov. associated with grey blight disease of tea in China. Mycological Progress 15(3):1–7.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Larignon P, Hyde KD et al. (2016) Characterization of Neopestalotiopsis, Pestalotiopsis and Truncatella species associated with grapevine trunk diseases in France. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 55(3):380–390.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wu SP, Hyde KD, Al-Sadi AM, Liu ZY (2016) First report of sweet potato leaf spot caused by Neopestalotiopsis ellipsospora in Guizhou Province, China. Journal of Plant Pathology 98(3):677.

o   Perera RH, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat JD, Al-Sadi AM, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Liu ZY (2016) New species of Thozetella and Chaetosphaeria and new records of Chaetosphaeria and Tainosphaeria from Thailand. Mycosphere 7(9):1301–1321.

o   Yang J, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat DJ et al. (2016) Fuscosporellales, a new order of aquatic and terrestrial hypocreomycetidae (Sordariomycetes). Cryptogamie, Mycologie 37(4):449–475.

o   Dayarathne MC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Phookamsak R et al. (2016) Morpho-molecular characterization and epitypification of Annulatascus velatisporus. Mycosphere 7(9):1389–1398.

o   Perera RH, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Ariyawansa HA et al. (2016) Two new Pseudohalonectria species on beech cupules (Fagus sylvatica) and a new genus to accommodate P. suthepensis. Phytotaxa 278:115–131.

o   Perera RH, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bahkali AH et al. (2016) Sexual morph of Seimatosporiumcornii found on Cornus sanguinea in Italy. Phytotaxa 257:51–60.

o   Goonasekara ID, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wijayawardene NN et al. (2016) Seimatosporium quercina sp. nov. (Discosiaceae) on Quercus robur from Germany. Phytotaxa 255:240–248.

o   Liu JK, Yang J, Maharachchikumbura SSN, McKenzie EHC, Jones EBG, Hyde KD, Liu ZY (2016) Novel chaetosphaeriaceous hyphomycetes from aquatic habitats. Mycological Progress 15(10):1157–1167.

o   Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Thambugala KM, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Al-Sadi, AM, Liu ZY (2016) Additions to Karst Fungi 2: Alpestrisphaeria jonesii from Guizhou Province, China. Phytotaxa 277(3):255–265.

o   Samarakoon MC, Hyde KD, Promputtha I, Hongsanan S, Ariyawansa HA, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Daranagama DA, Stadler M, Mapook A (2016) Evolution of Xylariomycetidae (Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes). Mycosphere 7(11):1746–1761.

o   Liu NG, Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2016) Perspectives into the value of genera, families and orders in classification. Mycosphere 7(11):1649–1668.

o   Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Tanaka K, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2016) Additions to Karst Fungi 3: Prosthemium sinense sp nov., from Guizhou Province, China. Phytotaxa 284(4):281–291.

o   Konta S, Hongsanan S, Tibpromma S, Thongbai B, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bahkali AH, Hyde KD, Boonmee S (2016) An advance in the endophyte story: Oxydothidaceae fam. nov. with six new species of Oxydothis. Mycosphere 7(9):1425–1446.

o   Dayarathne MC, Boonmee S, Braun U, Crous PW, Daranagama DA, Dissanayake AJ, Ekanayaka H, Jayawardena R, Jones EBG, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2016) Taxonomic utility of old names in current fungal classification and nomenclature: Conflicts, confusion & clarifications. Mycosphere 7(11):1622–1648.

o   Tibpromma S, Boonmee S, Wijayawardene NN, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2016) The holomorph of Parasarcopodium (Stachybotryaceae), introducing P. pandanicola sp. nov. on Pandanus sp. Phytotaxa 266:250–260.

o   Senanayake IC, Al-Sadi AM, Bhat JD, Camporesi E, Dissanayake AJ, Lumyong S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD (2016) Phomatosporales ord. nov. and Phomatosporaceae fam. nov., to accommodate Lanspora, Phomatospora and Tenuimurus, gen. nov. Mycosphere 7:628–641.

o   Jayawardena RS, Liu M, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Zhang W, Xing Q, Hyde KD, Nilthong S, Li X, Yan J. Neopestalotiopsis vitis sp. nov. causing grapevine leaf spot in China. Phytotaxa 258:63–74.

o   Su H, Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2016) The families Distoseptisporaceae fam. nov., Kirschsteiniotheliaceae, Sporormiaceae and Torulaceae, with new species from freshwater in Yunnan Province, China. Fungal Diversity 80:375–409.

o   Réblová M et al. (2016) Recommendations for competing sexual-asexually typified generic names in Sordariomycetes (except Diaporthales, Hypocreales, and Magnaporthales). IMA Fungus 7(1):131–153.

o   Li GJ et al. (2016) Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity78:1–237.

o   Wijayawardene, NN et al. (2016) Taxonomy and phylogeny of dematiaceous coelomycetes. Fungal Diversity 77:1–316.

·       Year: 2015

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG et al. (2015) Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 72:199–301.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Camporesi E, Liu ZY, Hyde KD (2015) Seiridium venetum redescribed, and S. camelliae introduced for a new species from Camellia reticulata in China. Mycological Progress14:85.

o   Senanayake IC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD et al. (2015) Towards unraveling relationships inXylariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes) Fungal Diversity 73:73–144.

o   Luo Z, Maharachchikumbur SSN, Liu X, Li S, Chen L, Zhou D, Su H, Hyde KD (2015) Annulatascus saprophyticus sp. nov. and Pseudoannulatascus gen. nov. to accommodate Annulatascus biatriisporus (Annulatascales, Sordariomycetes) from Thailand. Phytotaxa 239:174–182.

o   Yang J, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat DJ, Bahkali AH, Jones EG, Liu ZY (2016) Aquapteridospora lignicola gen. et sp. nov., a new hyphomycetous taxon (Sordariomycetes) from wood submerged in a freshwater stream. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 36(4):469–478.

o   Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Daranagama A, Bulgakov TS, Bhat DJ, Bahkali AH, Hyde KD (2015) Towards a backbone tree for Seimatosporium, with S. physocarpi sp. nov. Mycosphere 6(3):385–400.

o   Li WJ, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Li QR et al. (2015) Epitypification of Broomella vitalbae and introduction of a novel species of Hyalotiella. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 36:93–108.

o   Tangthirasunun N, Silar P, Bhat DJ, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wijayawardene NN, Bahkali AH, Hyde KD (2015) Morphology and phylogeny of two appendaged genera of coelomycetes: Ciliochorella and Discosia. Sydowia 67:217–226.

o   Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jones EBG et al. (2015) Fungal Diversity Notes 1–110: Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal species. Fungal Diversity 72:1–197.

o   Jayasiri SC, Hyde KD, Ariyawansa HA et al. (2015) The Faces of Fungi database: fungal names linked with morphology, phylogeny and human impacts Fungal Diversity 74:3–18.

o   Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Jayasiri SC et al. (2015) Fungal Diversity Notes 111–252: Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 75(1):27–274.

o   Jayawardena RS, Zhang W, Liu M, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2015) Identification and characterization of Pestalotiopsis-like fungi related to grapevine diseases in China. Fungal Biology 119(5):348–361.

·       Year: 2014

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Groenewald JZ, Xu J, Crous PW (2014) Pestalotiopsis revisited. Studies in Mycology 79:121–186.

o   Nilsson H, Hyde KD, Pawlowska J et al. (2014) Improving ITS sequence data for identification of plant pathogenic fungi. Fungal Diversity 67:11–19.

o   Schoch CL, Robbertse B, Robert V et al. (2014) Finding needles in haystacks: linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi. Database 2014: bau061.

o   Song Y, Tangthirasunun N, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jiang Y, Hyde KD, Wang Y (2014) Novel Pestalotiopsis species from Thailand indicate the rich undiscovered diversity of this chemically creative genus.Cryptogamie, Mycologie 35(2):139–149.

o   Tangthirasunun N, Silar P, Bhat DJ, Chukeatirote E, Wikee S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD (2014) Morphology and phylogeny of Chaetospermum (asexual coelomycetous Basidiomycota) Phytotaxa 175(1):61–72.

o   Song Y, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jiang Y, Hyde KD, Wang Y (2014) Pestalotiopsis keteleeria sp. nov., a new species isolated from Keteleeria pubescens in China. Chiang Mai Journal of Science 41(4):885893.

o   Boonmee S, Bhat DJ, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD (2014) Clavatispora thailandica gen. et sp. nov., a novel taxon of Venturiales (Dothideomycetes) from Thailand. Phytotaxa 176(1):92–101.

o   Hyde KD, Nilsson RH, Alias SA et al. (2014) One stop shop: backbones trees for important phytopathogenic genera: 1-25. Fungal Diversity 67(1):21–125.

o   Tangthirasunun N, Silar P, Bhat DJ, Chukeatirote E, Wijayawardene N, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD (2014) Morphology and phylogeny of Pseudorobillarda eucalypti sp. nov., from Thailand. Phytotaxa 176(1):251–259.

o   Tangthirasunun N, Silar P, Bhat DJ, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD (2014) Greeneria saprophytica sp. nov. on dead leaves of Syzygium cumini from Chiang Rai, Thailand. Phytotaxa 184(5):275–282.

o   Ariyawansa HA, Hawksworth DL, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. (2014) Epitypification and neotypification: guidelines with appropriate and inappropriate examples. Fungal Diversity 69:57–91.

o   Senanayake IC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Mortimer PE, Xu J, Bhat DJ, Hyde KD (2014) Phylogenetic studies on Vialaeaceae reveals a novel species, Vialaea mangiferae. Sydowia 66(2):203–216.

·       Year: 2013

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Guo LD, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD (2013) Improving the backbone tree for Pestalotiopsis species; additions of P. steyaertii and P. magna sp. nov., Mycological Progress 13(3):617–624.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Zhang YM, Wang Y, Hyde KD (2013) Pestalotiopsis anacardiacearum sp. nov. (Amphisphaeriaceae) has an intricate relationship with Penicillaria jocosatrix, the mango tip borer. Phytotaxa 99:49–57.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Guo LD, Chukeatirote E, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD (2013) A destructive new disease of Syzygium samarangense in Thailand caused by Pestalotiopsis samarangensis sp. nov. Tropical Plant Pathology 38(3):227235.

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Chukeatirote E, Guo LD, Crous PW, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD (2013) Pestalotiopsis species associated with Camellia sinensis (tea) Mycotaxon 123(1):47–61.

o   Ariyawansa HA, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Karunarathne SC, Chukeatirote E, Bahkali AH, Kang JC, Bhat DJ, Hyde KD (2013) Deniquelata barringtoniae gen. et sp. nov., associated with leaf spots of Barringtonia asiatica. Phytotaxa 105(1):11–20.

o   Zhang YM, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Tian Q, Hyde KD (2013) Pestalotiopsis species on ornamental plants in Yunnan Province, China. Sydowia 65:113–128.

·       Year: 2012

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Guo LD, Lei C, Chukeatirote E, Crous PW, Hyde KD (2012) A multigene backbone tree for Pestalotiopsis resolves 14 new species. Fungal Diversity 56:95129.

o   Zhang YM, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wei J, Hyde KD (2012) Pestalotiopsis camelliae, a new species associated with grey blight of Camellia japonica in China. Sydowia 64(2):335–344.

o   Chukeatirote E, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wongkham S, Sysouphanthong P, Phookamsak R, Hyde KD (2012) Cloning and sequence analysis of the cellobiohydrolase I genes from some Basidiomycetes. Mycobiology 40(2):107110.

o   Zhang YM, Maharachchikumbura SSN, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD (2012) A novel species of Pestalotiopsis causing leaf spots of Trachycarpus fortune. Cryptogamie Mycologie 33(3):311318.

o   Karunarathna SC, Udayanga D, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al.  (2012) Current status of knowledge of Sri Lankan mycota. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology 2(1):1829.

o   Schoch CL, Seifert KA, Huhndorf S, Robert V,  Spouge JL,  Levesque CA, Chen W, Bolchacova E, Voigt K, Crous PW, Miller AN, Wingfield MJ, Aime MC, An KD, Bai FY, Barreto RW, Begerow D, Bergeron MJ, Blackwell M, Boekhout T, Bogale M, Boonyuen N, Burgaz AR, Buyck B, Cai L, Cai Q, Cardinali G, Chaverri P, Coppins BJ, Crespo A, Cubas P, Cummings C, Damm U, de Beer ZW, de Hoog GS, Del-Prado R, Dentinger B, Diéguez-Uribeondo J, Divakar PK, Douglas B, Dueñas M, Duong TA, Eberhardt U, Edwards JE, Elshahed MS, Fliegerova K, Furtado M, García MA, Ge ZW, Griffith GW, Griffiths K, Groenewald JZ, Groenewald M, Grube M, Gryzenhout M, Guo LD, Hagen F, Hambleton S, Hamelin RC, Hansen K, Harrold P, Heller G, Herrera C, Hirayama K, Hirooka Y, Ho HM, Hoffmann K, Hofstetter V, Högnabba F, Hollingsworth PM, Hong SB, Hosaka K, Houbraken J, Hughes K, Huhtinen S, Hyde KD, James T, Johnson EM, Johnson JE, Johnston PR, Jones EB, Kelly LJ, Kirk PM, Knapp DG, Kõljalg U, Kovács GM, Kurtzman CP, Landvik S, Leavitt SD, Liggenstoffer AS, Liimatainen K, Lombard L, Luangsa-Ard JJ, Lumbsch HT, Maganti H, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Martin MP, May TW, McTaggart AR, Methven AS, Meyer W, Moncalvo JM, Mongkolsamrit S, Nagy LG, Nilsson RH, Niskanen T, Nyilasi I, Okada G, Okane I, Olariaga I, Otte J, Papp T, Park D, Petkovits T, Pino-Bodas R, Quaedvlieg W, Raja HA, Redecker D, Rintoul TL, Ruibal C, Sarmiento-Ramírez JM, Schmitt I, Schüßler A, Shearer C, Sotome K, Stefani FO, Stenroos S, Stielow B, Stockinger H, Suetrong S, Suh SO, Sung GH, Suzuki M, Tanaka K, Tedersoo L, Telleria MT, Tretter E, Untereiner WA, Urbina H, Vágvölgyi C, Vialle A, Vu TD, Walther G, Wang QM, Wang Y, Weir BS, Weiß M, White MM, Xu J, Yahr R, Yang ZL, Yurkov A, Zamora JC, Zhang N, Zhuang WY, Schindel D (2012) Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:6241–6246.

·       Year: 2011

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN, Guo LD, Chukeatirote E, Bhakali AH, Hyde KD (2011) Pestalotiopsis—morphology, phylogeny, biochemistry and diversity. Fungal Diversity 50:167–187.

o   Cai L, Udayanga D, Manamgoda DS, Maharachchikumbura SSN, McKenzie EHC, Guo LD, Liu X, Bahkali AH, Hyde KD (2011) The need to carry out reinventory of plant pathogens. Tropical Plant Pathology 36:205–213.

·       Year: 2009

o   Maharachchikumbura SSN and Adikaram NKB (2009) Occurrence of leaf blotch disease (Botryosphaeria sp.) in Ficusreligiosa in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Science) 38(2):51–56.


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