Mycological Society of America

MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWS - LETTER JUNE 1960 VOL. XI NO. I I\iYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER - JUNE, 1963 VOL. XI NO. 1 Edited by: R. K. Benjamin CONTENTS Presidential Remarks- The Annual Meet ing-1960, Oklahoma State University. The Annual Foray-1960, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mycological Society Fellowship. Election of Officers. Brochure-"A Career in Mycology." VII. VIII. Sustaining Members. Publicat ions. Research Materials Major Research Projects. XII. Mycological Instruct ion, Summer of 1960, and Ne~w Courses. XIII. Vacancies for Mycologically Trained Personnel. XIV. Assistantships, Fello~~~ships,and Scholarships. Mycologists Available. XVI Recent Appointments and Transfers. XVII. News of General Interest. XVIII* Other News about Members. XIX Visiting Scientists. Honors, Degrees, Promotions, Invitational Lectures. XXI The F1 - F2 Generations. Mycological Poetry. I. President's greetings to the Mycological Society of America. I take this opportunity, my first to address members of the Mycol- gical Society officially, to thank you for the honor of my election as -,our president. It is the highest and most coveted honor I can expect to receive, but it is more than a personal honor. I interpret it as a recognition of the importance of an applied branch of mycology, im~ort- ant in medicine and public health. Thirty years of my professional career have been spent in the fas- cinating specialty of medical mycology, but throughout that time one of my primary goals has been that medical mycology shall be a specialty of mycology and not a special branch of either clinical medicine or medical bacteriology, to both of which it is closely allied. During these 30 years, I have seen competent mycologists take increasing responsibilities for medical mycology and now, despite the acknowledged hazards of including medical mycology within the scope of general laboratory mycology, the subject is well taught at an academic level in many mycological centers. I have fostered this ideal personally by maintaining a deep personal interest in morphologic and cytologic mycology and some of my research studies in which I take most satisfaction have had no direct relationship to fungi of medical importance. The Mycological Society should not now expect to recover dominance in the fields of antibiotics, plant pathology, and biochemical studies which utilize fungi merely as tools, but it must broaden the scope of its interest and its journal to encompass these specialities as well as descriptive and taxonomic mycology. Progress has been made in this dir- ection during the past 10 years and it has strengthened and improved the Society. Mycology, in its many ramifications, is a most fa-acinating field of microbiology, with potentialities as the most productive didact- ically, industrially, and even medically (despite the fact that fungi are reported as the cause of death in only 350-450 cases in the United States each gear). Our new Secretary-Treasurer has done a fine job of taking over the responsibilities of this important office. I thank him and those members who ha-ve accepted appointments on committees. Responsible act- ivity in these appointments and in elective offices are essential to a vigorous development of our Society. Growth in membership is important too and, although expansion in size is limited by necessity, growth in responsibility and active participation is a desirable and adequate sub- stitute. We have an interesting program planned for the fall foray and the annual meeting at S$illv~ater,Oklahoma. Further announcements about these will reach you in due course. I hope you can all attend these meetings and I look forward with pleasure to seeing you there. Chester W. Emmons 11. THE ANNUAL MEETING--~~~o,OKLAHOlqA STATE UNIVERSITY August 28 - September 1, 1960 Information on housing accommodations and food service has been published in the April issue of the AIBS Bulletin, pp. 34-35. In general, the procedure at Stillwater ?firill be similar to that of AIBS meetings held in the past. An application form is included in this issue of the Newsletter (p.23) for the convenience of members needing one. Dr. Chester W. Emmons will deliver the presidential address, and the eleventh annual lecture will be presented by a distinguished mycologist being selected by the eminently well-qualified committee consisting of Drs. John Couch, Chm., Leland Shanor, and John Stevenson. A symposium on "Some Biotic Relationships of Algaell--dedicated to the memory of Prof. Gilbert Ma Smith--?rill be sponsored jointly by the Microbiological and Phycological Sections of the Botanical Society and the Mycological and Phycological Societies. Local arrangements for the Mycological Society are in the hands of Dr. John E. Thomas, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University. 111- TEE ANNUAL FORAY - BATON ROUGE, LA* August 23-25, 1960 The follooring information will be of interest to those members ~erho are planning to attend the 1960 Foray to be held at Louisiana State University-, Baton Rouge, on August 23-25 preceeding the Stillwater meetings. The Department of Botany, Bacteriology and Plant Pathology ill pro- vide participants with all necessary laboratory equipment and the facili- ties of the library and mycological herbarium will be at their disposal. Two "all dayu collecting trips are planned, one to a hardwood area about 65 miles north of the campus, to include a stop at Audubon Memorial State Park; another will be to the pinewood area about 60 miles east of Baton Rouge. The third day of collecting vill be in localities closer to the campus and >$illend about noon leaving the afternoon of the 25th free. Collecting at this time of year usually is very good and we cordially in- vite your participation. Transportation to the collecting areas ?rill be by car. Louise Garig Hall, a women's dormitory, has been reserved for the housing of members. The cost will be $2.75 per person per night with maid service and linens furnished daily. Meals will be served at a restaurant located at the entrance to the campus about 500 yards from the dormitory area. Rooms will be ready for occupancy on the morning of August 22 a.nd registrants may check in at any time throughout the day. Upon receipt of your advance registration form (see p. 25), a campus map will be mailed to you appropriately marked for your orientation. Upon arrival, please go directly to Louise Garig Hall. If you plan to arrive in Baton Rouge by means of transportation other than by car please write in advance and ar- rangemento will be made to meet you at bus, train or plane terminal. For those members who plan to drive to Stillwater after the Foray (leaving Louisiand State University on the morning of August 26), arrangements will be made to supply them with marked Esso roadmaps for the trip from Baton Rouge. Also, for those members who so desire, advance registration at a motel (Holiday Inn) in Texarkana, Texas (about -2- midwey between Baton Rouge and stillwater) will be made if they indicate the type of accommodation desired (see registration form). Please indicate your wishes on the form and return promptly to : B. Lowy, Botany Depart- ment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. All inquiries should be addressed to Dr. Lowy. Members of the Foray Committee on local arrangements are: Drs. B. Lowy, Cha-irman, S. J.P. Chilton, B. Exner, and H. Wheeler. IV. MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP The Research Grants Committee of the Mycological Society of America takes pleasure in announcing that it has selected Mr. Francis A. Wood, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, as the recipient of the Mycological Society Graduate Fellowship for 1960-1961. The committee consists of Drs. Harry E. Wheeler, Chairman, Alma W. Barks- dale, Kenneth B. Raper, and John E. Peterson (EX-~fficio). V* ELECTION OF OFFICERS I\lominations have been received for the four officers to be elected in 1960, and the ballots trill be mailed as soon as possible after those persons selected by the membership have accepted nomination. VI. BROCHURE "A CAREER IN MYCOLOGY'' Since announcing the availability of the Society's brochure--"A Car- eer in Mycology1'--in the last issue of the Newsletter, over 1600 copies have been distributed. Many of these have gone to state and local Dep- artments of Education, High Schools, etc., for the use of counselors and students. Your editor still has some 3400 brochures on hand. These re- present a considerable investment of nioney by the Society and they serve no useful purpose in storage. Please send requests to R. K. Benjamin, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California. VII. 3JEMBERSHIP As of May 25, 1960, the membership of the Society including applications on hand to be presented for election at the annual business meeting in Aug- ust was constituted as follows: Life Members ........................................ 7 Regular Members ....................................... 717 Associate Members ..................................... 24 Emeritus Members ...................................... 10 Corresponding Members ................................. 3 Sustaining Members .................................... 22 Affiliated Societies .................................. 5 With 788 members in all categories, the Society shows a gain of 19 members over last year, and, notwithstanding delay in the publication of -Pi>-cologia, only 53 regular members have not yet paid their 1960 dues. This compares ~lrith56 unpaid members this time last year. Happily, none of our members has died since publication of the last issue of the Nevrs- letter; fourteen regular members have resigned. Application Forms A new supply of application-for-membership forms is on hand. These may be obtained by writing any member of the Membership Committee (see page 6 of previous issue of Newsletter) or the Secretary-Treasurer. -New Sustaining Members Five new Sustaining Members have joined the Society since the last Newsletter was published. These are: Burroughs Wellcome and Co.

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