mcoLom.AL SocIrn OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER Vol.XXI, No.2 December, 1970 Edited by John G. Palmer Aligned and Typed by Vera B. Potter and Yvonne L. Green Forest Disease Laboratory, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, RFD 2, Box 263, Laurel, Maryland 20810 CONTENTS Page A. PRESIDENT'S LETTER ------3 B. SOCIETY BUSINESS: ANNUAL MEETING, 2970 1. REPORT: Board of Councilors------4 11. MINUTES: Annual Business Meeting ------5 111. ANNUAL REPORT: Secretary-Treasurer ------5 IV. REPORT: Editor-in-Chief (Mycologia) ------6 V. REPORT: Managing Editor (Mycologia) ------6 C. ORGANIZATION: 1970-2972 1. 0FFICERSANDCOUNCIM)RS ...... 7 11. REPRESENTATIVES TO SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS ------7 111. EDITORS ------7 IV. STANDING COMMITTEES ------8 V. SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR 1970-1971 ------8

E. SUSTAINING MEMBErRS OF THE SOCIETY ------9

G. EXERCISE IN EDUCATION AND ALPRABETICAL POTPOURRI ------11

R. PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION I. MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS ------13 11. COURSES IN MYCOLOGY ------14 111. FUNGI FORDISTRIBUTION------14 1v. ~GIWANT~------14 v. FUNGI: IDENTIFICATION OF CULTURES AND SPECIMENS ------15 VI . MYCOLOGICAL ITEMS FOR SALE ------16 VII. MYCOLOGICAL IT'S NEEDED ------17 VIII. VACANCIES ------18 IX. AVAILABLE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANTSHIPS ------18 X. STUDENTS EXPECTING DOCTORATES LOOKING FOR EWLOYMENT ------19 XI. STUDENTS AT BACHELOR'S OR MASTER'S LEVEL FOR EMPLOYMENT ------20

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION I. MYCOLOGISTS WITH NEW AFFILIATIONS ------2 1 11. TRAVELING MYCOLOGISTS ------21 111. AWmSANDRmmS------2 2 IV. INVITATIONAL PAPERS AND LECTURES ------23 V. RETIREMENTS, ILLNESSES, DEATHS ------24 VI, MATCHES ANDHATCHES -- ...... 24 VII. MYCOLOGICAL MISCELLANEY AND EDITORIAL BOO! BOOZE! ------24 J. CORRESPONDENTADDRESSES ------25 K. RESPONSE TO AN OPEN LETTER ON REVIEWING PRACTICES ------27

The negative for the cover photograph was copied from a 35mm color slide loaned by Dr. J. L. Lowe and then touched up by J. A. Lindsay of this Laboratory to remove numbers and shadows. THEMYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOUNDED DECEMBER, 1931

Department of Plant Pathology Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14850

To the Members of the Mycological Society of America:

This year your Board of Councilors authorized the establishment of a Special Committee of the Society to serve as a Foray Committee, charged with a full evaluation of our previous and future practices and policies on Society forays. This Committee will determine whether or not the Society should have an annual foray, and indeed if we might not also establish regional forays, perhaps even day forays, under Society sponsorship. The long-standing interest of a large segment of our membership in field mycology will be strengthened and better served, it is hoped, by the establishment of this central referral point for any suggestions on future forays. Individual members, or groups of members who might wish to act as hosts for Society field trips are encouraged to contact the Chairman of the Foray Committee, William Bridge Cooke, or any member of the Committee.

The decision to hold the Annual Meeting of the Society at Edmonton, Alberta, June 20-24, 1971, in conjunction with the AIBS and the Canadian Botanical Association has necessitated an earlier call for papers than is usual. It has also doubtless influenced greatly many plans on wheth- er on not to attend the Annual Meeting. Surely it provides a banner opportunity for many of us to schedule a long-delayed trip to a part of the continent where we've wanted to collect and engage in sight-seeing. The families of members are likely to become the most avid of the Society's fans!

The June annual meeting date will not conflict with the plans of many mycologists to attend the First International Mycological Congress in Exeter, England, September 7-16, 1971, another major mycological event this year. An announcement on availability of some travel funds from the National Science Foundation for attendance at the Congress was sent out with the dues notices.

Your Society functions primarily through the efforts of the members you have elected to the Board of Councilors, and the many others who have consented to serve on Society Committees. I wish to record here my personal deep appreciation for the cooperation they have shown not only to me, but to the Society itself.

Hoping to see you at Edmonton or Exeter,

President \J B. SOCIETY BUSINESS: ANWAL MEETING, 2970 I. REPORT: Board of Councilors

The council of the MSA met in Room 300C of the Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University at Bloomington on 23 August 1970. Dr. Roy F. Cain, President of the Society, presided at the meeting, and a quorum was present. At this meeting and by mail since 1 October 1969, the Council (1) received reports from the Secretary-Treasurer, the various Society editors, some of the Com- mittee Chairmen and Official Representatives, and the Program Chairman; (2) was made aware of the necessity for increasing dues beginning in 1972 and decided that, at its 1971 meeting, it would set the amount of the recommended increase and would consider instituting a student membership category with dues lower than for Regular Members; (3) decided that the Society, without giving financial support, should join the American Society for Microbiology in sponsoring a symposium on some aspect of medical mycology at the 1972 ASM meeting; (4) asked that the proceedings of the above-mentioned symposium be submitted for publication as a MYCOLOGIA MEMOIR with the understanding that the papers be subjected to the same editorial review, with the possibility of either acceptance or rejection, as other manuscripts submitted for the MEMOIR series; (5) affirmed that medical mycologists are welcome as members of the Society and hoped that those not now members can be informed of the advantages of membership and encouraged to join the Society; (6) passed a resolution in support of biological museums, with copies of the resolution to be sent to the Research Resources Branch of the National Institutes of Health and to the American Type Culture Collection; (7) requested that the Society's representative on the Phytopathological Translations Program sub- mit for publication in the MSA NEWSLETTER an item calling the membership's attention to the exist- ence, objectives, and usefulness of the Program; (8) tabled a proposal for a husband-wife membership category in the Society; (9) discussed and made recommendations concerning Dr. G. C. Ainsworth's proposals for an inter- national mycological organization; (10) decided that the Society's 1972 meeting would be held in conjunction with the AIBS meeting at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, 27 August--1 September 1972; (11) postponed a decision on the location and dates of the Society's 1973 meeting; (12) appointed Dr. Howard C. Whisler to represent the Society at the AIBS third Conference on Education in Biology should he so desire; (13) confirmed the appointment of Dr. R. K. Benjamin as Editor-in-Chief of MYCOLOGIA for a 5-year term, 1971-75, and appointed Dr. Terry Johnson to the Editorial Board of the journal for a like term; (14) asked the incoming President to appoint a special Foray Committee to examine the Society:~ foray program, make changes if necessary, and supervise future forays; (15) appropriated $500 for the American Type Culture Collection Foundation Drive Fund to be paid in August 1971; (16) asked the incoming President to represent the Society in joining with the Society for In- dustrial Microbiology to nominate Dr. Kenneth B. Raper for a National Medal of Science in 1071; (17) elected Dr. Roward W. Lichtwardt to Life Membership in the Society, without payment of dues, in recognition of and as thanks for his service as an Editor-in-Chief of MYCOLOGIA; (18) decided that the terms of Officers that expire in 1971 should continue through 31 August 1971 and that Officers assuming office in 1971 should do so on 1 September of that year; (19) decided that the Society would not participate in the First and Second National Biological Congresses or in the International Association for Cybernetics; (20) decided that the Society could not pay expenses of any members representing the Society at meetings of other societies and organi~ationsand at scientific congresses; (21) decided not to designate representatives to the First International Mycological Congress unless requested to do so by the organizers of the Congress; (22) asked the incoming President to approach the National Science Foundation about the possi- bility of receiving travel funds for members attending the First International Mycological Congress; (23) reaffirmed a previous decision not to publish abstracts of papers presented at Society meetings ; (24) heard the results of the Society election of Officers and directed that in the future election results should be announced near the beginning of Council meetings instead of near the end as has been the practice for'someyears; and (25) decided that the Society's contribution to the "Genera of Fungi" Project should be $2,000 per year over a 3-year period, which is an amount equal to 5% of the direct costs in the proposal to be submitted to the National Science Foundation. /s/ Robert L. Shaffer, 24 August 1970 11. MINUTES: Annual Business Meeting Dr. Roy F. Cain, President of the Society, called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m. in State Room East, Indiana Memorial Union, on 25 August 1970. Approximately 90 Society members, constituting a quorum, were present. The President announced that the possibility of chartering a flight or arranging group air fares for Society members attending the 1st International Mycological Congress would be investigated, and Dr. E. S. Beneke asked those persons interested to contact him. Upon a motion by the Secretary-Treasurer, the minutes of the 25th annual business meeting, held in 1968, were unanimously approved as published in the MSA NEWSLETTER 19 (2):4-5. Reports presented by the Secretary-Treasurer, the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of MYCOLOGIA, and the Secretary-Treasurer for the Council were unanimously approved. Copies of these re- ports are appended to the minutes. The President read the roster of Society Officers for 1970-71 as follows: president ...... Richard P. Korf President-Elect------Robert W. Lichtwardt Vice-president ...... S. J. Hughes secretary-T~~~~~~~~------Robert L. Shaffer Councilors-Eastern U.S.------Marie L. Farr and Melvin S. Fuller Councilors-Western U.S.------William C. Denison and Jack D. Rogers Councilor-Canada ...... Robert A. Shoemaker Past-President (1968-69) ------Clark T. Rogerson Past-President (1969-70) ------Roy F. Cain The Secretary-Treasurer moved that the 90 persons named on the attachment to the agenda for the meeting be admitted to the Society in the membership categories indicated. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Dr. William Bridge Cooke commented that approximately 40 persons had attended this year's foray. A planned day-long trip to Green Bluffs, near Spencer, Owen Co., Ind., on Saturday, 22 August, was cut short in early afternoon by rain. The next morning the group collected at Cedar Bluffs, near Victor, Monroe Co. A laboratory in Jordan Hall was used for studying specimens. Dr. Cooke asked all foray participants to send him lists of the fungi collected. Dr. Emory G. Simmons presented a motion of thanks to Dr. Ronald H. Petersen, Program chairman, Dr. Stanley Dick, Local Representative, and Dr. Cooke, Foray Leader, who together had arranged this year's Society meeting, and to Dr. Robert W. Lichtwardt, retiring Editor-in-Chief of MYCOLOGIA. The motion was approved by applause. There being no other business, meeting was adjourned at 10:05 a.m. 111. ANNUAL REPORT: Secretary-Treasurer This report covers the Society's year that ended on 31 July 1970. 1. Finances: The Society's regular financial affairs are handled through two accounts, a checking account in the Ann Arbor (Michigan) Bank and a savings account in the Ann Arbor Federal Savings & Loan Association. In the checking account, receipts totaled $13,780.84. The major items were $11,710.72 from dues and $2,000 transferred from the savings account. Disbursements totaled $14,131.92. These included, among other items, $6,290 for members' MYCOLOGIA subscriptions, $500 for the ATCC Foundation Drive Fund, $500 for AIBS Adherent Society dues, $850 for Graduate Fellowship stipends, $927.59 for the mycological reception held during the International Botanical Congress, $1,825.76 for NEWSLETTER and directory expenses, $1,257.37 for Secretary-Treasurer's expenses, and $1,500 transferred to the savings account. Checking account balance at year's end was $470.63, a net decrease of $351.08 during the year. The savings account comprises four funds; the Memoirs Fund, the Life Membership Fund, the Research Grants h Publications Fund, and the Operational Reserve Fund. Receipts for the account were $649.19 interest added to the Memoirs Fund, $403.88 unexpended Sustaining Members dues added to the Research Grants & Publications Fund, and $1,500 transferred from the checking account to the Operational Reserve Fund. The only disbursement was $2,000 transferred from fhe Operational Reserve Fund to the checking checking account. The balances in the four funds at year s end were as follows: Memoirs Fund $4,878.40 Life Membership Fund 1,400.00 Research Grants h Publications Fund 5,735.36 Operational Reserve Fund 3,100.00 The total savings account balance was thus $15,113.76, a net increase of $553.07 during the year. On 31 July 1970, the Society had assets of $15,584.39, which is the sum of the balances of the checking and savings accounts, and no liabilities. Net worth was $201.99 higher than on the preced- ing 31 July. In addition to the regular funds just reported on, the Secretary-Treasurer handles funds for the National Science Foundation grant of $24,690 received in 1963 for preparation of a mycology guidebook. On 31 July 1970, $16,925 of the total had been received from NSF, and the Society had disbursed $17,835.62. A committee consisting of Drs. Harriet A. Burge and Alfred S. Sussman has examined the financial records of the Secretary-Treasurer for the fiscal year and found them to be correct. To conclude this part of my report, I should say that the Society is in good financial condition. However, some figures that can be extracted from the records may provide a warning. During the fiscal year the amount received from dues and used neither to pay for members' MYCOLOGIA subscriptions nor to fund the special projects supported by the Sustaining Members account was approximately $3,700. Dis- bursements that normally should be covered by this amount were nearly $4,700. These disbursements in- cluded two items not recurring annually, some $900 for the'mycological reception at Seattle and about $600 for the directory; and since the Society has an Operational Reserve Fund of more than $3,000, the situation is not serious at this time. Nevertheless it does deserve watching. 2. Membership: On 31 July 1970, the Society was constituted as follows: Regular Members 1,202 Life Members 18 Corresponding Members 7 Emeritus Members 23 Sustaining Members 21 Affiliated Societies 5 Associates 26 The total of 1,302 members represents a net decrease of 8 members in the preceding year. I sadly report the deaths of the following members during the year: Mr. Herbert Eades, Dr. J. W. Groves, Mrs. E. P. Justo, Dr. G. W. Keitt, Dr. L. M. Massey, Dr. Esther Meyer, and Dr. Willis W. Wagener . 3. Other items: Most other Society affairs that developed during the year are touched on in the re- port of the Council. However, two final items are perhaps worth mentioning here. Along with all organizations exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Society has been asked to submit information on its income during the past 4 years to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1969. The appropriate form has been submitted to IRS, but a determination as to the Society's status has not yet been received. The Society no longer maintains legal counsel on a continuing basis, and the registered agent of the corporation in the District of Columbia has been changed from J. Dapray Muir, of the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, to Lorraine H. Tucker, of the AIBS Office in Washington. IS/ Robert L. Shaffer, 20 August 1970 IV. REPORT: Editor-in-Chief of MYCOLOGIA The 1970 volume of MYCOLOGIA will include 88 regular articles, 29 brief articles, as well as book reviews, notices, and an index, and will total about 1,200 pages. Acceptance of manuscripts for the 1970 volume was completed in June,. All new articles are being forwarded to the new Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Richard K. Benjamin. I am most gratified--and I know I am joined by members of the Society--to have Dr. Benjamin accept the editorship. I wish to express my personal appreciation to the Editorial Board, the Book Review Editor, and the many reviewers of manuscripts who have given their invaluable assistance to our journal over the past 5 years. /s/ Robert W. Lichtwardt, Editor-in-Chief , August, 1970 V. REPORT: Managing Editor of MYCOMGIA Income for Mycologia during the fiscal period July 1, 1969, to June 30, 1970, totaled $45,589; this included approximately $5,200 from members ' subscriptions, $24,767 from other subscriptions, $5,440 from sale of back issues, $8,300 from page charges, $1,400 from income endowment fund, $160 from sale of 58-year index. Direct expenses totaled $50,754 and included $38,000 for printing and mailing seven issues of MYCOLOGIA, $112 for supplies and materials, $870 for the Editor-in-Chief, and $11,000 for the Publications Office. Thus the excess of expenses over income amounted to $5,100. Add to this the deficit of $5,008 of the previous year and the present deficit is $10,000. As of July 1, 1969, the Mycologia Endowment Fund was $30,795. The proportionate share of net loss on sale of securities during the fiscal year amounted to $1,463. Thus the Endowment Fund Balance on June 30, 1970, was $29,331. From the above report it should be evident that the time has arrived to ask the membership to contribute additional funds for the publication of MYCOLOGIA. The $8.00 dues of which $5.00 is used for MYCOLOGIA has been in effect since 1958. Members have thus been receiving 900-1200 printed pages of mycological information for this small sum. Increased costs of publication as well as ser- vices makes it imperative that we obtain additional funds if we are to maintain our present 1200 pages per volume. /s/ Clark T. Rogerson, Managing Editor, MYCOLOGIA, August 19, 1970 C. ORGANIZATION: 2970-2972 I. OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS President, 1970-71 R. P. Korf, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 14850 President-Elect, 1970-71 R. W. Lichtwardt, Dept. of Botany, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. 66045 Vice-President, 1970-71 S. J. Hughes, Plant Research Institute, Central Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Secretary-Treasurer, 1968-71 R. L. Shaffer, University Herbarium, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104 Councilor-Eastern U.S., Marie L. Farr, National Fungus Collections, Plant Industry 1969-71 Station, Beltsville, Md. 20705 Councilor--Eastern U.S., M. S. Fuller, Dept. of Botany, University of Georgia, 1970-72 Athens, Ga. 30601 Councilor--Western U.S., W. F. Denison, Dept. of Botany, Oregon State University, 1969-71 Corvallis, Ore. 97331 Councilor--Western U.S., J. D. Rogers, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State 1970-72 University, Pullman, Wash. 99163 Councilor--Canada, 1969-71 R. A. Shoemaker, Plant Research Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Past President (1968-69) C. T. Rogerson, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y.10458 Past President (1969-70) R. F. Cain, Dept. of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 11. REPRESENTATIVES TO SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS Representative on the Council, American Association for the Advancement of Science (3-year term) (1969-71), E. G. Simmons Representative on the Governing Board, American Institute of Biological Sciences (4-year term) 1968-71. R. B. Stevens Representative on the Board of Trustees, American Type Culture Collection (3-year term) 1968-70: 1971-73. C. R. Benjamin Representative to the National Research Council (3-year term beginning 30 June). 1970-73. C. W. Hesseltine Representative to the Agricultural Research Institute (3-year term) 1970-72. C. L. Lefebvre ~liernate: Marie L. Farr Representative on the Committee of Representatives of the Phytopathological Translations Program. R. P. Korf 111. EDITORS Mycologia: Editorial Board R. W. Lichtwardt. Editor-in-Chief. 1966-70 R. K. Benjamin, Editor-in-chief , 1971-75 C. T. Rogerson, Managing Editor L. Shanor, 1966-70 H. L. Barnett, 1969-73 T. Sproston, 1967-71 R. P. Korf, 1970-74 H. E. Wheelerr 1967-71 T. W. Johnson, Jr., 1971-75 G. B. Cummins, 1968-72 Book Review Editor: Alma W. Barksdale MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS: Board of Editors R. T. Hanlin, Chairman, 1970-73 R. L. Shaffer, Secretary-Treasurer of the Society,ex officio A. H. Smith, 1969-71 C. T. Rogerson, Managing Editor of MYCOLOGIA, ex officio R. K. Benjamin, 1969-72 C. L. Kramer, Chairman, Committee on Sustaining Membership, ex officio MSA NEWSLETTER: Editor J. G. Palmer, 1968-71 IV. STANDING COMMITTEES: Committee on Finance E. G. Simmons, 1962-71; Chairman, 1968-71 : R. P. Korf, 1965-74 : R. L. Shaffer, 1968-77 Committee on Nomenclature R. P. Korf, Chairman, 1968-71 W. L. Culberson, 1970-72 D. P. Rogers, 1969-72 G. L. Hennebert, 1968-71 Marie L. Farr, 1970-73 Joanne Rogers, 1968-71 Luella K. Weresub, 1970-73 R. L. Shaffer, 1969-72 E. G. Simmons, 1970-73 Committee on Sustaining Membership C. L. Kramer, Chairman, 1968-71 R. T. Haard, 1969-72 J. A. Schmitt, Jr., 1968-71 E. S. Beneke, 1970-73 R. A. Paterson, 1969-72 One member to be appointed Committee on Research Grants & Publications M. S. Fuller, Chairman, 1968-71 C. L. Kramer, Chairman of the Committee on J. Maniotis, 1968-71 Sustaining Membership, ex officio Alma W. Barksdale, 1970-73 Committee on the Annual Lecturer J. R. Raper, Chairman, 1968-71 : C. T. Rogerson, 1969-72 : A. S. Sussman, 1969-72 Committee on Education Chairman to be appointed C. J. Anastasiou, 1968-71 : J. L. Koevenig, 1970-73 Committee on Membership J. E. Peterson. Chairman, 1968-71 R. A. Shoemaker. 1969-72 W. C. Denison, 1968-71 One member to be appointed R. H. Petersen, 1968-72 Committee on Publication of Memorials Committee on Medical Mycology R. K. Benjamin, Editor-in-Chief of MYCOLOGIA G. S. Bulmer, Chairman, 1969-72 R. P. Korf, President of the Society Martha D. Berliner, 1968-71 C. T. Rogerson, Historian of the Society One member to be appointed Historian: C. T. Rogerson

V. SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR 1970-71 Committee on Color Standards K. H. McKnight, Chairman 0. K. Miller, Jr. W. Illman R. L. Shaffer M. M. Kulik Editorial Committee for the "Genera of Fungi Project" C. R. Benjamin, Chairman R. A. Shoemaker R. P. Korf A. H. Smith C. T. Rogerson Mycology Guidebook Committee R. B. Stevens, Chairman Marie L. Farr H. L. Barnett W. D. Gray E. S. Beneke R. P. Korf R. Emerson E. G. Simmons Foray Committee W. B. Cooke, Chairman W. G. Solheim W. C. Denison S. J. Hughes J. W. Kimbrough R. L. Shaffer J. L. Lowe D. AFFILIATED SOCIETIES The Society's affiliated societies are all actively engaged in bringing mycology to the attention of both professional and so-called amateur mycologists. All produce news bulletins and other similar publications and sponsor regular programs, especially collecting trips (in season). Members of the MSA would be well advised to seek membership in one of our affiliated societies if there is any chance of participation since more active or keener groups of observers would be difficult to find. Those of us who have had the opportunity to collect with some of these "amateurs" will realize how little the "professional" mycbiogist may know about mushrooms in the field (or, for that matter, from a culinary viewpoint!). These societies are:

Boston Mycological Club, Frank C. Helwig, Jr., Treas., 1099 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, Mass. 02176. Le Cercle des Mycologues Amateurs de Quebec, Pavillon des Sciences Pures, Cite Universitaire, Ste.-Foy, P.Q. Canada. The North American Mycological Association, Harry S. Knighton, 4245 Redinger Road, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662. Oregon Mycological Society, Inc., Donald Goetz, Reg. Agent, 6548 S.E. 30th Avenue, Portland, Ore. 97202. Society Mycologique de France, 36 rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, Paris ve, France.

E. SUSTAINING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill. 60064. Pharmaceutical products for the medical profession since 1888. Aersol Techniques, Inc., 432 Frog Town Road, New Canaan, Conn. 06840. American Optical Corp., Scientific Instrument Division, Buffalo, N.Y. 14215. 125 years of leadership in optics and 115 years of progressive achievement in microscopes. BBL, Division of BioQuest, Cockeysville, Md. 21030. Products for the microbiological laboratory. Buckman Laboratories, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. 38108. Industrial microorganism control specialists. Butler County Mushroom Farm, West Winfield, Pa. 16062. Campbell Soup Company, Camden, N.J. 08101. Difco Laboratory Products, 920 Henry St., Detroit. Mich. 48201. The complete line of micro-biological reagents and media. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, N.J. 07110. Pharmaceuticals, vitamins and aromatic chemicals. Lane Science Equipment Co., 105 Chambers St., New York, N.Y. 10007. Complete line of museum storage cabinets--especially herbarium cabinets--airtight for permanent protection. Eli Lilly and Company, 740 South Alabama St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46225. Pharmaceuticals, biologicals, and agricultural and industrial products. The Wm. S. Merrell Co., Division of Richardson-Merrell Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 45215. Pharmaceutical manufacturers since 1828. Miles Laboratories, Inc., Elkhart, Ind. 46514. Pharmaceutical and chemical research and manufacture. Parke, Davis & Company, Detroit, Mich. 48232. Pioneers in better medicines. Chas. Pfizer and Co., Inc., 11 Bartlett St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11206. Fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals by means of microorganisms. Schering Corporation, Bloomfield, N.J. 07003. Pharmaceutical manufacturers. Scientific Products, 1430 Waukegan Rd., McGaw Park, Ill. 60085. Supported by companies dedicated to the biological sciences. (Member company names on request) The Squibb Institute for Medical Research, E. R. Squibb & Sons., Division of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., New Brunswick, N.J. 08903. The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Mich. 49001. Fine pharmaceuticals since 1886. Wallerstein Company, Division of Travenol Laboratories, Inc., 125 Lake St., Staten Island, N.Y. 10303. Research and production of enzymes and fermentation chemicals. Warner-Lambert Research Institute, Warner-Lambert Company, Morris Elains, New Jersey 07950 F. ANNOUNCEMENTS I. PLEASE, DO NOT SEND MANUSCRIPTS being submitted to MYCOLOGIA to DR. ROBERT W. LICHTWARDT. The cost of trans-shipping 3-6 manuscripts weekly to the current editor depletes the treasury and contributes to inflation. MANUSCRIPTS being submitted SHOULD BE SENT TO DR. R. K. BENJAMIN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, whose address is (1) under Section J., CORRESPONDENT ADDRESSES.

11. PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS collects and disseminates information about translations into English of Scientific papers in plant pathology, mycology, and taxonomic or physiological virology, nematology, and bacteriology. Entomology, veterinary science, and human medicine are not included. The index now cites more than 6,000 translations that are alphabetized by author. The complete orig- inal citation; an.English translation of the title; the origin; and how and where it can be consulted, copied, or obtained are recorded for each translation. The card index, the cross-indices, and the archive will be useful to scientists who need a translation but do not wish to duplicate or pay for completed work that can be examined personally or by correspondence. The sources have been period- icals that list translations, lists at institutions, and individuals belonging to several scientific societies. Phytopathological Translations itself does =make new translations, but additional translations continually become known through scientists and departmental libraries. --You can helpl If you have a translation, the following information is needed about the original (author(~), year, original language title, journal, volume, issue, inclusive pages, English trans- lation or title, and name of original language) and about the translation (name of translation; date translated; number of pages in English; limitations if incomplete; place of deposit; number or code under which deposited; conditions under which the translation may be seen, borrowed, copied, or obtained; cost, if any, to consult or buy; and information as to whether the translation was approved by the original author or revised by other persons familiar with both languages and the subject matter). Send contributions or requests to Dr. Francis W. Rolmes, who will be in the Netherlands (2) until August, 1971, and then at home (3).

111. The GRADUATE PRIZE of $100.00 will be awarded for the mycological paper judged best by the Committee on Research Grants & Publications at the 37th annual meeting to be held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, June 20-24, 1971. Contestants for the Prize are limited to persons working toward the PhD or having received the degree no more than one year prior to the meeting. The Society will participate in an interdisciplinary meeting sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the Canadian Botanical Association.

IV. Don't forget that the FIRST INTERNATIONAL MYCOLOGICAL CONGRESS will meet at the University of Exeter in Devon, England, from September 7 through September 16, 1971. The program will include three hour symposia covering seven broad areas of mycology for which speakers will be invited: meetings covering aspects of the organization of mycology as well as special topics arranged vy individuals; sessions of offered papers; and lectures of general interest, film shows, demonstrations, and exhibitions. The MSA Corresponding Members are Drs. C. R. Benjamin, R. P. Korf, C. T. Rogerson, and E. G. Simmons.

V. A PRE-CONGRESS FIELD TRIP to the central Alps of Switzerland will organize in Davos, Switzerland, which is an excellent area for collection of both macro- and microfungi. The dates will be August 27, to September 3, 1971. An overall cost of $100-$110 will include hotel accommodation, pension, and transportation from and return to Zurich. Information may be obtained from Professor Dr. E. Muller (4). VI. The National Science Foundation has informed the MSA that applications for partial support of TRAVEL EXPENSES for the FIRST INTERNATIONAL MYCOLOGICAL CONGRESS will be accepted. Residency in the United States (but not U.S. citizenship) is required. MSA membership is not required. Neither graduate students nor federal employees whose job is in mycology can be supported. Applications will be considered on a competitive basis for the limited number of available grants and must be submitted no later than April 1, 1971. Request an International Travel Application from the Biological and Medical Science Division (5). Give name and address and mention the International Mycological Congress. The proper form and instructions will be sent to the individual applicants by NSF.

VII. Copies of the up-to-date LIST OF STATE EXTENSION SPECIALISTS in plant pathology and nematology include addresses, telephone numbers, percent of time given to extension, and special assignments or interests and are available from Dr. Harlan E. Smith (6). VIII. NOMINATIONS for inclusion in the 12th Edition, AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE, should be sent to The Editors (7), who can inform you of the criteria required for inclusion.

IX. The WHY of the recently held NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL CONGRESS (November 6-10, 1970), in Detroit, was best summarized by Senator Gordon Allott of Colorado whose letter to Science in part said, It..... the country might well benefit if, paraphrasing both Donald Hornig and the "now" generation, the scien- tific community would become "involved", and would drop the cloak of mystery, and take the time to ex- plain, not just to us in Congress, but to Mr. Taxpayer as well, just what it's all about. This would be a tremendous contribution and definitely a forward positive step in the National interest.'' Hopefully the sponsoring AIBS and FASEB achieved at least a portion of their aim.

X. A symposium on "The Roles of Steroids in Fungi" is being planned for the national meeting of the American Oil Chemists' Society, May 2-6, 1971, in ~oustbn,Texas. Details may be obtained from Dr. James W. Hendrix (8). XI. REPORT of the SECTION ON CULTURE COLLECTIONS, IAMS, Mexico City, August 14, 1970. (submitted by H. Iizuka (See item J, Address No. 109)) I wish to report that The Section on Culture Collections has voted to dissolve and to be re- constituted as the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC). The statutes of the WFCC, as amended, have been accepted at an open meeting, pending acceptance of I.A.M.S. The elected officers of the WFCC are: Chairman - Dr. S. Martin (Canada) Vice-chairman..- Prof. H. Iizuka (Japan) Secretary - Dr. S. Lapage (V.K.) Treasurer - Prof. V. Skerman (Australia) As Chairman of the newly formed WFCC, I would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the Japanese Federation of Culture Collections for its generous financial support in setting up this federation. A most successful Conference on Culture Collections was held in Tokyo, in 1968, under the chairman- ship of Prof. Iizuka. The conference proceedings have been published recently by the University of Tokyo Press. The newly formed WFCC has endorsed the recommendation of the Tokyo conference that the next conference on culture collections be held in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1972 subject, of course, to final acceptance by Czechoslovakia. The World Survey of Culture Collections, sponsored by the Unesco/ICRO PANEL FOR MICROBIOLOGY, has proceeded smoothly. It is our hope that the WFCC will beable to publish the World Directory and List of Species not later than June 1971. At about the same time the WFCC will be able to function effi- cently as a world data center. For the time being, the focal point for this center will be at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and will be under the direction of Prof. Skerman. The WFCC intends to go ahead with the preparation of an International Handbook of Procedures, in conjunction with the Sub-committee on Numerical Taxonomy, I.C.N.B. The WFCC is attempting to establish a Fellowship and Training Course Program, in conjunction with the Unesco/ICRO Panel for Microbiology, as an aid to microbiology in developing countries. The WFCC is trying to implement the recommendations of the Tokyo conference relating to the estab- lishment of a network of centers for the identification of microorganisms. Finally, the WFCC wishes to extend a vote of thanks to Prof. Skennan for his untiring work as President of the Section on Culture Collections. /s/ S. M. Martin (Address No. 110)

G. EXERCISE IN EDUCATION AND ALPHABETICAL POTPOURRI (In a discussion with C. R. Benjamin about organizational terminology abbreviated to accumulations of "relevant" letters as demonstrated in Announcement XI (above) and discussed at length in the MSA Council meeting at Bloomington, Indiana; I confessed ignorance (or lack of technical knowledge) con- cerning IUBS, ICSU, SCOPE, and other conglomerates and wondered aloud if we were entering a MAB, MAB WOILD, but CRB of CRD, ARS, USDA, enlightens me and other MSA members who might not be in the know, in the following dissertation on the SGA, IUBS, held in DC, 1015-10/9/70 (JGP OF BFDL, FDR, FIDR,FS, USDA, and MSAN editor)). 17th General Assembly, International Union of Biological Sciences, Washington, D.C., October 5-9, 1970 Background - The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) is the organization within which most international biological congresses, associations, federations, commissions, and other wholly bio- logical groups function and are promoted and coordinated. The IWS is the primary biological component of the top international scientific body, the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and plays an important role in formulating international policy on biological matters. IUBS is funded by subvention of UNESCO funds through ICSU and by subscription dues paid by its 40 adhering Countries. It functions through its Executive Committee, National Committees of the adhering Countries, and the many components of its Divisions, Sections, and Commissions. Final authority in the administration of the Union lies with the adhering Countries and is exercised collectively by the official Delegations of these Countries at the General Assemblies which are convened every 3 years. The United States adheres to this and other Unions through the National Academy of Science (NAS) (in cooperation with the State Department) which is administratively responsible for the U.S. National Committees of the various unions. The 15-member U.S. National Committee of IUBS is chaired by Dr. M. R. Irwin (U. Wisc.). I hold the office of Secretary and Dr. R. B. Stevens is the NAS/NRC (National Research Council) staff Executive Secretary. 17th General Assembly of IUBS - This 17th General Assembly of IUBS was the first to be held in the United States. It was attended by 95 Delegates who represented 25 adhering Countries and 24 disciplinary and administrative units of IUBS. Society members participating were Dr. R. B. Stevens, an official Observer for the candidate Section of Phytopathology, and myself, an Alternate Delegate for the U.S.A. Scientific sessions were included for the first time. These consisted of three half-day symposia on the theme "Man and His Environment", were very well received, and will become a regular feature of future General Assemblies. In addition to the U.S. emphasis, there seemed a wide international concern about the quality of our environment. We established a new Division of Environmental Biology within IUBS. Its involvement in UNESCO's new Man and the Biosphere (MU) program and in ICSU's new Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) can be expected to increase world attention to problems of overpopulation, food production, and biological and chemical pollution. A UN Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972 will include global monitoring of pollutants. I learned that the International Biological Program (IBP) has been extended to 1973. The IBP has transferred its responsibility for global monitoring to a special Commission of SCOPE. Resolutions were adopted advocating increased research on biological control of noxious pests and plants, urging all nations to practice population control, and urging governmental and institutional de-emphasis of paper presentations as criteria of attendance at international meetings. UNISIST, the ICSU-UNESCO Joint Project to Study the Feasibility of a World Information System reported that a final report with recommendations has now been drawn up. An information register will be set up and an International Conference on Information will be held in Paris in 1971. A new Section of Phytopathology was admitted to IUBS, as were new Working Groups on International Plant Protection Congresses and on Systematic and Evolutionary Biology Congresses. It should be noted that the 1st International Congress of Systematic Biology will be held in Boulder (U.Colo.) on August 4-12, 1973. The General Assembly took no action on the application for admission by the International Mycological Congresses, on the grounds that we have not yet achieved the requisite global organizational status, but expects that this will be achieved in time for admission at the next General Assembly. Surprisingly, however, it also accepted a "correction" of the "Commission on European Mycological Congresses" to be renamed "Commission on International Mycological Congresses". It also recommended to the International Commission on Protozoology, the Section of Phytopathology, the Section of Mycology within the Division of Microbiology, and the prospective Commission on Mycological Congresses, that they consider the creation of some interlocking mechanism between them during the period before the next General Assembly. Dr. D. S. Farner (U. Wash.) was re-elected President of IUBS and Dr. K. Faegri orwa way) was elected Secretary-General, replacing Dr. F. Stafleu (Netherlands) who recently became Secretary-General of ICSU. The next General Assembly of IUBS is scheduled for Yugoslavia in October, 1973.

/s/ Chester R. Benjamin H. PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION (The number in parentheses following the name(s) cites the address for contact (see Section J, which begins on p.25). I. NEW MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS a. Lichens of Western India (P. G. Patwardhan (74)) b. Myxomycetes 1. A mononra~hof Mvxomvcotina 3. V. Locauin (9)) 2. ~1tras;ructure of s&e development in'~vxo;y&tes- - (W. C. Rosim (10)) 3. Surface sculpturing on ~yxom~cetespores as seen with the scanning electron microscope (J. L. Koevenig (11)) 4. Light and electron microscopic studies of germinating spores of Fuligo septica (H. Stempen (12)) c. Phycomycetes 1. Genetics of Achlya bisexualis (D. H. Griffin '(13)) 2. The fine structure of Caulochytrium gloeosporii (R.E. McNitt and L.S. Olive (14)) d. Ascomycetes 1. Taxonomy of Genus Chaetomidium and Kernia (H. K. Seth (15)) 2. Isolation and characterization of purified genes from Neurospora crassa cell types (S.K. Dutta (16)) 3. Tyrosinase activity in Leptosphaerulina briosiana (D. S. Bishop (17)) 4. Ultrastructural studies of Chaetomium and Gelasinospora (W. C. Rosing (10)) e. Basidiomycetes 1. Rust fungi of western Mexico adjacent to the U.S. southwest (G. B. Cummins (18)) 2. Origin and evolution of rust fungi (E. E. Leppik (19)) 3. Rust fungi on the Lenuminasae (Ibid.) ~y tological studies of Puccinia helianthellae, Uromyces heterodermus, and Uropyxis petalostemonis (J. W. Baxter (20)) Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of chlamydospores of smuts (Ustilaginales) (U. C . Banerj ee (21)) Ecology, physiology, and general biology of Phallus impudicus (M. F. Stoner (22)) A new parasitic genus of Dacrymycetales (J. L. Cunningham (23)) World monograph on the Section Caerulescentes of the genus Psilocybe (G. Guzman (24)) Taxonomic studies on the Lycoperdaceae of Florida and subtropical areas (J. W. Kimbrough (25)) South American Gasteromycetes (J. E. Wright(26) and Miss H. M. Homrich (27)) Rhodophyllaceae of the Great Lakes Region (S. J. Mazzer (28)) Phytogeographic relationship between the fleshy fungi of Japan and eastern Asia and eastern North America (Ibid.) The development of Polyporus species in the natural habitat and the effect of the microenvironment (Lorene L. Kennedy (29)) Cytology and physiology of the clavarioid fungus, Pterula sp. (D. J. McLaughlin (30)) Comparative histochemical and ultrastructural studies of the hymenium of Boletus rubinellus and Coprinus lanopus (Ibid.) Evaluation of liquid nitrogen preservation of mushroom spawn cultures (10-year cooperative with ATCC (23)) (L. R. Kneebone (31)) f . Deuteromycetes (mImperfecti) 1. Variation in sporulation of Verticillium malthusei isolates (J. Holmes (32)) 2. A new genus of hvphomvcetes parasitic on rust funni (J. L. Cunnimham (23)) 3. pathogenesis of iycotic bovine abortion (~spergiliusfumigatus)

Family Dianemaceae (c,s) (D. T. Kowalski (44)) b. Phycomycetes 1. Chaetocladium, Chaetostylum, Helicostylum. Thamnidium (all c), and Entomophthora (s) (K. G. Mukerji (52)) 2. Phytophthora (c) (C. J. Hickman (55)) 3. Pythium (c) (0. Vaartaja (56)) 4. Family Endogonaceae (s) (J. M. Trappe (57)) c. Ascomycetes 1. Achaetomium, Ascotricha, Chaetomidium, Chaetomium, Kernia, and Lophotrichus (c,s) (K. G. Mukerji (52)) 2. Ceratocystis spp. (c) (J. J. Taylor (58)) 3. Chaetomium spp. (c,s) (W. C. Rosing (10)) 4. Cookeina sulcipes (c) (M. H. Zoberi (36)) 5. Histoplasma capsulatum (c,s) (R. R. LaBarbera (42)) 6. Leptosphaerulina spp. (c) (D. S. Bishop (17)) 7. Plectania, Sarcosoma, Wolfina, etc. in Tribe Urnuleae, Family Sarcoscyphaceae (fresh (s) suitable to prepare (c)) (J. W. Paden (59)) 8. Pachyella and Psilopeziza (s) (D. H. Pfister (60)) 9. Pezizas from Vermont(s) (Mrs. R. H. Miller (61)) 10. Gnomoniae (c,s) (Margaret E. Barr Bigelow (62)) 11. Gymnoascaceae and related fungi (c) (G. F. Orr (53)) 12. Tropical Hypocreales (s) (Amy Rossman (63)) 13. Tuberales, especially Elaphomyces (s) (J. M. Trappe (57)) 14. Coprophilous discomycetes (c) (J. W. Kimbrough (25)) d. Basidiomycetes 1. Smut spores from Teosinte tripsacum or its maize relatives (U. C. Banerjee (21)) 2. Ustilago maydis chlamydospores from its Teosinte host, (Euchlaena mexicana (8) (Ibid.) 3. Species of Ustilaginales which might have a red to orange sporidial (yeastllike) phase (c) (S. Y. Newel1 (38)) Ceratobasidium spp., Uthatobasidium spp., Oliveonia spp., Waitea spp., and Metabourdotia spp (c) (Mrs. Ruth Ann Taber (64)) Lepiota (sensu lato), especially from western U.S. (s) (W. J. Sundberg (65)) Lycoperdon and allied genera of the Lycoperdaceae (s) (J. N. Holliday, Jr. (66)) Phallus impudicus and Phallus spp. (M. F. Stoner (22)) Psilocybe section Caerulescentes (s) (G. Guzman (24)) Stipitate Hydnums (s) (K. A. Harrison (67)) Any tropical or subtropical Lycoperdaceae (s) (J. W. Kimbrough (25)) South American Gasteromycetes excluding Lycoperdon but including especially Calvatia and Tulostorna (s) (J. E. Wright (26)) Hypogeous Basidiomycetes (s) (J. M. Trappe (57)) Rhodophyllaceae of the Great Lakes and northern regions of the U.S. (8) with notes on locality and macro-characters only (S. J. Mazzer (28)) Deuteromycetes (Fungi Imperfecti) 1. Chrysosporium (Emmonsia) paN.um and varieties and Sporotrichum spp. (c) (J. J TayloIr (58)) 2. Cylindrocladium (c,s) (A. Donnan, Jr. (68)) 3. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. apii; f. sp. pisi; f. sp. e;f.sp. lycopersici 'ace 2; and f. sp. niveum (c,s) (G. M. Armstrong (69)) 4. Memnoniella and Stachybotrys (c) (R. K. Zuck (70)) 5. Rhodotorula sp. and Sporobolomyces sp. (D. C. Prusso (35)) 6. Tuberculina spp. (c,s) (J. L. Cunningham (23)) 7. Typical dematiaceous fungi for teaching (c) (S. and 8. Jean Shadomy (71)) 8. Helicosporous fungi (R. D. Coos (49)) f. Miscellaneous: Cotton boll rot fungi (c) (J. A. Pinckard (37))

FUNGI: IDENTIFICATION OF CULTURES AN0 SPECIMENS a. Lichens 1. Species of the Leacanora subfusca group (6) (I. Brodo (72)) 2. New Mexican species (s) (R. S. Egan (73)) b. Myxomycetes 1. Order Trichiales (s) (H. W. Keller (54)) 2. Myxomycetes (c,s) (D. T. Kowalski (44)) 3. Myxomycetes (M. V. Locquin (9)) Phycomycetes 1. Endogone spp. (s) (J. M. Trappe (57)) 2. Helicostylum (c,s) (K. G. Mukerji (52)) 3. Mortierella (c) (E. G. Kohlman (75)) 4. Phytophthora (c) with advance arrangements (C. J. Hickman (55)) 5. Pythium (c) (0. Vaartaja (56)) comycetes Achaetomium, Kernia, and Lophotrichus (c,s) (K. G. Mukerji (52)) Arachnopeziza, Rutstroemia, and Pezisales (s) (R. P. Korf (76)) Ascophanus, Ascozonus, Coprotus, Fimaria, Gelatinodiscus, Iodophanus, Lasiobolus, Ryparobius, Streptotheca, Thelebolus, and Zukalina (c, s) (J. W. Kimbrough (25)) Chaetomium, Chaetomidium, Kernia, Lophotrichus, Thielavia, and allied genera (El. Coccidiodes immitis (c,s) (M. Huppert (51)) Dasyscyphus spp. with colored hairs (s) (J. H. Haines (77)) Pachyella and Psilo ezia (s) (D. H. Pfister (60)) Gnomoniae (c,s-t E. Barr Bigelow (62)) Family Sarcoscyphaceae, Tribe Urnuleae (s) (J. W. Paden (59)) Gymnoascaceae (c,s) (G. F. Orr (53)) Tuberales, especially Elaphomyces (s) (J. M. Trappe (57)) Marine ascomycetes (c,s) (J. Kohlmeyer (48)) e. Basidiomycetes 1. Ravenelia spp., Uropyxis spp., and Puccinia spp. on Labiatae (a) (J. W. Baxter (20)) 2. Lycoperdon (s) with advance arrangements (J. N. Holliday, Jr. (66)) 3. Stipitate Hydnums (s) (K. A. Harrison (67)) 4. Agaricales, especially Rhodosporae, if accompanied by notes on fresh material from Great Lakes region only (s) (S. J. Mazzer (28)) 5. Agaricales (M. V. Locquin (9)) 6. Hypogeous Basidiomycetes (s) (J. M. Trappe (57)) 7. Marine Basidiomycetes (c,s) (J. Kohlmeyer (48)) Deuteromycetes (- Imperfecti) 1. Penicillium (c) (J. I. Pitt (78)) 2. Sporotrichum spp. (c,s) (J. J. Taylor (58)) 3. Tuberculina (c,s) (J. L. Cunningham (23)) 4. Verticillium malthausei (c) with advance arrangements only (J. Holmes 5. Aquatic hyphomycetes (c) (J. L. Crane (79)) 6. Marine deuteromycetes (c,s) J. Kohlmeyer (48)) g. Miscellaneous 1. Any coprophilous fungi (I. Roy (15)) VI. MYCOLOGICAL ITEMS FOR SALE

* A correspondent suggests that a stamped, self-addressed envelope be in- * * cluded with each response so that replies following sale of an item * * do not cost the seller more than the item grossed. x ...... a. Older Literature 1. Phytopathology, Vols. 36 (1946) through 60 (1970) $120 (W.H. Wheeler (80)) 2. Phvto~atholonv.Vols. 7 (1917) to Vol. 58 (1968) unbound. Vol. 8 missing Nos. 6.7.8.. . l'h;eea indices-covering ~dls. 1-50 included .. ~sking$700 with purchaser-paying.. - shipping charges. (H: L. Keil (81)) 3. Mycologia, Vols. 1-60 (bound, original) plus general index Vols. 1-24 (bound) and index Vols. 1-58. (M. B. Walters (82)). NOTE: Response was dated February, 1970, but was delayed in delivery to July, 1970, so may be unavailable now (Editor). 4. Reprints: D.B.O. Saville (32 papers) $4.00; b. Winge et a1 (27 papers on genetics of yeasts) $5.00 (L. E. Wehmeyer (83)) 5. Collins, C. H. (editor). 1967. Progress in microbiological techniques. Plenum Publ. $8.50; Microcha, C. I. and I. Uritaniz. 1967. The dynamic role of molecular constituents in plant parasite interaction. Am. Phytopath. Soc. $6.50; Abstracts of Mycology, Vol. 1, Nos. 1,2,3. $1.25 each (J. N. Holliday, Jr. (66)) 6. Tucket, C. M. 1931. Taxonomy of the genus Phytophthora de Bary. Univ. of Mo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bull. 153. 208 p. $10; Pierce, N. B. 1900. Peach leaf curl: Its nature and treatment. USDA, Div. Veg. Physiol. & Pathol. Bull. 20. 204 p. + 30 pl. $10; Zeller, S. M. 1939. Developmental morphology of Alpova. Ore. State Monographs, Corvallis. 19 D. $1: Lloyd, C. G. lh2. -synopsis of the stipitate Polyporoids. Bull. Lloyd Library, Myc. Ser. No. 6. 113 p. $10; Duggar, B. M. 1909. Fungous Diseases of Plants. Ginn & Co., 508 p. $3; Mycologia, single issues: Vol. 55 (19631, Nos. 1,5,6. $1 ea; Ann. Rev. Phytopathology, Vol. 1. 469 p. $4; Zahl, P. A. 1965. Bizarre world of the Fungi. National Geographic 128:502-528 $1 (good for classroom use) ; Arner. Jour. Bot: 1963 (50) Nos. 1,3,5; 1964 (51) Noa. 1,2,4,5; 1965 (52) Nos. 1-9; 1966 (53) Nos. 1-3. $1 each: ~auffkn; C. H. 1924; The genus Lepiota in the United States. Papers of the Mich. cad. Sci. Arts and Letters, 4: 311-344, $3; Miller, Julian H. 1928. Biologic studies in the Sphaeriales -- I and 11. Mycologia 20: 187-213, 305-339. $5.00. (J. L. Maas (81)) 7. Duggar, B. M. 1909. Fungous diseases of plants. (fair condition, cover worn) $3.00 (M. F. Stoner (22)) 8. Tulasne, L. R. and C. Selecta fungorum Carpologia. (Trnsltd. W. B. Grove et al, 1931) $20 (D. J. McLaughlin (30)) 9. Bourdot, H. & H. Galzin: Hymenomycetes de France. Paris 1928. Orig., paper covers, $15; Bessey, E. A. 1950. Morphology & Taxonomy of Fungi. Philadelphia $8; Honig, P. & F. Verdorn. 1945. Science and scientists in the Netherlands Indies. N.Y. $5; Williams, R.E.O. & C. C. Spicer. 1957. Microbial Ecology, Cambridge, $6; ZoBell, C. E. 1946. Marine microbiology, Waltham, Mass., $6; Buller, A.H.R. 1909. Vol. 1, N.Y., Vol. 5, 1933. Orig. copies. $10 ea. (G.W. Martin (54)) 10. Guyot. A. L. 1958. Uredineana. Vol. 5. (Encyl. Mycol. Vol. 31). $10; McAlpine, D. 1895. Systematic arrangement of Australian fungi. $8; The rusts of Australia. 1906. $10; . The smuts of Australia. 1910. (lacks title pg.) $10. (R. P. Korf (76)) 11. Reprints and odd numbers of journals (mostly phytopathological). List on request. (J. E. Wright (26)) 12. Bessey, E.-A. 1935. A text-book of mycology. $5; Chupp, C. 1953. A monograph of the fungus genus Cercospora. $8; Duggar, B. M. 1909. Fungous diseases of plants. $3; Mycologia (unbound) Vols. 28-32. ($8 per vol. + $2) $42; Smith, A. H. 1947. North American species of Mycena. $15; Smith, G. 1960. An introduction to industrial Mycology. $10; Wycoff, E. 1911-16. Bibliographical contributions from the Lloyd Library, Nos I, 11, v, VI, & V.2, No. I, VI, X & XI. $5. (A. Sanchez (84)) b . Newer Literature 1. Guzman, G. ' 1970. Nuevas claves para identificar algunos macromicetos Mexicanos (New keys for identification of some ~exicanmacromycetes). Escuela Nacional de Cencias Biologicas del Instituto Politecnico Nacional. Mexico, D.F. 49 pp. Write to the author (24) for informa- tion if interested in this mimeographed publication illustrated with drawings of common species. The glossary of Spanish terms (defined in Spanish) should be most useful. 2. The 1970 edition of the catalogue of ATCC cultures (cost $3.75) plus an additional 400 accessioned fungi are available. Address inquiries to Mrs. Bobbie Brandon (23). 3. Culberson, Chicita F. 1969. Supplement to chemical and botanical guide to lichen products.. University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill. 200 pp. Paperback. $4. To inquire or order this literature summarizing data in 295 papers published 1965-69, write to L. E. Anderson (14). VII. MYCOLOGICAL ITEMS NEEDED a. Literature 1. Persons interested in selling back issues of Mycologia or the Review of Applied Mycology please contact R. L. Kiesling, Chairman (85) 2. Studies on Parmelia subgenus Parmelia. 1964. Contribution U.S. National Herbarium 36: 121-191; 1965. A monograph of Parmelia subgenus Amphigynmia. Contribution U.S. National Herbarium 36: 193-358. (P. G. Patwardhan (74)) Graham, V. 0. 1944. Mushrooms of the Great Lakes region. Chicago. (C. Baman (86)) Coker and Couch. Gasteromycetes.(Ruth Ann Taber (64)) Mycologia. Vols. 25, 26, 27. (S. J. Hughes (87)) Corner, E.J.H. 1950. A monograph of Clavaria and aIlied genera; Coker, W. C. 1923. The Clavarias of the U.S. and Canada. (R. Koske (88)) C. G. Lloyd. 1908-1912. Mycological Writings. Vol. 3; - 1912-1916. - Vol. 4. (Ellen Trueblood (39)) Lister, A. A monograph of the Mycetozoa. (Any edition: 1894, 1911, 1925); Massee, G. 1892. A monograph of the Myxogastres; Hagelstein, R. 1944. Mycetozoa of North America. Macbride, T. 1899. North American slime moulds; Macbride, T. and G. W. Martin. 1934. The Myxomycetes. (D. T. Kowalski (44)) Fergus, C. L. 1960. Illustrated genera of wood-decaying fungi. Burgess. (J.J. Doria (89)) Cummins, G.B. Illustrated genera of rust fungi. (J. W. Baxter (20)) Mycologia. Vols. 52, 53, 55. (J. W. Paden (59)) Butler and Jones. Plant Pathology. Any edition; new or used. (D. Hocking (90)) Ridgeway. 1912. Color standards. (In very good condition) K. W. Sterling (91)) Reprints on taxonomy of fleshy fungi, especially pre-1964 (monographs, new species, descriptions, etc. ) (W. J. Sundberg (65)) Mycologia. Vols. 3, 4, 6, 9, and 28-39. (B. Kendrick (92)) Lister, A. L. 1925. A monograph of the Mycetozoa. 3rd Edition. (H. Stempen (12)) Publications on spores of Ustilaginales for work in fungal palynology. (U.C. Banerjee (21)) b. Philatelic Items: Special postmarks on entire envelope or cards commemorating inter. mycol. meetings. (J. L. Maas (81)) VIII. VACANCIES a. Mycologist with recent doctorate 1. Scotland: For information about post-doctorate, write to Ivor Roy (15) 2. United States Texas: Post-doctorate. One (1) possibly two (2) years. Chemistry or ultrastructure of fungal cell walls. (Dr. P. J. Szaniszlo (50)) Virginia: if interested in post-doctoral fellowships-on NIH grant, write Drs. S. and H. Jean Shadomy (71) b. Technician 1. California: Inquire of Prof. Peter H. Tsao (93) if you have a bachelor's or master's degree and desire technical employment: Title Laboratory Technician. Salary range: $7728-$9396 per year. Research areas: Ecological, physiological, pathological, and soil micro- biological studies of Phytophthora and Thielaviopsis; Isolation, identification, and population studies of soil fungi. 2. Kansas: Full-time September, 1971, through August, 1972, requiring microbiological laboratory experience. Electronmicroscope experience desirable but not essential. (Prof. R. W. Lichtwardt (11))

IX. AVAILABLE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANTSHIPS a. Canada 1. Alberta: For information about a teaching or research assistantship in mycology for 1971-72, write to Dr. Lorene L. Kennedy (29). 2. Ontario: Apply to Prof. B. Kendrick (92) for information about research and teaching slots paying $3600 - $4000 per year. b. Scotland: For information about an assistantship, write to Ivor Roy (15). c. United States 1. California: If interested in one or two teaching slots leading to MS degree in bio-

logical sciences specializing in mycology for 1971-72 and paying-~ - circa $2300 for 9 months, inquire of'~r. Martin F. stoner-(22). 2. California: For the MS degree, a 2-year teaching-research assistantship paying $2300- $3250 will be awarded on a competitive basis. (Dr. Donald T. Kowalski (44)) 3. California: Send to Dr. John Carr (34) for an application for 112 time teaching assist- antships that pay $2300 for 9 months and lead to the MS or MA in microbiology. 4. Delaware: For information on teaching and NDEA fellowships inquire of Dr. D. Herson or Dr. H. Ling (45). First year stipend $2500 with tuition paid. Possibilities exist for additional summer funds. Flotida: Teaching assistantships that pay $2700 for 9 months are available In the Department of Botany-Bacteriology. (Dr. Diane T. Wagner-Merner (94) Kansas: For information about teaching assistantships write to Dr. Dean S. Bishop (17). Kansas: Graduate research assistantship beginning September, 1971, and requiring half- time. (Prof. R. W. Lichtwardt (11)) Minnesota: Apply to the Dept. of Botany (30) for teaching assistantships paying $3240. New York: Students interested in physiology of fungi, taxonomy of the Polyporaceae, morphology and ecology of Deuteromycetes and Basidiomycetes, or fine structure of conidial ontogeny contact Dr. W. Webb, Director of Graduate Studies (95), about teaching assist- antships available at the MS and PhD levels. Pennsylvania: Apply to Dr. Jack Harclerode, Chairman (96) if interested in a teaching assistantship that pays $2400 per year. Texas: For information about teaching assistantships in microbiology-mycology write to Dr. Paul J. Szaniszlo or to Dr. Derek Hoare, Graduate Student Advisor (50). STUDENT'S FXPECTING DOCTORATES LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT a. Poland - RYSZARD MIETKIEWSKI: "Fungi in the powder from imported corn"; Research interest: Corn Granaries; Teaching competence: Plant Pathology; November, 1970; Major Prof. :T. Dominik (43). United States 1. Arkansas - JIMMY D. BRAGG: "Morphological and Physiological Studies in the Gymnoascaceae"; Research interest: Mycology: taxonomy and physiology; Teaching competence: Mycology; general botany, general microbiology, physiology; June or August 1970; Major Prof.:George T. Johnson (97). 2. California - WALTER J. SUNDBERG: "An ultrastructural study of basidlal ontogeny and meiosis"; Research interest: fungal taxonomy and ultrastructure, especially basidio- mycetes; Teaching competence: Mycology, general botany, general plant pathology, general biology; June, 1971; Major Prof.:Kenneth Wells (65). 3. California - BOYD F. HOLDAWAY: "The survival and population of Phytophthora parasitica in soils as influenced by ecological factors"; Research interest: Ecology of soil fungi; Teaching competence: Plant pathology, mycology, botany; June, 1971; Major Prof.:Peter H. Tsao (93). 4. Colorado - ROBERT SHAW EGAN: "A.floristic study of alpine lichens from Colorado and New Mexico"; Research interest: Taxonomy, phytogeography and ecology of lichens and other cryptogams; Teaching competence: General biology, general botany, plant morph- ology, ecology, mycology, lichenology; May, 1971; Major Prof.: Ssm Shushan (73). 5. Florida - STEVEN Y. NEWELL: "Ecology and successions of fungi on seedlings of the Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.); Research interest: Ecology of marine yeasts and fungi; Teaching competence: Biological oceanography, marine mycology; August, 1971; Major Prof. : J. W. Fell (38). 6. Georgia - ROBERT 0. BLANCHARD: "Comparative ultrastructure of centrum development in two genera of Ascomycetes"; Research interest: Ultrastructure of Pyrenomycetes and Fungi Imperfecti; Teaching competence: Mycology, microbiology, botany, biochemistry; August, 1971; Major Prof.: Richard T. Hanlin (40). 7. Georgia - MRS. WILLIE LENA AUSTIN: "The ultrastructure of organelle development and wall ontogeny in ascospores of homothallic Neurosporas"; Research interest: Fungal ultrastructure (interested in postdoctorate research in medical mycology); Teaching competence: Mycology, plant morphology, general botany; June, 1971; Major Prof.: Lafayette Frederick (98). 8. Idaho - DENNIS CORSINI: "Organic acid metabolism of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum"; Research Interest: Phytopathology; physiology of disease; Teaching competence: Biochemistry, cell physiology; June, 1971; Major Prof.: Duane Le Tourneau (99). 9. Indiana - MICHAEL R. TANSEY (41): "Experimental studies of thermophilic and thermo- tolerant fungi, with emphasis on their occurrence in wood chip piles, cellulolytic ability, nutrition, and physiology"; Research interest: Biology of thermophilic fungi; Teaching competence: Mycology, general botany, microbiology; Sept. 1970; Major Prof. : Ralph Emerson (100). Iowa - HAROLD W. KELLER: "The genus Perichaena (Myxomycetes): A taxonomic and cultural study"; Research interest: Myxomycetes (Systematics, ecology, and life cycle); Teaching competence: General biology, general botany, mycology, medical mycology, medical parasitology; June, 1971; Major Prof .: G. W. Martin (54). Missouri - LAURA S. BRADFORD: "Genetics and morphogenesis of Coprinus curtus"; Research interest; Genetics of agarics; Teaching competence: General biology; general botany, mycology, develop- mental biology; June, 1971; Major Prof.: James Maniotis (101). New York - DR. SEBASTIAN FAR0 (Postdoctoral Fellow,with Dr. Alma W. Barksdale (102)): "Physiological aspects of pigment production in relation to morphogenesis in tigrinus"; Research interest: Physiology, morphogenesis and genetics; Teaching competence: Mycology, fungal physiology; August, 1970; Major Prof.: Martin A. Rosinski (54). New York - TERRENCE M. HAMMILL: "Fine structure of conidiogenesis in selected species of Imperfect Fungi"; Research interest: Fine structure, taxonomy of Imperfect Fungi; soil fungi; Teaching competence: Mycology, general botany, ultrastructural cytology, general biology; June, 1971; Major Prof.: C. J. K. Wang (95). New York - PAUL A. HORGEN: "Multiple RNA polymerases of Blastocladiella emersonii"; Research interest: Physiology and biochemistry of fungi; Teaching competence : Mycology, cell physiology, introductory botany; June, 1971; Major Prof.: D. H. Griffin (13). New York - DONALD H. PFISTER: "A monograph of the Psilopeziod fungi"; Research interest: Taxonomy, anatomy, and morphology of discomycetes; Teaching competence: Mycology, plant path- ology, lichenology, plant taxonomy and general botany; June, 1971; Major Prof. R. P. Korf (60). North Carolina - GREGORY W. ERDOS: "A new family of mycetezoans parasitic on ci1iates";:Research interest: Fungal ultrastructure; Teaching competence: General botany, mycology, cytology, cell biology; June, 1971; Major Prof.: Lindsay S. Olive (14). Oklahoma - J. RONALD TACKER: "Fate of Cryptococcus neoformens in lungs"; Research interest; Medical mycology, microbiology and immunology; Teaching competence: Excellent in medical center; Summer, 1971; Major Prof.: G. S. Bulmer (103). Oregon - MARCIA C. WICKLOW: "A comparison of soil microfungi in forest stands of red alder, conifer, and alder-conifer mixtures"; Research interest: Ecology of soil fungi; Teaching competence: Mycology, general botany, general microbiology, and soil microbiology; June, 1971; Major Prof. : William C. Denison (63). Oregon - RICHARD A. ROEPER: "Biology of symbiotic fungi associated with the Ambrosia beetles of western United States"; Research interest: Insect - Fungal Symbiosis; Teaching Compet- ence: Botany, microbiology and mycology; August, 1971; Major Prof.: W. C. Denison (63). Virginia - LYNN W. ENQUIST: "Analysis of DNA from Actinomycetes"; Research interest: Microbial biochemistry; Teaching competence: Microbiology, microbial genetics, microbial physiology; June, 1971; Major Prof.: S. G. Bradley (104). Wisconsin - DANIEL P. MAHONEY,II: "Soil fungi of the Galapagos Islands"; Research interest: Soil mycology; Teaching competence: Mycology, general botany, general biology; June, 1971; Major Prof. : M. P. Backus (105). XI. GRADUATES AT BACHELOR'S OR MASTER'S LEVEL FOR EMPLOYMENT AS TECHNICIANS, EXPERIMENTALISTS, ETC. a. Canada 1. Alberta: EDWARD BURROUGHS (106), who has worked with Aspergillosis in chicks and received the MS degree in 1970 is recommended by John J. Taylor (58). 2. Ontario: For references about M. HASHMI (MSc in fungal karyology) write to Boyce Kendrick (92). b. Nigeria: DR. M. H. ZOBERI (36) will be glad to recommend one or more of his students for employment. c. United States 1. Nevada: WILLIAM O'MALIA (BS, MS) seeks employment in a technical position and will be recommended by Don C. Prusso (35). 2. Texas: HELEN SUE VOGES has the BA in biology and is scheduled for the MA in microbiology with a thesis on chemistry and ultrastructure of the cell walls of dermatophytes. She may be reached through Paul J. Szaniszlo (50). I. PERSONAL INFOJ?MATION I. MYCOLOGISTS WITH NFX AFFILIATIONS a. Dr. T. G. Pridham, Head, ARS Culture Collection Investigations in the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the USDA in Peoria, Illinois, announces the appointment of Cletus P. Kurtzman as curator of the yeast collection succeeding L. J. Wickerham. After receipt of the PhD under H. L. Barnett at West Virginia University in 1967, Dr. Kurtzman worked with Dr. Wickerham on taxonomic problems in yeasts and will continue research on taxonomy and sexuality on several genera. Present curators are Dr. Pridham (Actinomycetales), Dr. W. C. Haynes (bacteria), Dr. J. J. Ellis (molds other than Aspergilli and Penicillia), and Miss Dorothy I. Fennel1 (Aspergilli and Penicillia). b. Dr. John W. Bennett, formerly working on aflatoxingenicity in the Oil Seed Crops at the USDA Southern Regional Research Laboratory has .joined Prof. Arthur Welden at Tulane to work on the Thelephoraceae and teach in the Department of Biology. c. Dr. J. A. Simon of Kansas State University is now at Howard University with Dr. S. K. Dutta as a post-doctoral fellow. d. Dr. Orson K. Miller, Jr., has left the Beltsville Forest Disease Laboratory to join the staff in the Department of Biology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. Va. e. Dr. Frank Odds from the University of Leeds in Great Britain has joined the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. f. Dr. Walter N. Ezeldel has been transferred to the Health Division, Coal Mine Health and Safety, Bureau of Mines, to work on coal worker's pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). g. Dr. Elmer C. Canfield, (PhD from University of Idaho (1969)) was recently appointed Visiting Assistant Research Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Arizona. h. Dr. John Brushaber from North Carolina.State University has joined the Prairie Regional Laboratory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, as post-doctorate fellow, and Dr. Douglas Eveleigh has left for the Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers. i. Dr. R. D. Goos, formerly Associate Researcher and Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii, has joined the Department of Botany, University of Rhode Island as Associate Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology. j. Dr. Harold H. Kuehn has left the Mercer County Community College in Trenton to join the Rohm and Haas Co., in Bristol, Pennsylvania. k. Dr. John L. Cunningham is now in the Mycology Department of the American Type Culture Collection at Rockville, Maryland. 1. Michael R. Tansey received the PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, and is now a NSF post-doctoral fellow with Prof. T. D. Brock, Department of Microbiology, Indiana University, Bloomington. m. Dr. Joao S. Furtado has returned to the Instituto de Botanica in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from the Department of Botany in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. n. Dr. Hari K. Seth has been appointed Lecturer at the David Dale College in Glasgow, Scotland. 11. TRAVELING MYCOLOGISTS a. Dr. G. S. Bulmer of the University of Oklahoma Medical School will present a one-month course in medical mycology at the Viet Nam medical school during March, 1971, in affiliation with the American Medical Association. b. Dr. M. J. Thirumalachar, Director of Research for Hindustan Antibiotics, Pimgri, Poona, , India, visited the Georgia State University in Atlanta; the NIH in Washington, D. C.; the herbarium of the National Fungus Collections in Beltsville, Maryland; and several pharmaceutical companies producing antibiotics before and after attending the Inter- aational Congress of Microbiology held in Mexico City August 9-15, 1970. c. Dr. I~inBrodo was in Europe between April 27, and June 4, 1970, spending 2 112 weeks at Scandanavian herbaria in Helsinki, Turku, Uppsala, Lund, Oslo, and Stockholm, and a like period at the Commonwealth Mycological Institute at Kew. d. Dr. M. H. Zoberi of the University of Ife in Nigeria is spending July, 1970, through January, 1971, at the Institute for Physiological Botany in Uppsala, Sweden, to study transpiration in higher fungi. e. Dr. L. R. Batra of the National Fungus Collections in Beltsville, Maryland, visited Dr. Gaston Guzman in his laboratory in Mexico City during August, 1970. f. Dr. Vincent Demoulin, University of Liege in Belgium, visited the New York State Museum in Albany to examine Gasteromycetes in the Peck collection during October, 1970. g. Drs. Milton Huppert and Sung H. Sun of the VA Hospital in San Fernando will attend the Fifth Congress of the International Society of Human and Animal Mycology in Paris during July, 1971. h. In September, 1970, Drs. Howard and Margaret Bigelow of the University of Massachusetts participated in a mycological symposium at the University of Turku Subarctic Biological Station in Kevo, Finland. i. Dr. Ed F. Wicker, Forestry Sciences Laboratory at Moscow, Idaho, left on July 6 for one year in Europe where he will work with Drs. Rishbeth and Garrett in the Botany School at Cambridge University and will collect fungi and bacteria associated with rust cankers on pines in 26 countries and study their utility for biological control. j. Ivor Roy of David Dale College in Glasgow, Scotland, collected specimens on Malta. k. Miss H. M. Homrich of Brazil spent last September working in the taxonomy of South American species of Calvatia with Dr. Jorge E. Wright in Buenos Aires. 111. AWARDS AND REWARDS

a. Degree: C. J. Hickman of the University of Western Ontario received the DSc from the University of Birmingham in England. b. Promotions 1. Dr. Irena Maichrowicz received the Docent title in the Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Szczecin, Poland. 2. Dr. S. K. Dutta was recommended for promotion to full Professor at Howard University in Washington, D. C. 3. Drs. H. Jean and Smith Shadomy were made Associate Professors in Medicine and Micro- biology at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. 4. Dr. Donald Ahearn became Assistant Dean of Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Graduate School at Georgia State University in Atlanta. 5. Dr. Martin F. Stoner was promoted this fall to rank of Associate Professor at the California State Polytechnic College in Pomona. 6. Dr. Diane T. Wagner-Merner advanced from Assistant to Associate Professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. 7. George N. Bistis was promoted to Associate Professor at Fordham University. 8. On July 12, David T. Specht was promoted to Research Microbiologist, PWQA, Pacific NW Water Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon. 9. Dr. R. H. Estey was appointed Chairman, Department of Plant Pathology, McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as of September 1, 1970. 10. Dr. Howard E. Bigelow has been promoted to Professor of Botany at the University of Massachusetts.

c. Awards 1. Both Professors Lafayette Frederick of Atlanta University and John J. Taylor of the University of Montana are listed in the 1970 edition of Outstanding Educators of America. 2. Professor F. W. Martin of the University of Iowa received the Gleason Award of the New York Botanic Garden at Bloomington, Indiana, on August 25, 1970. 3. Dr. Leon R. Kneebone of Pennsylvania State University is the first professional person to be elected to the Board of Directors, American Mushroom Institute. Dr. Kneebone has been selected for the fifth 3-year term to represent North & South America on the International Commission on Mushroom Science with headquarters in Horst, Netherlands. He is also repres- enting North & South America on the Program Cownittee for tho VIII International Congress on Mushroom Science to be held in London, September 7-15, 1971. 4. The H. Bernard Fisk Award for excellence in teaching and the H.O.P.E. Award honoring the outstanding progressive educator went to Dr. James L. Koevenig at the University of Kansas. 5. Dr. H. L. Barnett of West Virginia University was elected Vice-President by the American Phytopathological Society for 1971. 6. Elwin Stewart, a graduate student at Oregon State University, was awarded a $200 grant for his research on the genus Gautieria by the Northwest Scientific Association. 7. Dr. Rene Pomerleau of Sillery, Quebec, received the Medal: Order of Canada, in October, 1970, after retirement from a long, productive, and illustrious career in mycology and plant pathology. (These are the editor's inadequate comments!) 8. Dr. Hari K. Seth was elected a Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Scotland. 9. Dr. Robert R. LaBarbera has been appointed to an Honorary Research Position in the Facultad de Medicina in Valladolid, Spain...... THE NAMA AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMATEUR MYCOLOGY (1970) The North American Mycological Society (see Item D, AFFILIATED SOCIETIES) Award for Contri- butions to amateur mycology consisting of a large ceramic replica of Amanita muscaria, an engraved plaque, and an honorary life membership in NAMA was presented to Dr. R. L. Shaffer of the University of Michigan on September 27, at the Minnesota Biological Station, Lake Itasca, by Dr. C. Wayne Ellett, Chairman of the Awards Committee. Of the 10 preceding awards, 7 have gone to outstanding amateurs and 3 to professional mycologists.

IV. INVITATIONAL PAPERS AN0 LECTURES a. Dr. S. K. Dutta of Howard University presented a paper entitled Gene Isolation at the Indian Science Congress and the University of Geneve. b. The rust fungi as specialized parasites was the subject of a seminar at Southern Illinois University by Dr. John W. Baxter, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on April 1. c. Dr. E. George Kuhlman, Forestry Sciences Lab., USDA, talked on Mortierella: with emphasis ggospore formation before the Mycolloquicum group at the North Carolina State University Faculty Club on November 3. d. Dr. Libero Ajello's topic before the Tenth International Congress for Microbiology in Mexico City, July 13, was Sexual reproduction.among fungi pathogenic to man. e. Dr. Jack D. Rogers of the Washington State University presented a seminar on The relevance -of cytological observations to fun~alsystematics, and Dr. John L. Cunningham discussed Gloeoredium, a new genus hyperparasitic on rust fungi, at the American Type Culture Collection in Rockville, Maryland. f. Umesh C. Banerjee of Howard University presented a paper on Palynology of grasses in Ontario, Canada, on October 15, at the third annual meeting of the American ~ssoxationof Stratigraphic Palynologists. g. Dr. James Holmes discussed Verticillium disease of mushrooms and its control in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 12. h. Dr. Robert R. La Barbera of the Facultad de Medicina in Valladolid, Spain, discussed Adregenic actions in Oporto, Portugal, during the week May 25-31. V. RETIREMENTS, ILLNESSES, DEATHS a. George B. Cummins of the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology is now on terminal leave from Purdue University, is residing in Tucson, Ariz. (181, and will retire on March 31, 1971. b. Professor emeritus Helen Gilkey of Oregon State University spent much of this past summer in the hospital but is now recovered and well.

Since publication of Vol. XXI, No. 1, of the Newsletter in June, 1970, the following members of the Mycological Society of America have been reported deceased: Dr. L. M. Massey died on November 12, 1969. He was a charter member of the Society and had been an emeritus member since 1956. His most recent address was 412 Klinewoods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850. Dr. L. Wallace Miller died on May 6, 1970. He was a charter member of the Society and had been an emeritus member since 1969. His most recent address was 16194 Mesto Drive, San Diego, California 92128. Dr. George R. Conant, a charter member of the Society and founder of Triarch Inc., died on May 15, 1970, in Ripon, Wisconsin, after a long illness. Dr. F. L. Drayton died on August 6, 1970. He was a charter member of the Society andhad been an emeritus member since 1957. His most recent address was 335 Fairmont Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Maria Eneyda Pacheco Kauffmann Fildago, an active member of the Society and student of the Polyporaceae at the Instituto de Botanica in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was killed in an automobile accident on October 24, 1970.

VI. MATCHES AND HATCHES a. Nancy Jane Smith and James Weber were married on April 18. She is the daughter of Professor A. H. Smith, University of Michigan. b. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Erb announce the birth of a son, Kenneth Gregory, on November 13, 1969. c. A new son, Shawn Michael, was born on March 30, to Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. McGinnis. d. Dr. and Mrs. Ram T. Tewari introduce a new son, Arun Kumar, born May 15. e. Dennis E. Mayhewannounce birth of Jamie Lynn on April 15. f. Dr. M. H. Zoberi also proudly added Kashif M. on June 8. g. Richard and Mary Koski have been observing No. one, Melanie Marie their daughter, since June. h. Dr. Michael Corlett and Margaret E. Bell were married on December 13, 1969, at St. Mark's Anglican Church in Ottawa. i. David T. Specht married Carolyn Ann Crossen on September 12; got 2 daughters (Cathey, 7 112, and Tammy, 6); and totals 4 tax exemptions. j. Prof. Robert K. Zuck now has 3 grandchildren: one each for son,David; and a girl for daughter, Julie. k. John (2 112 years) and Angela (1 112 years) joined the Jim Trappe family in Oregon by adoption. 1. Hubert and Mildred Ling report the birth of their first child, Jonathan, on August 8.

a. Dr. W. C. Denison (63) has a wide variety of paraffin sections of Pezizales suitable for class study to distribute to those teaching mycology. b. Dr. G.B. Ouelette, who has been in charge of Forest Disease Survey at the Forest Research Laboratory in Quebec, will devote full-time to investigations on the Dutch elm disease. c. The re-uniting of the phanerogamic staffs, herbaria and library of the Plant Research Institute Ottawa, in the renovated William Saunders Building was celebrated at an Open House on 19 March 1970, at which time many visitors inspected the herbaria and laboratories. The Mexican Society of Mycology has published No. 3 in its series of bulletins which contains an article on Phytophthora by S. Romero and a key to identification of Mexican lichens by L. Davalos and G. Guzman (24). No. 4 is in preparation; any paper involving Mexican fungi will be considered. The new address of the Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas of the Universidad de Buenos Aires and Dr. Jorge E. Wright is listed under'26. J. A. Parmelee, Curator of the National Mycological Herbarium (DAOM), Plant Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture in Ottawa announces acquirement of the private mycological collection of Mr. W. D. Sutton in London, Ontario. Mr. Sutton, a former public school inspector, has had special interest in the Myxomycetes for many years. His collection of about 1500 specimens consists of nearly 1000 Myxomycetes with the remainder Uredinales, Fungi Imperfecti, and Pyrenomycetes. Most of the specimens were collected in southwestern Ontario. They will be accessioned arid incorporated into the general collection. A convenient combined fungus-host card file is indexed to some 150 reference reprints and texts. These and a type$ catalogue of the specimens will be kept intact. To Drs. Bernstein, Dominik, LaBarbera, Milanez, and others who do not receive the MSA Newsletter Inquiry in time to return before the deadline, sincere apologies from the editor. Airmail costs for the 300 which must go across oceans would exceed budget allotments, and 3-4 months pre- mailing seems inadequate for some while others receive them 2-3 months before the deadline. We make every effort to include data from foreign replies up to one month after the last date and then hold later ones for the next issue. In the June, 1970, MSA NEWSLETTER (p. 7, No. 7, Item EII) I erroneously assigned the Advanced Series in Mycology at North Dakota State University (85) to Dr..R. M. Hosford, Jr. when the honor as well as the work belongs to Dr. Larry Littlefield. Right on!!! Much evidence has been presented that the photograph of Dr. E. A. Bessey on the cover of Vol. XXI, No. 1, was taken by Dr. G. F. Weber (108) rather than P.G. Coleman as ascribed. My apologies are extended (Editor).

RESPONDENT ADDRESSES Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 North College Ave., Claremont, Calif. 91711 Phytopathologisch Laboratorium "Willie Commelin Scholten", Javalaan 20, Baarn, Netherlands Shade Tree Laboratories, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01002 Institute for Special Botany, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Universitatsstrasse 2, CH8006, Ziirich, Switzerland National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. 20550 Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20250 American Men of Science, Jaques Cattell Press, P.O. Box 5001, Tempe, Ariz. 85281 Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506 Centre mycologique de l'UAE, 58 Donzy, France Dept. of Botany, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 . Dept. of Botany, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Rutgers University, Camden, 311 N. 5th Street, Camden, N. 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Mexico Dept. of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 32601 Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, I1 Pabellon, 4 piso, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina Instituto de Ciencias Naturalis, Universidad Fed. de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Dept. of Biology, Stout State University, Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751 Dept. of Botany, University of Alberta, Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada Dept. of Botany, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455 Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802 Butler County Mushroom Farm, West Winfield, Pennsylvania 16062 Institute of Hygiene & Microbiology, Veterinary Faculte, Royal Veterinary & Agricultural Univ., Copenhagen V, Denmark Dept. of Biology, Fresno State College, Fresno, Calif. 93710 Dept. of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89501 Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Cotton Disease Laboratory, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, La. 70808 School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, 10 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Fla. 33149 719 - 8th Avenue, South, Nampa, Idaho 83651 Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 30601 Dept. of Microbiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. 47401 Facultad De Medicina, Departamento De Farmacologia & Microbiologia, Seccion Del C.S. 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K. RESPONSE TO AN OPEN LE!l'TER ON REVIEWING PRACTICES Dear Fellow Mycologists: L. K. weresub's letter criticizing the policy of reviewing manuscripts (MSA Newsletter g(l) ,p .18, June, 1967) has gone unanswered. This surprises me.in that (i) the concept of improvement of scien- tific communication is in vogue (S. Baker, Science 166, page 365, 1969), (ii) Weresub's pontifications mangled the elements of communicative writing, used petty examples of sub-standard reviewing, and managed to include fact-free opinions, e.g. Taxon has an equally high standard as Mycologia. I am assured by several editors (and the current literature) that Weresub's Ideals are im- practical. (1) No editor can be expected to be "au courant" with the widely diverse subjects presented to him for publication. (11) Given the opportunity, sapiens will continue to produce pretentious, ambiguous, "monographs". I quote a recent published example: "Determination of a-amylase activity using starch-iodine color has been based on absorbancy decreases being proportional to enzyme con- centration and reaction time. Provided the reagent-blank absorbancy is proportional to starch con- centration, we find the enzyme-induced absorbancy decrease is proportionately greater for smaller than for lar~ervalues of the product of enzyme concentration and reaction time, which product is nevertheless constant for any given absorbancy decrease." Ugh! Weresub maintains that comment is only necessary after publication, but ignores the waste of time of many readers trying to unravel such meanderings and the waste of journal space. Though verbosity clouds precise meaning, Weresub allows this as part of an author's style. Who says verbosity clouds the meaning? I do, judging from the results of a recent course on "Scientific Writing'' held in Saskatoon. Twenty scientists submitted short articles for critical review by their fellows. Most articles were reduced by 20-30X, and each a stated there was improvement in clar- ity of his meaning in the re-edited versions. Oh to have1 reading presented in a clearer manner! Weresub's comment on the squelching of potential Mendels is useful. It is truly hard for a re- viewer to evaluate original ideas and work. Unfortunately, this situation rarely occurs, for most workers appear to REsearch rather than search. The considerable improvement in the communications media since Mendel's day increase the chances that significant results will be disseminated rapidly. Her w!lole outburst stems from whether the author will benefit from the review. In writing, the prime consideration must be given to the reader. Would the results of a prepublication review of the above abstract have helped the numerous readers interested in a-amylase? If a competent reviewer in rewriting changes the author's intended meaning, one must infer the original article was ambiguous. Weresub asks whether published work of apparent inferior quality bothers me. The answer is an unqualified yes, with regard to both waste of time and of salaries consumed in such projects. I suggest reviewing will continue on the basis of (a) assessment of academic standard and significance of the work (b) communicative value. These points are sumarised below: WIELDING THE EDITOR'S SHILLELAGH (Notes on Reviewing Manuscripts) A manuscript is a vehicle for communicating results and ideas. Its scientific merit can be assessed only if it is fully documented and unambiguous. Its communicative value depends largely on attracting and maintaining the reader's interest, by writing lucidly, concisely and perhaps persuasively. The followihg notes have been assembled with these ideals in mind, to help in pre- paring critical reviews. I. ASSESSMENT OF SCIENTIFIC CONTENT a) Is the manuscript appropriate to the journal? b) Does it present 6riginal work? Is previously described work extended or more critically analyzed? c) Is the work significant and of a high standard? Does it merit space in our overburdened journals or the time spent by the reader in assimilating it? d) Has the &rk been carried far enough, or are preliminary results being reported which. merit only a brief communication?

e) Rave the results been interpreted logically? . .,. , In Essence What was the purpose; what questions were asked and what answers were received; what significant conclusions were competently drawn; do the answers.bear any relation to the original objective?

. 11. ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE VALUE a) Title: This decides who will read the report. It must be informative (key words for in- formation retrieval techniques) and yet specific and concise. b) Abstract: What essential points were found and conclusions drawn? It is not a list of contents l c) Introduction: Does it set the objective in perspective in a short pertinent manner? d) Method: Is enough detail presented to enable others to repeat the work'? e) Results: Are they presented lucidly with appropriate graphs and tables? The latter should be fully captioned and not repeat detail in the text. f) Discussion: This is not a review of the paper! It should present the conclusibns and resulting implication. g) Style: Style is the writer's prerogative. Journals allow considerable leeway in this sphere, e.g. the use of the active voice, or subheadings to steer the reader through the text. Style should not be criticized unless it conflicts with the above principles of communication.

Does the manuscript present useful information as clearly, accurately, concisely, completely and painlessly as possible? Sounder thinking is obtained through clearer writing (F.P. Woodford, Science 156, 743, 1967). D. E. Eveleigh, Prairie Regional Laboratory ...... National Research Council, Saskatoon Saskatchewan DEADLINE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SEVERAL FORAYS IN mz is JAN. 31, i971 Pre-Congress: British LICHEN Society--Write P. W. James, British Museum, Cromwell Rd., London, S.W. 14; Post-Congress: British MYCOLOGICAL Society--Contact C. J. Dickinson, Dept. Botany, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU; MICROFUNGI including aquatics--Write E.B. Gareth Jones, Department of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Hay Street, Portsmouth. The Secretary of the Congress will supply information about other forays on request. CMI is arranging an "Open House" on Sept. 16-17, (Thursday & Friday). The Congress plans no formal visits to centers.