NAMC – Newsletter of the Asian Mycological Committee

The fungi study was started by updating teaching curriculum and focused study on
macrofungi such as edible and poisonous mushroom, but almost data only in reports, no
publications.
Our overseas collaboration was carried with the “Mushroom Research Centre, Chiang
Mai, Thailand”, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University (MFU), Chiang Rai, Thailand and
other institutions, and attempted to document macro- and microfungi respectively:
Phengsintham & Hyde (2003a) updated list of fungi from Laos, including 60 fungi species, and
published “Twenty ascomycetes on palms from Laos” (Phengsintham & Hyde, 2003b). seven (7)
genera (Alternaria, Cercospora, Cladosporium, Chlamydomyces, Curvularia, Passalora,
Pseudocercospora) of dematiaceous hyphomycetes were recorded in the B.Sc. report of
Vongphachanh et al. (2007), and ten (10) genera (Alternaria, Arthrinium, Cephaleros,
Cladosporium, Dictyoerthirinium, Meliola, Scolecostigmina, Spirops, Pseudocercospora and
Tripospermum) of Hyphomycetes and 2 genera (Pestalopsis & Collectotrichum) of Coelomycetes
on leaf and fruit of Mango (Mangifera indica) were recorded in BSc thesis (Vanavong &
Khamphonvixay, 2009). Phengsintham et al. (2009) published paper “Cercospora and allied
genera from Laos 1: notes on five new species of Zasmidium”. Beside that, Phengsintham et al.
(2010a, 2010b) also published papers “Cercospora and allied genera from Lao 2&3”. A total of
201 fungi species have recorded from Laos: Ascomycota 24 species, Basidiomycota 44 species,
Deuteromycota about 133 species (Table 2).
By integrating the morphological and molecular characters, nie new taxa were
established, namely Passalora dipterocarpi, P. helicteris-viscidae, Pseudocercospora
mannanorensis Bagyan., U. Braun & Jagad. var. paucifasciculata, Zasmidium aporosae, Z.
jasminicola, Z. meynae-laxiflorae, Z. micromeli, Z. suregadae, Z. pavettae, while other
cercosporoids species represent new record for Laos.