Kasun Madhusanka Thambugala

Publications:

• Thambugala KM, Hyde KD, Tanaka K, Tian Q, Wanasinghe DN, Ariyawansa H, Jayasiri SC, Boonmee S, Camporesi E, Hashimoto A, Hirayama K, Schumacher RK, Promputtha I & Liu ZY (2015). Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Lophiostomataceae, Floricolaceae, and Amorosiaceae fam. nov. Fungal Diversity 74(1): 199–266.
• Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa HA, Li YM, Boonmee S, Hongsanan S, Tian Q, Singtripop C, Bhat JD, Camporesi E, Jayawardena R, Liu ZY, Xu JC, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD (2014). Dothideales. Fungal Diversity 68 (1): 105–158.
• Thambugala KM, Daranagama DA, Phillips AJL, Bulgakov TS, Bulgakov DJ, Camporesi E, Bahkali AH, Eungwanichayapant PD, Liu ZY, Hyde KD (2017). Microfungi on Tamarix. Fungal Diversity 82: 239–306.
• Thambugala KM, Camporesi E, Ariyawansa HA, Phookamsak R, Liu ZY, Hyde KD (2014). Phylogeny and morphology of Phaeosphaeriopsis triseptata sp. nov., and Phaeosphaeriopsis glaucopunctata. Phytotaxa 176(1): 238–250.
• Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa HA, Liu ZY, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD (2014). Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 6: The genera Dolabra, Placostromella, Pleosphaerellula, Polysporidiella and Pseudotrichia (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 176(1): 55–67.
• Thambugala KM, Fang YC, Camporesi E, Bahkali AH, Liu ZY, Hyde KD (2015). Pseudodidymosphaeria gen. nov. in Massarinaceae. Phytotaxa 231(3): 271–282.
• Thambugala KM, Daranagama DA, Camporesi E, Singtripop C, Liu ZY, Hyde KD (2014). Multi-locus phylogeny reveals the sexual state of Tiarosporella in Botryosphaeriaceae. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 35 (4): 359–367.
• Thambugala KM, Wanasinghe DN, Phillips AJL, Camporesi E, Bulgakov TS, Phukhamsakda C, Ariyawansa HA, Dissanayake A, Goonasekara ID, Phookamsak R, Tennakoon DS, Tibpromma S, Chen YY, Liu ZY, Hyde KD, Mycosphere notes 1–50: Grass (Poaceae) inhabiting Dothideomycetes (2017). Mycosphere 8(4): 697–796.
• Thambugala KM, Singtripop C, Fang YC, Mckenzie EHC, Liu ZY, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD (2014). Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 7: The genera Allosoma, Austropleospora, Dangeardiella, Griggsia and Karschia (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 181 (1): 034–046.
• Thambugala KM, Hyde KD, Eungwanichayapant PD, Romero AI, Liu ZY (2016). Additions to the genus Rhytidhysteron in Hysteriaceae (2016). Cryptogamie, Mycologie 37 (1): 99–116.
• Thambugala KM, Bulgakov TS, Eungwanichayapant PD, Liu ZY, Hyde KD (2015). Camarosporium uniseriatum nom. nov., from Celtis occidentalis in European Russia. Studies in Fungi 1 (1): 90–98.
• Thambugala KM, Hyde KD, Zhang JF, Liu ZY (2018). Didymella eriobotryae sp. nov. (Didymellaceae) and Arthrinium arundinis (Apiosporaceae) from fruit of Eriobotrya japonica (loquat) in China. Phytotaxa 382 ( 1) : 136–147.
• Thambugala KM, Hyde KD (2018). Additions to the genus Massariothea in Diaporthaceae, Mycological progress 17(10): 1139–1147.
• Thambugala KM, Hyde KD, Camporesi E, Liu ZY (2018). Microsphaeropsis ononidicola sp. nov. (Microsphaeropsidaceae, Pleosporales) from Ononis spinosa L. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology 8(2): 217–223.
• Thambugala KM, Peršoh D, Perera RH, Hyde KD (2018). The genus Pseudodidymosphaeria, Asian Journal of Mycology 1(1): 1–8

Experiences at the University

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Work experience and present expertise since leaving the University.

I am currently working at Genetics and Molecular Biology Unit, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Alumni wisdom

Cope with failure and learn from mistakes.