Evan Benjamin Gareth Jones

Evan Benjamin Gareth Jones (born 1937) is a British mycologist. His main area of research interest is aquatic fungi, particularly marine fungi. He has supervised about 100 PhD and MSc students, published approximately 600 research articles and is a highly cited scientist. Other research interests include marine biofouling, biodeterioration of materials, and wood decay by fungi.

Jones earned a PhD from the University of Leeds in 1963, where his supervisors were Irene Manton and David Jennings.

Recognition

In 2016, an issue of the scientific journal Mycosphere was dedicated to him in honour of his 80th birthday in January 2017. Many species have been named in his honour. The eponyms include Arthrinium garethjonesii D.Q.Dai & H.B.Jiang (2017); Brunneodinemasporium jonesii Y.Z.Lu, Jian K.Liu & K.D.Hyde (2016); Chaetosphaeria garethjonesii R.H.Perera, Maharachch. & K.D.Hyde (2016); Cookeina garethjonesii Ekanayaka, Q. Zhao & K.D.Hyde (2016); Cymostachys garethjonesii C.G.Lin, Yong Wang bis & K.D.Hyde (2016); Dictyocheirospora garethjonesii Z.L.Luo, Hong Y.Su & K.D.Hyde (2017); Melanochaeta garethjonesii Sivichai & Hywel-Jones (2000); Montagnula jonesii Tennakoon, Wanas., Phook. & K.D.Hyde (2016); Muyocopron garethjonesii Tibpromma, Karun. & K.D.Hyde (2016); Neoleptosphaeria jonesii Wanas., Camporesi & K.D.Hyde (2016); Neooccultibambusa jonesii Jayasiri, Camporesi & K.D.Hyde (2016); Neorhamphoria garethjonesii Boonmee, Hüseyın & Selçuk (2016); Oxydothis garethjonesii S.Konta & K.D.Hyde (2016); Parafuscosporella garethii Boonyuen, Chuaseehar. & Somrith. (2016); Phragmocephala garethjonesii Hong Y.Su, Udayanga & K.D.Hyde (2015); Poaceicola garethjonesii Thambug., Camporesi & K.D.Hyde (2017); and Tainosphaeria jonesii Y.Z.Lu, Jian K.Liu & K.D.Hyde (2016).

The standard author abbreviation E.B.G.Jones is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chomnunti, P.; Boonmee, S.; Hongsanan, S.; Doilom, M.; Thongklang, N.; Wanasinghe, D.N.; Suetrong, S. (2016). "A tribute to Professor E.B. Gareth Jones on his 80th birthday". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1261–1264. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/1.
  2. ↑ Dai, D.Q.; Jiang, H.B.; Tang, L.Z.; Bhat, D.J. (2016). "Two new species of Arthrinium (Apiosporaceae, Xylariales) associated with bamboo from Yunnan, China". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1332–1345. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/7.
  3. 1 2 Lu, Y.Z.; Liu, J.K.; Hyde, K.D.; Bhat, D.J.; Xiao, Y.P.; Tian, Q.; Wen, T.C.; Boonmee, S.; Kang, J.C. (2016). "Brunneodinemasporium jonesii and Tainosphaeria jonesii spp. nov. (Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales) from southern China". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1323–1332. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/6.
  4. ↑ Perera, R.H.; Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N.; Bhat, J.D.; Al-Sadi, A.M.; Liu, J.K.; Hyde, K.D.; Liu, Z.Y. (2016). "New species of Thozetella and Chaetosphaeria and new records of Chaetosphaeria and Tainosphaeria from Thailand". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1301–1321. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/5.
  5. ↑ Ekanayaka, A.H.; Hyde, K.D.; Zhao, Q. (2016). "The genus Cookeina". Mycosphere. 7 (9). Mushroom Research Foundation: 1399–1413. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/13.
  6. ↑ Lin, C.G.; McKenzie, E.H.C.; Bhat, D.J.; Ran, S.F.; Chen, Y.; Hyde, K.D.; Li, D.W.; Wang, Y. (2016). "Stachybotrys-like taxa from karst areas and a checklist of Stachybotrys-like species from Thailand". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1273–1291. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/3.
  7. ↑ Wang, R.X. (2016). "New species and records of Dictyocheirospora from submerged wood in north-western Yunnan, China". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1357–1367. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/9.
  8. ↑ Sivichai, Somsak; Hywel-Jones, Nigel L.; Somrithipol, Sayanh (2000). "Lignicolous freshwater Ascomycota from Thailand: Melanochaeta and Sporoschisma anamorphs". Mycological Research. 104 (4): 478–485. doi:10.1017/s0953756299001604.
  9. ↑ Tennakoon, D.S.; Hyde, K.D.; Wanasinghe, D.N.; Bahkali, A.H.; Camporesi, E.; Khan, S.; Phookamsak, R. (2016). "Taxonomy and phylogenetic appraisal of Montagnula jonesii sp. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales)". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1346–1356. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/8.
  10. ↑ Tibpromma, S.; McKenzie, EHC; Karunarathna, S.C.; Mortimer, P.E.; Xu, J.; Hyde, K.D.; Hu, D.M. (2016). "Muyocopron garethjonesii sp. nov. (Muyocopronales, Dothideomycetes) on Pandanus sp". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1480–1489. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/19.
  11. ↑ Wanasinghe, D.N. (2016). "Neoleptosphaeria jonesii sp. nov., a novel saprobic sexual species, in Leptosphaeriaceae". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1368–1377. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/10.
  12. ↑ Jayasiri, S.C.; Hyde, K.D.; Jeewon, R.; Bhat, J.D.; Camporesi, E.; Kang, J.C. (2016). "Neooccultibambusa jonesii, a novel taxon within Occultibambusaceae". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1458–1472. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/17.
  13. ↑ Boonmee, S.; Ekanayaka, A.H.; Hyde, K.D.; Hüseyin, E.; Ekici, K.; Selçuk, F. (2016). "Phylogenetic placement of Neorhamphoria garethjonesii gen. et sp. nov. (Tubeufiales, genus incertae sedis)". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1447–1457. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/16.
  14. ↑ Konta, S.; Hongsanan, S.; Tibpromma, S.; Thongbai, B.; Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N.; Bahkali, A.H.; Hyde, K.D.; Boonmee, S. (2016). "An advance in the endophyte story: Oxydothidaceae fam. nov. with six new species of Oxydothis". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1425–1446. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/15.
  15. ↑ Boonyuen, N.; Chuaseeharonnachai, C.; Suetrong, S.; Sujinda, S.; Somrithipol, S. (2016). "Parafuscosporella garethii sp. nov. (Fuscosporellales) from a rivulet in a community-based northern forest, in Thailand". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1265–1272. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/2.
  16. ↑ Su, Hong-Yan; Udayanga, Dhanushka; Luo, Zong-long; Manamgoda, Dimuthu; Zhao, Yong-Chang; Yang, Jing; Liu, Xio-Ying; McKenzie, Eric; Zhou, De-Qun; Hyde, Kevin (2015). "Hyphomycetes from aquatic habitats in Southern China: Species of Curvularia (Pleosporaceae) and Phragmocephala (Melannomataceae)". Phytotaxa. 226 (3): 201–216. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.226.3.1.
  17. ↑ Thambugala, K.M.; Wanasinghe, D.N.; Phillips, A.J.L.; Camporesi, E.; Bulgakov, T.S.; Phukhamsakda, C.; Ariyawansa, H.A.; Goonasekara, I.D.; Phookamsak, R.; Dissanayake, A.; Tennakoon, D.S.; Tibpromma, S.; Chen, Y.Y.; Liu, Z.Y.; Hyde, K.D. (2017). "Mycosphere notes 1–50: Grass (Poaceae) inhabiting Dothideomycetes". Mycosphere. 8 (4): 697–796 [756]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/8/4/13.
  18. ↑ International Plant Names Index. E.B.G.Jones.