1.   Suryanarayanan, T.S. and Kumaresan, V. 1998. A simple method of storing and transporting fungal cultures. Mycologist 12(4): 173.

2.   Suryanarayanan, T.S., Kumaresan, V. and Johnson, J.A. 1998. Foliar fungal endophytes from two species of the mangrove Rhizophora. Canadian Journal of Micrbiology 44(10): 1003-1006.

3.   Suryanarayanan, T.S. and Kumaresan, V. 2000. Endophytic fungi of some halophytes from an estuarine mangrove forest. Mycological Research 104(12): 1465-1467.

4.   Kumaresan, V. and Suryanarayanan, T.S. 2001. Occurrence and distribution of endophytic fungi in a mangrove community. Mycological Research 105(11): 1388-1391.   

5.   Suryanarayanan, T.S., Kumaresan, V. and Johnson, J.A. 2001. Fungal endophytes: the tropical dimension. In Trichomycetes and other fungal groups (eds. J.K. Misra and B.W. Horn). Science Publishers, Inc, Enfield (NH), USA. pp 197-207.

6.    Natarajan, K., Narayanan, K. and Kumaresan, V. 2002. Basidiocarp production in Agaricus heterocystis Heinem. and Gooss. in nutrient agar media. Current Science 82(9): 1084-1085.   

7.   Kumaresan, V. and Suryanarayanan, T.S. 2002. Endophyte assemblages in young, mature and senescent leaves of Rhizophora apiculata: evidence for the role of endophytes in mangrove litter degradation. Fungal Diversity 9: 81-91.

8.   Kumaresan, V. Suryanarayanan, T.S. and Johnson, J.A. 2002. Ecology of mangrove endophytes. In Fungi of Marine Environments (ed K.D. Hyde). Fungal Diversity Research Series 7: 145-166.

9. Kumaresan, V. and Malathi Srinivasan. 2002. Heliocephala natarajanii sp. nov from India. Cryptogamie Mycologie: 23(4): 329-333.

• Prof. K. Natarajan
  Centre for Advanced Studies on Botany
  University of Madras
  Guindy Campus, Chennai - 600 025
• Prof. T.N. Lakhanpal
  Department of Bio-sciences
  Himachal Pradesh University
  Summer Hill
  Shimla - 171 005
  Himachal Pradesh
• Prof. K.M. Leelavathy and Dr. P. Manimohan
  Department of Botany
  University of Calicut
  Pin - 673 635
  Kerala
• Prof. S.S. Saini and Dr. N.S. Atri
  Department of Botany
  Punjabi Universtiy, Patiala - 147 002
  Punjab

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