Mycological Society of America December, 1969 Vo1. XX, No. 2

Mycological Society of America NEWSLETTER

( 1899-1946)

Ninth President of the Society, 1940

December, 1969 Vo1. XX, No. 2 MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER Vol. XX, No. 2 December, 1969

Edited by John G. Palmer Forest Disease Laboratory, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, RFD 2, Box 263, Laurel, Maryland 20810

CONTENTS

A. PRESIDENT'SLETTER...... B. SOCIETY BUSINESS: 2969 I. ANNUAL REPORT: Secretary-Treasurer ...... 11. ANNUAL REPORT: President (1968-1969) ...... 111. ANNUALREPORT: Managing Editor...... IV. ANNUAL REPORT: Editor-in-Chief (Mycologia)...... C. ORGANIZATION: 2969-2970 I. OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS ...... 11. REPRESENTATIVES TO SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS ...... 111. EDITORS ...... IV. STANDINGCOMMITTEES...... V. SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR 1969-70 ...... D. AFFILIATED SOCIETIES ...... E. SUSTAINING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY ......

F. ANNOUNCDENTS I. ABSTRACTS OF MYCOLOGY ...... 11. MSA NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE ...... 111. UPCOMING BIOLOGICAL CONGRESS ...... IV. MYCOLOGICAL WORKSHOP INCLUDING THE MSA FORAY (1969) ...... G. PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION I. NEW MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS ...... 11. COURSES IN MYCOLOGY (1970) ...... 111. FUNGI FOR DISTRIBUTION ...... IV. FUNGI WANTED ...... V. FUNGI: IDENTIFICATION OF CULTURES AND SPECIMENS ...... VI. MYCOLOGICAL ITEMS FOR EXCHANGE, GIFT, OR SALE ...... VII. MYCOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS NEEDED ...... VIII. VACANCIES FOR MYCOLOGISTS ...... IX. AVAILABLE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANTSHIPS ...... X. POST-DOCTORATES LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT ...... XI. STUDENTS EXPECTING DOCTORATES LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT ...... XII. GRADUATES AT BACHELOR'S OR MASTER'S LEVEL FOR EMPLOYMENT ......

H. PERSONAL INFORMA TION

I. MYCOLOGISTS WITH NEW AFFILIATIONS ...... 11. MYCOLOGISTS' TRAVEL ABROAD ...... 111. AWARDS AND REWARDS ...... IV. INVITATIONAL PAPERS AND LECTURES ...... V. RETIREMENTS AND DEATHS ...... VI. MATCHESANDHATCHES...... I. CORRESPONDENT ADDRESSES ...... J. MYCOLOGICAL MISCELLANY ...... The Mycological Society of America Founded December. 1931

Office of the President

Department of Botany University of Toronto Toronto 5, Ontario Canada December 1969

To the Members of the Mycological Society of America

The Eleventh International Botanical Congress held in Seattle was fairly well attended although the number of mycologists was somewhat linited. There was some criticism regarding the organization and arrangement of the papers. Mycologists as well as other groups, expressed the desirability of having the sessions organized on a more traditional manner in keeping with the existing socity membership. This reaction on the part of the mycologists has given considerable impetus to the movement to organize an International Mycological Congress. In order that this may alternate with the International Botanical Congress it should be scheduled for 1972.

Owing to the poor attendance of mycologists at Seattle as well as the foray at the Michigan Biological Station, it was not possible to obtain a quorum of the Council at either place, Consequently, the business of the Society has been conducted by mail. Dr. Rogerson, Dr. Shaffer and myself met during the foray.

The Council has approved holding the Society's 1971 meeting at the University of Alberta in late June together with the Botanical Society of America, the Canadian Botanical Association and other Societies. I hope that arrangements will be made for a foray to follow the general meeting. It should be pointed out that Edmonton is the starting point for a number of interes- ting trips. I hope that many of you will plan ahead to take advantage of this opportunity of arranging private or group trips. The route of the Alaska Highway is probably familiar to all of you. A second highway extends to the Mackenzie River and Great Slave Lake. The route west from Edmonton to Jasper is paved. From Jasper a road extends west through a pass into British Columbia. The Highway South to Jasper to Banff is one of the most scenic in North America.

Sincerely,

RO~"F. Cain President. B. SOCIETY BUSINESS: 2969

No formal business meeting was held in 1969 -- see Annual Report: Secretary-Treasurer.

I. ANNUAL REPORT: Secretary-Treasurer

1. Council Business: The Council of the Society did not meet in 1969. However, since its last meeting at Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1968, it has taken the following actions by mail: A. Approved the minutes of the 1968 Council meeting as distributed. B. Decided that the Society's 1970 annual meeting will be held in conjunction with AIBS's meeting at Indiana University on 23-29 August 1970. C. Appropriated an amount not to exceed $1,000.00 for a reception for mycologists attending the XI International Botanical Congress in Seattle. D. Elected 112 persons as new Regular Members of the Society. E. Elected three persons as new Associates of the Society. F. Approved the transfer of Lee Bonar, L. W. Miller, and Marjorie Swift from Regular to Emeritus Membership. G. Approved the reappointment of Richard P. Korf to the Editorial Board of MYCOLOGIA for a five-year term 1970-74. H. Decided that the Society's 1971 annual meeting will be held at the University of Alberta in late June 1971 in conjunction with the meetings of the Canadian Botanical Society, the Botanical Society of America, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, etc. I. Appropriated $500.00 to support the Foundation Drive Fund of the American Type Culture Collection during 1970. 2. Financial report for the fiscal year ending 31 July 1969: A. Regular funds. a. Checking account. Receipts totaled $14,876.53, the major items of which were $12,542.21 from members' dues and $2,000.00 from redemption of the last of the Society's U.S. Treasury bonds. Disbursements totaled $16,116.11. The major items of disbursement were $6,485.00 for members' MYCOLOGIA subscriptions, $1500 for support of the XI International Botanical Congress, $912.33 for NEWSLETTER expenses, $1,192.75 for Secretary-Treasurer's office expenses, and $3,377.30 transferred to the savings account. The checking account balance at year's end was $821.71, a net decrease of $1,239.58 during the year. b. Savings account. Of the $3,377.30 transferred from the checking account, $2,000.00 was excess operating funds (added to the Operational Reserve Fund), $25.00 was U.S. Treasury bond interest (added to the Memoirs Fund), $500.00 was from redemption of U.S. Treasury bonds (added to the Life Membership Fund), and $852.30 was unappropriated receipts from Sustaining Members' dues ( added to the Research Grants & Publications Fund). Interest on the savings account, $537.82, was added to the Memoirs Fund. No disbursements were made from the savings account during the year, and the balance at year's end was $14,560.69, a net increase of $3,915.12 during the year. The balances in the various Funds at year's end were as follows: Memoirs Fund $4,229.21 Life Membership Fund 1,400.00 Research Grants & Publications Fund 5,331.48 Operational Reserve Fund 3,600.00 c. Summary. On 31 July 1969, the Society had assets of $15,382.40, the sum of the balances of the checking and savings accounts, and no liabilities. Net worth was $669.54 higher than on the preceding 31 July. B. NSF Funds. In 1963 the National Science Foundation granted the Society $24,690.00 for preparation of a m~cologyguidebook. On 31 July 1969, $12,625.00 of the total amount had been received from NSF, and the Society had disbursed $11,927.06. C. Audit. A committee consisting of Alfred S. Sussman and Harriet A. Burge has examined the financial records of the Secretary-Treasurer for the fiscal year and found them to be correct. 3. Membership On July 31, 1969, the Society was constituted as follows: Regular Members 1,201 Life Members 18 Corresponding Members 7 Emeritus Members 25 Sustaining Members 23 Affiliated Societies 5 Associates 31 Total 1,310 The total represents a net increase of 46 members in the preceding year. Deaths of the following members were reported during the year: Catherine G. Duncan, Bessie B. Kanouse, and E. B. Mains 4. Husband-Wife Membership Category Dr. C. J. Alexopoulos has asked the Council to consider instituting a husband-wife membership category in the Society. Such a change would require the adoption of an amendment to the Bylaws by Society members. A possible set of specifications for a husband-wife membership is that both persons shall have all privileges of Regular Members except that only one subscription to MYCOLOGIA shall be included and that annual dues for the membership shall be $11.00. (The Society currently uses $5.00 of each Regular Member's annual dues of $8.00 to pay for his subscription to MYCOLOGIA.) The Council is divided on this matter and would like to know the opinions of the membership, particularly of those husband-wife pairs who are now Regular Members and of those who would take advantage of the joint membership category were it to be instituted. Please address your comments to the Secretary-Treasurer, MSA, University Herbarium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104. /s/ Robert L. Shaffer, Secretary-Treasurer 11. ANNUAL REPORT: President (1968-1969) Perhaps the most outstanding event for the year for MSA was the hosting of a reception for all mycologists attending the XI International Botanical Congress in Seattle, Wash., on August 29, 1969. The reception was held at the Pacific Science Center. Approximately 175 mycologists and guests attended and for an informal two hours, away from the hectic sessions of the Congress, were able to meet one another and enjoy mycological conversation along with good food and liquor. Dr. Daniel Stuntz is to be warmly thanked for the excellent job that he did in making arrangements for the reception. My term of office as President has ended. I wish to thank the many members who have agreed to serve on committees and to do extra work for the Society. I am particularly indebted to members of the Board of Councilors, particularly the Secretary-Treasurer, Bob Shaffer, for their excellent cooperation which assured the smooth running of the Society's business during a year in which we did not hold a regular meeting. /s/ Clark T. Rogerson, President 111. Ah'NUAL REPORT: Managing Editor Income for the period July 1, 1968 through June 30, 1969 totaled $51,222.68. Of this, approximately $6500.00 came from member's subscriptions, $23,000 from other subscriptions, $5300 from the sale of back issues, $7100 for page charges, $1300 from the income from the endowment fund, and $6700 from the sale of the 58-volume index. Expenses totaled $83,338.26. Of this approximately $25,900 was for printing and mailing five issues of Mycologia, $33,000 for printing the 58-volume index, $663 for the Editor-in-Chief's office, $6700 for the Publications Office, $16,600 for indirect expenses, $120 for supplies and materials. Thus the excess of expenses over income was approximately $32,100. However we had a fund balance from the previnus year of $27,000; thus the year ended with a deficit of $5000. The deficit was caused by the paying of the printing bill for the 58-volume index. If all libraries receiving Mycologia purchase the index, we will recoup this money. The Mycologia Endowment Fund decreased by $187 due to a loss on sale of securities. It stands at $30,795.70. /s/ Clark T. Rogerson, Managing Editor IV. ANNUAL REPORT: Editor-in-Chief (Mycologia) The 1969 volume of MYCOLOGIA will contain slightly more than 1,200 pages, and will include 89 regular articles, 53 brief articles, 2 biographies, plus notices and book reviews. Acceptance of articles for the 1969 volume already has been completed. Manuscripts on hand being processed are sufficient to fill about two or three issues of MYCOLOGIA. Consequently, authors contemplating submission of regular articles at this time will find a favorable publication schedule. I have reminded the President of the Society that my five-year term as Editor-in-Chief expires next year with the completion of the 1970 issue of MYCOLOGIA, and have requested him to notify the Board of Councilors to select a new Editor-in-Chief as early as possible so that the transition can be effected without incurring delays. /s/ Robert W. Lichtwardt, Editor-in-Chief C. ORGANIZATION: 2969-2970 I. OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS President, 1969-70 R. F. Cain, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto 5, Ont., Canada President-Elect, 1969-70 R. P. Korf, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 Vice-President, 1969-70 E. S. Luttrell, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 30601 Secretary-Treasurer, 1968-71 R. L. Shaffer, University Herbarium, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104 Councilor-Eastern U.S., R. H. Petersen, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Tennessee, 1968-70 Knoxville, Tenn. 37916 Councilor-Eastern U.S., Marie L. Farr, National Fungus Collections, Plant Industry 1969-71 Station, Beltsville, Md. 20705 Councilor-Western U.S., H. D. Thiers, Dept. of Biology, San Francisco State College, 1968-70 San Francisco, Calif. 94132 Councilor-Western U.S., W. C. Denison, Dept. of Botany, Oregon State University, 1969-71 Corvallis, Ore. 97331 Councilor-Canada R. A. Shoemaker, Plant Research Institute, Central Experi- 1969-71 mental Farm, Ottawa, Ont., Canada Past President (1967-68) E. G. Simmons, Pioneering Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, Mass. 01760 past President (1968-69) C. T. Rogerson, New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, N.Y. 10458

11. REPRESENTATIVES TO SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS Representative on the Council, American Association for the Advancement of Science (3-year term) 1969-71, E. G. Simmons, Pioneering Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Natick, Mass. 01760 Representative on the Governing Board, American Institute of Biological Sciences (4-year term) 1968-71, R. B. Stevens, Division of Biology & Agriculture, National Research Council, Washington, D. C. 20418 Representative on the Board of Trustees, American Type Culture Collection (3-year term) 1968-70, C. R. Benjamin, National Fungus Collections, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. 20705 Representative to the National Research Council (3-year term beginning 30 June) 1967-70, C. W. Hesseltine, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, Ill. 61604 Representative to the Agricultural Research Institute (3-year term), 1967-69 and 1970-72, C. L. Lefebvre, U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20250 Alternate: Marie L. Farr, National Fungus Collections, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville,Md. Representative on the Comittee of Representatives of the Phytopathological Translations Program, R. P. Korf, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850

111. EDITORS : MYCOLOGIA: Editorial Board R. W. Lichtwardt, Editor-in-Chief, 1966-70, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.66045 C. T. Rogerson, Managing Editor, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y. 10458 R. P. Korf, 1965-69, 1970-74, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 L. Shanor, 1966-70, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 32601 T. Sproston, 1967-71, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 05401 H. E. Wheeler, 1967-71, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506 G. B. Cummins, 1968-72, Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University,Lafayette, Ind.47907 H. L. Barnett, 1969-73, Dept. of Plant Pathology, West Virginia University, Morgantown,W.Va. 26506 [Book Review Editor: Alma W. Barksdale, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y. 104581 MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS: Board of Editors L.. Shanor, Chairman, 1967-70, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 32601 R. K. Benjamin, 1969-72, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Calif. 91711 A. H. Smith, 1969-71, University Herbarium, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104 C. T. Rogerson, Managing Editor of MYCOLOGIA, ex officio, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N. Y. 10458 R. L. Shaffer, Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, ex officio, University Herbarium, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104 C. L. Kramer, Chairman of the Committee on Sustaining Xembership, ex officio, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans. 66502 MSA NEWSLETTER: Editor J. G. Palmer, 1968-71, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Disease Laboratory, RED 2, Box 263, Laurel, Md. 20810

IV. STANDING COMMITTEES 1. Committee on Finalice E. G. Simmons, 1962-71, Chairman, 1968-71; R. F. Korf, 1965-74; R. L. Shaffer, 1968-77 2. Committee on Medical Mycology G. S. Bulmer, Chairman, 1969-72; J. W. Rippon, 1967-70; Martha D. Berliner, 1968-71 3. Committee on Nomenclature R. P. Korf, Chairman, 1968-71 Luella K. Weresub, 1968-70 J. W. Groves, 1969-72 Marie L. Farr, 1968-70 G. L. Hennebert, 1968-71 D. P. Rogers, 1969-72 6. W. Martin, 1968-70 Joanne K. Rogers, 1968-71 R. L. Shaffer, 1969-72 4. Committee on Sustaining Membership C. L. Kramer, Chairman, 1968-71 J. A. Schmitt, Jr., 1968-71 M. A. Espenshade, 1968-70 R. A. Paterson, 1969-72 E. S. Beneke, 1968-70 R. T. Haard, 1969-72 5. Committee on Research Grants & Publications M. S. Fuller, Chairman, 1968-71 J. Maniotis, 1968-71 Alma W. Barksdale, 1968-70 C. L. Kramer, Chairman, ex officio 6. Committee on the Annual Lecturer J. R. Raper, Chairman, 1968-71; C. T. Rogerson, 1969-72; A. S. Sussman, 1969-72 7. Committee on Education H. Whisler, Chairman, 1968-70; J. L. Koevenig, 1968-70; C. J. Anastasiou, 1968-71 8. Committee on Membership J. E. Peterson, Chairman, 1968-71; S. Shushan, 1968-70 W. C. Denison, 1968-71; R. H. Petersen, 1968-72 R. A. Shoemaker, 1969-72 9. Committee on Publication of Memorials R. W. Lichtwardt, ~ditor-in-Chiefof VYCOLOGIA; R. F. Cain; C. T. Rogerson 10. Historian: C. T. Rogerson

V. SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR 1969-70 Committee on Color Standards K. H. McKnight, Chairman 0. K. Miller, Jr W. Illman R. L. Shaffer M. M. Kulik

Editorial Commit tee for the "Genera of Fungi" project C. R. Benjamin, Chairman R. A. Shoemaker R. P. Korf A. H. Smith C. T. Rogerson 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" mycologist 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 Ave., Portland,Ore. 97202 Societe Mycologique de France, 36 rue Geof froy-Saint-Hilaire, Paris ve, France

E. SUSTAINING IblE!t!BERS OF THE SOCIETY Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill. 60064. Pharmaceutical products for the medical profession since 1888. New Aerosol Techniques, Inc., 432 Frog Town Road,/Canaan, Conn. 06840. American Optical Co., Instrument Division, Buffalo, N.Y. 14215. 125 years of leadership in optics and 115 years of progressive achievement in microscopes. BioQuest, BBL and Falcon Divisions, Cockeysville, Md. 21030. Products for the microbiological laboratory. Buckman Laboratories, Inc., llemphis, 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, Plich. 48201. The complete line of microbiological reagents and media. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, N.J. 07110. Pharmaceuticals, vitamins and aromatic chemicals. Lab-Line Instruments, Inc., flelrose Park, Ill. 60160. Quality manufacturers-designers of laboratory apparatus, instruments and equipment. Lanescience Equipment Co., 105 Chambers St., NY, NY 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 Company, Division of Richardson-Merrell Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 45215. Pharmaceutical manufacturers since 1828. lIiles 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, Evanston, Ill. 60201. Supported by companies dedicated to the biological sciences. (Member company names on request) The Squibb Institute for Medical Research, E. R. Squibb and Sons, Div. of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., New Brunswick, N.J. 08903. Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Morton Grove, Ill. 60053. 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, Central Research Division of Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Company, Morris Plains, N.J. 07950. F. ANNOUNCEMENTS I. ABSTRACTS OF MYCOLOGY C. R. Benjamin reports that the abstracts from the BioSciences Information Service of Biological Abstracts included the following: Volume 1 (1967) included 6,181 abstracts from 729 journals, and Volume 3 (1969) will comprise some 9,400 citations and abstracts from approximately 1,400 journals. This growth reflects the addition of 1,000 references from BioResearch Index, for which no abstracts are published, as well as the abstracts from Biological Abstracts, and increased source publications covered in response to subscribers' sugges- tions. Users of Abstracts of Mycology indicate that they are pleased with the increased coverage. The number of subscriptions to Abstracts of Mycology has leveled off at slightly under 1,000. The ratio of foreign to domestic subscriptions is about 5050, and the majority are institutional. At the present time, is marginally self-supporting. Dr. Benjamin wishes to remind mycologists of the avail- ability of AM, that the subscription price is $30/year, and that subscriptions should be sent to the Circulation Manager, BioSciences Information Service, Biological Abstracts, 2100 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19102, USA.

11. MSA NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE Members are reminded that the MSA Nomenclature Committee will consider all requests for nomen- clatural assistance. Three formal "Opinions" have been issued thus far, and many inquiries have been handled on a less formal basis. Opinions already issued may be obtained from the Chairman (R. P. Korf, Dept. Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850) [on request]: 81: Citation of dates and authorities, and the use of "ex", for species published under invalid generic names, e.g., glavascia beaufortae. 82: Perfect state names based on previously published imperfect state names. #3: Rejection of name based on two elements (perfect and imperfect) which are not connected; selection of type from such material.

111. UPCOMING BIOLOGICAL CONGRESS The Council have voted not to organize a formal program in Detroit, Michigan, 6-10 November, 1970. A program will be distributed later, and mycologists are urged to attend.

IV. MYCOLOGICAL WORKSHOP INCLUDING THE MSA FORAY (1969) The University of Michigan Biological Station under the directorship of Prof. F. K. Sparrow enter- tained members of the International Botanical Congress and other mycologists at a Mycological Workshop from September 4-20, 1969. The field work was directed by Alexander H. Smith. The Annual MSA Foray was held concurrently with Robert L. Shaffer as the Society's local representative. A total of about 60 people attended the combined meetings for various periods of time. The collecting season was a relatively poor one, but there were enough fungi to keep everyone occupied. It is hoped that a number of papers on the mycoflora of the Great Lakes region will be forthcoming as a result of the combined meetings.

G. PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION (The number in parentheses following the name(s) cites the address for contact (see Section I which begins on Page 22) I. NEW MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS a. Phycomycetes 1. Western species of Endogone. (J. M. Trappe (1) and J. W. Gerdemann) 2. Microspectrophotometric analysis of DNA in Apodachlya brachynema. (K. L. Howard (2)) 3. Ultrastructure of oogenesis in the Saprolegniaceae. (K. L. Howard (2)) 4. Physiology of Saprolegnia. (J. W. Baxter (3)) 5. Physiology of Entophlyctis aureus, a chytrid isolated from Pseudotsuga pollen. (S. Goldstein (4)) 6. Characterization of Vishniac's marine isolate S3. (Ibid.) 7. Ultrastructure of Pythium. (F. Y. Kazama (5)) b. Ascomycetes 1. Conidial states of Ceratocystis species. (J. J. Taylor (6)) 2. Genetic control of sexuality in Ajellomyces dermatitidis (stat. conid. Blastomyces dermatitidis). (K. J. Kwong-Chung (7)) 3. Effect of antituberculous drugs on growth and pathogenicity of Histoplasma capsulatum. (R. P. Tewari (8)) 4. Monograph of the Genus Chlorosplenium. (J. R. Dixon (9)) A floristic study of Indian Discomycetes. (L. K. Batra (10)) Effects of environmental factors (e.g. light, nutrient) upon formation of the perithecial stage of Ceratocystis a.(F. W. Holmes (11)) A revision of the classification of the Pezizales. (R. P. Korf (9)) Monographic studies of the Psilopeziza-Pachyella complex in the Pezizales. (D. H. Pfister (9)) DeBary bubbles and oil drops in Ascospores. (J. B. Benson (9)) Ascus elongation in Ascobolus. (P. E. Powell (9)) Elytrodenna deformans needle cast disease of pine. (R. A. Blauel (12)) Studies on meiotic and mitotic gene conversion in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. (H. Gutz (13)) Studies on the mating-type of Schizosaccharornyces pornbe. (Ibid.) Morphology and cytology of selected ascomycetous plant pathogens. (D. P. Mahoney (14)) Cytomorphological studies of the members of the Chaetomiales. (K. G. Mukerji (15)) Revision of the genus Taphrina. (C. L. Kramer (16)) c. Basidiomycetes 1. Scanning electronmicroscope study of forest tree rusts. (Y. Hiratsuka (12)) 2. Comparative biochemical studies of morphogenesis in Schizophyllum --commune and Coprinus lagopus. (D . J . Niederpruem (17) ) 3. Taxonomy of the family Hericiaceae. (J. Dodd for R. H. Petersen (18)) 4. A revision of the taxonomy of Sect. Caerulescentes of Psilocybe. (G. ~uzman(19)) 5. A revision of the Mexican species of Amanita (Ibid.) 6. Genetics of the taxonomic characters in the genus Psathyrella. (E. E. Tylutki (20)) 7. Monographs of neotropical fungi, particularly Marasmiellus, Simocybe, and Gepidotus for OFN. (R. Singer (21)) 8. Differentiation of wood-decay fungi by means of infrared spectroscopy. (A. A. Loman (12)) d. Deuteromycetes (Fungi Imperfecti) 1. Studies on the physiological specialization of Cercospora beticola and Rhizoctonia solani, causal organisms of beet leaf spot and root rot respectively. (E. G. Ruppel (22)) 2. Biochemical and mbrphological study of Trichophyton mentagrophytes with emphasis on isolates from Vietnam. (M. McGinnis (23)) 3. Isolation of Sporobolomyces 3.from a variety of habitats. (P. F. Dupont (24)) 4. Avian aspergillosis. (J. J. Taylor (6)) 5. Carbohydrate utilization by aquatic Hyphomycetes. (D. W. Hickman (25)) 6. Investigation of zearalenone-producing members of Danish micromycetes. (P. Krogh (26)) 7. Taxonomic studies on Penicillium. (J. I. Pitt (27)) 8. Ultrastructure of conidium ontogeny in Hyphomycetes. (G. T. Cole (5)) 9. Morphological characters of Coelomycetes in culture. (S. Jong (28)) e. Multigrouping or Miscellaneous 1. Numerical taxonomy of human-pathogenic species of Nocardia. (J. A. Schmitt (29) and P. V. Ktirup) 2. Airborne fungus flora in Turku. (Y. Makinen (30))~- 3. Investigations of filamentous soil microfungi of the Galapagos Islands, Nigeria, Dominica Island, and Greece. (D. P. Mahoney (14))

4. Ecology-- of fungal- populations.. associated with various plant communities. (Ibid.) 5. Yeast-mold biomass of marshgrass, Spartina alterniflora, and biodegradation activities. (S. P. Meyers (31)) Microbial degradation of organic industrial wastes. (W. A. Taber (32)) Studies of lignin-digesting fungi. (J. W. Baxter (3)) Chemical control of fungal parasites of fish. (Ibid.) Fungal diseases of the alkali bee. (L. R. Batra (10)) Mushroom spawn diseases. (C. W. Bitner (74)) Ultrastructural alterations induced in host tissue by fungal parasites. (D. P. Mahoney (14)) Host-parasite relations in fungal diseases of uncultivated plants (light microscopy). (Ibid.) Etiology, pathogenesis, and immunology of mycotic encephalitis. (R. P. Tewari (8)) Activity of macrophages in tissue culture and cellular immunity. (Tbid.) Biology of nematode-trapping fungi. (Mary E. Bernstein (33)) Virus transmission by zoosporic fungi. (D. J. S. Barr (34)) Transformation of progesterone by pathogenic fungi. (Y. Al-Doory (35)) Fungus ultrastructure and biochemistry. (W. M. Hess (36) and D. L. Stocks) Application of computer graphics to analyses of growth in fungi. (B. Kendrick (37)) Water relations of xerophilic fungi.(J. I. Pitt (27)) 21. The lethal effects of the spruce litter mycoflora on conifer seed germination. (G. M. Baker (38)) 22. Seed-borne fungi of alfalfa. (W.F.O. Marasas (39)) 23. Morphogenesis of the synnema and mushrooms. (W. A. Taber (32)) 24. Keratinophylic and keratinolytic fungi in feces of cattle in the region of Szczecin. (T. Dominik (40)) 25. A record of the higher fungi of the Owyhee region, which includes Matheur and Owyhee counties in Idaho and eastern Oregon for the most part (sponsored by the College of Idaho at Caldwell). (Ellen Trueblood (75)) 26. Mechanism of hyphal anastomosis. (W. C. Denison (85)) 27. Ambrosia fungi of western Ambrosia beetles. (R. Roeper (85))

11. COURSES IN MYCOLOGY (1970) a. Denmark: Medical and veterinary mycology; Spring, 1970. (P. Krogh (26)) b. United States 1. Arkansas: Advanced Mycology (Plant Pathology 6103); no dates given. (G. E. Templeton (41)) 2. Maryland: Medical mycology; Spring, 1970. (K. J. Kwon-Chung (7) and H. F. Hasenclever) 3. Michigan: General mycology and Plant Pathology; Spring, 1970. (P. A. Volz (42)) 4. Michigan: General mycology; Summer, 1970.(P. D. Olexia (43)) 5. Minnesota: Mycology (to be taught by R. L. Gilbertson, Univ. of Arizona); Summer, 1970. (D. W. French (44)) 6. Montana: Field mycology (Botany 435); Summer, 1970. (D. E. Mathre (45) and E.L. Sharp) 7. New Jersey: Pathogenic (medical) mycology (Graduate level); 1970 and succeeding spring terms. (R. P. Tewari (8)) 8. New York: Mycology; Spring, 1970. (H. H. Ho. (46)) 9. New York: Advanced Mycology; Spring, 1970. (K. L. Howard (2)) 10. Texas: Diagnostic Mycology (Graduate level:; Spring, 1970. (Y. Al-Doory (35)) 11. Utah: Ecology of soil fungi; no dates given. (G. M. Baker (38))

The provisions of the Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957 and the Regulations issued thereunder require that plant pathogens will move interstate under a permit issued by the Plant Quarantine Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Center Building, Hyattsville, Md. 20781. Your requests for permits will be given prompt attention. A business or institutional address has been listed when listed for correspondents who may not or wish not to ship cultures to private residences.

111. FUNGI FOR DISTRIBUTION (CULTURES (c) ; SPECIMENS (s) ) a. Phycomycetes: Albugo bliti, A. candida, and A. platensis~- (s). (K. G. Mukerji (15)) b. Ascomycetes 1. Ceratocystis spp. (c). (J. J. Taylor (6)) 2. Desmazierella, Galiella, Plectania, Sarcosc~ha,Sarcosoma, Urnula, Wolfina, and Wynnea (fresh (s) suitable for cultures). (J. W. Paden (47)) 3. Schizosaccharomyces pombe (200 mutants (c)). (H. Gutz (13)) 4. Elaphoayces -. and species in the Tuberales (s). (J. M. Trappe (1)) 5. Achactomium globosum, A. luteum, A. macrospora, and A. strumarium (c). (K. G. Mukerji (15)) c. Basidiomycet~ 1. Hypogeous gasteromycetes (s). (J. M. Trappe (1)) 2. Pileolaria cotini-coggygriac Tai and Chao (s). (G. E. Templeton (41)) d. Deuteromycetes (Fungi Imperfecti) 1. Chrysosporium spp. (c) (J. J. Taylor (6)) 2. Sporobolomyces (c & s) . (P. F. Dupont (24)) e. Miscellaneous Cultures for distribution. (Mrs. J. Taylor (48)) IV. FUNGI WANTED (CULTURES (c); SPECIMENS (s))

a. Myxomycetes 1. Labrinthula and Labyrinthulomyx? (s). (E. B. Gareth Jones (49)) 2. Myxomycetes (s). (M. V. Locquin (50)) b. Phycomycetes 1. Dermocystidium and Ichthyosporidium (c). (E. B. Gareth Jones (49)) 2. Blastocladiella emersonii and Fhytophthora fragariae (c). (J. P. White (51)) 3. Entomophthoraceae, especially Conidiobolus coronatus (c). (R. A. Humber (52)) 4. Chytridiales and Hyphochytriales (c). (D.J.S. Barr (34)) 5. Pythium D. (c). (0. Vaartaja (53)) 6. Tieghemiomyces parasiticus and T. californicus (c). (F. L. Binder (54)) 7. Helicostylum (c). (K. G. Mukerji (15)) c. Ascomycetes 1. Hypocrea (c & s). (Susan C. Canham (55)) 2. Protomycetaceae and Taphrina (c & s) . (C. L. Kramer (16)) 3. Identified or unidentified isolates of Ceratocystis (c). (J. J. Taylor (6) 4. Elaphomy~and Tuberales (s) . (J. M.Trappe (1)) 5. Chlorosplenium (c & s). (J. R. Dixon (9)) 6. Fresh isolates of Ascoidea, Dipodascus, Endomyces, and Nematospora (c). (L.R. Batra (10)) 7. Morchella spp. (S & c). (3. States (56)) 8. Fruiting cultures of Trichophaea (Patella) abundans and Discomycetes which form apothecia readi,ly in culture other than Pyronema (c). (R. P. Korf (9)) 9. Cheistothecial ascomycetes (c & s). (D. Malloch (57)) 10. Xylariaceae with fleshy, light-colored (hypocreaceous) stromata, e.g. Sarcoxylon, Periodoxvlon, and Engleromvces (s). (W.F.O. Marasas (39)) 11. sastomyces brazielensis (C. M. Ishaq (58)) 12. Achaetomium, Ascotricha, Chaetomidium, Lophotrichus, Chaetomium, and Neurospora (c). (K. G. Mukerji (15)) d. Basidiomycetes 1. Hymenochaete (c). (D. A. DeFigio (59)) 2. Boletes associated with southern conifers or oaks (c). (L. F. Grand (60)) 3. Hypogeous Gasteromycetes (s). (J. M. Trappe (1)) 4. Hydnum caputursi, 11. coralloides, H. laciniat~,Hericium coralloides, Sparasis --herbstii, Polyporus nidulans (rulitans), Mycena SEE., and any mushroom that will fruit on solid media (c). (A. Weintraub (61)) 5. Dry smut spores of any species for which will be glad to pay cost of mailing. (U. C. Banerjee (62) ) 6. Clavicorona, Dentipratulum, Gloeocystidiellum, and Hericium (c). (R. H. Petersen (18)) 7. Amanita and rsilocybe (s). (G. Guzman (19)) 8. Pleurotus ostreatus (c). (S. Mizuba (63)) 9. Lignin-digesting Basidiomycetes (c). (J. W. Baxter (64)) 10. Calvatia (young and adult stages or portions with complete peridia, i.e. half specimens will do) (s). (J. E. Wright (65)) 11. Psathyrella (c & S) (E. E. Tylutki (20)) 12. Cronartium a.from southern United States, Europe, and Asia (s). (Y. Hiratsuka (12)) 13. Polyporus galactinus Berk. from states in the Ohio and upper Mississippi river valleys (c with sporophores from which isolated). (Frances F. Lombard (66)) e. Deuteromycez (Fungi Imperfecti) 1. Cercosporabeticola from beets (c). (E. G. Ruppel (22)) 2. Rhizoctoniasolani from the United States and other countries (c). (R. Meyer (67)) 3. decumbens, E. GYXEUU, and E. brefeldianum (c). (S. Mizuba (63)) 4. Isaria SE~.(c) . (W. A. Taber (32) ) 5. Penicillium-. (J. I. Pitt (27)) 6. Nematode-trapping species of Arthrobotrys and Monacrosporium (c). (R. Mankau (68)) 7. Beauvaria spp. and Stilbaceae (c). (M. V. Locquin (50)) 8. Coelomycetes (c). (S. Jong (28)) f. Miscellaneous 1. Fungi of National Parks and Ohio. (W. B. Cooke (69)) 2. Algae-inhabiting fungi (s). (J. Kohlmeyer (70)) 3. Any nematode-trapping and predaceous fungi (c). (R. Mankau (68)) V. FUNGI: IDENTIFICATION OF CULTURES (c) and SPECIMENS (s)

a. Myxomycetes 1. Myxomycetes (c & s). (C. J. Alexopoulos (71)) 2. Myxomycetes (c & s). (M. V. Locquin (50)) b. Phvcomycetes 1. Saprolegniaceae (c & s). (K. L. Howard (2)) 2. Pythium spp. (c). (0. Vaartaja (53)) 3. Lower Phycomycetes (c & s). (S. Goldstein (4)) 4. sicostylum (c). (K. G. Mukerji (15)) c. Ascomycetes 1. Sarcoscyphaceae, Tribe Urnuleae (s). (J. W. Paden (47)) 2. Any taxa in the Tribe Sarcoscypheae of the Family Sarcoscyphaceae, Order Pezizales, including Aurophora, Cookeina, Geodina, Microstoma, Phillipsia, Pithya, Sarcoscypha, etc. (W. C. Denison (85)) 3. Hypocrea (s). (Susan C. Canham (55)) 4. Taphrina (s). (C. L. Kramer (16)) 5. seratocystis (ascigerous only ) (c). (J. J. Taylor (6)) 6. Elaphomyces and Tuberales (s). (J. M. Trappe (1)) 7. Filamentous Hemiascomycetes (c & s). (L. R. Batra (10)) 8. Arachnopeziza, Eriopeziza, and Rutstroemia (s). (R. P. Korf (9)) 9. Apostemidium and Vibrissea (s). (A. Sanchez (9)) 10. Pachyella and Psilopezia (s) (D. H. Pfister (9)) 11. Chorosplenium, =rociboria, and Piceomphe (s). (J. R. Dixon (9)) 12. Marine Ascomycetes (c & s) . (J. Kohlmeyer (70)) 13. Achaetomium (c). (K. G. Mukerji (15)) d. Basidiomycetes (The editor apologizes to the mycologist who offered identifications of specimens in the families Cantharellaceae, Clavariaceae, and Gomphaceae for failing to annotate the response during collation. Hopefully the response will be submitted for the next issue, and the editor will not re-goof!) 1. Boletes and Polypores (s). (L. F. Grand (60)) 2. Hypogeous Gasteromycetes (s). (J. M. Trappe (1)) 3. Cyphelloid fungi and Polyporaceae (s). (W. B. Cooke (69)) 4. Ganoderma with advance arrangements (s). (R. L. Steyaert (72)) 5. Sclerodermataceae and Psilocybe, section Caeruleseentes (s). (G. Guzman (19)) 6. Cumminsielk, Ravenelia, Uropyxis, and Puccinia on Labiatae (s). (J. W. Baxter (64)) 7. Neotropical agarics and boletes (s), small collections with complete annotations and drawings or color photos: larger collections with advance arrangements only. (R. Singer (21)) 8. Marine Basidiomycetes (c & s). (J. Kohlmeyer (70)) 9. Chrysomyxa, Cronartium, Melampsora, and Pucciniastrum (s). (Y. Hiratsuka (12)) 10. Agaricales, Polyporales, and Gasteromycetes (s). (M. V. Locquin (50)) 11. Bourdotia, Ductifera, Exidiopsis, Myxarium, Protodontia, Sebacina, and Stypella (s). Wells 0)r (K. e. -Deuteromyce~ (Fungi Imperfecs) 1. Aquatic Hyphomycetes (c & s). (J. L. Crane (73)) 2. Sporotrichum (c). (J. J. Taylor (6)) 3. Pestalotia, Pestalotiopsis, and Truncatella (s). (R. L. Steyaert (72)) 4. Marine Deuteromycetes (c & s). (J. Kohlmeyer (70)) 5. Penicillium (c). (J. I. Pitt (27)) 6. Arthohotrys, Dactylaria, and Monacrosporiurn (c). (R. Mankau (68)) 7. Cr~iting cultures of Coelomycetes (c). (S. Jong (28))

f. -Mis; -1laneous 1. Yarine fungi (c & s). (E. B. Gareth Jones (49)) 2. Cultures (presumably Sporobolomyces spp. in the Deuteromycetes (~ditor)). (P. F. Dupont (24)) 3. Histopathological tissue slides (s) and pathogenic fungi (c). (R. W. Tewari (8)) 4. Mushroom diseases. (C. W. Bitner (74)) VI. MYCOLOGICAL ITWS FOR EXCHANGE, GIFT, OR SALE a. Exchange: Several hundred mycological reprints to exchange for photocopies or reprints of works on Sclerotiniaceae from all sources. A single list of available items will be circulated to correspondents in sequential order on receipt of request. (J. T. Palmer (76)) b. Gift: Many duplicate reprints available to those who submit written requests for specific items. (T. Sproston (77)) c. 1. One each for sale: Annual Review of Phytopathology, Vol. 1. 469 p. $5.00; Lawrence, W. H. 1905. The Erysiphaceae of Washington. State Coll. of Wash., Pullman. 8 p. $1.00; Zahl, P.A. 1965. Bizarre world of the fungi. Nat. Geographic 128:502-528. $1.00; Host fungus index for the Pacific Northwest. Pts. I (Hosts) and I1 (Fungi). 1958. Wash. Agr. Exp. Sta. Circ. 335, 336. $4.00; Slipp, A.W., and W.H. Snell. 1944. Taxonomic-ecologic studies of the Boletaceae in northern Idaho and adjacent Washington. Lloydia 7:l-66. $5.00; Mounce, Irene. 1929. Studies in forest pathology. 11. The biology of epinicola (SW) Cooke. Can.Dept.Agr.Bul1. 111. 56p + 10 pl. $3.00; Tucker, C.M. 1931. Taxonomy of the genus Phytophthora deBary. U. of Mo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bull. 153. 208p. $10.00; Pierce, N.B. 1900. Peach leaf curl: its nature and treatment. USDA, Div. Veg. Phys. & Path. Bull. 20. $10.00. 204p. + 30 pl.; Dodge, C.W. and S. M. Zeller. 1936. Hydnangium and related genera. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 23:565-598. Bound with Zeller and Dodge, Elasmomyces, Arcangeilella, and Macowanites; Melanogaster. Ibid. 23:599-638; 639-655. $5.00; Zeller, S. M. 1939. Developmental morphology of Alpova. Ore. St. Monographs, Corvallis, 19p. $1.00; Gilkey, Helen M. 1939. Tuberales of North America. Ore. St. Monographs, Corvallis, 63p. $2.00; Zeller, S.M. and C.W. Dodge. 1918. Gautieria in North America. Ann. Yo. Bot. Gard. 5:133-142. $1.00; Lloyd, C.G. 1912. Synopsis of the stipitate Polyporoids. Bull. Lloyd Library, Myc. Ser. No. 6. p.95-208. $10.00; her. Jour. Bot. issues: 1963 (50) Nos.1,3,5; 1964 (51) Nos. 1,2,4,5; 1965 (52) Nos. 1-9; 1966 (54) Nos. 1-3. $1.00 ea. (J. L. Maas (78)) Copies of a 16 mm time-lapse film, entitled "Conidium ontogeny in Hyphomycetes", prepared by Dr. G.T. Cole. The film is in colour, about 800 ft.long, and runs for 25 min. at silent speed. Purchase price $200.00 (Can.). (G.T. Cole (5) or W.B. Kendrick (37)) Elake offer for each of the following: Abstracts of Mycology 1.1967,No.l-12; 1968, No.1-12; J. Ract. 29: 1965, No. 1-6; J. Appl. Microbiol. 7.1964. No. 1-3; Appl. Microbiol. g.1965. No. 1-4. H. Kuehn (79)) 5. 1928 Phytopathology, Vol. 39 (1949) Nos. 7(2 copies),8-12; Mycologia Vol. 50, No.3 (May-June)/an Vol. 54, No. 2 (Mar.-April) 1962. (J. E. Wright (65)) Tode, H. Fungi Mecklenburgeqses Selecti. 2 vols. 1790-91 (bound together). (Includes all 17 pl. in perfect condition) $90.00. (R. P. Korf (9)) Davis, J.J. 1892. A supplementary list of parasitic fungi of Wisconsin. Wis.Acad. Sci. 153- 188. Second supplementary list. Ibid. 11:165-178. 1897; a provisional list of the parasitic fungi of Wisconsin. Ibid. 17:845-984. 1914; Notes on parasitic fungi of Wisconsin XVIII. Ibid. 26:253-261. 1931; Parasitic fungi of Wisconsin. p.1-155. 1942; Green, H.C. Notes on Wisconsin parasitic fungi. Pts. 2-25. 1942-58. The set $6.00; Karling, J.S. Chytridiales.64 reprints. $6.00; Ustilaginales: 120 reprints, by Fischer, Wolf, Clinton, Mundkur, Clinton, etc. $10.00; Uredinales: of North America. 100 reprints by Craigie, Dodge, Mains, Allen, Pady, Newton, Johnson, Hahn, Cummins, etc. $10.00; Urdinales: of Europe. 80 reprints by Jorstad, Gaumann, Guyot, Urban, Pilat, Eriksson, etc. $8.00; Uredinales of South America, Asia, etc. 35 reprints, $3.00; Baxter, D. V. 1932-48. Some resupinate polypores from the region of the Great Lakes. Nos. 3-14, 16, 19-20, 22-26, 28. Papers Mich. Acad.Sci. 15-32. $5.00; (L. E. Wehmeyer (80)) Kuprevicz, V.T. and V. H. Tranzschel. 1957. Uredinales. Fasc. 1. Fam. Melampsoraceae. El. Cryptog. URSS. Vol. IV. 419 pp; Novodovski, G.S. 1956. Cryptogamic Floroot Kazachstana. Vol. 1. Uredinales. 431 pp. (Y. Hiratsuka (12)) Microfilm for photocopy of any mycological publication (3000 titles) in the library at the university. (M. V. Locquin (50)) Corda, A. C. "Icones Fungorum Hucusque Cognitorurn" (1963 reprint). $90.00. (W.Lazo (81)) Chupp, C. 1953. A monograph of the fungus genus Cercospora. $8.00 (new); Cooke, T. 1903. Flora of Bombay. Vol. 1:l-645. $10.00; Hooker, J.D. 1897. Flora of British India. Vol. VII. p. 1-842. $10.00. (A. Sanchez (9)) Leveille. 1855. Iconographie des champignons de Paulet. Paris. 217 full-page, hand-colored pl. (at price purchased in France: $400.00) (R. Macho1 (82)) Smith, A. H. 1949. Mushrooms in their natural habitats. Sawyers. (several copies leatherbound with stereo Viewmaster illustrations). $200 per copy. (T.F. Taturn (98)) VII. XYCOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS NEEDED a. Ridgway, R. 1912. Color standards and color nomenclature. Published by the author at Washington, D. C. (O.A. Brusis (83), J. I. Pitt (27), Ellen Trueblood (75), and S..Jong (28)) b. Mycologia, Vols. 39,40,41,42,52,53,54, and 55. (J. W. Paden (47)) c. tlycologia, Vol. 57, No. 2, March-April, 1965. (E. G. Ruppel (22)) d. Padwick, G. 1k. 1950. Manual of rice diseases. CMI. (M. M. Kulik (84)) e. Coker and Beers. 1943. The Boletaceae of North Carolina and adjacent states. (Will pay $10.00 or exchange for any series of items listed in item VI, c, 1, totaling up to $13.00). (.I.L. Maas (78)) f. A11 reprints or publications on fossil fungi. (R. L. Dennis (85)) g. Coker, W. C'. 1923. Clavarias of the United States and Canada. Univ. North Carolina Press. (R. H. Peterson (18)) h. Lister, A. 1911. Monograph of the Mycetozoa. Second Ed. (C. J. Alexopoulos (71)) i. Foster, J. W. 1949. Chemical activities of fungi. Academic Press. (will pay any reasonable price). (F. L. Binder (54)) j. Bonorden. 1851. Handbuch der allgemeinen Mykologie. (K. Tubaki (86)) k. Martin, G. W. 1952. Revision of the north central Tremellales. (P. D. Llexia (43)) 1. Whetzel, H. H. 1918. An outline of the history of phytopathology. (R. H. Estey (87)) m. Lloyd, C. G. 1898-1916. Mycological writings. Vols. I-IV. (A. Sanchez (9)) n. Paulet. 1793. Iconographie des champignons. (Text only). (R. E. Macho1 (82))

VIII. VACANCIES FOR MYCOLOGISTS a. Candidates with Doctorate Degr- 1. West Virginia: Assistant(?) Professor with specialty in the physiology of fungi. (Dr. H. L. Barnett (88)) 2. Texas: Post-doctorate to participate in genetic studies with Schizosaccharomyces pombe (see item I, b, 12). (Prof. H. Gutz (13)) b. Technician: New Jersey: Candidate with achel lor's degree in mycology for research program. (Dr. R. P. Tewari (8)) IX. AVAILABLE GRADLIATE STUDENT ASSISTANTSHIPS a. Indiana: For information concerning teaching or research fellowships in microbiology inquire of Dr. Bauer or Prof. D. J. Neederpruem (17). b. Kansas: For consideration for teaching or research assistantships with a stipend of $3,000 toward the ?1S or Ph.D degree urite to Dr. C. L. Kramer, Chairman, Graduate Selection Committee (16). 1,ouisiana 1. For a possible assistantship including paid tuition and an annual stipend between $2400 and 54300 leading to a Ph.D degree in medical mycology apply to Dr. Lorraine Friedman (89). 2. To apply for a research assistantship in marine mycology paying $2400 to $3600 per annum, write to Dr. S. P. Meyers (31). Massachusetts: For receipt of brochures or information regarding stipends in applied mycology (plant pathology) write to Francis W. Holmes (11). Michigan: One graduate research assistantship payment $3400 per year will start in September, 1970. Apply to E. C. Cantino (90). Montana: Applications for teaching assistantships and NIH traineeships with stipends between $2200 and $3000 should be submitted to M. J. Nakamura, Chairman (6).

-- -- New Jersey: For information about predoctoral NIH training grants and teaching assistantships for support of graduate students contact Dr. Ram P. Tewari, Asst. Professor (8). N~..~'.,~l- Information regarding graduate assistantships is available from Prof. Normap Eaton, - - 1' ::y C. ~lrman,Graduate Division (4). :. Y_J: .'uition-paid graduate fellowships in systematic mycology for 1970-71 require half- t; for graduate studies leading to a Ph.D. degree at Columbia University or Lehman Co~lcge.i the City of New York and half-time to herbarium assistance at the New York Botanical Garden with a stipend of $3600 per year in 24 equal installments. A paid vacation of one month is allowed each year. Applications should include a transcript of credits, letters of reference and should be sent to the Administrator of Graduate Studies (55). New York: The Ger-trude S. Burlingham Scholarship in Mycology with a stipend of $800-$1000 for advance( , i-edoctoral study at the New York Botanical Garden will be available in 1970. Graduate stu.lt~tsin mycology who can use the herbarium, laboratory, and library of the Garden are urged to apply. Field work can be combined with studies at the Garden. Nominations or applications should be sent to the Director (55). k. Vermont: For information regarding teaching and research assistantships with annual stipends of $2800 for 9 months, write to Dr. Thomas Sproston (77). 1. Washington: Several graduate assistantships (teaching and research) and fellowships will be available for the 1970-71 academic year. Stipends for 9 months range from $3200 to $3586; for 12 months, $3913. Appointments are for one year, with renewal subject to satis- factory performance. Apply to Dr. C. Gardner Shaw, Chairman (91). m. Wyoming: For information regarding a research assistantship having a stipend of $312 per month and tuition and beginning in August or September, 1970., for work with microfungi of prairie soil write to Dr. Martha Christensen (56).

X. POST-DOCTORATE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT

a. Florida: Dr. Garry T. Cole (5). Thesis "An exploration of the complementary functions of mature morphology and conidiophore-conidium ontogeny in the taxonomy of the hyphomycetes". Research interest: Fungal morphogenesis and ultrastructure; Teaching competence: General botany, mycology, taxonomy. May 20, 1969. Major Professor: Dr. W. B. Kendrick (37). b. Wyoming: Dr. Jack States (56). Thesis "Some aspects of morphogenesis in geophyllum saepiarium, a xerophytic polypore". Research interest: Developmental morphology of Basidiomycetes; ecology of basidiomycetes in soil; Teaching competence: General biology, mycology, botany. Major Professor: Dr. L. L. Kennedy.

XI. STUDENTS EXPECTING DOCTORATES LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT a. Canada 1. Ontario: David Malloch: "The genera of Cleistothecial ascomycetes"; Research interest: Taxonomy and ecology of fungi; Teaching competence: General botany, mycology, economic botany; June 1970; Major Professor: Dr. R. F. Cain (57). 2. Ontario: T. R. Nag Raj: "A contribution to a monograph of Chalara": Research interest: Plant pathology, biological control, fungal taxonomy: Teaching competence: plant pathology, mycology; Jan. 1970: Major Professor: Dr. Bryce Kendrick (37). b. Poland: Ryszard Mietkiewski: "Thy fungi introduced with import corn in Poland"! Research interest: same as above; Teaching competence: phytopathologie; 1970; Major Professor: Tadewsz Dominik (40). c. United States 1. California: Ching-yuan Hung: "Light and electron microscopic studies of ascus development in Pyronema omphalodes"; Research interest: ultrastructure of fungi, cytology; - ~ June 1970; Major ~rbfessor: K. Wells (95). 2. Illinois: Daniel A. DeFigio: "A taxonomic analysis of the Sorticate species of Hymenochaete; Teaching competence: General botany, zoology, biology, mycology; August 1970; Major Professor: Dr. A. E. Liberta (59). 3. Indiana: W. Brent Aitken: "Biochemical changes in basidiospore germination of S commune"; Research interest: fungal physiology; Teaching competence: ~icrobiolg~~, fungal physiology; June 1970; Major Professor: Dr. Donald J. Niederpruem (17). 4. Indiana: Caryl Heintz: "Ultrastructural studies of germination of oidia and basidio- spores of Coprinus lagopus"; Research interest: electron microscopy, fungal ultrastructure; Teaching competence: Microbiology, mycology, electron microscopy; June 1970- January 1971; Major Professor Dr. Donald J. Niederpruem (17) [Note Dr. Heintz is presently at Purdue University with Dr. Charles Bracker, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Lafayette, Indiana] 5. Iowa: Harold G. Brotzman: "Life history studies of Ceratocystis M";Research interest: Cytology-morphology of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes; Teaching competence: Mycology, cytology, plant pathology, general botany; August 1970; Major Professor: Martin A. Rosinski (93). 6. Iowa: Thomas R. Jewell: "Investigations on some polysaccharide components of the cell wall in the genus Ceratocystis." Research Interest: Fungal cell wall composition; Teaching competence: General botany, mycology, lower plant morphology, plant pathology; June, 1970; Major Professor: Martin A. Rosinski (93). 7. Kansas: John Leslie Watson: "Serological studies with the saprophytic phase of selected species of the genus Taphrina"; Research interest: Serological identification and serological relatedness of the species of Taphrina"; Teaching competence: General zoology, microbiology, general botany, plant pathology, plant physiology, general biology, mycology; August, 1970; Major Professor: Dr. C. L. Kramer (16). Michigan: Louis C. Truesdell: tr ole of the gamma particle in zoospore germination in Blastocladiella"; Research interest; Use of electron microscopy and photography in studies of fungi and general cell biology; Teaching competence: mycology, cell biology; July, 1970; Major Professor: E. C. Cantino (90) MichQs: Samuel Mazzer: "The genus =aromyces (Agaricales): Research interest; Ecology and taxonomy of Agaricales; Teaching competence: Cryptogamic botany; April, 1970; Major Professor: Alexander H. Smith (92). -North Carolina: Darwin E. Davidson: "Physiological basis for the distribution of some fresh- water and marine Ascomycetes"; Research interest: Physiological mycoecology; Teaching competence: Eiycologv, physiology, general botany; September, 1970; Major Professor: T. W. Johnson, Jr. (94). North Carolina: R. M. Danielson: "Ecology and physiology of Trichoderma in forest soils"; Research interest: Ecology of soil fungi, yeasts, mycorrhizae, thermophilic organisms; Teaching competence: Soil microbiology; July, 1970; Major Professor: C. B. Davey (96).

-- New-- York: Frank A. Pug1iese:"Effect of zinc on the nitrogen metabolism of Helminthosporium cynodontis"; Research interest: Trace element metabolism in fungi; Teaching competence: Microbiology, mycology, cell physiology and biochemistry; June, 1970; Major Professor: James P. White (51). -Tennessee: James L. Dodd: "Cultural and classical taxonomic study of the genus Clavicorona": Research interest: Culture and taxonomy of Basidiomycetes; Teaching competence: Mycology, plant morphology, general botany, plant pathology; June, 1970; Major Professor: R. H. Petersen (18). Vermont: Larry Virkaitis: "Biochemical analysis of vesicle or lipid bodies"; Research interest: Biochemistry; Teaching competence: Botany; October, 1970; Major Professor: T. Sproston (77). West Virginia: Richard Calderone: "Nutrition of the mycoparasite Gonatobotryum fuscum in -- -- axenic culture"; Research interest; Physiology, mycoparasitism; Teaching competence: mycology, physiology, microbiology; May, 1970; Najor Professor: H. L. Barnett (88). Wisconsin: Daniel P. Mahoney, 11: "Soil microfungi of the Galapagos Islands"; Research interest: Taxonomy, morphology, and ecology of soil microfungi; Teaching competence: Mycology, morphology, general botany and zoology; Summer, 1971; Major Prof. M.P. Backus(l4).

XII. GRADUATES AT BACHELOR'S OR MASTER'S LEVEL FOR EMPLOYMENT AS TECHNICIANS, EXPERIMENTALISTS, ETC. a. --Canada, Alberta: Edward Burroughs, MS, 1969, (97) specializing in avian aspergillosis looks for a technical or experimental position (reported by J. J. Taylor (6)). b. United States 1. Indiana: Mary Braun, MA, (17) seeks a position as a technician working with fungal metal-,- olism, enzymology, biochemistry, or allied projects in industry or elsewhere. 2. Vermont: Janis Peplan (77) will receive the AB degree in January, 1970, and desires employment as a technician.

H. PERSONAL .TIdFO.?~~!ATIOJl I. MYCOLOGISTS WITH NEW AFFILIATIONS Dr. Kent P. Dumont joined the staff of the New York Botanical Garden as Associate Curator (fungi) in September, 1969. Mr. John H. Haines of Oregon State University joined the New York State Museum in Albany as state mycologist. Dr. Earl G. Ruppel of the USDA was reassigned to Fort Collins, Colorado, from Mesa, Arizona, effective July 1, 1969. Dr I).:vid Cotter of the University of Hawaii is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Indiana Un,versity ?ledical Center in Indianapolis. Dr. hlichael McGinnis joined the Letterman Army Institute of Research in San Francisco as a research mycologist after graduation from the Iowa State University. Dr. William A. Sherwocd, Research Fellow at the New York Botanical Garden for the past 2 years, joined the Department of Biology, Lynchburg College, in Virginia on August 15, 1969. Dr. J. W. Gerdemann of the Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois, is spending a sabbatical year at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory, USDA, in Corvallis, Oregon. Dr. David L. tk.nks left the Dept. of Botany, Brigham Young University, for North East Missouri State College in Kirksville. Dr. Darrel 3. Weber, formerly at the University of Houston, has joined the faculty of the Dept. of Botany, Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. Dr. Raymond Scheetz has accepted a post-doctorate fellowship to work on Myxomycetes at the Cell Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin, to work on the biochemistry and ultrastructure of membrane activities in plasmodia. After receipt of Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Charles Mims is now Assistant Professor at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Dr. J. A. Ekundayo has returned to the School of Biological Sciences, Universiry of Lagos, in Nigeria from Prairie Regional Laboratory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr. John L. Cunningham left Mycology Investigations and the National Fungus Collections at Beltsville to enter private business. Dr. Irene Weitzman, formerly Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Dermatology, College o'f Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, has joined the staff at the New York City Dept. of Health, Bureau of Laboratories, as Senior Research Scientist and Chief of the Mycology and Tuberculosis Units. Dr. Mark Mount has joined the Shade Tree Laboratories at the hiversity of Massachusetts from Cornell University to investigate the physiology of plant disease. Dr. John A. Ulrich, formerly with the Mayo Clinic, has joined the Medical School of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, as full professor. Drs. Garry T. Cole and Fred Kazama have joined the Dept. of Botany, University of Florida, in Gainesville as postdoctoral fellows. Dr. C. M. Ishaq (58) has joined the staff at the Medical School of the University of New York at Buffalo in addition to his staff position at the Deaconess Hospital.

11. MYCOLOGISTS' TRAVEL ABROAD (Space limitations require elimination of United States travel).

Dr. M. J. Thirumalachar, Director of Research, Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd. in Poona, India, presented a lecture entitled "Recent Advances in Antibiotics" at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Dr. S. M. Pady of Kansas State University visited the Waite Agricultural Research Institute of the University of Adelaide in Glen Osmond, Australia, to discuss aeromycology. Dr. M. A. Donk, Rijksherbarium of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands is T'isiting Professor in the Department of Botany at the University of Tennessee from July, 1969, to July, 1970, correlating European and North American Aphyllorales floras. Dr. Roy Watling of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, spent 3 weeks studying agarics at the University of Michigan Herbarium and Biological Station during, September, 1969. (At the latter location he encountered his first North American bear. In the editor's opinion the rather unscientific description better described an animal with parameters that overlap several species (such as skunk, hyena, and wayward way-out mycologist). In May, 1970, Dr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Smith will attend the Tricentenary Celebration of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Dr. and Mrs. J. Wright of Argentina, Dr. and Mrs. 0. Fidalgo, and Dr. and Mrs. R. Singer visited the Departamento de Botanica in the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional in Mexico City. The latter two scientists revised Polyporaceae and tropical agarics respectively, and Dr. and Mrs. Singer made several mycological explorations in Mexico. Dr. Eeva-Liisa Korpinen, Institute of Microbiology and Epezootology, in Helsinki studied mycotoxins in the Dept. of Hygiene and Mibrobiology at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen. Drs. Ruben Duran of Washington State University and Joe F. Hennen of Purdue University collected smuts and rusts respectively in Mexico from October through December, 1969. Dr. V. W. Cochrane of Wesleyan Univ-in Middletown, Connecticut, and Dr. E. G. Afrikian, Director of the Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Armenian S.S.R., in Erevan, U.S.S.R., who are interested in physiology of fungi and Dr. H. J. Riesener, Botanical Institute, Univ. of Freiburg, West Germany, who is interested in host-parasite relations in plants, visited the Prairie Regional Laboratory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Dr. Donald Dring, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, lectured on Phallales and phylogeny of Gasteromycetes during a 2-week visit to Buenos Aires and LaPlata Universities in Argentina, September, 1969. Dr. R. P. Korf and A. Sanchez of Cornell University along with former and present students will initiate a series of Discomycete explorations of the Neotropics in June, 1970, with a trip to Puerto Rico and Dominica. Magdalena Pavlich de Sueldo of Lima, Peru, visited the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago during September. Dr. Glynn Bocren, C.S.I.R.O. Division of Soils, in Glen Osmond, Australia, and Dr. M. A. Donk of Utricht, Holland, accompanied by Dr. R. E. Petersen of the University of Tennessee visited the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon. Dr. Keisuke Tubaki, Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, Japan, attended the First International Workshop Conference on Fungi Imperfecti at Kanaskis in Alberta, Canada. Dr. C. W. Hesseltine, Chief of the Fermentation Laboratory, Northern Regional Research Lab., Peoria, Ill., attended the International Symposium on Chemical Control of the Human Environ- Inent held in .Johannesburg, South Africa, July 14-20, 1969, and lectured on the distribution and classification of aflatoxin-producing strains of the Aspergillus flavus group. Dr. C. W. i:esseltine visited Tokyo, Japan, in November where he attend meetings concerning toxic microorganisms. The first of December he went to Vienna to attend the Expert Working Group on the Manufacture of Chemicals by Fermentation, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and presented an invited paper entitled "Microorganisms and Their Role in Fermentation". The middle of December, he will attend the Third International Conference on Global Impacts of Applied Microbiology in Bombay, India, and will present one of the Plenary Lectures entitled "Fermented Soybean Foods". Dr. K. Tubaki of Osaka, Japan, and Mr. J. Gremen of the Forest Research Institute, Wageningen, Netherlands, discussed Fungi Imperfecti and Ascomycetes respectively at the Forest Research Laboratory in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Tubaki also lectured on "A modern system for the classification of the Hyphomycetes with reference to their perfect states" at the Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University on June 23, 1969. The following day Dr. Tubaki held a discussion on the same topic for the benefit of Prof. Korf's mycology class. Dr. E. Muller, EIOG, Technische HochschuLe in Zurich, Switzerland, talked on "Ecological and cultural characters in relation to the taxonomy of the Ascomycetes" at the Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, on September 25-26, 1969. He also spent a week in Quebec as a guest of the Forest Research Laboratory and of Dr. G. B. Ouellette, who had just returned from a stay of one year at the Institut fur Spezielle Botanik working with Dr. Muller on mycological problems. Dr. B. Lowy of Louisiana State University presented a paper on heterobasidiomycete taxonomy at the Congreso Nacion'al de Biologia on November 25 and a short course in Tremellology at the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru. Dr. Tadewsz Dominik of Szczecin, Poland, visited Prof. Dr. F. Meyer in Reinbeck, West Germanv, in September, 1969. Prof. Alexander A. Imshenetski, Director of the Institute of Microbiology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, visited the Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, Illinois, on May 18, 1969, and presented an informal seminar on work at the institute. Recent visitors to the Plant Research Institute, Ottawa, include Dr. R. Tubaki, Osaka, Japan; Mme. J. Nicot, Paris, France; Dr. E. Muller, Zurich, Switzerland; Dr. C. V. Subramanian, Madras, India; Dr. Mary Noble, East Craigs, Scotland; Dr. Roy Watling, Edinburgh, Scotland; Dr. M. J. Thirumalachar, Poona, India; Dr. W. Shipton, Townsville, Australia. Prof. )I. V. Locquin, Universite Agricole Europienne in France will visit Japan in 1970. Prof. E. S. Beneke of Michigan State Univ. spent September and October at the Univ. of North Sumatra bledical School in Medan, Indonesia, on a World Health Organization fellowship. aa. Dr. C. Gardner Shaw of the Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State Univ., participated in the International Workshop on Downy Mildews of Maize and Sorghum held September 21-26 in Nainital, U.P., India, as one of 60 scientists working on downy mildews of Gramineae. The Workshop was sponsored by U.P. Agricultural University, Pantnagar, India, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Others in attendance from the United States were Dr. A.J. Ullstrup and Mr. Paul M.11. Sun, Purdue University; Dr. G. F. Sprague, Crops Research Division, AKS, USDA; Dr. R.A. Frederiksen, Texas A & M University, and Dr. James H. Jensen, Oregon State University. bb. P . <:as.In Guzman, Instituto Poletecnico Nacional in Mexico City visited the United States -ing ;i..g~lst. CC. . C. Garuner Shaw, Washington State University, also visited the Univ. of West Pakistan, 1.1 ,ore 1 iversity, Bangalore University, and Indian Agriculture Research Institute in India, and The National Taiwan University in Taipei. 111. AWARDS AND REWARDS

a. Degrees 1. Dr. Arturo L. Carrion received the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences Honoris Causa at the University of Puerto Rico in May, 1969. 2. Dr. R. Singer was given the diploma of "Socio honorario" and was elected Honorary Member by the Sociedad Mexicana de Micologia. b. Promotions 1. E. D. Rudolph was promoted to Professor and Director of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio state university. 2. Also at Ohio State University Dr. J. A. Schmitt has been promoted to Professor and Chairman of the Academic Faculty of Botany. 3. R. L. Taylor has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of Microbiology at the Univ. of Texas Medical School in San Antonio. 4. Dr. Michael McGinnis has been promoted to the rank of captain in U.S. Army Medical Service Corp. 5. Dr. E. D. Delamater was promoted to Distinguished University Professor of Science at Florida Atlantic University on July 1, 1968. 6. Yrjo Makinen was promoted to Associate Professor of Botany on April 29, 1969. 7. Solomon Goldstein became full professor at Brooklyn College of CCNY in the fall of 1969. c. Awards 1. Carroll H. Weiss received the 1969 award from the Biological Photographic Association during their meeting at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for his paper entitled "Fungus Photography: Culture Plates with Ultraviolet Fluorescence." 2. Dr. Martha D. Berliner of Simmons College in Boston has received a grant from the Brown- Hazen Fund of the Research Corporation for studies on vital staining of fungi. 3. Dr. J. J. Taylor was named Teacher of the Year by students and was selected by the faculty to receive the Standard Oil Award for excellence in teaching at the University of Montana. 4. W. M. Hess has been awarded a 5-year Career Development Award at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. 5. Dr. Alexander H. Smith, Director of the University of Michigan Herbarium, received the Botanical Society of America's Certificate of Merit at the Society's dinner at the International Botanical Congress in Seattle last August. 6. Dr. H. L. Barnett presently serves as Acting at the newly created Division of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture, West Virginia University, pending appointment as a permanent Director. 7. Dr. S. J. Hughes, Plant Research Institute, Ottawa, was awarded the third Jakob Erikson Gold Medal at the closing plenary session of the Eleventh International Botanical Congress.

IV. INVITATIONAL PAPERS AND LECTURES a. Dr. Martha D. Berliner of Simmons College presented a paper entitled "The Biology of Histoplasma capsu1at.m at the 2nd National Conference on Histoplasmosis in Atlanta October 6-8, 1969. b. Dr. C. L. Kramer of Kansas State U~?iversitydisplayed spore sampling and environmental sensing equipment in the first annual display of epidemiological equipment at the APS meetings in Spokane. c. Dr. K. L. Howard, Kirkland College, gave a seminar at the University of North CarolLna, Chapel Hill, on "Oogenesis in Saprolegnia terrestris" in December. d. Dr. Walter M. Bejuki of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science talked on "Test fungi in Federal material specifications in Saddlebrook, New Jersey, on October 28, 1969. e. Dr. Ram P. Tewari of Rutgers University and collaborators presented papers on "Experimental Mycotic Encephalitis in Mice" in Minnesota in June and August. f. Dr. Edward D. Delameter of Florida Atlantic University discussed "Differentiation, ultrastructure and mechanisms of movement of the uniquely paired spermatozoa of American marsupials" at the Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1969, and at the Biology Club, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, on October 21, 1969. g. Prof. Bryce Kendrick gave a public lecture on "The Population Explosion" at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, on November 5, 1969. h. Palle Krogh, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, reported the results from the first 5 months of investigations under the All-Scandinavian Mycotoxin Research on June 1 in Helsinki. Prof. C.J. Alexopoulos of the Univ. of Texas at Austin gave the invitational address, "The Myxo- mycetes-Plasmodia1 Slime Molds" at the fall meeting of the South-Central Branch of the American Society of Microbiology at Tulane University in New Orleans. On December 8, he spoke on "The Ultrastructure of the Myxomycetes" at the ultrastructure seminar of Texas A & M Univelsity. Dr. L. R. Batra in Mycology Investigations at Beltsville, Maryland, delivered two lectures at Reed College on "Ectosymbiosis between Insects and Fungi" and one lecture on "Ambrosia Fungi" at Oregon State University last fall. Dr. Jorge E. Wright, Univ. of Buenos Aires, discussed "Some aspects of Organization of Research in Argentina" and "Mycology in Argentina" in Spanish at the Escuela de Biologia, Instituto Politecnico National, Mexico City. Dr. L. R. Kneebone of the Pennsylvania State University presided over the First Mushroom Confer- ence sponsored by The American Mushroom ~nstitutkin Wilmington, Delaware, on September 6, 1969, and delivered the opening address, "The Future of the American Mushroom Industry." Dr. Singer of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago talked on forest mycology at the University of Illinois and the Plant Industry Station at Beltsville during the spring. He also discussed the ecology of mycorrhiza and hallucinogenic mushrooms at the University of Mexico during the summer. Dr. D.B.O. Savile, Plant Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, organized a symposium on Ecology and Evolution of Host-Parasite Relationships and spoke on coevolution of the rust fungi and their hosts at the XI International Botanical Congress. Dr. Edward Hacskaylo of the Forest Physiology Laboratory at Beltsville, Maryland, presented a paper entitled "Biological Amendments in Forest Soil Improvement" before the Forest Soils Work- shop of the Society of American Foresters at Xiami in October. Dr. T. K. Chose, Pioneering Laboratory, U.S. Army Natick Laboratories in Massachusetts visited the Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, Illinois, on October 13, 1969, and gave a talk on the saccharification of cellulose by Trichoderma. Drs. L. J. Wickerham and C. P. Kurtzman participated in the Summer Community of Scholars sponsored by the Miner Institute, Chazy, New York, this past August. The week-long meeting was culminated by a symposium entitled "Recent Trends in Yeast Research." Dr. Wickerham spoke on phylogeny in the genus Hansenula and Dr. Kurtzman reported on the sexual stage of Candida lipolytica. r. Dr. J. F. Stauffer, University of Wisconsin, visited the Northern Regional Research Laboratory on June 16, 1969, and presented a talk on spontaneous and induced mutation in multinucleate- spored fungi. s. Dr. Jack Fell of the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Miami spent several days examining yeasts at the NRRL and presented a seminar entitled "Basidiomycetous Yeasts from Antarctic Ocean" on October 2, 1969. V. RETIREMENTS AND DEATHS a. Dr. Wm. Bridge Cooke, Mycologist, Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory, took advantage of the liberalized retirement plan of the Federal government enacted effective November 1, 1969, and retired on October 31. Dr. Cooke will continue his study of Ohio Fungi, Fungi and Flora of Mt. Shasta, Fungi of the National Parks, especially Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Poly- poraceae (sensu latissimo), and the cyphelloid fungi, at his home Laboratory (69). He is affiliated with the Dept. of Botany at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, as a Research Associate and will work with the fungi acquired in the herbarium of Oberlin University. b. Dr. V. G. Lilly will retire from active work on June 30, 1970, after 36 years of research and teaching in physiology of fungi at West Virginia University.

Since publication of Volume XX, Number 1 of the Newsletter in June, 1969, the following members of the Mycological Society of America have been reported deceased: arbert W. Eades, Associate of the Society since 1961 on September 14, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

George W. Keitt, Professor Emeritus and former Chairman, Plant Pathology Department, University of Wisconsin, on November 18, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mrs. E. P. Justo, a Regular Member of the Society since 1947, on May 2. VI. MATCHES AND HATCHES

E. G. Ruppel, USDA, Fort Collins, Colorado, reports arrival of a new Green Bay Packer entitled Michael Robert on February 21, 1969. Gary F. Llewellyn married Kikue Oya on February 13 at Naha on Okinawa. H. H. Ho of the State University College in New Paltz, New York, has a new daughter, Cynthia Ming-Wai, born August 9. Don W. and Ann B. Hickman of Potsdam, New York, announce birth of a daughter, Tina Lynn, on August 15. Edward D. DeLamater of Florida Atlantic University announces the marriage of his daughter, Gretchen, to William Joseph Edgar on June 14. Rene L. Steyaert of Brussels, Belgium, notes nine grandchildren from 4 to 17 years of age. George C. Carroll of the University of Oregon became father of a new daughter, Emily Ann, on August 18. Jared N. Schwartz (M.Sc., 1969), Ohio State University) married Diane Hermann on August 30, and is beginning his Ph.D. studies in medical mycology at Duke University. Diane is working as a research assistant on a cocci project at Duke. H. L. Barnett of West Virginia University reports on his three sons, (Tom, Don, and Ed): Edward was married in August and resides in University Park, Pa., where he is working toward his Ph.D. degree with Dr. Fergus. Alex (Donald's son) is now one year old and lives in Midway Park, N. C. Donald received his M.D. in 1968. Maureen (Tom's daughter) was born in September and lives at Houston, Texas. Tom received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1967. Yrjo Makinen in Turku, Finland, announces birth of his fourth child, a daughter named Suvi Inari, on March 29. Donald J. and Betty Reinhardt of Georgia State University report birth of a daughter, Kristi Ellen, on September 1. I. CORRESPONDENT ADDRESSES

Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Box 887, Corvallis, Oregon 97330 Division of the Sciences, Kirkland College, Clinton, New York 13323 7617 North Bell Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217 Biology Department, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210 Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32601 Department of Microbiology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59801 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Dept. of Bacteriology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850 Mycology mnvestigations, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville,Md. 20705 Shade Tree Laboratories, Dept. Plant Pathology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01002 Forest Research Laboratory, 132A 9th Ave., S.W., Calgary-2, Alberta, Canada University of Texas at Dallas, Box 30365, Dallas, Texas 75080 Botany Department, Birge Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Dept. of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 7, India Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66502 Dept. of Microbiology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Dept. of Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 Departamento de Botanica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico, D.F. 17, Mexico Dept. Biological Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843 Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Ill. 60605 Crops Research Laboratory, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80521 Letterman Army Institute of Research, Presidio of San Francisco, California 94129 Loop College, 64 East Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601 Dept. of Biology, State University College, Potsdam, New York 13668 Dept. of Hygiene and Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen V. Denmark Division of Food Preservation, C.S.I.R.O., P.O. Box 43, Ryde, M.S.W. 2112 Australia American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20852 Academic Faculty of Botany, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Dept. of Botany, University of Turku, Turku 2, Finland Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803 Dept. of Biology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843 Dept. of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 Plant Research Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada Dept. of Bacteriology & Mycology, Southwest Foundation for Research & Education, P.O. Box 28147, San Antonio, Texas 78228 Dept. of Botany (A140 CPSLO) Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84601 Dept. of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Dept. of Botany, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84321 Plant Protection Research Institute, P.O. Box 994, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa Katedra Ochrony Roslin, Szczecin, ul. 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SK 6, IHN, England Life Science Building, Dept. of Botany, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05401 Fruit & Nut Crop Research Branch, CR, ARS, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. 20705 Research Laboratories, Rohm & Haas Co., Bristol, Pa. 19007 2721 North Wagner Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 Institul for Sporeplanter, 0 Farimagsgade 2 D, 1353 Kdbenhavn K, Denmark 741 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60202 184 Aspinwall Avenue, Brookline, Mass. 02146 Bldg. 049, U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. 20705 Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore. 97331 Institute for Fermentation, 4-54, Juso-Nishinocho, Higashiyodogawaku, Osaka, Japan Macdonald College of McGill University, Macdonald College P.O., Quebec, Canada Dept. of Plant Pathology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va. 26506 Tulane Medical Sctlool, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. 48823 Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163 University Herbarium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 Dept. of Botany, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dept. of Botany, 3uke University, Durham, N. C. 27706 Dept. of Botany, University of California, Davis, California 95616 Dept. of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N. C. 27607 7951 - 91st Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 6450 S.W. Richey Lane, Portland, Oregon Dept. of Biology, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, Mass. 01945 852 Stone Road, Rochester, New York 14616 J. MYCOLOGICAL MISCELLANY Wm. Bridge Cooke (69) needs lists of the fungi collected on the Texas and Ohio Forays to complete the lists for publication. Dr. Cooke also reports that free reprints will not be available for distribution of the "Bibliography of Histoplasmosis" and "The Families Proposed for Fungi", published or to be published shortly. Those wishing copies must contact the publishers. Dr. George Agrios' (11) book, "Plant ~atholo~~",was published by Academic Press during 1969. Dr. Theodore P. Gannatz reports that he is temporarily out-of-action at Clark University while serving 2 years in the army at Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah. Dr. Martha D. Berliner (99) seeks simple techniques to induce ascospore formation in yeasts for class-room demonstration. Prof. Marcel V. Locquin (50) reports that the new "Centre de Recherches Mycologiques" at U.A.E. will pursue two main lines, Taxonomy of Fungi and Applied Mycology and that his new book, "Genera of Fungi: De Taxia Fungorum" will contain 4860 genera of Myxomycetes, Deuteromycetes, and Metamycetes arranged in a natural classification and will be available in 1970. J.H.B. Garner, on leave from the Dept. of Biology at East Tennessee State Univ. has been appointed as a Research Associate in the Dept. of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State Univ. His work on a possible association between natural gas in the soil atmosphere and death of various trees and woody ornamentals in Wilmington, N. C., is supported under a cooperative agreement between NCSU and the National Air Pollution Control Administration and will be pursued in cooperation with Drs. W. W. Heck, L. F. Grand, and E. B. Cowling. Dr. L. R. Kneebone of The Pennsylvania State Univ. is serving his fourth consecutive 3-year term as a Member of the International Commission on Mushroom Science representing North, Central, and South America and has been invited by the Organizing Committee of the United Kingdom to preside over the sessions dealing with composting and nutrition at the VIII International Congress of Mushroom Science to be held in London September 7-15, 1971. L. J. Tanghe (loo), a retired chemist with a long-term interest in higher fungi, has just given a short course in field mushroom identification sponsored by the Rochester Museum and Science Center, is active in NAMA, studies and photographs species, and responds to calls from the Poison Control Center at Strong Memorial Hospital. The positions of Mycologist and Algologist (Research Microbiologists) have been abolished in the Advanced Waste Treatment Research Laboratory, Robert A. Taft Water Research Laboratory, USDI, effective Nov. 1, 1969, with the retirement of the incumbents, Wm. Bridge Cooke and C. Mervin Palmer. The 15th Annual Peck Foray was held in the Adirondacks at Warrensburg, N.Y., at the State University of Forestry camp on Sept. 26-28. Mycologists of the northeast have joined in an annual foray for the past 15 years. Major responsibility for organization has fallen on Prof. J.L. Lowe, Syracuse Univ., who 10 years ago suggested the name, Annual Charles Horton Peck Mycological Foray, after the eminent New York mycologist and State botanist. The majority of the forays have been held in New York State with several in Ontario. Participants have come from Quebec, New England, and Pennsyl- vania. The starting nucleus of 20 has grown to an average of 50. The foray normally begins Friday evening and continues through Sunday morning. Most have been held in autumn with a few in late spring. Arrangements for the 1970 Foray will be made by R. P. Korf (9), and interested mycologists not now on the Peck Foray mailing list should contact him. Amateurs and professionals are most welcome.