Our Editorial Board
MycoAsia’s Editorial Board comprises a distinguished group of internationally recognized experts in mycology. Our editors provide critical oversight of the peer-review process, ensuring the scientific rigor, quality, and integrity of every article we publish. The board’s diverse expertise spans all major areas of modern mycology, reflecting our journal’s broad scope and global perspective.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Kandikere Ramaiah Sridhar
Emeritus Professor, Mangalore University, India
Email: contact@mycoasia.org, mycoasia@zohomail.in
Managing Editor (Academic)
Prof. Samantha Karunarathna
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, Qujing Normal University, P.R. China
Managing Editor (Operations)
Dr. Belle Damodara Shenoy
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, Visakhapatnam, India
Associate Editors
Ascomycota
Dr. Rajesh Jeewon
University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Prof. Nalin N. Wijayawardene
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, Qujing Normal University, P.R. China
Dr. Iman Hidayat
Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia (BRIN), Indonesia
Dr. Miao (Mindy) Liu
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Mohammad Javad Pourmoghaddam
Dept. of Plant Protection, University of Guilan, Iran
Dr. Muhammad Binyamin Khan
Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
Basidiomycota
Prof. Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay
Indian Institute of Sustainability, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
Dr. Entaj Tarafder
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, Qujing Normal University, P.R. China
Prof. Anjali R. Patil
Department of Botany, Rajaram College, Kolhapur, India
Dr. Munazza Kiran
Department of Botany, Division of Science & Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. Avneet Pal Singh
Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Dr. Niranjan W Gunasekara
Department of Export Agriculture, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka
Mr. Hari Sharan Adhikari
Dept. of Botany, Amrit Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Traditional Lower Fungi
Prof. Steven L. Stephenson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, USA
Prof. Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Dr. Preeti Phate
Department of Botany, JSM College, Alibag, Raigad, India
Aquatic Fungi
Dr. Patricia Vélez Aguilar
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Dr. Sally Fryar
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Dr. Nattawut Boonyuen
BIOTEC-NSTDA, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
Dr. Mark S. Calabon
Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines
Dr. Danfeng Bao
Engineering and Research Center for Southwest Biopharmaceutical Resource of the National Education Ministry of China, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
Medically Important Fungi
Dr. Primali Jayasekera
Department of Mycology, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. Vinaykumar Hallur
ICMR Advanced Molecular and Diagnostic Research Centre for Fungi, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar, India
Fungal -Omics & Biotechnology
Prof. Marc Stadler
Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
Prof. T. S. Suryanarayanan
Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology, Chennai, India
Dr. Chandni Sidhu
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany
Prof. Pradeep Verma
Department of Microbiology, Central University of Rajasthan, India
Dr. K.O.L. Chathurika Karunanayake
Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Prof. Surajit Das
Dept. of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India
Prof. Bhupesh Taneja
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, India
Dr. Ashish A. Prabhu
Bioprocess Development Laboratory, Dept. of Biotechnology, NIT Warangal, India
Lichen Biology
Prof. R.G.U. Jayalal
Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka
Prof. Pradeep K. Divakar
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Prof. Sanjeeva Nayaka
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
Prof. Paulina A. Bawingan
School of Advanced Studies, Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines
Updated on 6.10.2025, 1020 PM IST (GMT+5:30)