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 – 10.00Keynote 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 – 10.30Coffee 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 – 11.50Plenary 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 – 13.00Lunch

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 – 15.15Coffee 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 – 13.30Invited 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 – 15.00Coffee 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

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

Morning sessions

09.00 – 09.50Keynote 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 – 10.20Coffee Break
10.20 – 11.00Plenary 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 – 11.40Plenary 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 – 13.00Lunch

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 – 15.00Coffee 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 – 15.10Coffee 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 – 14.55Speaker 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

Morning sessions

09.00 – 09.50Keynote 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 – 10.20Coffee Break
10.20 – 11.00Plenary Speaker 5
Asian Mycology toward global contribution
By        Dr. Tsuyoshi Hosoya
            Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
11.00 – 11.40Plenary 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 – 13.00Lunch

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 – 13.30Invited 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

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

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 – 12.00We 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 – 13.00Lunch
13.00 – 15.00ID 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 – 17.30Transport from Wang Ta Krai to BIOTEC