Sayantan Jash

About

Mr. Sayantan Jash is a Researcher (Senior Research Fellow) of Botanical Survey of India. Currently he is working on Morpho-molecular systematics of Micro-fungi. Previously he was engaged in a research journey of exploring macrofungal diversity of his native place (West Bengal, India) since his graduation days. Mycological research is his whole-life dream. He loves to disseminate scientific knowledge among common masses by his popular science writing.

Employment

• Botanical Survey of India Senior Research Fellow
  2025 - Present
• Botanical Survey of India Junior Research Fellow
  2023 - 2025

Education

• Savitribai Phule Pune University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  2025 - Present
• University of Burdwan B.Sc. Honours in Botany
  2016 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (15)

• Corynespora bharatensis: a novel species from the Indian mycobiota based on polyphasic taxonomy
  Phytotaxa 2026 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.774.1.2
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• Vaginatispora bharatensis , sp. nov.—revealing the first conidial morph of genus Vaginatispora based on morphological and multigene phylogenetic analyses
  Mycologia 2026 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2026.2619104
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• Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Contributions to Bambusicolous Mycobiota: A Novel Species and a New Record of Dictyoarthrinium (Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes) from India
  New Zealand Journal of Botany 2026 DOI: 10.1002/nzb2.70014
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• Morpho-Molecular Characterization of Memnoniella longistipitata (Hypocreales, Stachybotryaceae) - A New Addition to Fungi of India
  National Academy Science Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s40009-025-01900-2
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• Bambusaria bambusae (Valsariaceae: Ascomycota) – A new addition to Mycobiota of Goa, India
  Nelumbo 2025 DOI: 10.20324/nelumbo/v66/2024/173375
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• Apiospora vs. Arthrinium: Taxonomic Status of Indian Species with Special Reference to their Host Range and Distribution in India
  Kavaka 2025 DOI: 10.36460/kavaka/61/1/2025/40-49
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• A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE GENUS PENZIGOMYCES SUBRAM. (PEZIZOMYCOTINA: ASCOMYCOTA) ACCOMPANIED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A NOVEL SPECIES FROM INDIA
  Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 2025 DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2025/v122/171002
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• On the Maravalia echinulata (Niessl ex Rabenh.) Ono (Pucciniales: Chaconiaceae) with reference to its host range and distribution
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2024 DOI: 10.11609/JOTT.6876.16.12.26283-26290
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• Xiuguozhangia macrospora (Pezizomycotina: Ascomycota)-a new species of bambusicolous fungi from India
  Phytotaxa 2024 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.644.1.10
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• Lectotypification of two names in Calanthe R.Br. (Orchidaceae)
  Nelumbo 2023 DOI: 10.20324/NELUMBO/V65/2023/173049
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