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December-1970-Inoculum.Pdf 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
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