PROGRAM

The time slot of each speaker and presenter has been already included 5-minute Q&A.

Morning sessions

08.00 – 09.00	Registration
09.00 – 09.10	Opening Ceremony • Welcome Remarks By Dr. Theerayut Toojinda National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand • Opening Remarks By Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wieland Meyer Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Australia
09.10 – 10.00	Keynote Speaker 1 Current insights into the diversity and BCG applications of fungi By Emeritus Prof. Dr. Saisamorn Lumyong Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
10.00 – 10.30	Coffee Break
10.30 – 11.10	Plenary Speaker 1 Dothideomycetes: The contribution by the young generation in Asia By Prof. Dr. Jian-Kui Liu School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China
11.10 – 11.50	Plenary Speaker 2 Phylogeny, ecology and distribution of the order Mucorales in Korea By Prof. Dr. Lee Hyang Burm Department of Agricultural Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea
11.50 – 13.00	Lunch

Afternoon sessions

Chair:
Dr. Kentaro Hosaka
National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan

Co-chair:
Miss Monthien Phonemany
Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand

13.00 – 13.30	Invited Speaker Neuromorphic fungi By Prof. Dr. Andrew Adamatzky University of the West of England, UK
13.30 – 14.00	Oral Presenter 1 Mushroom biogeography in Southeast Asia: cosmopolitan species and disjunct distribution By Dr. Kentaro Hosaka National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
14.00 – 14.15	Oral Presenter 2 Wild mushroom diversity & their Ethnomycology in Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh (UT), India By Dr. Sanjeev Kumar University of Jammu, J&K (UT), India
14.15 – 14.30	Oral Presenter 3 A draft study on diversity of macro fungi in Hoang Lien National Park of Vietnam By Dr. Le Thi Hoang Yen Vietnam National University, Vietnam
14.30 – 14.45	Oral Presenter 4 Five new Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) species based on multigene analyses By Miss Yoonhee Cho Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
14.45 – 15.15	Coffee Break
15.15 – 15.30	Oral Presenter 5 Additions to the knowledge of Ganoderma species from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), with emphasis on species from Thailand By Dr. Thatsanee Luangharn Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
15.30 – 15.45	Oral presenter 6 Additional species of Hohenbuehelia (Pleurotaceae, Basidiomycota) from northern Thailand By Miss Monthien Phonemany Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
15.45 – 16.00	Oral presenter 7 Orchid mycorrhizal fungi isolatedfrom Spiranthes sinensis and from Tulasnella basidioma in Taiwan By Dr. Junichi Peter ABE University of Tsukuba, Japan

Chair:
Prof. Dr. Marc Stadler
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany

Co-chair:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Patcharee Pripdeevech
Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand

13.00 – 13.30	Invited Speaker 1 Terpenoids and meroterpenoids from cultures of two grass-associated species ofAmylosporus (Basidiomycota) By Miss Blondelle Matio Kemkuignou Helmholtz Centre For Infection Research, Germany
13.30 – 14.00	Invited Speaker 2 *Mangrove yeasts as protein additive to Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) feed meal* By Mr. Irish Emmanuel Agpoon University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
14.00 – 14.15	Oral Presenter 1 Fungi colonizing on marine plastic wastes and their PCL degradation abilities By Mr. Sung Hyun Kim Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
14.15 – 14.30	Oral Presenter 2 Spent oyster mushroom substrate as a nursery medium replacement for peat moss in MD2 pineapple seedlings By Dr. Sawithree Pramoj Na Ayudhya Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Thailand
14.30 – 14.45	Oral Presenter 3 Some notes on species composition and biotechnological potential of indigenous marine yeast from Indonesia By Asst. Prof. Dr. Mada Sibero Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
14.45 – 15.15	Coffee Break
15.15 – 15.30	Oral Presenter 4 Antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from selected plants in Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines By Miss Rosmalinda Lobitana Mindanao State University, Philippines
15.30 – 15.45	Oral Presenter 5 Isolation and characterization of Rhizopus oryzae chitosan By Mr. Ghimel P. Espinosa Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
15.45 – 16.00	Oral Presenter 6 Coimmobilized Inoculants of Trichoderma viride and Azospirillum brasilense in Calcium Alginate Beads: Technique Description and Prospects in Agrobiotechnology By Dr. Salvador Acosta Northwest Agrobiological Industrial, Mexico

Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon
Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Co-chair:
Prof. Paul Taylor
University of Melbourne, Australia

13.00 – 13.30	Invited Speaker Taxonomic studies on Cercosporoid fungi in Asia By Prof. Dr. Chiharu Nakashima MIE University, Japan
13.30 – 13.45	Oral Presenter 1 Taxonomy and phylogeny of saprobic micro-fungi associated with banana (Musa spp.) from Thailand By Miss Binu Samarakoon Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
13.45 – 14.00	Oral Presenter 2 Inhibitory activity of endophytic fungi isolated from Alpinia galanga (Willd, 1797)against human pathogenic bacteria and phytopathogenic fungi By Mr.Junel Fuentes Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
14.00 – 14.15	Oral Presenter 3 Taxonomic re-assessment of Elsinoëspecies from known Japanese isolate By Miss Anysia Hedy Ujat Mie University, Japan
14.15 – 14.30	Oral Presenter 4 Phytophthora sp. associating with the mortality of Quercus mysinifolia seedlings in the natural ecosystem of Japan By Mrs. Kyoko Tsutsui University of Tsukuba, Japan
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee Break
15.00 – 15.15	Oral Presenter 5 Two Colletotrichum species associated with Dioscorea anthracnose in northern Thailand By Mr. Alireza Armand Mae Fah Luang university, Thailand
15.15 – 15.3	Oral Presenter 6 Diversity of the genus Fusarium sensu lato associated with Fusarium wilt of banana in the Philippines By Miss Roselyn Uy Mie University, Japan

Chair:
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wieland Meyer
Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Australia

Co-chair:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ariya Chindamporn
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

13.00 – 13.30	Invited Speaker 1 Finding needles in a haystack – in silico environmental sampling of emerging pathogenic fungi By Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Wieland Meyer Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Australia
13.30 – 13.50	Oral Presenter 1 Pythiosis, the life-threatening human & mammal disease caused plant pathogens By Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ariya Chindamporn Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
13.50 – 14.10	Oral Presenter 2 In silico prediction of secretome from Cryptococcus neoformans for potential drug target By Dr. Lourdes Valerio Alvarez Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
14.10 – 14.30	Oral Presenter 3 Molecular identification of antifungal resistant pathogenic Candida in immunocompromised patients By Miss Lasni Nishshanke University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee Break
15.00 – 15.20	Oral Presenter 4 Revelation of the frequency of terbinafine-resistant Trichophyton clinical isolates and the mechanism of resistance By Mr. Yugo Mori Chiba University, Japan
15.20 – 15.40	Oral Presenter 5 Acquired drug resistance of Aspergillus viridinutans species complex in Japan By Mr. Jinsei Hidaka Chiba University, Japan
15.40 – 16.00	Oral Presenter 6 Correlation between multilocus genotype, clinical picture and morphology of Trichophyton interdigitale / T. mentagrophytes isolates By Mrs. Michaela Svarcova Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Evening sessions

16.30	Welcome Reception
18.00 – 21.00	International Mycological Association (IMA) Meeting (Invitation Only)

Morning sessions

KEYNOTE AND PLENARY SPEAKERS

09.00 – 09.50	Keynote Speaker 2 *Domestication of Penicillium* fungi used for cheese making Cheese Fungi By Dr. Tatiana Giraud** Ecology, Systematics and Evolution Laboratory, Université Paris-Saclay, France
09.50 – 10.20	Coffee Break
10.20 – 11.00	Plenary Speaker 3 Diversity and biotechnological potential of freshwater sponge-symbiotic fungi By Dr. rer. nat. Anto Budiharjo Faculty of Science and Mathematics and Center of Research and Service, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
11.00 – 11.40	Plenary Speaker 4 Review and prospects for research and industrialization of Cordycipitoid fungi in China By Prof. Zengzhi Li BioAsia Life Science Institute of Zhejiang, P.R. China
11.40 – 13.00	Lunch

Afternoon sessions

Chair:
Dr. Noppol Kobmoo
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Co-chair:
Dr. Chengshu Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China

13.00 – 13.30	Invited speaker 1 Population genomics of the insect biocontrol fungus Beauveria bassiana By Dr. Chengshu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
13.30 – 14.00	Invited speaker 2 Genomics of non-model fungi: Opportunities and challenges By Dr. Teeratas Kijpornyongpan Independent Researcher, Thailand
14.00 – 14.15	Oral presenter 1 The origins and evolution of terrestrial fungal ecologies – can we predict ecology using secretome data? By Asst. Prof. Ying Chang Yale-Nus College, Singapore
14.15 – 14.30	Oral presenter 2 The whole genome and transcriptome analysis of an ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus albus, a biotechnological tool for regenerating degraded barren lands By Mrs. Eetika Chot Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
14.30 – 14.45	Oral presenter 3 Cation diffusion facilitator family of zinc transporters zrg-17, msc-2 and zrc-1 interact genetically to maintain zinc homeostasis in Neurospora crassa By Miss Serena Ngiimei D Indian Institute of Technology, India
14.45 – 15.00	Oral presenter 4 Discovery of mating and virulence genes from Ganoderma boninense, the primary fungal pathogen for oil palm in Southeast Asia By Dr. Izwan Bharudin Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
15.00 – 15.30	Coffee break
15.30 – 15.45	Oral presenter 5 The fungal microbiome of European spruce bark beetleIps typographus By Mr. Karel Svec Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
15.45 – 16.00	Oral presenter 6 Population genomics at the service of taxonomy By Dr. Noppol Kobmoo National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Special Interest Group
H2020-MSCA project “Mycobiomics”
16.00 – 17.30 hrs. (Bangkok local time – GMT+7)

Chair:
Dr. Jennifer Luangsa-ard
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Co-chair:
Prof. Dr. Marc Stadler
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany

16.00 – 16.15	Oral presenter 1 Biological and chemical diversity of coprophilous fungi By Dr.Yasmina Marin-Felix Helmholtz Centre For Infection Research, Germany
16.15 – 16.30	Oral presenter 2 Antimicrobial and cytotoxic cyathane-xylosides from cultures of the basidiomycete Dentipellis fragilis By Miss Winnie Chemitai Sum Helmholtz Centre For Infection Research, Germany
16.30 – 16.45	Oral presenter 3 Diversity of Moelleriella (Clavicipitaceae) on scale insects and whiteflies in Thailand By Mr. Artit Khonsanit National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
16.45 – 17.00	Oral presenter 4 Role of genome size in fungal ecology and evolution By Mrs. Tereza Veselská Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
17.00 – 17.20	Oral presenter 5 Polyphasic taxonomy, phylogenomics and genome mining for discovery of new secondary metabolites in the ascomycete family Hypoxylaceae By Prof. Dr. Marc Stadler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany
17.20 – 17.30	Closing remarks By Prof. Dr. Marc Stadler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany

Chair:
Dr. Alongkorn Amnuaykanjanasin
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Co-chair:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Priscila Chaverri
University of Maryland, USA

13.00 – 13.30	Invited speaker 1 Development and application of bacterial endophytes on controlling rice seedling diseases By Prof. Miin-Huey Lee National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
13.30 – 13.50	Invited speaker 2 Entomopathogenic fungi-driven integrated management of insect pests By Assoc. Prof. Dr. Malee Thungrabeab Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Thailand
13.50 – 14.10	Invited speaker 3 Functional genetics of Trichoderma mycoparasitism By Prof. Irina Druzhinina Nanjing Agricultural University, P.R. China
14.10 – 14.30	Invited speaker 4 Sirin Ratsamee luminescent mushroom (Neonothopanus nambi): Upstream and downstream bio-product development for plant disease control By Prof. Dr. Weerasak Saksirirat Khon Kaen University, Thailand
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee break
15.00 – 15.20	Oral presenter 1 Fungal antagonists from Oman deserts provide a promising solution to soil-borne fungal diseases of cucurbits By Prof. Abdullah Al-Sadi Sultan qaboos university, Oman
15.20 – 15.40	Oral presenter 2 Ophiocordyceps buquetii from Thailand on a broad range of ant hosts By Mrs. Suchada Mongkolsamrit National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
15.40 – 16.00	Oral presenter 3 Pest management in coffee By Assoc. Prof. Dr. Priscila Chaverri University of Maryland, USA
16.00 – 16.20	Oral presenter 4 Fungal cell and secondary metabolites for management of weeds By Dr. Alongkorn Amnuaykanjanasin National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Chair:
Asst. Prof. Dr. Jariya Sakayaroj
Walailak University, Thailand

Co-chair:
Dr. Satinee Suetrong
National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand

13.00 – 13.30	Invited speaker 1 Structures and metabolic potentials of fungal community in Mangrove sediment in China By Dr. Zhi-Feng Zhang Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, P.R. China
13.30 – 14.00	Invited speaker 2 Classification and novel lineages of marine Ascomycota By Mr. Mark S. Calabon Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
14.00 – 14.20	Invited speaker 3 Marine fungal research in India – present status and future prospects By Dr. V. Venkateswara Sarma Pondicherry University, India
14.20 – 14.40	Invited speaker 4 Genetic diversity of culturable fungi associated with corals in the Gulf of Thailand By Asst. Prof. Dr. Jariya Sakayaroj Walailak University, Thailand
14.40 – 15.10	Coffee break
15.10 – 15.30	Oral presenter 1 Identification of saprotrophic Oomycetes in Philippine mangroves inferred from morphology and molecular data By Ms. Kimberly Neri University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
15.30 – 15.50	Oral presenter 2 Fungal composition associated with ocean currents around the Korean Peninsula By Mr. Junwon Lee Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
15.50 – 16.10	Oral presenter 3 Fungal diversity at a small scale reveals high heterogeneity in sediments of the tropical Pacific oxygen minimum zone By Miss Judith Posadas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Chair:
Prof. Zengzhi Li
BioAsia Life Science Institute of Zhejiang, P.R. China

Co-chair:
Prof. Bin Li
Shanghai Institute of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, P.R. China
and
Dr. Nigel Leslie Hywel-Jones
BioAsia Life Science Institute of Zhejiang, P.R. China

13.00 – 13.15	Opening Ceremony By Prof. Honghao Zhou Chinese Academy of Engineering, P.R. China Jennifer Luangsa-ard National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand Zengzhi Li BioAsia Life Science Institute of Zhejiang, P.R. China
13.15 – 13.40	Speaker 1 Taxonomic position of some cordycipitoid fungi on cicada By Dr. Nigel Leslie Hywel-Jones BioAsia Life Science Institute of Zhejiang, P.R. China
13.40 – 14.05	Speaker 2 Spider–parasitic fungi: Their taxonomy and biologically active natural products By Dr. Jennifer Luangsa-ard National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
14.05 – 14.30	Speaker 3 Introduction of the prevention and control of the Covid-19 with herbs in Thailand By Dr. Monthaka Teerachaisakul Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
14.30 – 14.55	Speaker 4 Chemical biology of cordycipitoid fungi By Dr. Chengshu Wang Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Academia Sinica, P. R. China
14.55 – 15.20	Coffee Break
15.20 – 15.45	Speaker 5 Review on the global or NZ progress of biological control with cordycipitoid fungi By Prof. Travis Glare Lincoln University, New Zealand
15.45 – 16.10	Speaker 6 Drug discovery from cordycipitoid fungi By Dr. Richard Tehan Oregon State University, USA
16.10 – 16.35	Speaker 7 FOXP3 instability and tissue Treg subsets in health and diseases By Prof. Bin Li Shanghai Institute of Immunology, School of Medicine,Shanghai Jiaotong University, P.R. China
16.35 – 17.00	Speaker 8 Why CHANHUA, cordyceps chanhua is a good candidate against Covid-19? By Prof. Zengzhi Li BioAsia Life Science Institute of Zhejiang, P.R. China
17.00 – 17.10	Closing Ceremony By Prof. Zengzhi Li BioAsia Life Science Institute of Zhejiang, P.R. China

5 August 2022

Morning sessions

KEYNOTE AND PLENARY SPEAKERS

09.00 – 09.50	Keynote Speaker 3 *Secondary metabolites produced by Thai fungi in the genera Aspergillus* and Penicillium: Chemical diversity and bioactivity By Prof. Dr. Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul** Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
09.50 – 10.20	Coffee Break
10.20 – 11.00	Plenary Speaker 5 Asian Mycology toward global contribution By Dr. Tsuyoshi Hosoya Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
11.00 – 11.40	Plenary Speaker 6 Molecular epidemiology and antifungal resistance of Candida pathogens By Dr. Clement K.M. Tsui National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
11.40 – 13.00	Lunch

Afternoon sessions

Chair:
Prof. Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China

Co-chair:
Dr. Hiran Ariyawansa
National Taiwan University, Taiwan

13.00 – 13.30	Invited speaker The genus Geosmithia: Evolution and taxonomy of long-time overlooked bark beetle symbionts By Dr. Miroslav Kolarik Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
13.30 – 13.50	Oral presenter 1 Dothideomycetes: Five examples to unravel the complexity of fungal taxonomy By Miss Dhandevi Pem Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
13.50 – 14.10	Oral presenter 2 Morpho-phylo taxonomy of two novel Dothideomycetous fungi associated with soil in para rubber plantation of Thailand By Miss Papichaya Kwantong National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
14.10 – 14.30	Oral presenter 3 A new genus and species of Mollisioid fungi in Japan with preliminary phylogenetic analysis of Mollisia sensu stricto By Miss Hiyori Itagaki University of Tokyo, Japan
14.30 – 14.50	Oral presenter 4 Ancestral state reconstruction of Xylariomycetidae By Dr.Milan Samarakoon Chiang Mai University, Thailand
14.50 – 15.20	Coffee break
15.20 – 15.40	Oral presenter 5 Additions to four new lineages in Mycosphaerellaceae: Neoacervuloseptoria gen. nov., Neocercosporella gen. nov., Neokamalomyces gen. nov., and Neoramulariopsis gen. nov. from India By Dr. Raghvendra Singh Banaras Hindu University, India
15.40 – 16.00	Oral presenter 6 Evolution in the taxonomy of Hypoxylon – from morphological species concept to phylogenomics By Mrs. Marjorie Cedeno Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany
16.00 – 16.20	Oral presenter 7 Fungi of Pakistan: Multiplex to one ring online resource By Dr. Mubashar Raza Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China

Chair:
Dr. Izumi Okane
University of Tsukuba, Japan

Co-chair:
Dr. Jintana Unartngam
Kasetsart Univeristy, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Thailand

13.00 – 13.30	Invited speaker 1 Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) community of mixed forest between endemic pines Pinus dalatensis, Pinus krempfii and broad leaves By Dr. Hoang ND Pham Applied Biotechnology Institute, Vietnam
13.30 – 14.00	Invited speaker 2 Trichoderma species associated with green mold contamination of cultivated grey oyster mushroom in Malaysia By Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Yee Shin University Malaya, Malaysia
14.00 – 14.20	Oral presenter 1 Wild edible mushrooms harvested by the local villagers living around a tropical pine forest in northeastern Thailand By Dr. Sayanh Somrithipol National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
14.20 – 14.40	Oral presenter 2 Arbuscular mycorrhizal status of Dalbergia latifoliaRoxb. in the moist tropical forest of eastern Nepal By Mrs. Sabitri Shrestha Tribhuvan University, Nepal
14.40 – 15.00	Oral presenter 3 First Lichenicolous study reveals the hidden fungl diversity in Sri Lanka By Mr. Hasanka Dangalla Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
15.00 – 15.30	Coffee break
15.30 – 15.50	Oral presenter 4 Study of the myco-diversity in the royal botanical garden in bhutan By Mrs. Sabitra Pradhan National Mushroom Center, Bhutan
15.50 – 16.10	Oral presenter 5 Development of an analytical method for emerging mycotoxin produced by Fusariumspp. isolated from cereal rye By Miss Misaki Hirayama Chiba University, Japan

Chair:
Dr. Witoon Purahong
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Germany

Co-chair:
Prof. Dr. habil. Matthias Noll
Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany

13.00 – 13.30	Invited speaker Active fungal-bacterial interactions and functional patterns are governing deadwood decay in temperate forests By Prof. Dr. habil. Matthias Noll Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
13.30 – 13.50	Oral presenter 1 Diversity and Importance of fungal taxa associated with Asteraceae By Miss Zin Hnin Htet Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
13.50 – 14.10	Oral presenter 2 Surface area of wood influences the effects of fungal interspecific interaction on wood decomposition By Asst. Prof.Yu Fukasawa Tohoku University, Japan
14.10 – 14.30	Oral presenter 3 Culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches reveal compositional variation of fungal communities in apple branches and leaves By Miss Punda Khwantongyim Northwest A&F University, P.R. China
14.30 – 14.50	Oral presenter 4 The incidence and population genetics of coffee leaf rust in Vietnam By Dr. Le Thi Mai Cham University of Tsukuba, Japan
14.50 – 15.20	Coffee break
15.20 – 15.40	Oral presenter 5 Wild rodents harbor high diversity of Arthroderma By Mrs. Adela Cmokova The Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, Czech Republic
15.40 – 16.00	Oral presenter 6 FungalTraits vs. FUNGuild: Comparison of ecological functional assignments of leaf‑ and needle‑associated fungi across 12 temperate tree species By Miss Benjawan Tanunchai Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany

Chair:
Dr. Natawut Boonyuen
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Co-chair:
Prof. Nalin N. Wijayawardene
Qujing Normal University, P.R. China

13.00 – 13.30	Invited speaker Unravelling the diversity of dryland fungi, from soils to rocks By Dr. Eleonora Egidi Western Sydney University, Australia
13.30 – 13.50	Oral presenter 1 Saline water irrigation lower date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) root-associated fungal diversity and alter compositional patterns By Dr. Sunil Mundra United Arab Emirate University, United Arab Emirates
13.50 – 14.10	Oral presenter 2 Biocrust reawakening: An investigation of dryland biocrust metagenomics and exometabolomics changes after water activation By Dr. Nuttapon Pombubpa Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
14.10 – 14.30	Oral presenter 3 Analysis of the human gut mycobiome using culturomics and amplicon-based sequencing approaches By Miss Piyapat Rintarhat Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea
14.30 – 15.00	Coffee break
15.00 – 15.20	Oral presenter 4 Diversity of halophilic fungi in the Kalpitiya lagoon, Sri Lanka By Miss Dheyogini ArulmoliArokkiam University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
15.20 – 15.40	Oral presenter 5 Geographical distributions of two Fomitiporia fungi in Japan and its relation to their temperature characteristics By Dr. Masato Torii Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan
15.40 – 16.00	Oral presenter 6 Diversity of rock fungal communities in Le stegodon Cave, a karst stream ecosystem, revealed by mycobiome-sequencing By Miss Supattra Kitikhun National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Evening sessions

CLOSING CEREMONY

16.30 – 17.00

Closing Ceremony

• Awards Ceremony
By Emeritus Prof. Dr. Saisamorn Lumyong and Emeritus Prof. Dr. Kevin D. Hyde
Asian Mycological Association (AMA)

• Introduction of AMC2023 in Republic of Korea
By Prof. Hyong Woo Choi
Andong National University, Republic of Korea

• Closing Remarks
By Dr. Jennifer Luangsa-ard
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

6 August 2022

Post AMC2021 Thai Mycological Biodiversity Survey
Foray on fungal diversity on micro and macro fungi at Wang Ta Krai
Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand (one-day trip) (Brochure)

07.45 – 10.00	Transport from BIOTEC to Wang Ta Krai in Nakhon Nayok Province
10.00 – 12.00	We sort ourselves into groups led by foray leaders who know the trails (field trip). After about two hours of foraging, we gather back with our fungal finds and showcase them on the specimen table, where we have a Fungal Identification Session (Distance: 2-3 km)
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 15.00	ID Session: Another fun part of the day with the gathering and sharing of foray stories. An ID session/class, the specimen on table to discuss the fungal finds!
15.00 – 17.30	Transport from Wang Ta Krai to BIOTEC

3 August 2022

Morning sessions

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4 August 2022

Morning sessions

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5 August 2022

Morning sessions

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6 August 2022