Editorial Board
Samantha Chandranath Karunarathna
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China · China
Editorial leadership for Journal of Fungal Diversity ISSN 2766-869X
Research interests
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Cultivation Of Mushrooms
Biography
Research grants involved
- Research assistant of the National Center for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology grant (grant number: BRN049/2553) “Value added products from basidiomycetes: Putting Thailand’s biodiversity to use” from June 2009 –July 2012.
- Research assistant of the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) grant (grant number: NRCT/55201020007) “Taxonomy, phylogeny and cultivation of Lentinus in northern Thailand” from November 2011 to December 2014.
- Research assistant of the Mae Fah Luang University grant (grant number: MFU/54101020048) “Taxonomy, phylogeny and cultivation of Lentinus in northern Thailand” from January 2012 to February 2013.
- Research assistant of the Thailand Research Fund grant (grant number: BRG 5580009) “Taxonomy, Phylogeny and biochemistry of Thai Basidiomycetes” from June 2012 to July 2015.
Selected publications
- The numbers of fungi: contributions from traditional taxonomic studies and challenges of metabarcoding 2022 cited 151×
- A Review of Ganoderma Triterpenoids and Their Bioactivities 2022 cited 146×
- A Review of the Fungi That Degrade Plastic 2022 cited 141×
- Perceived Intensification in Harmful Algal Blooms Is a Wave of Cumulative Threat to the Aquatic Ecosystems 2022 cited 63×
- The Impact of Drying Temperature on Basidiospore Size 2022 cited 56×
- Multi-Gene Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Wood-Rotting Fungal Genus Phlebia sensu lato (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) 2023 cited 56×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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