The last couple of months have brought announcements of a series of new or recurring funding programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation that provide some outstanding funding opportunities for myco- logists not only in the United States, but in other countries as well. The following is a summary of these major programs. Copies of the complete announcements of these programs are available from the National Science Foundation, from your local grants management office, or, in some instances, from the MSA Bulletin Board.
Special Competition in Systematic Biology: Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET)
Retirement of taxonomic specialists, shifts in academic recruitment and staffing, and reductions in graduate training all conspire to diminish the knowledge that is needed to answer what the National Science Board has labeled a global biodiversity crisis ("Loss of Biological Diversity: A Global Crisis Requiring International Solu- r' tions", NSB 89-171 ). The rate of "extinction" among professional taxonomists led a National Science Founda- tion task force to call for enhanced training in taxon-specific expertise ("Adapting to the Future: Report of the BBS Task Force Looking to the 21 st Century", NSF 91 -69). In partnership with academic institutions, botanical gardens, freshwater and marine institutes, and natural history museums the National Science Foundation seeks to enhance taxonomic research and help prepare future generations of experts. NSF announces a Special Competition, Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET), to support competitively reviewed research projects that target groups of poorly known organisms. Projects must encourage the training of new generations of taxonomists and translate current ex- pertise into electronic databases and other formats with broad accessibility to the scientific community. Projects designed for 5 years of effort are encouraged, with yearly budgets not to exceed $1 50,000 (direct plus indirect costs), or $750,000 total. Group Proposals could increase the budget according to the number of Principal Investigators involved. Standard components of taxonomic monography - species description and diagnosis, geographic distribution, scientific nomenclature, identification keys, illustration - are expected in all projects; training of two students and computerization activities are also required. NSF anticipates making
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i L 10-20 awards in Fiscal Year 1995 in this Special Competi- have been directed, is explained as follows: "Proposals tion, contingent upon availability of funds and quality of submitted to the Biotic Surveys and lnventories Program propo-sals received. should involve collecting specimens of extant and extinct Proposals should be submitted for a March 1, 1995 organisms as samples of taxa of geographic or oceano- postmark deadline to the address given in the "Grant Pro- graphic regions andlor geographic horizons; conducting posal Guide" (NSF 94-2, page 2). NSF's "Grant Proposal inventories of existing collections; developing and dis- Guide" provides relevant forms and rules for proposal seminating electronic databases of the collected or inven- preparation. On the cover sheet, upper left corner, write tories specimens and taxa; and producing biotic treat- "DEB-PEET (NSF 94-1 09)" to expedite processing. ments, authenticated species lists, catalogs, manuals, keys, lnstitutional cost-sharing in accordance with standard expert identifications systems, and/or other documents in NSF rules is expected on all projects. lnstitutional commit- electronic and printed form.. . . The primary product of a ment to the employment of taxonomists during and be- biotic survey or inventory project is expedited to be new yond the duration of PEET projects provides one clear collections and/or inventories of existing collections and example of partnership in answering the scientific and taxa. These projects should result in the production of societal challenge of diminishing taxonomic expertise. electronic and electronically accessible (e.g., linked via For the PEET Special Competition announcement, Gopher or World Wide Web on Internet to the scientific contact: Division of Environmental Biology (PEET), community), specimen-based databases - to permit more National Science Foundation - Suite 635, efficient maintenance, dissemination, and revision of the 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 products of the research - and other electronic and print- 703-306-1481 ;fax: 703-306-0367 ed products such as keys, expert identification systems, e-mail: [email protected] checklists, descriptions, and other databases and authority The brochure on the PEET program (NSF 94-109) is also files to assist in identification of included taxa ... ." Pro- available electronically through NSF's "STIS" system (ac- posals must include detailed project management plans cessed as [email protected] using the simple command "get and a full description of database activities including index" (without the quotes). information on hardware and software specifications, the data model, elements and structure of the database, net- working protocols, means of electronic access to the data NSF Biotic Systems and sets, and capabilities for expansion. For new collections, Inventories Program investigators are strongly encouraged to make use of ap- propriate Global Positioning System technology to record The National Science Foundation has now released locality data, when appropriate, and to link the biodiver- new guidelines for its Biotic Surveys and lnventories pro- sity databases to a Geographic Information System. Gener- gram, which is part of the Division of Environmental Biol- al inquiries or questions about the guidelines should be ogy in the Directorate for Biological Sciences:These guidelines (NSF 94-4) replace NSF 91 -1 0. The Biotic Sur- directed to the Biotic Surveys and lnventories program, 7031306-1483; internet: jmoorefiQnsf.gov or veys and lnventories program, which in the past has been the program to which floristic and faunistic proposals [email protected].
Get 'Em meYou Still MSA's IMC5 T-shirts and Tote Bags Still Available! A second printing of MSA's extremely successful 1994 T-shirts is now available for sale. These are the same designs and styles as those that sold out so quickly at the IMC-5. Fungus Man and Raven, a striking Northwestern Native American design, is available in maroon on natural, 100% cotton, pre-shrunk, crew neck. Sizes: S, MI L, XL, XXL; also available in maroon on white, scoop neck (women's), sizes M, L, XL. Also available: Canvas tote bags with the Fungus Man and Raven in maroon on natural cotton. Ingold's aquatic nightmare, a truly remarkable FUNgal fantasy in green and purple on black, 100% cotton crew neck. Available in child's M, adult S, M, L, XL. [See Bull. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 10(2), 1976 for the picture and its explanation!] Still only $12!!!!, plus $2.00 for mailing. To Order: Specify number, style and size - e.g., 1 fungus man, crew neck, size L - and send check or money order for $1 4 for each item to: Jeffrey Stone, Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology, Cordley 2082, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 -2902. Systematics Agenda 2000: Charting the Biosphere The following is the Executive Summary of a much urgently needed for international efforts by natural re- longer document describing the goals and organization of source managers, pharmaceutical explorers, conservation the effort now known worldwide as Systematics Agenda biologists, ecologists, and many others. The more we 2000. Your comments on this effort or requests for the full know about Earth's biological diversity, the better will be. text of this document is posted on the MSA Bulletin Board, our capacity to conserve natural habitats on land and in or can be obtained by contacting the New York Botanical Garden or members of the Steering Committee (whose the oceans. This knowledge is critical if future genera- names are listed in the following journal articles: tions are to share this planet with the myriad life forms on Cladistics 7:407-414 (1991 1; which we depend . Systematic Botany 16:758-761 (1991 ); The international community of systematic biologists Systematic Zoology 40:520-523 (1991 ) proposes the Systematics Agenda 2000 to achieve a sci- or : Systematics Agenda2000 entific objective sought by the nations of the world: To Department Of Ornithology discover, describe, and classify the world's species within American Museum Of Natural History 25 years. Meeting this goal will require an intensive inter- Central Park West at 79th Street national effort involving three interrelated scientific mis- New York, NY 10024 USA sions: (Fax: 21 2-769-5759) Mission 1: To survey, discover, inventory and describe global species diversity accurately, Earth's species, including humans, comprise an intricate efficiently, and rapidly. fabric, a fabric that has shaped the atmosphere, climate, Mission 2: To analyze and synthesize the soil, water and other ecological features of the planet that information derived from this global discovery are essential for the very existence of life. More than a mil- effort into a predictive classification system that lion of the individual threads (species) that make up this reflects the history of life. fabric have been discovered and described by systematic biologists, the scientists responsible for exploration of the Mission 3: To organize the information derived world's biological diversity. Descriptions of species set the from this global program in an efficiently retrievable stage for studies of their relationships, as well as for classi- form that best meets the needs of science and fications that tell us about the organization and history of society. life's diversity. These classifications are powerful tools that help us to understand, maintain and rationally utilize the The benefits to science and society will be significant: great biological wealth we have inherited. The newly discovered species will multiply Yet, despite over two centuries of accomplishment in society's inventory of usable resources. systematic biology, we have much to learn about the fab- New systematic data will arm conservationists, ric of life. Tens of millions of species remain unknown to policy makers, and biological resource managers us, species that stabilize the delicate balance of ecosys- with the knowledge necessary to sustain and use tems, species that have potential for expanding and diver- their nation's species diversity. sifying our agricultural production, and species that hold Knowledge of species diversity will assist in the new and effective cures for the diseases that plague discovery of new products and will guide the human populations. Fortunately, recent advances in sys- selection of new and improved food crops and tematics offer the prospect of undertaking in a timely fash- medicines. ion the daunting task of charting the biosphere in a way that will capture the enormous scope of species diversity. Baseline data will be generated to monitor global Meeting this challenge, now more than ever, is pivotal climate and ecosystem change, including rates of species to our survival and well-being. We are faced on a world- extinction, ecosystem degradation, and the spread of exo- wide scale with rapidly declining diversity, disappearing tic, disease-causing, and pest organisms. habitats, and increasing demand for precious biological resources. Basic systematic research on species diversity is ICTF Subcommissions on K1 A OC6 Canada (Fax: 61 3-943-0953, Email: seifertk8- Alternaria, Colletotrichum and ncccot2.agr.ca) indicating their current research interests Pythium and approaches they are adopting. Suggestions of myco- logists to be contacted are also welcome. The lnternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi is planning to establish two additional subcommis- sions within its structure to facilitate integrated systematic work on taxonomically difficult genera of fungi of eco- Identification of plant families nomic importance . The subcommission on Aspergillus and Penicillium established in 1986 (now also a commis- Watson, L. & M. J. Dallwitz. 1993. The Families of Flow- sion within IUMS), the subcommission on Trichoderma ering Plants. lnteractive Identification and lnformation established in 1989, and the subcommission on Fusarium Retrieval. CSlRO lnformation Services, PO Box 89, East (also a subcommission of the lnternational Society for Melbourne, Victoria 3002, AUSTRALIA. (telephone: [611 Plant Pathology), have already made valuable contribu- 31 41 8-7217; fax: I61I 31 41 9-0459). ISBN 0-643-05507- tions to improving the taxonomy of the genera concerned. X. lnteractive program, including CD-ROM and illustrated At the Fifth lnternational Mycological Congress held in manual. $US1 80, plus postage & handling. This package Vancouver, August 1994, the ICTF proposed the establish- applies the interactive identifications and information ment of two additional subcommissions on Alternaria, and retrieval program INTKEY to 563 world-level, DELTA Colletotrichum. In addition, it was agreed that the inter- descriptions of the families of angiosperms. THE CD-ROM national working group on Pythium be accepted as an carries MS-DOS files containing the program and data, ICTF subcommission. Mycologists with particular interests along with 680 high-quality line drawings and some sam- in these subjects and who are prepared to particpate in ple color and black and white photographs. Also included collaborative systematic projects should write to Keith A. are references and a complete set of conventional descrip- Seifert, Secretary, ICTF, Centre for Land and Biological Re- tions, which may be displayed on screen or printed in sources Research, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario typeset forms.
23,000 different strains including Fungi, Yeasts, Plant Tissues and Seeds Largest general service collection in the U.S. Broad range of uses and applications. I Free* catalogues available upon request. Contact: ATCC/Marketing postage fee to foreign destinations 1230 1 Parklawn Drive RMkville, MD 20852 Tel: (301) 881-2600 FAX: (30 1 ) 81 6-4367 ATCC catalogues available in print, on diskette, or via Internet On-Line with Systematists of Invertebrates and Microbes BioNET-INTERNATIONAL is a Global Technical Coop- devise costed work programs and structures for donor- eration Network of institutions and people concerned with funding to deliver resources and satisfy needs. biosystematics of invertebrates and microorganisms. The For more information on BioNET-INTERNATIONALor goal of this network is the mobilization and enhancement on BIGW, 1995 please write to us at the address above or the world's biosystematic resources for the benefit of send an E.Mail message with your postal address to CABI- developing countries. BioNET-INTERNATIONAL is build- [email protected]. ing and sustaining realistic biosystematic self-reliance in developing sub-regions and providing the biosystematic Yours sincerely backup to biodiversity. Dr. Mark Cook BioNET-INTERNATIONAL is convening a Global Work- on behalf of Prof. Tecwyn Jones, Director, shop (BIGW, 1995) in Cardiff, Wales, on 23-26 August BioNET-INTERNATIONAL Technical Secretariat 1995 to provide an interface between the providers and users of biosystematic information and the donors who fund biosystematic projects. The BIGW will: Alert governments, international organisations and donors to the present, critical, biosystematic impedi- Mycolo ical Resources ment to sustainable agricultural development and the on t ff e INTERNET wise-use of biodiversity in developing countries, and will recommend action to solve the problem. Ulf Thrane and Keith Seifert are continually revising and expanding their listing of the rich diversity of mycological Review BioNET-INTERNATIONAL'Scurrent role and resources available over the INTERNET. A copy of the achievements, its objectives, scope and progress, and latest version of this document will be printed in the next devise operational and financial strategies for its issue of Inoculum. further development. If you cannot wait for a hard copy of it, however, the Review and inventory the needs of developing current version is posted on the MSA Bulletin Board, or country LOOPSand the resources on offer to them is available from either Ulf Thrane (UTQIBT.DTU.DK1 through developed country LOOPS(BIOCON), and or Keith Seifert [[email protected]].
j Bud Uecker, a widely known and well respected mycologist in !j the USDA-ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, has a malignant, rapidly spreading brain tumor in right front lobe. He underwent surgery September and will ;' j his 16 now be undergoing physical therapy and radiation therapy. Bud j had planned to write a letter for Inoculum. He wanted people to i know. j For those of you who have sent condolences and who have kept Bud in their thoughts, thank you very much. If anyone wants j to send a card, Bud's address is: 461 1 Barbara Dr. Beltsville, MD20705 (phone: 301 -937-231 8). Mary Palm for the Systematic Botany & Mycology crew ~-cd~gicdSociety grf America Prizes and AW~T~Sfor 1994
The I994 Awards Committee was made up of John C. Cooke (Chair), Linda M. Kohn, Rodney Roberts and Dennis E. Desjardin. Andrew S. Methven substituted for Linda Kohn in judging for the poster awards.
The Distinguished Mycologist Award is given annually to an individual whose career has been outstanding on the basis of published research and service to MSA. This year the committee selected two individuals to receive this honor recognizing the significance of their research and service to the advancement of biology as well as mycology.
Salom6n Bartniclti-Garcia completed his B.S. and innovative, pioneering research has received deserved inter- M.S. degrees in chemistry, bacteriology and parasitology at national recognition and is widely cited. His papers have the lnstituto PolitCcnico Nacional, in Mexico City in appeared in journals outside of those traditionally used by 1957. He then earned his Ph.D. in microbiology at mycologists, resulting in a wider appreciation of Rutgers University in 1961. He remained at fungi by other biologists. Rutgers, first as a research associate, and in Bartnicki-Garcia's work also has had a 1962 he moved to the University of Califor- significant influence on the teaching of nia at Riverside then as an assistant micro- ,f; mycology and biology. Most texts deal- biologist and later as an associate profes- '3 ing with cell walls make reference to his sor of plant pathology and microbiology. . studies. He has directed the programs In 1971 he accepted his present position of ro Ph.D. students and collaborated with as professor of plant pathology and micro- ' 18 visiting scientists and postdoctoral biology at the UC, Riverside, and assumed , fellows. He is sought after as a speaker, the chair of the Department of Plant Patho- , having delivered over 150 invited lectures. He logy in 1989. In making major contributions has been the recipient of numerous awards to our understanding of cell biology he has consistently from allied societies including American Association utilized fungi as models while his background in microbio- for the Advancement of Science, Botanical Society of logy and chemistry furthered his molecular approach to America, American Phytopathological Society, British My- their study. 0 cological Society and Mexican Society of Microbiology. Bartnicki-Garcia has published well over roo papers and " Bartnicki-Garcia has given generously of his time in books. His initial work led to our understanding of the service to mycology. As a member of the Mycological environmental conditions that regulate dimorphism in the Society of America, he has been a councilor, a member of the Mucorales. His interests then focused on the chemistry of MSA self stuq committee and a member of the editorial cell walls and he eventually ~ro~oseda taxonomic classifica- board of Myologia. He is a co-founder of, and is a member of tion of the fungi based on cell wall composition that was the editorial board, and chairperson of the advisory board of published in the Annual RN~MOf Microbiology. and became a Exptrimmtal Mycology. He was a member of the program com- "Citation Classic." His collaborative studies with J. Ruiz mittee of IMC 2 and sewed as chairperson of the mycology Herrera and Charles Bracker on the synthesis of fungal cell committee of the American Phytopathological Society. He walls laid the foundation for our present understanding of was a founder and director of the UCR Mexico Collabora- fungal hyphal growth and morphogenesis. During this tive Research and Training Group as well as meeting co- research period, a significant breakthrough was made in iso- organizer and co-chairperson of the steering committee to lating chitosomes and using them to show in vilro synthesis of oversee creation of a US-Mexico Science Foundation. chitin microfibrils. The significance of his work did not stop In presenting Salom6n Bartnicki-Garcia with an award as there. He developed a method of quantification of cell wall Distinguished Mycologist we recognize an outstanding pro- material involved in forming the hyphal tip, using autoradio- fessional researcher and colleague whose publications and graphy, and most recently, has been active in developing other contributions have and will continue to influence our mathematical models related to fungal morphogenesis. His understanding of fungal growth. Robert L. Gilbertson received a Bronze star and a deal with the sensitivity of wood decay fungi to selected Purple Heart while serving three years of army combat ser- organic compounds as well as their role in biodegradation. vice in Europe during World War 11. Upon returning to his While his major interest may be in wood decay fungi, he has home state, he attended the University of Montana and com- aquired a broad knowledge of other fungi: he has published pleted an undergraduate degree in botany with honors. He ad- on Pythium, Albugo. Pmnospora, Cor+eps and the Myxomycetes. vanced to the University of Washington and earned an M.S. It is abundantly clear from comments concerning his in mycology before starting a Ph.D. program at the State Uni- research ability that Gil is highly respected. One supporting versity of New York in the College of Forestry at Syracuse. letter summed it up "...he has become known as one of the His interests in plants, fungi, and forestry led him to concen- very best among a large number of taxonomists concentrating trate in mycology and forest pathology under Josiah L. Lowe. on the higher basidiomycetes."
Thus Gil was a direct descendent in the lineage of Overholts , Robert Gilbertson has maintained an on going collabora- to Lowe to Gilbertson. Gil completed his degree in 1954 and tor and consultant relationship with researchers at the Center stayed on for a short time as a researcher in forest botany be- for Forest Mycology in Madison, Wisconsin. Through his fore leaving SUNY to become an assistant professor of for- interests in insect vectors, he also serves as a resource for the estry at the University of Idaho. Five years later, he returned identification of fungi for forest entomologists working as to SUNY as an associate professor of forest botany for eight far away as Cornell and Harvard. In addition, his outreach years then assuming his current position as professor of plant service to the scientific community has included appoint- pathology at the University of Arizona in 1967. ments as chairman, secretary and program director for the Robert Gilbertson is a key player in t Western International Forest Disease Work Confer- wood decay fungi as evidenced by his pu served as an associate editor of of over 140 papers and books. The books t Diseast for the American Phytopathological include fungi that decay ponderosa pine an ety. His service to the Mycological Society the two volume work with Leif Ryvarden, of America has been and continues to be North American Polports. His knowledge of exemplary, with appointments to the the European polypores is reflected in Council, Foray Committee, Awards Com- two additional volumes with Ryvarden, mittee (twice as chairperson), Honorary the second volume currently in press. embers Committee (current chairperson), This team comprises the best source of and as chairperson for local arangements for knowledge on these fungi in the world. the annual meeting in Tucson. He was Gil has been the recipient of ten major elected Vice President, President Elect and research grants and has directed the programs of 16 master's students and 9 Ph.D$. The strength of his ine enthusiasm and humanity studies on wood decay fungi relate not only to his de- ave encouraged others to pursue their interests in the study scriptive characterizations and illustrations of their mac- of fungi. In honoring Gil with an award as Distinguished ro- and mic~scopicfeatures but extends also to their Mycologist, we recognizes these qualities and the import- hosts and their biogeographical distribution patterns, the ance of his research, service and teaching to the advance- type of wood decay they cause, their cultural characters, ment of mycology. and their sexual compatibility systems. His publications also
The Constantine J. ~~exo~ouIIosPrize The Alexopoulos Prize is awarded annually to a young mycologist in recognition of the quality and originality of his research and who has received the Ph.D. within the last ten years. It is given in memory of the late C.J. Alexopoulos.
Thomas Dickinson Bruns completed a B.S. in For- The Alexopoulos Award recognizes the exceptional re- est Science (1978) and an M.S. in Botany (1982) at the Uni- search of a recent Ph.D. While exceptional describes the re- versity of Minnesota. He proceeded to earn his Ph.D. at the sults of his studies, originality and innovation are its hallmark. University of Michigan in 1987. This was followed with a Tom's M.S. thesis was a decisive study of the coevolution and two year appointment as a postdoctoral associate in the labo- ecology of insects associated with boletes. Recognized as one ratory of John W. Taylor in the Department of Plant Sci- of the most accomplished of its kind done in North America, ences University of California at Berkeley before accepting his Wheeler and Blackwell published it as a chapter in their book, present position with the Department of Plant Pathology. Fungus insecr relationships:perspecrivrs in ecology and mlution. While at the University of Michigan, Tom began studies PCR derived fungal nucleotide sequences. Some of the work on the evolutionary relationships within the Boletes using done on dried herbarium specimens indicated that herbaria mitochondria1 DNA and nuclear rRNA genes. He was holdings can serve as a "resource for modern systematics." among the first to use these molecular techniques on fungi Tom has developed techniques for identifying ectomycor- and it became necessary for him to develop and refine the rhizal fungi from field samples. These techniques have far techniques then in use. Many of his innovations became the reaching ecological implications to other mycologists and standard techniques used by others on fungi. The results of biologists who frequently cite Tom's publications. We can this research demonstrated systematic relationships between expect his contributions in the fields of fungal phylogeny, Rhizopogon, a gasteroid basidiomycete and members of the molecular evolution and ecology to continue as his career Boletales. develops. It is a pleasure to present the Alexopoulos Award During his postdoctoral studies, Tom used the newly to Thomas Bruns in recognition of his outstanding research devised polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to produce the first and his most accommodating attitude.
41) 2 Myron P. ~achs 6.W. Martin - G.E.Baker 1'F \ Graduate Fellowship Faculty IReiesearcL Fellowskip Paul T. Gieser is a P~.D,student in the Department of Dr. Sabine M. Huhndorf, of the Field Museum of Plant Biology at the University of Minnesota in St. Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, is the recipient of the Paul with G. May. Paul is studying the mole ard from the Martin/Baker Faculty characteristics of the A mating type gen Research Fund. This is the first such award by Basidiomycete, Coprinus cinereus. His research the MSA. Dr. Huhndorf was granted a Ph. D. involves the cloning, mapping and degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana- sequencing of the regions related to Champaign, in 1990 on the basis of her non-self recognition. The results will studies of the species of lrptosphatria on the help to comelate functional specificity Rosaceae. She has published I3 papers
with allelic diversity. He has written a ' dealing with her investigations of several paper titled: Comparison of two BI . taxa of the pyrenomycetes and loculoascomy- alleles from within the A mating type of cetes and has become a recognized authority the basidiomycete Coprinus cinnncr pub- f these difficult taxa. Dr. Huhndorf plans to lished in Gmc. Paul's background in myco- use this award to partially support a collecting logy, microbial engineering, genetics, and trip to central French Guiana. cell biology should result in novel findings related to the sexual compatibility systems in Coprinus. As the first recipient of the Myron P. Backus Graduate Fellowship, we extend our best wishes for your continued success with this research.
Wendy A. Untereiner a Ph.D:student with D.W. David M. Geiser is a Ph.D. student in the Department Malloch and N.A. Straus in the Department of Botany, Uni- of Genetics at the University of Georgia with M.L. Arnold versity of Toronto is studying the systematics of the Herpo- and W.E. Timberlake. David's research is a study of the pop- trichiellaceae (Chaetothyriales of the Loculoascomycetes) and ulation genetics and evolution of Asmillus section Nidulantcs. allied black yeasts. Her work involves the use of morphology, His work involves an analysis of variation in fungal chromo- physiology and molecular sequence analysis in Capronia and its somal structure and determination of the role of meiosis in known anamorphs. Her present work indicates that species of the evolution of fungal species. Towards this end, he has re- Capronia with Exophiala or Rnmichloridiurn anamorphs and spe- cently published a paper titled: Sexual origins of British Asper- cies of Exo~hiahwithout known teleomomhs form a mono- gillus nidulans isolates. David is recognized for his strong back- phyletic group within the Ascomycotina. Her high motivation ground in mycology and his conceptual approach to the study and analytical approach to the study of the anamorphs as they on fungal populations. As a Mycological Society of America relate to each other and the holomorphs will further advance Graduate Fellowship recipient, we recognize him for his po- ascomycete taxonomy. We are pleased to present her with a tential influence in modern mycology. Mycological Society of America Graduate Fellowship and wish her continued success. fi1 Graduate ResearcL Poster Awards Poster Presentations are judged on five criteria: aesthetics and artistic effort; clarity of explanation of text and/or visual aids; scientific significance; creativity of methodology; and technical quality. This year's awards went to the following:
Lisa A. Castlebury - Dept. of Plant Pathology, Kevin A. Kuehn - Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana, IL. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Title: Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene Title: Die1 fluctuations in fungal activity associated phylogeny of Plrsmodiophora brassirat with standing dead litter of the aquatic macro- phyteJunrw +us. Susan Huffine - Dept. of Biology, University of Kurt A. Zeller - Dept. of Biological Sciences, Texas, Arlington, TX. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Title: The infection of Cynodon dactylon Title: The evolution of host specificity in the by Garumannomyrtsgraminis obligate plant parasite Erysiphe n'doraccamm: A comparative phylogenetic examination.
wilniarn H. Weston Award for Teaching Excellence
John W. Taylor is the 1994 recipient ofo . interest is directly proportional to instructor inter- society's William H. Weston Award for est. 5) Relate stories about fungi to the student Teaching Excellence. Dr. Taylor continues a clientele. If the bulk of students are plant tradition of excellence in mycological teach pathologists, use examples that are plant ing at the University of California at pathogens. And lastly, 6)Remember that Berkeley established by Ralph Emerson we are teaching TA's to be college and Melvin Fuller. After earning his instructors, and give them meaningful baccalaureate degree at Berkeley, John responsibilities without exploiting them. went to UC-Davis to earn his Masters .* These guidelines have served John well, and Ph.D. degrees, and then returned to q as evidenced by the letters from students his alma mater, where he has stayed. *, ..:- and colleagues supporting his nomination. Dr. Taylor is an excellent researcher, One PhD student commented how his con- evidenced by over 50 published journal ar- tact with Dr. Taylor changed his career goals ticles and nine grants from USDA, NIH, and NSF. John from becoming a botanist to becoming a mycologist. He has been the academic advisor for I3 graduate and post- and several others state that John Taylor serves as their docs. He has shared his skills and knowledge of mole- role model for teaching. He also serves as their role model for cular biology techniques with mycological colleagues EQ their professional development as a scientist. throughout the world. m Dr. Taylor's department chairman had many nice com- John Taylor has a long and active association with our menu including those about student evaluations. John's mycological society. He has been a member since I974 and evaluations are consistently higher than the departmental av- was the recipient of a graduate fellowship and of the Alex- erage. opoulos Prize (awarded to a young mycologist for excellence As we've seen earlier, John Taylor likes to use field trips to in published research). Dr. Taylorhas served the society as a spark student interest. His students visit the world's largest councilor, member of the editorial board, chairman of an an- above-ground mushroom farm, a fungal cheese factory. and a nual meeting committee currently serves as our society's winery. The annual weekend field trip to Mendicino is be- representative to AAAS. coming legendary. In the statement expressing his teaching philosophy, Dr. "Perhaps Dr. Taylor's greatest asset as a teacher is his en- Taylor states that there are six points to remember when thusiasm." Thus states one letter, the sentiment of which was teaching mycology. These are: I) The most important part of repeated frequently. a mycology course is the laboratory; and living material is the One letter of support was from a graduate student whose best material to examine, especially if collected on field trips, mother was a grad student at Harvard in the early 50's and 2) In a mycology course, emphasize the unique features of knew Dr. Weston. His mother's description of Dr. Weston fungi. 3) Where fungi offer the best system for studying has convinced this student that "Dr.Weston and Dr. Taylor some basic biological concept, such as chemical communica- have been cut from the same cloth..." tion, emphasize these features. 4) Generating interest in my- Thus, it is with pleasure that we present to Dr. John W. cology is as important as relating facts about fungi. Student Taylor the William H . Weston Award for Teaching Ex- cellence. Dear Inoculum ... inoculurn The Newsletter An Yet Another Hcord From E.M. Fries of the The following item appeared in my e-mail, but I have been unable to send a reply (his e-mail address comes up as "address unknown"): Mycological To: rpkl @cornell.edu Society of From: EMagnusFrbheaven.edu (Elias Magnus Fries) Subject: Thank you to MSA for Invitation to Celebrate my 200th Birthday America I have been unable to locate an e-mail address for the Mycological Society of America, though they do have a record of your address (perhaps you are slated to ISSN 0541-4938 join me here and they are not?), and so hope that you will forward these thanks Volume 45, no. 3 to the appropriate person(s) involved: It was for me a very great pleasure to receive your invitation to a 200th birth- October 1994 day party for me that you held during the MSA Social and Auction at Vancouver during the Fifth International Mycological Congress. You will realize that per- mission to leave here and to attend such a function is most difficult to come by, Richard A. Humber, Editor but apparently my good works and deeds allowed those in charge to permit me USDA-ARS Plant Protection Research that one evening with my "descendents" and followers. US Plant, Soil, & Nutrition Laboratory Tower Road To have a chance to address so many mycolgists after such a long silence was Ithaca, NY 14853-2901 also very heartwarming. I was only slightly disappointed with the kind intro- duction by the retiring President of your Society, Professor Ronald H. Petersen, phone: (607) 255-1276 (office) since I had thought that with such a fine Swedish name he would know better (607) 255-1274 (lab) how to pronounce my name. He was apparently convinced that I am known as (607) 272-6801 (home) "ee-LIE-as M. Fries," whereas he certainly should have know that my name is fax: (607) 255-2459 "A-lee-as MAGNUS Fries" and, as I pointed out, with the decline in the use or e-mail [email protected] even basic knowledge of Latin, those present at my party might not be aware that "Magnus" means "The Great." Members are heartily,encouraged 1 apologize for spending so much of my brief talk in reminiscing about my life, to submit news, views, tips, and reminding the assembled mycologists that even though there is today a Scan- graphics, and other material for dinavian mycological "boy wonder" that I was the FIRST boy wonder, having en- the newsletter. lnoculum will be tered the University of Lund in 1811 at the age of 17, and graduating three years mailed four times a year - in January, later with a Ph.D., being immediately appointed to the faculty at that University. April, MayIJunelJuly (according to the dates of the MSA Annual Meeting), There was another disappointment for me at Vancouver, for when I asked how and October. Submission deadlines many present knew about or had read my autobiography not a single hand was are the second Fridays of September, raised. True enough, my autobiography was published in a small edition of 100 December, March and of April, May or copies in Latin, which of course you today don't read, but that is no excuse for June when the Annual Meeting the lack of knowing my autobiographical details, for the Danish Mycological So- occurs in June, July, or August, ciety published an ENGLISH translation of that on the occasion of their 50th an- respectively. niversary, in volume 5 of the journal they wisely called FRIESIA. Perhaps the ap- I welcome and encourage you to parently illiterate modern-day mycologists will now have a chance to read it. submit items by electronic mail It would have been dishonest of me not to have reported that I have been look- or, for extended or complicated ing down on all of you for over 100 years, and that I have not always been very items, on 3.5" computer disks (together with hard copy). pleased with what you have done with my classification! I shall continue those NB: Pirks are NOT needed for observations, and hope you will realize the error of your ways. le or short it-! Include a As you might suspect, I listened to the talks at Vancouver with great interest, self-addressed, stamped envelope if and I was particularly taken with the controversy which you seem to be having you want the disk returned. Disk with what you have called "anamorphs" and "teleomorphs." I could not help labels should list disk format (Mac or DOS) and file name(s); formatted thinking about what I had written in my autobiography, published in 1857, which word processing files created by I quoted and quote here again, since there may be a lesson to be learned: MS-Word (Mac or DOS versions), In 1812, the second year of my studies at the University of Lund, "I collected WriteNow!, MacWrite, or Wordperfect especially HYPHOMYCETES and epiphyllous fungi, which had so far been ne- or unformatted ASCII text files are acceptable. glected, but I soon realized that the greater part of them are nothing but ele- mentary stages of the, as we now say, higher ones; and these species always seemed to me mean and insignificant and not worthy of being recorded separ- ately, except perhaps by those glad merely to increase the number of species." cerned. The fact that you paid money for the land in order to use it is your tough luck. The problem with the Act is that it forces a few selected individuals to bear the full burden of what is considered to be a public good. In the old days, society used to buy land from individuals that it needed for public purposes. If the law were modified to re- quire the government to buy land that was needed to preserve an endangered species, I'm sure the current opposition to bio- logical field research would disappear. Readers of lnoculum should contact their representatives to suggest that the present law be changed so as to require fair compensation for property used in this way.
S. 1. Rosenberg Castro Valley, CA phonelfax: 51 0-537-0326
Job-Hunting, Deadlines, and Dignity There was a job advertisement in the July 1994 edition of the lnoculum which was mailed to me in August. I applied for the job the same day I received my newsletter only to find out that the applicants were already screened and interviewed and an of- fer was about to me made to the successful candidate. My request to you is that from now on, if possible, please pub- lish the application deadline, or do not publish the advertise- ment. To be unable to find an employment in spite of having a Ph.D. with teaching and research experience is humiliating enough. We do notwant to feel worse by going for jobs long af- Let me again express my deep appreciation for the invitation. ter the application deadline. Mycology has little to fear as you progress in the studies of fungi, In this context, my opinion is that the MSA Placement Com- based, as you know, on my system. Perhaps you will invite me mittee should be made more effective than what it is now. The back for my 300th birthday party - if that happens I hope I can Committee on Curriculum (Teaching of Mycology) should also again attend such a festive occasion. be revamped. The number of graduate or undergraduate students In all humility I remain, willing to take mycology courses has been very low for a num- Elias Magnus Fries ber of years. This is because courses are designed by many of Richard P. Korf our teachers not to train students for jobs, but to satisfy the ego Cornell University and competence of the teachers. In many cases, mycology teachers make very little attempt to learn new and upcoming techniques and use them to enhance the acceptability of the stu- Perspective on the National Biological Survey dents to the job market. I know, many of us will be upset to hear such arrogance, but believe me, this is true. In her article in the July, 94 issue of Inoculum, K. Elaine Hoag- land, Executive Director of the Association of Systematics Collec- Unless something is done very soon to change the dismal sit- tions notes that government funding for the National Biological uation about placement and curriculum in mycology, we will Survey Program and basic biological field research is in trouble see more frustration and disappointment among our graduates, because private property owners fear that discovery of new or and more apathy among the new students. The question is, do rare species on their land will prevent development and reduce we care? the land's economic value. The owners are right. Partha Banerjee One Latham Village Lane, Hoagland urges the readers of lnoculum to contact their repre- Apt. 7 sentatives and oppose proposed rules which will make it harder Latham, NY 12110 for biologists to do research on private land. Phone: 51 8-782-0948 While few, if any, scientists would oppose the expansion of IEditorls note: It has always been my goal to print only job advertise- scientific research and knowledge, the fears of the property own- ments that are current and for which deadlines for submissions are still ers are well-founded. As the Endangered Species Act is currently far enough ahead to warrant their inclusion. Offerings without such dates written, if an endangered species is found on your property, its are now listed with their date of receipt. Please note in the Committee rights take presidence over yours, as far as development is con- Reports that the MSA Placement Committee voted itself out of existence because of the greater effectiveness of the Bulletin Board.] 46 June 5-6, 1995. A workshop, Managing the Modern Her- barium, sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections will be held in Toronto, Canada. 46 See the MSA Bulletin Board for more See p. 13 for more details. Contact: Deborah Metsger, Dept. information on these events! of Botany, Royal Ontario Museum,
18th Fun a1 Genetics Conference Summer Mycolog Course 21-2baarch 1995. Asilomar. CA 11 June - 7 Julv T995 ~&Gon; The Eighteenth Fungal Genetics Conference will be held on Flathead ~ake~iology Polson, MT the Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, Dr. Orson K. Miller Jr. will teach a 4 week mycology course at from 21 -26 March 1995 (Tuesday-Sunday). Information and the University of Montana's Flathead Lake Bio-logy Station in forms are being mailed with the Fungal Genetics Newsletter. In Northwest Montana. The course dates the are June 11 to July 7, addition, the information and forms will be mailed to partici- 1995, with 2 1/2 days per week in the field, lecture room, and pants of the 1993 meeting. If you are not on either of these mail- laboratory. Use of the lab will be allowed and encouraged dur- ing lists or do not receive the information in the next few weeks, ing non-course days. Coverage will include the larger fungi and I will be happy to send the information to you. Contact: Dick mushrooms (Homobasidiomycetes, and Gasteromycetes in the Weiss, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, Basidiomy-cetes and cup fungi, morels; truffles and Dis- CA 90024-1569 [tel. (310) 825-3621; FAX (310) 206-4038; comycetes in the Ascomycetes). The course enrollment will be Email [email protected] or [email protected]]. Dr. limited to 13 students and is a 3 credit course. Enrollment infor- Weiss will reply to all Email requests, but will mail the informa- mation can be obtained by writing to: Dr. Jack Stanford, Di- tion. rector, Flathead Lake Biology Station, University of Montana, 31 1 Bio Station Lane, Polson, MT 59860. Mana ing the Modern Herbarium $6 June 1995. Toronto, Canada Food and Air Borne Fungi 24-28 June 1995. Central Plant Health The workshop, sponsored by the Education and Training Com- Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada mittee of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Col- lections (SPNHC) will immediately follow the SPNHC 10th anni- Sponsored by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures and versary annual conference, which is being held at the Royal Centre for Land and Biological Resources, Research Branch, Ag- Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 3-4, 1995. riculture &Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa. A course for personnel This workshop is designed for all those concerned with the from educational, research or indus-trial settings, with an interest maintenance of botanical or mycological collections. Through in food spoilage, indoor air quality, industrial hygiene, bio- instruction, focused discussion, hands-on participation, and deterioration etc. Partici-pants will learn to identify more than p~lblication,the program will strive to: 100 common microfungi, including species of genera such as promote dialogue on conservation and collection man- Penicilliurn, Aspergillus and Fusariurn . For details contact: agement issues, solutions and resources; Keith A. Seifert or J. Bissett, CLBRR, William Saunders Bldg., establish a discipline consensus on policies and pro- Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1 A OC6, Canada, Phone: cedures for the uses of collections in molecular research, 61 3-996- 1665, Fax: 61 3-943-0953, Email: seifertkQncccot2.- with emphasis on extant collections and the making of agr.ca or [email protected] or Dr. R.A. Samson, Centraal- new collections; bureau voor Schimmelcultures, P.O. Box 273, 3740 AG Baarn, exhibit and demonstrate a range of specimen Netherlands, Fax: (31-) 21 54-161 42, Phone: (31-121 54-81 234, preparation and field techniques; Email: [email protected]. facilitate communication among institutions and professional societies. Latin American A preliminary list of topics includes adhesives, bar-coding, care of botanical prints and illustrations, collecting techniques, Con ress of Mycolo y cryoprese~ation,destructive sampling, papers, pest manage- OctoB er 1996. Havana, Cu Fa. ment, specimen preparation, and storage. The second Latin American Congress of Mycology will be Reserve these dates, and look for a detailed announcement in held at the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kouri" in Ha- your society newsletters later. vana, Cuba, in October 1996. The Congress will be held under For input, or for more information contact: Deborah Metsger, the auspices of the Latin American Association of Mycology and Department of Botany, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's other national and in ternational entities. There will be oral and Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6. Email: DMETS- poster presentations and sessions on Biotechnology, Ecology, [email protected] ; fax: (416) 586-5516. Ethnomycology, Phytopatho-logy, Industrial Mycology, Medical The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Mycology, and Taxonomy as well as other topics. (SPNHC) is a multidisciplinary organization composed of indivi- If you are interested in participating or obtaining more infor- duals who are interested in development and preservation of mation contact Dr. Miguel Rodriguez, Pres. ALM, National natural history collections. Natural history collections include Botanical Garden, Carretera del Rocio km 3 1/2, C.P. 19230 specimens and supporting documentation, such as audio-visual Calabazar, Boyeros, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. Indicate your materials, labels, library materials, field data, and similar ar- name, address, Institution, telephone number, email address, chives. Preservation refers to any direct or indirect activity and area of interest. providing continued and improved care of these collections and If you are interested in becoming a member of the Latin supporting documents. The Society actively encourages the American Association of Mycology notify Dr. Rodriguez at the participation of individuals involved with all aspects of natural above address or, if you are in the U.S. send $10.00 U.S. to Dr. history collections. Mary E. Palm, Rm. 329, B-011A, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA. She will facilitate the transfer of money and information to Dr. Rodriguez. From the President
15 September 1994
Dear members of the MSA:
The sunshine and beauty of the mountains in Vancouver provided the background for the inspiration and excitement of the Fifth International Mycological Congress. Despite the problems with logistics, the quality of presentations and the congeniality were outstanding! Did you know that Tony Griffiths has offered a free meal to any IMC5 attendee returning to Vancouver? many of you are owed that meal! Now, back in the reality of our everyday lives, I have the privilege of the serving as the 64th President of the Mycological Society of America. In this letter to you, the members of the Society, I invite all of you to participate in contributing to the mission of the Society -to promote and advance the science of mycology.
Over the past year evidence exists of increased interest in the fungi as part of the biodiversity discussion, as a promising source of pharmaceuticals, as versatile teaching and research tools, and awareness of fungi as a group of organisms fundamentally important for the future of humanity. Although you and I recognize the importance of fungi in many facets of our lives, we face a massive educational task among our peers and elected officials. These folks include the administrators who control our research and teaching budgets, members of Congress who only think of fungi as a gourmet food item, and even our parents who still can't understand our thesis topic and wonder why anyone would want to spend their lives looking at these weird creatures, much less why we should be paid to do so!
The increased awareness is due in large part to individual efforts in educating others that, for example,
90% of vascular plants depend on fungi associated with their roots as mycorrhizae for nutrient uptake and transfer of phosphorus;
fungi control the rate of nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems thus they control biomass productivity through saprophytic decay of organic material and release of nutrients back into the ecosystem;
natural products produced by fungi include the antibiotic penicillin and, more recently, cyclosporin, the drug used to prevent the rejection of human organ transplants;
the absorptive mode of fungal nutrition affects living organisms negatively by devastating human and plant parasitism and positively as agents for biological control of weeds, nematodes, and plant pathogenic fungi.
Many mycologists have contributed to educating the republic, working with medium, and communicating with members of Congress and other government officials. here are some examples of which I am aware: Mary Palm called into Ira Pflado's afternoon radio talk show "Science Friday" on National Public Radio educating thousands of listeners about the role of fungi in ecosystems. Henry Aldrich and others wrote to the National Biological Survey about the importance of fungi to their program and as a result the fungi are included with three chapters and a box in the NBS Status and Trends Reports. Did you recognize Jim Trappe in the Smithsonian article on harvesting wild mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest? Please let Rich and myself know of your activities and successes in promoting and advancing the science of mycology. Now is the time for each of us to become personally involved in educating the "mycologically challenged" about fungi as a group of organisms vital to humankind.
The MSA is a thriving, forward-looking scientific society. The net increase in members this year is encouraging and bodes well for our future. The number of travel grants remains high, particularly those awarded to graduate students, thanks to the work of our tireless Endowment Chair, George Carroll, and his Committee. The MSA Bulletin Board now located on a gopher out of New York continues to serve the national and international community. Changes of the format and cover of Mycologia have been positive and we thank Mycologia Editor-in-Chief Dave McLaughlin and MSA newsletter editor Rich Humber and the Associate Editors of Mycologia for the taking the time to develop and implement these changes.
Changes in the near future include the selection of Dave Griffin as new Editor for Mycologia starting in 1996, and starting in 1995 a new Editor for the MSA newsletter, Ellen Farr. We are looking for a new Mycologia lndex Editor. If you like computers and want to make a contribution, David Farr would be pleased to advise you about the responsibilities of this position. Gene Yetter is working to database the lndex of Mycologia vols. 1-5 so that soon the entire lndex to Mycologia will be available as a database. Hard copies of the lndex to Vols. 59-83 can still be purchased form the New York Botanical Garden.
If you see an opportunity to promote and advance the science of mycology, do it. Know that you are the one who can best grasp it. If you have an idea and would like to work through the Society, contact one of the officers listed on this letterhead, a Councilor, member of a Committee, or me. Finally and most importantly, the Mycological Society of America is just "us" -there is no "they"! We all must become part of the voice for the fungi.
Sincerely,
i Amy Y. Rossman, President MSA Organization 1994-95
EDlTORS President, 1994-95 ...... Amy Y. Rossman Mycologia David J. McLaughlin - Editor-in-Chief President-Elect, 1993-94 ...... Donald H. Pfister Roy E. Halling - Managing Editor Vice-President, 1993-94 ...... James H. Ginns Linda M. Kohn - Minireview Editor Secretary, 1994-97 ...... Linda M. Kohn Robert V. Gessner - Book Review Editor Treasurer, 1992-95 ...... Timothy J. Baroni David F. Farr - Index Editor
Councilors James B. Anderson, George C. Carroll, Ecology/Pathology, 1993-95 ...... Steven L. Miller Richard J. Howard, Richard A. Humber, EcologyIPathology, 1994-96 ...... Thomas Harrington Martha J. Powell, Gary J. Samuels, John GeneticslMolec. Biol., 1993-95 .....Georgianna May W. Taylor, Rytas J. Vilgalys, and Darrell J. GeneticslMolec. Biol., 1 994-96 .....Karen K. Nakasone Weber - Associate Editors Systematics/Evolution, 1993-95 .....Gregory Mueller Systematics/Evolution, 1994-96 .....Keith A. Seifert Editorial Board: Cell Biology/Physiology, 1993-95 ..Richard J. Howard 1990-95: A. Jaworski, G. Samuels, P. Szanizslo Cell Biology/Physiology, 1994-96 ..Faye Murrin 1991 -96: M. Dykstra, G. Leatham, T. Harrington 1992-97: J. Ginns, R. Humber, J. Leslie Other Council Members 1 993-98: J.Anderson, J.Taylor, J. Zak Past President, 1993 ...... Meredith Blackwell 1994-99: D. Jean Lodge Past President, 1994 ...... Ronald H. Petersen lnoculum Richard A. Humber, 1992-94 Ellen R. Farr, 1995-1 997 OFFICIAL REPRFSENTATIVES Representative, Committee of Section G, Biology, American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, 1994-97 ...... Diane TeStrake -Mycologia Memoirs, Board of Editors Michael J. McGinnis, Chair, 1992-95 Representative, Council, American lnstitute Orson K. Miller, Jr., 1992-95 of Biological Sciences, 1 994-97 .....Albert P. Torzi lli Lori Carris, 1994-97 Paul Lemke, Sustain. Members Comm., ex officio Representative for Public Responsibility, American Linda M. Kohn, MSA Secretary, ex officio lnstitute of Biological Sciences, 1994-97 ...... Mary E. Palm Committee on Finance Orson Miller, Chair, 1 994-97 Representative, Biological Stain Commission, David Porter, 1993-96 1992-95 ...... Francis A. Uecker Harold Burdsall, 1994-97 Martha Powell, 1994-97 Representative, American Type Culture Collection, 1992-95 ...... Amy Y. Rossman Committee on Endowment George C. Carroll, Chair, 1994-97 Representative, Association of Systematic Diane TeStrake, 1992-95 Collections, 1991 -94 ...... James H. Ginns Jack D. Rogers, 1993-96 Robert W. Lichtwardt, 1993-96 Representative, U.S. National Committee, Jeffrey K. Stone, 1994-97 International Union of Microbiological Timothy I. Baroni, MSA Treasurer, ex officio Societies (IUMS), 1 991 -95 ...... Roger D. Goos Advisory Committee on Nomenclature Representative, International Mycological Scott A. Redhead, Chair, 1992-95 Association, 1 993-96 ...... Meredith Blackwell Gary J. Samuels, 1993-96 Pavel Lizon, 1994-97 Representative, Committee for the Nat. lnstitute for the Environment (NIE), 1991 -95 ...... Michael F. Allen Committee on Sustaining Membership Paul Lemke, Chair, 1994-97 Paul Stamets, 1993-96 Dean Glawe, 1993-96 Rick Kerrigan, 1994-97 Committee on Honorary Members Committee on Medical Mycology Robert L. Gilbertson, Chair, 1992-1995 Dennis M. Dixon, Chair, 1992-95 Melvin S. Fuller, 1993-96 Michael Rinaldi, 1993-96 S. Bartnicki-Garcia, 1994-97 Estelle Levetin, 1994-97
Committee on Teaching Mycology Committee on Ecology Andrew S. Methven, Chair, 1993-96 Donald T. Wicklow, Chair, 1992-95 Martha Powell, 1992-95 Maren A. Klich, 1993-96 Karen Snetselaar, 1994-97 Paul Widden, 1994-97 Thomas J. Volk, 1994-97 Edward Braun, 1994-97 Committee on Liaison with Amateur Mycological Societies and Clubs Committee on Publications Dennis E. Desjardins, Chair, 1992-95 Christopher Lucarotti, Chair, 1992-95 Richard Homola, 1993-96 Keith A. Seifert, 1993-96 Carl B. Wolfe, 1994-97 John C. Zak, 1994-97 George C. Carroll, Chair, Endowment Committee, ex officio COMMITTEES & ASSIGNMFNTS David J. McLaughlin, Editor, Mycologia, ex officio Foray Committee Ellen R. Farr, Editor, Inoculum, ex officio James E. Adaskaveg, Chair Gerry L. Benny Robert L. Gilbertson Clark. T. Rogerson Program Committee Linda M. Kohn, MSA Secretary, ex officio - H. Rytas Vilgalys (Genet./Mol. Biol.), Chair, 1989-95 Donald Pfister, MSA Pres.-Elect, ex officio Elwin Stewart (Ecology-Pathology), 1 990-96 Amy Y. Rossman, MSA President, ex officio Steven Miller (Syst./Evolution), 1991-97 Paul Horgen (Cell Biol./Physiology), 1993-99 Committee on Publication of Memorials David J.McLaughlin, Chair, Editor, Mycologia Committee on Awards Sabine Huhndorf, Historian Rodney G. Roberts, Chair, 1992-96 Amy Y. Rossman, MSA President Dennis E. Desjardin, 1993-97 Daniel Wubah, 1994-98 Historian JoanneTontz Ellzey, 1994-98 Sabine Huhndorf
Comittee on Annual Lecturer Smith Award Committee Thomas C. Harrington, Chair, 1992-95 Timothy J. Baroni, Chair James B. Anderson, 1993-96 Harry Thiers Keith Egger, 1994-97 James Trappe Nancy Smith Weber Committee on Culture Collections Stephen W. Peterson, 1991-1 995 Liaison on Biodiversity Mary L. Berbee, 1992-96 D. Jean Lodge June Wang, 1993-96 Frank Dugan, 1994-97 Liaison on Society Incorporation Linda M. Kohn, MSA Secretary, ex officio Lafayette Frederick
Committee on Nominations Liaison for Conservation of Cultural Resources Charles Mims, Chair, 1991-95 Gregory Mueller Donald J. S. Barr, 1992-96 Martha A. Powell, 1993-97 Meredith Blackwell, 1994-98 -The Boston Mycological Club Committee on Phytopathology Illinois Mycological Association Gerard C. Adams, Chair, 1992-95 Oregon Mycological Society Michael Garraway, 1993-96 Robert A. Blanchette, 1994-97 Minutes of Official Meetings
MINUTES - MSA COUNCIL each function. Additionally, MSA functions are noted only in the 14 August 1994, Fort Camp Lounge, Cage Bldg. IMC5events calendar at the beginning of the schedule so mem- University of British Columbia - Vancouver, B.C. bers should remind others of these events, namely the MSA Breakfast with business meeting and presentation of awards at 1. The meeting was called to order by President Ronald Peter- 7:30 Tuesday morning, the Presidential Address at 7:30 Tuesday sen at 8:08 a.m. All Council members were present except Mar- evening, and the MSA Social and Auction Saturday evening. tha Powell and Georgiana May. John Klironomos was present as Michael Allen's representative. 8. MYCOLOGIA 2. The minutes of the 1993 Council meeting as printed in A. Editor-in-Chief McLaughlin reported that the redesign of the lnoculum 44(3) were approved. journal is now completed. He also reported that the flow rate of 3. The minutes of the 1994 mid-year Executive Committee manuscripts is about the same as last year and the journal is meeting, which had been distributed by mail to Council and more or less on schedule. The associate editor system is in pace, available on-line on the MSA Bulletin Board were approved and with twelve associate editors currently serving. Manuscripts are will appear in the fall issue of lnoculum. now handled through review and revision by associate editors, 4. Vice-President Donald Pfister reported the results of the with copy-editing and final approval or rejection by the Editor- 1994 election. They are as follows: Vice-President, James H. in-Chief. The Editorial Board serves in an advisory capacty and, Ginns; Secretary, Linda M. Kohn; Councilor for Cell Biology/ as a result of the new associate editor system, will shrink from 15 Physiology, Faye Murrin; Councilor for Ecology/Pathology, Tom to 5 members in the next five years. The terms of Martha Chris- Harrington; Councilor for Genetics/Molecular Biology, Karen tensen, Cletus Kurtzman and Rytas Vilgalys expire this year. In Nakasone; and Councilor for Systematics/Evolution, Keith Sei- order to implement that change, the Editorial board nominated fert. All three by-laws were approved which included the elim- one person, Jean Lodge, to serve a five year term. That nomina- ination of the MSA Placement Committee, changing the name of tion was unanimously approved by Council. the Memorial fund to Mentor Fund, and moving the Publications B. The Mycologia Managing Editor's report was presented by Fund from the Endowment (restricted) to the General Operating Roy Halling. Halling pointed out that the subscriber base has in- (unrestricted) Fund. creased 2.5% and membership base more than 5% since 1993. 5. Secretary Palm's report had been circulated by mail and He reported that some of the early issues of Volume 86 were was amended to include the notice of the death of Richard somewhat Ite due to the development of the new journal format Nolan. Additionally, information was recently received from implemented in that volume. Changes in cost due to new format NSF regarding a North American Research Fellows Program will not be analyzed until the end of the first year of its publica- aimed at U.S., Canadan or Mexican scientists who are within tion. As of May 1994 income exceeded expenditures. The final approximately 10 years of receipt of their Ph.D. and whose re- number forFiscal Year 1993-1994 ending 30 June 1994 will be search program would benefit from the international exposure. available soon. Seventeen copies of the Mycologia lndex were Secretary Palm expressed her thanks to Presidents Powell, Black- sold totaling $850.00. Palm reports that at least 100 additional well, and Petersen, with who she has sewed, as well as Treasur- copies must be sold for the Society to break even on production er Baroni, for their communication, enthusiasm and support. She costs for the Index. The journal and lndex will be promoted at has enjoyed her term as Secretary and looks forward to working IMC5 and in the next issue of Mycologia. There was some dis- with incoming Secretary Kohn, in order to facilitate a smooth cussion on the number of back issues of Mycologia currently transition. stored at NYBG and Allen Press and what to do with them. As a 6. Treasurer Baroni circulated his report. He indicated that the result of the presence Society is in excellent financial shape. The Society finances were C. President-Elect Rossman reported that a new Mycologia In- officially audited recently. The final report from the audit will be dex Editor is needed and requested that she be notified of inter- available soon. Current assets are approximately $246,000.00. ested candidates. Some minor adjustments of the 1993 report are necessary and D. President-Elect Rossman reported that a new Mycologia will be published in m.Baroni reminded Council of the Editor-in-Chief is needed when McLaughlin's term is over at the need to wisely invest the endowment monies in order to in- end of 1995 and that we have two excellent candidates, differing crease our low rate of return. He also indicated that in his report mainly in scientific area of expertise. Discussion centered on he has labeled as "contingency funds" the money in the MSA whatthe Society wants from the journal and its Editor-in-Chief as checkbook which was previously unaccounted for. These are well as the process for selection. It was agreed that we would part of the General Operating Fund. like to move towards electronic submission which saves time Baroni reported that Allen Press, especially our MSA manager and money and is now possible through Allen Press. It is there- Karen Hickey, is doing an excellent job in their first year of man- fore important that the editor be computer literate, is able to get aging our membership services. He requests comments. As of 31 the journal out in a timely fashion, is an active researcher, has July 1994 Society membership consisted of 1216 members, a net good communication skills, and who will help broaden the per- increase of 76 members. He encourages current members to ceived and real scope of the journal. The advisability of paying continue to recruit new members as this is essential to the health fo copy-editing was discussed. The suggestion was made that of our Society. Don Pfister has received the entire MSA member- Mycologia should be on Med-Line. Halling will discuss this with ship list electronically for placement of the Bulletin Board. How- Sandi Frank. Following additional discussion the Council voted ever, many e-mail addresses are missing. A printout will be avail- by paper ballot to elect David Griffin as the next Mycologia Ed- able at this meeting for corrections. Baroni recommended that itor. we increase our charge for MSA mailing label sets, which cost 9. Michael McGinnis reported that the Mycologia Memoirs the Society approximately $50.00, from $150 to $20, to go to Committee received a request for information but that no other the General Operating Fund. This was unanimously approved. outstanding business is currently before the committee. President Council voted to accept Baroni's report. Petersen reported that he wrote to the Editor-in-Chief of APS 7. President Petersen noted that there will be some additional Press equested that the Lubrechts be given a greater discount for expenses for MSA for unticketed functions held at IMCS, in- the Mycologia Memoirs published by APS Press. He received a cluding room rental fees, and a charge of $3.00 per person for response indicating that an increase was not possible and no- tified the Lubrecht's of that response. 10. Chris Lucarotti reported that the MSA Publications Com- The Manual of Operations will read the "The Finance Commit- mittee has defined the following projects for the year: dis- tee shall oversee and supervise investment of Society Endow- tribution of information on the availability of the Mycology ment funds and advise the Council on other financial matters. Guidebook, the use of CD-ROM in publishing, and the method This will be a standing committee with five members. The chair- with which abstracts should be handled. person will be appointed by the President with Council approv- al. In addition to the chairperson, other committee members will 11. INOCULUM be the MSA Treasurer (ex officio), President (ex oficio), and two A. lnoculum Editor Humber submitted his report and a finan- additional presidential appointees." cial statement. Much of the effort during the last year was aimed B. Endowment Committee. Endowment chair George Carroll at streamlining the operation, and Humber provided a number of reported that between 1 June 1993 and 1 June 1994 a total of suggestions as to how this can be accomplished further in the fu- $15,202.71 was contributed to named subfunds of the MSA En- ture The Newsletter was placed on the MSA Bulletin Board this dowment Fund, with an additional $3540 donated since 2 June year with favorable response. Humber indicated that material 1994. The total for the named subfunds now stands at from the membership has dropped off substantially and that $42,206.99 with a target of $48,000 in order to fully vest these much of his information has come from other newsletters, the subfunds. The Smith Fund and Alexopoulos Prize Fund stand at MSA bulletin board, as well as Elaine Hoagland at ASC and Amy approximately $16,000 and $9,500, respectively. At IMC5 nine Rossman, MSA Liaison for Public Responsibility. Providing cour- graduate travel awards, 1 Backus graduate research award, 1 tesy copies of lnoculum to other societies and persons at various MartinIBaker senior research award, 1 Alexander and Helen funding and policy agencies has been worthwhile. Humber Smith Award, and one Alexpoulos prize will be presented. Addi- moved that the editors of Mycologia and lnoculum cooperate tionally, monies from t-shirt sales, the annual auction, and a raf- with the AIBS to study the feasibility and desirability of standard- fle will be placed in the General (Uncommited) Endowment izing literature citation formats across a broad range of biologi- Fund. These fund-raising activities have raised $5000-6000 in cal publications. This was unanimously approved. Humber ex- the past two years. This year's social will celebrate E. M.Fries1 pressed his thanks to President Petersen and other members of 200th birthday, and Fries himself will be in attendance. the Council for cooperation, concern, guidance, and support. Carroll presented a number of ideas for the future, including B. President-Elect Rossman reported that Ellen Farr has volun- an increase in the size of student travel awards. A letter request- teered to serve as the next Editor of lnoculum and that the Exe- ing mycologists to remember the MSA in their wills and bequests cutive Committee was favorable to this offer. Rossman discussed has been drafted and sent to a limited number of prominent Farr's expectations as newsletter Editor. Farr would make Inocu- memers of the Society. Carroll again encouraged the Council to lum available electronically as well as producing camera-ready implement the necessary changes in the finance structure in copy and at present is willing to publish the newsletter up to six order to more wisely invest the endowment monies. times per year and distribute it with Mycologia. Estimates from Allen Press indicate that reproducing lnoculum and distributing 13. President Petersen acknowledged the large amount of it with the journal will be inexpensive and will relieve the editor work carried out by Tony Griffiths, Brent Heath, and the other of those tedious tasks. It was noted that the newsletter is mailed IMC5 organizers. Local forays held prior to IMC5 yielded few first class and reaches foreign members much more quickly than fungi, but excelled in scenery and food thanks to Bob Bandoni s does the journal. Council supported the idea of mailing the planning. newsletter to foreign members via first class in order to reach all members in a timely manner. Discussion followed over the need 14. AWARDS for and place to publish abstracts. It was suggested that the Pro- A. The A. H. and H. V. Smith Research Fund Awards Com- gram Committee could gather abstracts and make arrangements mittee granted the 1994 award to Andrew Methven. Chairperson for their publication. lncoming President Rossman and the Pub- Baroni revised the guidelines for applications as per the request lications Committee will explore this further. of Helen Smith and after consultation with the Executive Com- C. The MSA Bulletin Board has been a success and reaches a mittee. The revision broadened the types of studies that could be wide international audience. Vice-President Pfister indicated that conducted by awardees. Discussion took place as to whether he would like someone to take over the responsibility of the receipts were needed by the Treasurer or whether this was con- MSA Bulletin Board. Volunteers should contact lncoming Presi- sidered an outright prize. Baroni will check with the auditor. dent Rossman. B. Baroni and incoming Secretary Kohn will explore with Al- D. Secretary Palm reported that a more up-to-date member- len Press the possibility of charging contributions to the Endow- ship directory is needed. This can be compiled, printed and dis- ment Fund on a credit card. It was noted that there are now two tributed with the journal by Allen Press. Palm and incoming senior research awards, the Martin-Baker and the Smith, and that Secretary Kohn were appointed to begin making arrangements two committees determine these awards. It was suggested that for a new diretory with a target date of late Fall 1994. An up-to- there be a stabilization and standardization of the committee date directory will also be available on-line on the MSA Bulletin that determines senior research awards. Board. C. The Awards Committee report was submitted by chair John Cooke. Awards were made as follows: Distinguished Mycolo- 12. ENDOWMENT gist, Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia and Robert L. Gilbertson; Alexo- A. Finance Committee. Council has long-supported the idea of poulos Prize, Tom Bruns; Graduate Student Fellowships, David the need to more wisely invest Society endowment monies to in- Geiser and Wendy Untereiner. The first Backus Graduate Re- crease our rate of return and therefore successfully fund awards search Award was given to Paul Gieser. Four MSA Graduate Re- and increase the size of some awards. As a result of deliberation search Prizes for poster presentations will be given at the end of by the Executive Committee on President Petersen's proposed IMC5. The committee recommended that the information pub- changes in the responsibilities of the MSA Finance Committee, lished in lnoculum about the awardees, also be provided to oth- the following by-laws changes were approved by Council (and er information sources such as the People and Places Section in will need approval by membership): Bioscience and Phytopathology News. XIII(A) - The investment of Society Endowment Funds shall be D. The IMC5 Travel Awards Committee, chaired by Bill Cibu- under the supervision of the Finance Committee. la, funded nine MSA Senior Travel Awards, nine named Student XIII(E) -The Endowment Fund shall consist of the restricted Mentor Travel Awards, and 13 additional awards to students in- monies. cluding Sustaining Member Travel Awards, MSA Travel Awards, and two Travel Aards from money donated by a member for that ern Herbarim." Mycological and botanical herbaria will be purpose. emphasized. Deborah Metsger is the contact person. 29. The Annual Lecture Committee chair Don Hemmes re- 15. The 1995 MSA meeting will be held in conjunction with ported that the committee will meet in Vancouver to review AIBS in San Diego from 4-9 August at the Town and Country nominations for the 1995 annual lecturer. Convention Center. Rytas Vilgalys is program chair and Michael 30. Lynne Sigler, chair of the Committee on Culture Collec- Allen is in charge of local arrangements. tions, reported that the committee and the U.S. Federation of 16. President-Elect Rossman made several suggestions for the Culture Collections is sponsoring a joint symposium at IMC5 en- location of the 1996 meeting and asked for further suggestions. titled "Role of Culture Collections in Biotechnology." The pro- Options include meeting with APS in Indianapolis, AIBS in Seat- ceedings wll be published as Volume 3 of the series Advances in tle, or the Ecological Society of America in Providence, Rhode Culture Collections and will be edited by Sigler and Steve Peter- Island. A subcommittee will look into these and other sugges- son. tions and make a decision in the near future. Elwin Stewart will 31. The names of three mycologists were forwarded to Coun- be program chair. cil by the Committee on Honorary Members for approval as hon- 17. The 1999 International Botanical Congress will be held in orary members. All three, Drs. David Hawksworth, Brian Sutton, St. Louis. The MSA is an integrated participant. Past-President and JosephWessels, were unanimously approved and will be Blackwell indicated that the program is in preparation and voted on by the membership at the annual business meeting. strongly requested ideas for symposia. The Mycology Division of 32. Liz Farwell, chair of the Committee on Liaison with Ama- IUM will meet in Jerusalem in 1996 and IMA will meet in Jerusa- teur Mycological Societies and Clubs, reported that NAMA lem in 1998 for IMC6. would like to sponsor a graduate student award to honor those 18. Biodiversity liaison Jean Lodge suggested that the MSA deceased members of NAMA who have made important contri- form a committee to work with Roy Watling and the BMS biodi- butions to the developent of amateur mycology in North Ameri- versity committee to draft policy statements mutually agreeable ca. NAMA would like to have this award administered by the to both Societies so that both groups can speak with one voice. MSA Awards Committee. lncoming President Rossman will ex- Council ndorsed this suggestion. Lodge and Rossman will con- plore the logistics of administering this award with the commit- tact Watling. Rossman will look into how "lobbying" is defined tee. The Committee also reported tha proposals for the develop- so that we are sure to protect our tax-exempt status which pro- ment of fungus gardens have been made by various groups to hibits lobbying as a Society. the U.S. National Arboretum and the Chicago Botanic Garden. 19. Amy Rossman, Representative to AIBS for Public Responsi- 33. Michael Dykstra, chair of the Medical Mycology Commit- bility, reported that she provided input on the importance of fun- tee, reported that six symposia pertinent to medical mycology gi for the strategic plan to be developed by AIBS. She also re- are scheduled for IMC5. ported that MSA was an Endorsing Society for the Microbial 34. David McLaughlin reported that memorials have been Biodiversty Briefing organized by AIBS, APS and ASM to brief published for Edith Cash, 0 Neil "Ray" Collins, and Mildred No- government administrators on the importance of microbial diver- bles, are in press for W.B. Cooke and Rene Pomerleau, and are sity. She also reported that several persons instrumental in biod- in preparation for Ross Davidson, Bernard Lowy, Lauritz Olson, iversity policy making have recognized the importance of fungi. and Rolf Singer. 20. ATCC Representative Rossman reported that Frank Dugan 35. Chair of Phytopathology Committee Larry Dunkle reported has been hired to oversee the maintenance and quality of the that the APS Mycology Committee and the MSA Phytopathology 26,000 fungal cultures maintained by ATCC. Committee suggest that the MSA consider meeting with APS in 21. ASC Representative Rossman reported that ASC is moving the near future. The chair also helped organize a 1994 colloqui- ahead on biodiversity and systematics issues. As a result of many um at the AP meeting entitled "Flagellated Plant Pathogens: requests for information on the number, location, and expertise Fungi in Exile?"' of systematic mycologists, Rossman and President Petersen de- 36. The MSA Placement Committee has been terminated veloped a questionaire which was mailed with Mycologia 86(3). based on the vote of the MSA membership. Additionally, ASC has requested development of a database of 37. Van Cotter, Chair of the Sustaining Membership Commit- scientific names of all fungi in North America. lncoming Presi- tee, reported three new MSA Sustaining Members for a current dent Rossman will appoint a committee to plan such a project. total of 31. Sustaining Members were invited to send a represen- 22. Genetics Councilor Georgiana May reported that she is tative to the MSA breakfastfbusiness meeting at the expense of putting together a symposium entitled "Genetic Approaches to the Societ. This would allow MSA to express thanks and ac- Mycology" for the 1995 San Diego meeting. knowledge our Sustaining Members. A number of Sustaining 23. Diane Te Strake has been appointed AAAS Representative Member Student Travel Awards were given this year with money to replace out oing representative John Taylor. It was suggested derived from Sustaining Member dues. The Committee and that a roster o B MSA members that are also AAAS members Council urge all MSA members to express appreciation to and would be useful. support of all of our Sustaining Members. 24. A report from Jerry Motta, Representative to the AIBS 38. John Clausz, Teaching Committee Chair, reported that Council, was received. JohnTaylor has been selected as the recipient of the 1995 Wes- 25. Representative to IMA Meredith Blackwell reported that ton Award. The committee has sold a large number of koda- the IMA Council will meet at IMC5 and that the Society will be chrome teaching slides and prepared a listing of readings on fun- represented by at least 4 MSA members. gi that come frm the popular press and magazines. The commit- 26. Roger Coos, Representative to IUMS, reported that tee suggested that information on undergraduate and graduate $35,000 had been awarded in travel grants from NSF to assist courses in mycology offered in North America would be useful young scientists in attending the IUMS meeting in Prague. in order to respond to requests for such information. 27. Michael Allen, Representative to NIE, reported that a bill 39. Council approved the motion to pass the names of Drs. has been introduced in Congress and that debate centers on Grosklag and Sequiera to the membership for Emeritus status. whether the NIE should be independent, under NSF or under 40. Secretary Palm noted that Ludmila Mavranova has sets of DOI. postcards commemorating Corda for sale to benefit the journal 28.Representative to the Conservation of Culture Resources Czech Mycology. Greg Mueller reported that the Society for the Preservation of 41. lncoming President Rossman would like suggestions for Natural History Collections will be holding a meeting in June, persons to appoint to MSA committees who will serve en- 1995 at the Royal Ontario Museum entitled "Managing the Mod- thusiastically and energetically. 42. The meetin was adjourned at 3:29 p.m. by President Pe- 8 . Drs. D. Hawksworth, B. Sutton, and J. Wessels were elect- tersen. That must %e a record! ed unanimously as honorary members. Respeafully submitted, 9 . President Petersen announced the recipients of the travel awards for IMC5. Mary E. Palm, Secretary 10. Awards Chair John Cooke announced Dr. Tom Bruns as the recipient of the 1994 Alexopolous Prize . Graduate Fellow- ships were awarded to Wendy Untereiner and David Geiser . The Backus Award was presented to Paul Gieser. Minutes, MSA Business Meeting 11. Teaching Committee Chair John Clausz presented the 16 August 1994, Ponderosa Room Weston Award to Dr. JohnTaylor. University of British Columbia, Vancouver 12. President Petersen presented the Distinguished Mycologist Awards to Drs. S. Bartnicki-Garcia and R. L. Gilbertson. 1 . The meeting was called to order by President Petersen at 13. Because of the limited amount of time available for the 7:40 a.m. business meeting the remainder of the reports usually presented 2 . President Petersen made a number of general announce- at that meeting were omitted but will be published in the fall is- ments, introduced the persons sitting at the head table, and sue of Inoculum. thanked various officers and members for their many efforts over 14 . President Petersen introduced Amy Y. Rossman as the the past year. 1994-95 President. 3 . The 1993 Business Meeting Minutes that had been pub- 15 . The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 a.m. by President lished in lnoculum 443) were approved. Rossman. 4 . Vice-President Pfister announced the results of the election. 5 . Secretary Palm s report was circulated. Respectfully submitted, 6 . Treasurer Baroni circulated his report and presented high- Mary E. Palm, Secretary lights from that report. 7 . All new 1994 members were approved as were the two new emeritus members.
SECRETARY'S REPORT 14. Corresponded with various members and responded to in- quiries via phone, mail and e-mail. 1 1 June 1993 - 10 August 1994 15. Corresponded with AIBS, ASC, IUMS, and AAAS. 1. Prepared minutes of the 1993 Council meeting and Busi- 16. Polled Council (all items passed): ness meeting and sent hem to lnoculum and Council members. a) $10,000 to organizing committee of IMC5 with the agree- 2. Sent list of 1993-1994 Council to AIBS, AAAS, NSF, NAS, ment travel grants totaling the same amount would be given to and IUMS. individuals chosen by MSA 3. Revised Manual of Operations and sent copies to all Coun- b) $2500 from MSA Reserve fund for 5 Sustaining Member cil members. Student Travel Awards 4. Composed announcement for travel awards to IMC5 for C) $500 for third Denison Student Travel Award Newsletter. d) Move Publications Fund from Endowment to General 5. Received letters of gratitude from the Inst. de Botanica de la Operating Fund Univ. de Guadalajara and from the Dept. Biol. Sci., Pontificia e) Abolish Placement Committee Univ. Catolica del Ecuador for receipt of Mycologia. 0 Endorse Biodiversity Briefing arranged by AIBS, APS, and 6. Sent copies of the MSA's Resolution in Support of System- ASM and support with $500 atics Agenda 2000 to Phytopathology News and Association of 17. Received notice of the deaths of William H. Allison, Systematics Collections. Clyde M. Christensen, Mary Virginia Dublin, Vladimir J. Krajina, 7. Mailed renewal forms and nomination ballot directly to Larry Lehnen, Eileen M Mahoney, Ruth Macrae, D. H. "Sam" members. The Emeritus, Sustaining and Associate categories Mitchel, Richard Nolan, Rene Pomerleau, Rolf Singer. were inadvertantly omitted so revised renewal forms were sent I thank Martha Powell, Meredith Blackwell, and Ron Petersen, to all members in those membership categories. the MSA Presidents with whom I've sewed, and Treasurer Tim 8. Sent request for agenda items and reports for the mid-year Baroni, for their communication, cooperation, enthusiasm and Executive Committee meeting to Council and others. support. Serving as Secretary of the Society has been a rewarding 9. Held mid-year Executive Committee meeting in Beltsville, experence. I also learned how the contributions of ALL Society Maryland on Saturday, 26 February1994. Minutes were taken members are essential to the health and effective functioning of and distributed to Council and placed on the MSA Bulletin MSA. I encourage even further action on the part of the member- Board, and will be printed in Inoculum. ship in order to maintain the vitality of our Society and thereby 10. Sent nominations for two IUMS Member-at-Large positions prmote the importance of mycology to the world in general. I to IUMS Secretary General. look forward to working with Linda Kohn in making the transi- 1 1. Mailed MSA Ballot, Endowment Fund contribution form, tion to her tenure a smooth one. and request for auction items to members. Respectfully submitted, 12. Mailed request for agenda items and reports for the annu- al Council meeting. Mary E. Palm, Secretary 13. Sent letter of welcome, a copy of A Brief History of My- cology in North America (to North American members), and a 1992 Directory of Members to new MSA members. TREASURER'S REPORT deductible for most individuals. Consult a tax specialist ifyou have any questions @lease do not call me) or ifyou are con- Fiscal Year 1993 sidering donating a large sum to the Society. 1 August 1993 - 31 July 1994 As always, please feel free to contact me if you are experi- FISCAL - The 1992 financial activities of the Society were filed encing any difficulty receiving Mycologia or the newsletter. I with the IRS in December of 1993. The 1993 financial activities will gladly make every effort to help correct any problems or of the Society will be filed with the IRS in December of 1994. inconsistencies with the handling of your membership. The information in this report has been audited by Mr. John 0. Reagan, C.P.A., Cortland, NY. The final report and official audit are being prepared and will be published in the MSA Newsletter, Financial Summary - Fiscal Year 1993 the Inoculum, in the fall of 1994. The year end accountings of 1 August 1993 - 31 July 1994 the current President, Secretary, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor must be reconciled before these reports are complete. Balances as of 31 July 1993 All official materials of the MSA have now been received from the former Treasurer (i.e., the Society's complete ledgers, the Checking Account (Citizen's Savings Society's lncorporation Stamp, all past IRS files, etc.). A chrono- -Bank acct. #I820471 01 ) $52,986.43 logical accounting of the receipt of MSA funds from the former Savings Account (CD Cortland Savings Treasurer follows: Bank acct. # 65-46692) $1 06,279.93 Transfers from the Colorado Accounts to the current Treasurer' Savings Account (CD Citizen's Savings 15 September 1992 - from checking acct. $10,000.00 Bank acct. #820471-20) $50,666.08 20 September 1992 - from CD acct. $102,038.00 14 October 1992 - from checking acct. $20,000.00 1 March 1993 - from checking acct. $ 7,000.00 Savings Account (M. Palm - Credit Union) $368.83 13 July 1993 - from checking acct. $ 2,250.06 -TOTAL FUND BALANCES (31 July 1993) $210,301.27 Total received from former Treasurer $141,288.06
New receipts and disbursements from 1 August 1993 to 31 RECEIPTS July 1994 were as follows: Receipts of $109,975.25 and dis- Membership dues $63,696.66 bursements of $79,031.94 (see accompanying ledgers for de- Sustaining Members $8,030.00 tails). Some of the figures may have to be changed before the fi- Interest on checking & savings accts. $7,063.1 5 nal official report is filed. T-shirt sales - 1993 $517.76 The Society made an effort to provide extra support for student Teaching slides - 1993-1994 $163.1 1 and regular membership travel to the IMC5 meetings in Van- Brief History of Mycology $126.00 couver, British Columbia this year. In this regard, the Society Mycology Guidebook $60.40 offered $14,300.00 in Travel Awards on a competitive basis. A Revenues - 1993 Meetings at UGA $2,723.31 portion of these moneys were donated to the travel funds by Dr. Reimbursed seed money IMC5 - Venue West $10,000.00 Charles Bracker. His thoughtfulness and generosity is gratefully Reimbursed residual funds - Society Brochure $164.86 acknowledged. The funds contributed by our Sustaining Mem- Sales of Mycologia Index $850.00 bers played a major role, along with the Mentor Travel Funds Sales of Mailing Lables - Allen Press $525.00 and the Society's "Contingency Funds", in supporting student Contribution - IMC5 Travel Funds $500.00 travel to these meetings. Smith Fund $25.00 As stated in last year's report, interest rates remain very low. Contribution to Endowment - 1993-1994 $1 5,530.00 None of our current accounts earn more than 4.00%, with the checking account earning as low as 1.75%. Nonetheless, the TOTAL FOR 1993-1994 $109,975.25 Society is in very sound financial condition with receipts plus interest exceeding disbursements. DISBURSEMENTS MEMBERSHIP - On 31 July 1994, the Society membership Mycologia (Vo1.85, 1993) consisted of 1216 members in the following categories: 846 subscriptions and other fees $20,217.50 regular members, 140 student members, 18 honorary members, Bad checks (Citizen's Savings) $75.00 49 emeritus members receiving the journal, 45 emeritus mem- Mid-year Executive Council meeting $1,459.75 bers receiving only the Newsletter, 43 life members, 31 Sustain- Annual lncorporation fee (Washington, DC) $25.00 ing members, 31 associate members, 12 family members, and 1 Mailing labels from NYBG $400.00 affiliate member. The Society had a net increase of 76 members Seed money loan IMC5 - Venue West $10,000.00 over the last year. Please continue to recruit new members as Univ. Minn. - PS2 computer: Editor $2,539.00 this activity is essential to the health of our Society. Univ. Minn. - computer set up $241.53 Univ. Minn. - computer consulting $163.48 COMMENTS - Our new membership services group at Allen Treasurer expenses IMC5 $883.06 Press is doing a fine job from my perspective. I am anxious to re- President's expenses $109.33 ceive comments about this service from our membership, wheth- Secretary's expenses (allocation) $2,000.00 er these comments are positive or negative. We truly wish to Newsletter Editor expenses (allocation) $10,000.00 provide the best possible service to our membership, and we Treasurer's expenses $458.07 need your input. I would be pleased to share your comments Amer. Soc. Micro. - biodiversity briefing $500.00 with the MSA Council at our annual meetings, so please feel free Allen Press - back issues $10.00 to send me your input. Allen Press - membership services $7,449.92 The Mycological Society of America is a Section 170(c) Or- Smith Fund Awards for 1993 and 1994 ganization of the IRS Code of 1954, and is listed in the official J.Wright (1993) $900.00 IRS publication List of Organizations (Department of Treasury, A. Methven (1994) $840.30 IRS Publication 78, Rev. 10-91). Contributions to the MSA are Dues to other Societies NET $2,820.1 1 AlBS INTEREST $141.26 International Mycological Association Balance, 31 July 1994 $2,961.37 Association of Systematics Collections Meeting expenses for IMC5 meeting, era1 F- Aug. 1994 (in part) Balance, 1 August 1993' $1 9,794.26 RECEIPTS: MSA IMC5 Travel Awards T-shirts (1993) $51 7.00 Mentor Travel Awards Teaching slides (1994) $163.1 1 Sustaining Membership Travel Awards DISBURSEMENTS: Additional Travel Awards (Bracker) T-shirt production (1994) $2,100.00 T-shirt expenses NET $1 8,374.37 Graduate Fellowships INTEREST $776.93 Research Awards Balance, 31 July 1994 $19,151.30
TOTAL FOR 1993-1994 $79,031.94 Fund IRestricted) Balance, 1 August 1993' $8,999.83 RECEIPTS $0.00 DISBURSEMENTS $350.00 ITEMIZATION OF FUNDS 1994 (T. Bruns) NET $8,649.83 rt of c- CD accounts) INTEREST $494.41 Balance, 31 July 1994 $9,144.24 NOTE: all Balances from 1993 followed with an asterisk required changes from the Treasurer's Annual Report filed for 1992-1993. A recent audit of the Societies financial records discovered several errors Balance, 1 August 1993' $1 7,192.89 dating back to 1991-1992, necessitatingthese corrections. RECEIPTS $25.00 DISBURSEMENTS s" (U- 1993 0. Wright) $900.00 Balance 1 August 1993 $27,685.34 1994 (A. Methven) $840.30 RECEIPTS $1 8,933.87 NET $1 5,477.59 DISBURSEMENTS $1 0,050.00 INTEREST $706.30 Bracker ($500) Balance, 31 July 1994 $16,183.89 Mentor Travel ($600) IMC5 Travel ($10,000) NET $36,569.21 5. Travel F& Balance 31 July 1994 $36,569.2 1 C. J. Alexopoulos (est. 1992) Bal. 1 Aug. 1993 $500.00 RECEIPTS $720.00 Balance 1 August 1993' $63,166.38 DISBURSEMENTS (5. Harney) $100.00 RECEIPTS: NET $1,120.00 Sustaining Member Dues $8,030.00 INTEREST $70.63 TOTAL $71,196.38 Balance, 31 July 1994 $1,190.63 DISBURSEMENTS: (Travel, fellowships, awards) $4,500.00 H. E. Bigelow (est. 1992) NET $66,696.38 Bal. 1 Aug. 1993 $4,075.00 INTEREST $2,048.27 RECEIPTS $1,175.00 Balance, 31 July 1994 $68,744.65 DISBURSEMENTS $200.00 (L. Law; P. Leacock) 3.1 ife M- FundUnr* NET $5,050.00 Balance, 1 August 1993. $1 8,323.21 INTEREST $141.26 RECEIPTS $1,000.00 Balance, 31 July 1994 $5,191.26 DISBURSEMENTS $0.00 NET $19,323.21 E. S. Luttrell (est. 1992) INTEREST $706.30 Bal. 1 Aug 1993 $1,950.00 Balance, 31 July 1994 $20,029.5 1 RECEIPTS $250.00 DISBURSEMENTS (J. Shields $100.00 NET $2,100.00 (Unrestriadl INTEREST $70.63 Balance, 1 August 1993' Balance, 31 July 1994 $2,170.63 RECEIPTS: Myc. Guide Book E. E. Butler (est. 1992) Brief Hist. Myc. Bal. 1 Aug. 1993 $1,189.28 Mycologia Index RECEIPTS $575.00 DISBURSEMENTS DISBURSEMENTS (E. Frieders) $100.00 NET NET $1,664.28 INTEREST INTEREST $70.63 Balance, 31 July 1994 Balance, 31 July 1994 $1,734.91
W. C. Denison (est, 19921 Bal. 1 Aug. 1993 $1,300.00 RECEIPTS $3,435.00 1. Memorial Fund (Restricted) DISBURSEMENTS $200.00 Balance, 1 August 1993. $2,820.1 1 (K. Zeller; H. Lu) RECEIPTS $0.00 (L. Castlebury "cont. fund") DISBURSEMENTS $0.00 NET $4,535.00 INTEREST $70.63 FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF MSA ASSETS Balance, 31 July 1994 $4,605.63
R. P. Korf (est. 1993) Certificates of deposit in Cortland Accounts Balance, 31 July 1994 $1,649.05 Cortland Savings CD #65-46692: (K. Hodge - "cont. fund") closed (matured) 3-24-94 $109499.36 Citizen's Savings CD #82047120: SUBTOTAL BALANCE FOR TRAVEL FUNDS, 31 July 1994 closed (matured) 3-25-94 $51,865.20 $16,542.1 1 Cortland Savings CD #60-47883: opened 3-24-94 (incl. int. to 6-30-94) 1997) (established $62,080.05 M. P. Backus Bal. 1 Aug. 1993 $6,525.00 Citizen's Savings CD #I820471 21 : RECEIPTS $1,625.00 opened 3-25-94 (incl. int. to 6-30-94) DISBURSEMENTS (P. Gieser) $500.00 $100,941.81 NET $7,650.00 Checking account, Cortland Accounts INTEREST $282.52 Citizen's Savings Acct. #82047101 $54,985.25 Balance, 31 July 1994 $7,932.52 Douglas County Bank Acct. #027944 $22,931.1 2
Martin-Baker Savings account, Maryland Accounts $368.83 Bal. 1 Aug. 1993 $13,785.00 RECEIPTS $5,748.66 DISBUSEMENTS (S. HuhndorO $1,000.00 TOTAL ASSETS IN ACCOUNTS, NET $18,533.66 INTEREST $565.04 31 July 1994 $241,307.06 Balance, 31 July1994 $19,098.70 Total assets as of 1 August 1993 $21 0,301.27 SUBTOTAL BALANCE FOR RESEARCH FUNDS, 31 July 1994 $27,031.22 Net Change in Assets $31,005.79 TOTAL FUNDS $241,307.06 Respectfully submitted, Timothy I. Baroni, Treasurer
MSA Publications
Mycologia, Editor-in-Chief rejecting manuscripts was submitted for approval by Council. Each Associate Editor was sent hard copies and computer files of 1 August 1993 - 31 July 1994 form letters along with a computer file containing names an This report covers the period June 15, 1993 - June 30, 1994. addresses of reviewers in selected subject areas. All manuscripts I. Manuscripts: are now being handled for review through revision by the Asso- Number carried over from 1991-92 91 ciate Editors. Number received Q3.Z IV. Journal Modernization. Total: 278 The final models for the redesign of the journal were submit- Accepted or published 136 ted by R. Humber and approved by the Scientific Publications Rejected 38 Office in January. The first issue in the new format appeared in Withdrawn 5 April. On hand, pending final action (in review V. Editorial Office. process or under revision by author) 99 The new computer and new journal management software Total: 278 have been installed and are fully operational. Volume 86: Numbers 1-3 published: Nos. 4, 5 in press; No. 6 David McLaughlin, Editor-in-Chief manuscripts on hand for a partial issue. I. 11. Editorial Board. The Editorial Board will shrink in size from 15 to 5 members over the next 5 years, thus only a single candidate is being for- Mycologia, Managing Editor warded to Council for approval. Terms of 3 members, Martha Christensen, Cletus P. Kurtzman, Publishing Activity and Rytas J. Vilgalys, expire at the end of this calendar year. During NYBG FY 1994, Mycologia was published as issue The Editorial Board was polled for names of replacements and nos.: 85(4) - August 18, 1993 an election held. D. Jean Lodge is nominated to serve a 5 year 85(5) - October 29, 1993 term on the Editorial Advisory Committee and has agreed to 85(6) - January 27, 1994 serve if confirmed by Council. 86(1) - March 25, 1994 86(2) - May 2, 1994 Ill. Associate Editor System. 86(3) - ** The Associate Editor System was begun in October. From September through November nine Associate Editors were Circulation appointed after approval by Council. The policy of accepting or The circulation records for NYBG FY 1994 are as follows: ers TOTAl hard-copy with page layout software. The content of the news- 85(4) 1,076 15 94 1,101 2,286 letter is, in part, necessarily driven by the physical layout and 85(5) 1,076 15 94 1,101 2,286 space available in the hard-copy version; to this extent, the hard- 85(6) 1,142 20 94 1,142 2,376 copy version must be prepared before a text-based electronic 86(1) 968 12 93 * 1,073 version. 86(2) 1,007 15 93 * 1,115 Discussion with Dick Korf in the wake of his letter regarding 86(3) ** the role and form of lnoculum has provided valuable perspec- * As of January 1, 1994, Allen Press has been tives both to the current editor, and, I trust, to the officers of the managing MSA membership. MSA and, eventually, to the future editor. I support the conti- ** This issue was published on July 7, 1994, nued dependence on the printed form fo the newsletter as the which excludes it from NYBG FY 1994. official format for Inoculum, while recognizing the value of an Of significance is that the subscriber base has increased 2.5% electronic version (despite the additional work entailed in the and the membership base has increased more than 5% since preparation of two different forms of the contents). There is 1993. much that might be gained by shifting of the major responsibility During NYBG FYI 994, a total of 17 copies of the lndex were for the printing and distribution of the newsletter to Allen Press. sold, 9 of which were sold in November of 1993, a result of The transfer of major membership service functions from the Mary Palm's sales efforts. A check in t he amount of $850.00 Secretary and Treasurer to Allen Press has had a mixed benefit will be sent as payment to MSA for NYBG FYI 994. for the newsletter by making it easier to transfer changes in di- rectory information but the accumulation of directory informa- Marketing and Promotion tion for new members has been much more sluggish than it was The journal was advertised in the Allen Press 1994 Subscrip- when both the Secretary and Treasurer were providing this in- tion Catalog; the Media Information" brochure of all NYBG " formation for the newsletter. journals was mailed in July to potential advertisers and list rental Submissions of material from the membership seem to be customers; the journal was on display at the 1993 A IBS meeting tapering off from what they were in the earliest editions of the in Ames, Iowa. Mycologia and the Mycologia lndex will be pro- newsletter in its current format. Over the last several months, the moted, along with other related NYBG titles, in a mycology bro- newsletter has drawn many of its items from the MSA bulletin chure that will be distri buted at the IMC-5 to be held in Van- board (especially items on on-line mycology, meeting notices, couver and piggy-back mailed with the next issue of Mycologia. and job offerings). Finances Efforts to obtain permission to reprint a couple of items (on Note that advertising revenue was $448 and list rental revenue George Hudler's remarkable course on fungi given to more than was $1,103, a direct result of the "Media Information" brochure. 200 Cornell undergraduates each time it is given, and on the We anticipate that some costs wi II go up during the next fiscal rnentoring of female students) that appeared in newsletters of the year. A postage increase and higher prices from Allen Press are American Phytopathology Society have met with silence from expected in January 1995, as well as some salary adjustments. A that society; I will continue to seek permission to reprint these comparison of costs of producing Mycologia in the old format items since I am confident that both of them would be of consid- vs. the new format will await production of 6 issues so that there erable interest to the MSA membership. A constant source of in- is a realistic yearly comparison. Final numbers for Fiscal Year formation for whose reprinting has not presented problems is 1993-94 are not available yet, but as of May 1994, income was from the Association of Systematics Collections regarding the greater than expenditures. The budget for Fiscal Year 1994-95 National Biological Survey and various biodiversity issues; I am was recently submitted for review and approval. It takes into ac- particularly grateful to both Elaine Hoagland of the ASC and to count the anticipated increases in costs. Amy Rossman as the MSA Liaison for Public Affairs and, argu- ably, the most active and effective mycologist in the executive Roy E. Holling, Managing Editor levels of the biodiversity efforts in the US. The provision of courtesy copies of lnoculum to the Associa- tion for Systematics Collections and to Dr. James Rodman (NSF's liaison to the MSA) appears to be a worthwhile effort. There is lnoculum - MSA Newsletter no doubt of the value of the mutual exchange of newsletters Much of the behind-the-scenes efforts of the editor's effort between the MSA and ASC; there has been little communication with the newsletter through the last year have been aimed at the with the MSA by Dr. Rodman despite a standing invitation to streamlining of the operation and to try to determine how Inocu- him to submit information to the membership through the news- lum should best be positioned for the near-term future in view of letter and officers. the upcoming change in editors and the increasing dependence I would like to take this opportunity to thank President Peter- of the MSA membership on the use of electronic networks for sen and the other members of the Council for their cooperation, the exchange of information. concern, guidance, and support during my tenure as the editor As of the time of preparing this report, the value of the one- of the newsletter. I look forward to cooperating fully with the in- time experiment with on-line presentation of a newsletter, In- coming editor to make the transition as seamless as possible. oculum 45(1), in an electronic format via the MSA Bulletin Board remains unevaluated. The editor received no written, tele- lnoculum Expenses and Assets phonic, or electronic comments of any sort regarding this ser- 1 June 1993 - 10 August 1994 vice, and Don Pfister, as the keeper of the Bulletin Board, had not monitored the usage of the newsletter files on the Bulletin Balance of lnoculum assets, 1 June 1993 $ 421 4.90 Board. Whether or not this electronic experiment proved to be successful, the preparation of both electronic and hard-copy ver- EXPENSES sions of lnoculum does mean the preparation of two separately lnoculum 44(2) formatted versions of the newsletter and a substantial increase in Addressing & Mailing (late billing) 796.50 the overall time required to put out the issue. The way that infor- lnoculum 44(3); 50 pp; 1250 copies mation is received and processed for the newsletter does not Media Services 21 01.64 necessarily make it any simpler to prepare an unformatted ver- Addressing & Mailing 903.06 sion of the newsletter content before working on the formatted lnoculum 44(4); 28 pp; 1250 copies Media Services 1261.38 All of the projects have been completed. There is no out- Addressing & Mailing 531.84 standing business before the committee. lnoculum 45(1); 30 pp; 1250 copies Media Services 1355.41 Michael R. McGinnis, Chair Addressing & Mailing 687.69 lnoculum 45(2); 26 pp, 1250 copies Media Services Publications Committee 1115.13 In this year, the Publications Committee has dealt with a num- Addressing & Mailing 657.07 ber of issues and has defined a couple of projects for the coming US Postal Service 475.00 year. Bulk mailing account 400.00; 1. With the aid of the Executive Committee, the issue of a new Bulk permit renewal 75.00; Mycological Guidebook has been laid to rest. There will be no Bank Service Charges 2.1 3 new Mycological Guidebook project initiated for the foreseeable Total Expenses $ 9886.85 future. 2. On the subject of #1, the old Guidebook is still listed in INCOME Books-in-Print and copies are still available. Jean has volunteer- Deposit from MSA (30 Nov 93) $ 10,000.00 ed to write to the University of Washington to confirm availabil- Bank interest: 164.37 ity of the books and details for purchase. Jean will also distibute Advertisements 350.00 the information to the appropriate newsletters. Anomerics (Sept) 100.00; Anomerics 3. The use of CD-ROM in publishing is a very current topic (Dec.) 100.00; Anomerics (July) 100.00; and Keith is currently gathering information on CD-ROM pro- ATCC (July)50.00 duction for a brief to be submitted to Council in 1994-95. Total Income $10514.37 4. Ron Petersen brought up the topic of abstracts when the MSA meets on its own. Currently, these abstracts are published Balance in lnoculum checking account $ 4770.87 in Inoculum. The question here seems to be, in part, one of the cost of mailing, timeliness and the additional workload placed Other items: [I2.551 on te editor and assistants of Inoculum. It has been suggested Miscellaneous postage expenses 17.79 that the abstracts might be published in Mycologia but, getting Credit in Bulk Mail Account [I9.231 this out in time could be more of a problem than Inoculum. Cash and Postage on Hand 11 1.1 1I When Chris discussed this topic separately with Jean and Keith, he cameaway with the impression that abstracts are viewed as Balance of lnoculum Assets, 1 0 Aug 1994 $4783.52 advance information to assist conference attendees in selecting the talks they wish to go to especially when multiple sessions are Richard A. Hurnber, Editor being offered (this is certainly his view). Abstracts are not seen aspublications to be referenced. In many instances (i.e. other so- cieties) abstracts are only provided to conference attendees. This Mycologia Memoirs Committee subject will be considered further by the Committee. The committee has received one letter requesting information Chris Lucarotti, Chair regarding the process used to evaluate potential manuscripts for publication. The requested information was given to the indivi- dual.
MSA Committees
Ad hoe Travel Awards Committee Awards Committee As chair of the MSA Travel Awards committee I respectfully The official call for applications and nominations for the Grad- submit this report on the awards granted from the applications uate Research Fellowships, the Alexopoulos Prize and the Dis- received. I am indebted to my other committee members, Drs. tinguished Mycologist Award were published in the December Steve Stephenson and Bob Gessner. The final awards are the re- 1993 issue of lnoculum [44(4): 17-1 81. Included were revisions sult of dicussions on the criteria of ratings to be applied to each passed by by Council (1993) on the nominations for the Distin- applicant. guished Mycologist Award and the Alexopoulos Prize. During A total of $1 4,300 was available - $10,000 MSA IMC5 money, April, the committee made the following awards: Distinguished $1,300 from the Mentor Fund (Endowment), $500 donation from Mycologist - Salombn Bartnicki-Garcia and Robert Lee Gilbert- Dr C. Bracker, and $2,500 from Sustaining Membership Reserve son; Alexopoulos Prize - Thomas D. Bruns; Graduate Student Fund. Fellowships - David M. Geiser and wendy A. Untereiner. Pres- The following criteria were used in arriving at a decision for a ident Ron Petersen wrote congratulatory letters to the award re- funding level: Since these awards are designated Travel Awards, cipients. The committee members involved in determining the distance the applicant was from Vancouver was a factor. With award recipients were Linda Kohn, Rodney Roberts, Dennis Des- student applications, the relative position in terms of time from jardin and John Cooke (Chair). completion of the Ph.D. The mode of presentation, i.e., oral ver- Four MSA Graduate Research Prizes for poster presentations sus poster. Where possible, an assessment of the study being re- will be awarded during the 1994 meetings in Vancouver. ported. [See next page for a listing of award recipients.] Some members of the committee felt that in addition to having information about award recipients published in the newsletter, Bill Cibula, Chair Recipients of MSA Travel Awards for Attendance at IMC5
Recipient Total Award Source of Funds and other information Professional Apphxmb Zervakis, George $700 $500 IMC + $200 Sustaining Members. From Greece Dykstra, Michael j. $500 IMC Li, Shuxian $500 IMC Crous, Pedro W. $700 $500 IMC + $200 Sustaining Members. From South Africa Lizon, Pavel $500 IMC Hailing, Roy $500 IMC Huhndorf, Sabine M. $500 IMC Zoberi, Mujeeb H. $500 IMC Chen, Alice W. $500 IMC
Student Applicants Castlebury, Lisa A. $500 Denison Mentor Award; began PhD 1991; plant patholology Zeller, Kurt A. $500 $400 IMC + $100 Denison Mentor Award; PhD expected 1994; plant pathology Dreisbach, Tina $250 Sustaining Members; PhD expected 1994; DNA of P. pin; Lu, Haisheng $500 $400 IMC + $100 Denison Mentor Award; PhD at end 1994; Auricularia Gernandt, David S. $250 Sustaining Members; Began PhD 1993; taxanes & fungi Tuininga, Amy $250 Sustaining Members; MS candidate; mycorrhizae Rarnesh, Marlee A. $500 IMC; PhD exp. Spring 1995; meiotic studies with Coprinus Geiser, David M. $500 $400 IMC + $100 Butler Mentor Award; began PhD 1989; pres. p. Aspergillus Hodge, Kathie $500 $400 IMC + $100 Korf Mentor Award; beginning PhD; entomopathogens, Zoophthora Shields, John P. $500 $400 INC + $100 Luttrell Mentor Award; PhD expected spring 1995; Monoblepharella Frieders, Elizabeth M. $300 Sustaining Members; PhD exp. '96; heterobasidiomycete phylogeny Leacock, Patrick R. $500 $400 IMC + $100 Bigelow Mentor Award; PhD exp. '96; ectomycor. systematics, Lactarius Izzo, Antonio $450 $400 Sust. Memb. + $50 Bracker). MS program; DNA of Labyrinthula. McKerny, John M. $500 IMC; PhD Aug 94; systematics of black yeasts. Harney, Sharon $500 $400 IMC + $100 Alexopoulos Mentor Award; PhD Aug '94; rel. f.w. ectomycor. fungi Bier, James $500 IMC; PhD Fall '95; Epichloe Untereiner, Wendy $500 $300 IMC + $200 Bracker; PhD '95; black yeasts Law, Lisa A. $500 $400 IMC + $100 Bigelow Mentor Award; PhD, 1st yr; ;macrofungi.LaGreca, Scott A. $500 $250 Sustaining Members + $250 Bracker; PhD 112 complete; DNNITS, lichen phylog. Kuehn, Keven A. $500 IMC; PhD began 1992; Dec. F. juncus Gieser, Paul T. $200 Sustaining Members; late applicant. Olyejar, Eric $200 Sustaining Members; recommended undergraduate.
Total $10,000 - IMC5 Awards $1,300 - Mentor Travel Awards dispersed: $14,300 $2,500 - Sustaining Member Awards $500 - Charles Bracker contribution
that the information for the newsletter should also be given to that manuscripts on this genus for California, Illinois and eventu- the MSA AlBS representative for inclusion in BioScience (People ally Costa Rica can be published. & Places section). This would be additional recognition for awardees and help promote MSA recognition amongst other bio- Timothy I. Baroni, Chair logists. If this seems appropriate to Council, the above bold type is given as a motion for inclusion in procedural manual. John C. Cooke, Chair Teaching Committee 1. The Committee evaluated candidates for the William H. Weston Award for Teaching Excellence in Mycology. Dr. John Taylor has been selected as this year's recipient. The award will A.H. & H.V. Smith Research Fund be presented at the MSA annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C. Awards Committee 2. The Committee is maintaining the teaching slide collection. The recipient of the 1994 Smith Research Fund Award is Dr. We received 4 requests for slides selling 554 slides. An ac- Andrew S. Methven. Dr. Methven is working on various projects counting for costs and receipts follows. Given the cost of having involving floristic and monographic treatments of the genus the slides prepared professionally, $0.64/slide, the society migt Lactarius made by Dr. A.H. Smith and associates which are consider the purchase of a slide copier attachment that mounts deposited at the University of Michigan Herbarium. These mor- right onto a camera. I've priced this apparatus locally at $1 10. pholoical studies are intended to help clarify species concepts so Assuming student assistant funds at the chairperson's university would pay for the time involved, within one year the attacment would have paid for itself. Of course there is the processing costs Phytopathology Committee for the duplicated slides. I am exploring the possibility of having the slides digitized us- In accord with the established responsibilities of the Phy- ing equipment that is available at a nearby campus. We would topathology Committee, the Chair of this committee sewed as a provide them with a complete set of digitized slides providing liaison to the APS as a member of the APS Mycology Commiaee. they allow us to use their equipment free of charge and agree Through membership on that committee, the chair suggested not o sell or give away digitized copies we provide them. and helped oranize a colloquium on "Flagellated Plant Patho- 3. We received 6 requests for the Careers in Mycology, send- gens: Fungi in Exile?"for the 1994 national meeting of APS. The ing 20 copies. We currently have 20 copies left. We also re- session was well attended, and the organizers and speakers re- ceived one request for the paper version of the Mycology Test ceived positive comments from those who attended. Bank. The reorganization of the electronic version of the Test At the APS meeting, members of the Mycology Committee vot- Bank proja is still waiting to be done. ed unanimously to request that MSA meet on a regular basis 4. The committee prepared a bibliographic listing of readings with APS. The frequency was not determined. However, every in fungi that come from the popular press and magazines. This three years (or more frequently if convenient) would be ad- listing titled Popular Mycological Articles Appropriate for Teach- vantageous for membes of both societies to learn more about (or ing was presented at the Georgia meeting last year. No new sub- keep abreast OD the approaches, progress, and problems of mu- misions have been received. tual concern and to promote communication among in- 5. We received two requests from high school students re- vestigators. The last joint meeting of the two societies - Portland questing information about where to go for a degree pertaining in 1992 - was extremely benefical. A topic suggested by the APS to the study of the fungi. I responded as best I could. I think we Mycology Committee for co-sponsorship was "Taxonomy of Pen- could respond in a more informative way if we surveyed the so- icillium (and Aspergillus)" because of the mutual interest among ciety embers about courses available, emphasis of programs and members of the two societies. other information about undergraduate and graduate programs Thus, the Phytopathology Committee of MSA and the My- with an emphasis in mycology. Perhaps a future committee cology Committee of APS suggest that the MSA consider meeting should undertake this delicate project. together at the next available meeting date (1996). 6. An accounting of funds received and spent by the com- Larry Dunkle, Chair mittee: ReceiDts Item From Amount Purchase, 71 slides Southern Univ. $ 71 .OO Medical Mycology Committee Purchase, 221slides Stephen F. Austin State Univ. $221.OO Medical mycology will be well-represented at IMC5, with 6 Purchase, 51 slides University Hospital, Cleveland $51.00 symposia that are pertinent. There will be symposia on anti- Purchase, 21 0 slides Clernson Univ. $21 0.00 fungals, fungal pathogenesis and the role of fungal molecules in TOTAL: $554.00 this process, pathogenicity genes in fungi, signals between hosts mlmiss and fugal parasites, and fungi and environmental health. These Item To (Date) Amount symposia should lay a healthy foundation for further presenta- Slide Copying/Holders Arts Camera Plus (911 8/93) tions on and interest in matters pertaining to medical mycology Slide Copying/Holders Arts Camera Plus (1 0/6/93) at future MSA meetings. Slide Copying/Holders Arts Camera Plus (616194) Mail Slides Carroll College (911 7/93) Michael Dykstra, Chair Mail Slides Carroll College (1/28/94) Mail Weston Award Mat. Carroll College (6122194) Weston Award Plaque Geiger Award (7118/94) TOTAL: Placement Committee $163.1 1 WNCE(Check sent to MSA treasurer) During the past twelve months, three individuals filed "Em- John Clausz, Chair ployee Data Forms" and a curriculum with the chair of the Com- mittee on Placement. Currently seven individuals have "Em- ployee Data Forms" and curriculum vitae on file with the committee. During th same period, three potential employers Committee on Culture Collections and one graduate program contacted the chair of the committee regarding job opportunities for a mycologist or funding for M.S. In taking up the suggestion of the outgoing chair, Dr. Gary and Ph.D. students. Each of the individuals with a vita on file Samuels, to develop collaboration between the MSA Culture was notified of the opprtunities by mail. None of the job op Collection Committee and the U.S. Federation of Culture Collec- portunities were advertised in the lnoculum due to the short pe- tions, the main activity of the committee this year has been the riod of time available to fill the position and the publication developmen of a symposium, jointly supported by the two So- schedule of the newsletter. cieties. The symposium, to be presented at IMC5 is entitled "Role At the mid-year meeting, the MSA Executive Committee voted of Culture Collections in Biotechnology" and will be offered on to eliminate the Placement Committee (as did the membership Saturday, August 20 from 4-6:30 p.m. Steve Peterson, who is on the spring ballot). This decision was based on the small num- currently sewig also as President of the USFCC came forward ber of mycologists who utilized the sewice during the past two with the idea of the symposium and the USFCC will publish the years (sven) as well as the lack of prospective employers who proceedings as Volume 3 of the series Advances in Culture Col- knew of the committee and exploited the database files. The fact lections. Steve and I will serve as editors for this publication. The that many employment listings and fellowship/post-doctoral op- speakers repreent collections both in industry and in government portunities are more readily accessible through the MSA and and their presentations should foster a positive awareness and APS Bulletin Bards, as well as a number of other on-line ser- appreciation of the multifaceted work of modern collections. vices, the need to maintain the Placement Committee was con- Lynn Sigler, Chair sidered to be superfluous. Andy Methuen, Chair Committee on Liaison with Amateu Committee on Honorary Members Mycological Societies and Clubs The Honorary Member Committee of MSA has reviewed nom- Ken Cochrane, Executive Secretary of the North American My- inations for the following three mycologists and recommend that cological Association (NAMA), notified this committee of a new they be placed on the next MSA ballot for election as honorary NAMA scholarship, to be administered by the MSA Awards members: 1) Dr. David L. Hawksworth, Director, IMI; 2) Dr. Committee. It was established "to honor deceased members of Brian C. Sutton,Mycologist, IMI; 3) Dr. J. G. H. Wessels, Univ, of NAMA who have madeimportant contributions to the develop- Groningen. These outstanding mycologist have authored or co- ment of amateur mycology in North America," the first to be authored hundreds of publications that have greatly advanced awarded in memory of Dr. Sam Mitchel. It is noted here not only our knowledgeof fungi. All are unquestionably international as a very welcome gift, but as bearing witness that MSA s liaison leaders in our profesion. In recognition of their achievements, with NAMA is indeed a two-ay street. Our hat is tipped to Dr. we strongly recommend they be placed on the ballot for election Bryce Kendrick for legislating the proposal for this scholarship as honorary members. through NAMA. Bob Gilbertson, Chair The proposal of the Mycological Association of Washington, D.C. to the U.S. National Arboretum for the establishment of a fungus garden based on the model of that at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Dr. Roy Watling), was brought to the anen- tion of ths chair by Dr. Amy Rossman. The Chicago Botanic Gar- Annual Lecturer Committee den has been approached with a similar, but not identical, plan We have lined-up Bob Metzenberg for the Annual Lecture. He for introducing the public in general and especially the young will talk about mating in filamentous fungi. Most of his work people in the education classes at the Garden to the importance concerns pseudohomothallism in Neurospora species. He is very of fungi. good at speaking to a broad audience and has done so for the British Mycological Society as a special lecturer. He also has an Elizabeth 0. Farwll, Chair excellent sense of humor and keeps his audience entertained. He is in the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Genetics Councilor Thomas Harrington, Chair As the newly elected Genetics councilor, I am putting together a symposium to be held at the 1995 meeting in San Diego, "Genetic Approaches to Mycology". Recognizing that the strength of MSA lies in organismal biology, the symposium will aim to demonstrate the use of genetic methods to better under- stand systematics, ecology and evolution of fungi. I plan to invite speakers who both excel in their fields and can explain their methods to a diverse audience. Topics will probably include The MSA Campaign for chromosome structur and variation, population genetics, evolu- tion of mating systems, and biogeography. Endowment Contributions Georgians May, MSA Councilor - Genetics was very successful last year! Election Results There were 361 ballots received by Vice-President Donald The MSA thanks you sincerely, Pfister. The results of the 1994 election are as follows: Vice- President, James H. Ginns; Secretary, Linda M. Kohn; Councilor but thank yourself, too. for Cell Biology/Physiology, Faye Murrin; Councilor for Ecology/ Pathology, Tom Harrington; Councilor for Genetics/Molecular Biology, Karen Nakasone; and Councilor for Systematics/Evolu- Please, keep helping tion, Keith Seifert. All three by-laws were approved: 1) elimina- tion of the MSA Placement Committee, 2) changing the name of the Endowment to grow. the Memorial Fund to Mentor Fund, and 3) moving the publica- tions fund from the endowment (restricted) to the general opera- ting (unrestricted)fund.The committee was composed of MSA It comes back to you members Jean Cargill, Samuel Hammer, David Hibbett and through the support of Donald Pfister, Vice-President. more members for Donald Pfister, Vice-President travel, fellowships, etc.
Please contact George Carroll, Chair of the Endowment Committee, with questions or any further contributions. MSA Representatives & Liaisons
Representative to AAAS Representative for Public Responsibility I was unable to attend the San Francisco meeting, but Dr. The new executive director of AIBS, Dr. Clifford Gabriel, Kathy LoBuglio attended. The main topic was science education, wrote requesting ideas and input for the strategic plan being as might be expected from the interests of both Bruce Alberts developed by the officers of AIBS. I wrote a letter in response and Francisco Ayala. Section Q (Education) is looking for coop- about the importance of several research initiatives that include eration rom Section G (Biology). the study of fungi. Cliff assisted members of the American Phyto- Regarding Fellows of AAAS, I have located three MSA mem- pathology Society and American Society for Microbiology in bers who are fellows, and could nominate more. I have had a organizing a briefing to government administrators on the im- harder time locating distinguished mycologists who are members portance of microbial biodiversity entitled "Microbial Biodiver- of AAAS. Would you ask the council to recommend that mem- sity Briefing. The Underpinning of Ecosystem Global Wellness bers inform the MSAof their membership in AAAS at the time of and Economic Prosperity." The briefing included several out- their annual registration? standing presentations and was well worth the minor expenses incurred by the Society. John W. Taylor, Representative Amy Rossman, Representative
Representative to AlBS There has been no formal Council activity and only minimal Representative to the American communication from AlBS during the past 18 months. As you Type Culture Collection may be aware, Charles Chambers, Executive Director for AlBS The Mycology and Botany Department of the ATCC hired a has left that position and it is my understanding that the Society new mycologist, Dr. Frank Dugan, to replace Elmer Davis who is undergong a reevaluation of its mission. Dr. Clifford Gabriel retired at the end of March. Knowing that this was a challenging has been hired as the new Executive Director. The annual meet- position, the selection committee at the ATCC was pleased with ing of the Council has been moved from March to November of the quality of the candidates in mycology. Working under the this year, thus I can give you no indication of what new direc- leadership of Dr. S.-C. Jong, Dr. Dugan is responsible for the tions, if any, IBS might be considering. 26,000 fungal cultures maintained by the ATCC. Following the Jerry Motta, Representative purchase of a building adjacent to the other facilities, the re- location of the ATCC has been postponed for about five years. Amy Rossman, Representative Representative to U.S. National Committee for l UMS Representative to the Association The annual meeting of the Committee was held on 14 January 1994 in Washington D.C. It was noted that the American Society of Systematics Collections of Microbiology has been awarded $35,000 in travel grants from The ASC negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Science Foundation for the purpose of assisting the National Biological Survey (NBS) in late March and is work- young scentists to attend the IUMS Congresses to be held in ing with NBS administrators to develop mutually beneficial pro- Prague from July 3-8, 1994. Members of the MSA are eligible for grams. The ASC in addition to NBS and All Taxa Biodiversity In- these awards, which will each be approximately $1000. Trans- ventory research initiative, requested detailed information on the port of pathogens in domestic and foreign shipments was also number of systematic mycologists. As a result a questionnaire discussed. was developed with Ron Petersen and mailed to MSA members Roger Coos, Representative in the May-June issue of Mycologia. Amy Rossman, Representative
Liaison for Biodiversity The chair of the British Mycological Society, Dr. Roy Watling, proposes that the BMS join the MSA in speaking with a single voice for fungal biodiversity. As I cannot speak for the MSA in my role as a liaison, I move that: The MSA form a committee to to met with Dr. Watling and others of the BMS biodiversity com- Didn't Get IMC5?? mittee to draft a statement on fungal biodiversity that is mutually agreeable to both Societies. You Can Still Grab Some of the Fun! 0. Jean Lodge, Chair Order Your Own Classic 1994 MSA T-shirts and Tote Bag! See details on p. 2 d&& $@ && 9RS& QQ Meredith Blackwell has made a contribution to the Alexopoulos Travel Fund of the MSA Endowment Fund and challenges all the many others that have been influenced by C. J. Alexopoulos to contribute as well. $1 00 would match her contribution. This money provides meeting travel funds for graduate students.
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Drs. Mike McGinnis and Chet Cooper left their positions at Cathy Cripps, PhD candidate in Botany at Virginia Poly- the Center for Medical Mycology within the Department of technic Institute and State University has received the Dermatology at Case Western Reserve University and, as of 1 1994 Graduate Teaching Award. That there are over 850 August 1994, assumed new positions at the University of Tex- Teaching Assistants at Virginia Tech underscores the as Medical Branch, Galveston. nature of the award. Cathy not only taught freshman biol- ogy but was the coordinator of 80 laboratory sections. The W. Bryce Kendrick has retired from his position at the Uni- award was presented at Founders Day. Cathy is studying versity of Waterloo and moved to Sidney, British Columbia. aspen mycorrhizae, and her thesis advisor is Orson K. He will still remain involved in mycology when not dis- Miller, Jr. tracted by the manifold pleasures of Vancouver Island and the Strait of Georgia. Mycological Travels H. P. Upadhyay will retire from this Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife in January 1995 and will continue teach- ing mycology as well as research in the Universidade Federal NASA mycologist, William G. Cibula, of the John C. de Mato Grosso, Cuiaba as as Research Fellow of CNPq Stennis Space Center, visited Alice W. Chen in Roch- (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tec- ester, NY, at the end of September to isolate Naemato- nologico) for one year or so. Although he has moved to Cui- loma sublateritium and other fungi. Collection trips hosted aba, he has established a permanent residentcein San Diego, by RAMA (Rochester Area Mycological Association) mem- CA, where he plans to establish a laboratory for the iden- bers were successful. Highlisths of the visit included the tification of fungi. warm hosplitality of impromptu meal invitations by RAMA members. This is a perfect example of how amateur mycological societies can collaborate with or assist pro- fessional mycologists.
FUNGI and MYCOLOGICAL GOODS & SERVICES Fungi Wanted Publications Available Glomerella spp - Cultures that produce fertile perithecia Dr. C. W. Hesseltine has a list of mycological publications from to be used for studies on ontogeny and systematics. Please his personal library that are available for sale. Some titles are send material to Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Georgia, pre-1900. If interested, write me for a list at 5407 Isabell, Peoria Athens, GA 30602-7274; dsilvaQuga.cc.uga.edu. Denise Silva IL, 6161 4. C.W. Hesseltine
Natural History Book Dealers - A guide to 51 selected natural Fungal Specimens Available history book dealers who deal by mail and trade in taxonomic monographs was compiled by Geoff Read. via anonymous FTP, G.W. Martin Collection of Myxomycetes. About 130 collec- the guide is filed as: /pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution. tions of myxomycetes from the George W. Martin collection books/dealers.lst. Via gopher, the guide is: Worlds of SunSITE- are housed at the Friesner Herbarium, Dept. of Biological by Subject/Ecology and Evolution/Books/Natural History Book Sciences, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, Dealers. Geoff Read also can provide copies on request to IN 46208. These specimens are available for loans, and a
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PROFESSIONAL & EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT Employment Wanted my thesis before the end of 1994. My thesis concerns determin- ing the number of distinctive forms within the obligately parasit- Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Assistant position. I anticipate ic, plant pathogenic powdery mildew Erysiphe cichoracearum, completing my Ph.D. in mycology by the end of 1994. My and the extent and evolution of their host specificity. I have pri- work, which is under the supervision of Prof. F. B. Reeves, deals marily used RFLP information from PCR amplified regions of the with fungal taxonomy and ecology. genomic ribosomal genes to characterize the diversity within this My experience and qualifications are as follows. I have a widespread fungal species. During my tenure in the laboratory of broad background in both theoretical and practical of mycology Dr. Morris Levy I have also worked on population biology and and plant biology. My special interest in biology was developed pathotypic evolution in the rice blast fungus (Pyricularia grisea). I while doing my M.Sc. research in plant pathology, and my Ph.D. have experience with standard aseptic procedures and micro- research in fungal taxonomy. During my M.Sc. work, I develop- scopic techniques, southern blotting and probing, amplification ed a new tissue culture technique to study an obligate plant dis- of RAPDs, and have experience using a number of phylogenetic ease, powdery mildew on grape leaves, in sterile and controlled inference software packages including versions of PAUP, Mac- environments. In my Ph.D. work, I discovered one new species Clade, Phylip, and DNA Sequence alignment software. My re- in addition to the biological and ecological studies of mycorrhiz- search interests are broad within the areas of understanding ev- al fungi in sand dunes. Also included in my training are courses olutionary processes, molecular genetics, and in phylogenetic in plant and microbial molecular genetics, techniques in mole- reconstruction, but I am especially interested in studies of inter- cular biology and genetics, fungal physiology, biochemistry, actions between hosts and their symbionts. virology, fungal taxonomy, plant pathology, industrial microbio- I am looking for post-doctoral or research associate positions, logy, plant physiology, plant biology, ecology, and computer sci- particularly in the areas of plant, fungal or microbial molecular ence. I also have teaching experience. I was a teaching assist- genetics and/or systematics. I will be available for positions be- ant and an instructor of 81 20 - Principles of Plant Biology (a ginning in or after the summer/autumn of 1995. My CV (revised class for biological science majors) at CSU. During my teaching 9/94) is available on the MSA Bulletin Board ['Postdoc Wanted: experience, I taught, prepared, and set up labs for biological sci- 79 Oct 941. If you have a postdoctoral or research position to ence courses. offer, please do not hesitate to contact me at.: Dept. of Biologi- Recently, I gained a great deal of experience from my recent cal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906-1 392 work as a part-time biological technician in the USDA-ARS- (USA). Internet:
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Shipping: Second-Day Delivey: $4.50 by US Postal Service (Domestic only) or $6.00 UPS. Other shipping modes at cosf * Larger quantities quoted upon request I trust that all of you who attended the 5th Inter- Raven is a beautiful work of native art from the Pacific national Mycological Congress in Vancouver were Northwest ; the other, Ingold's Aquatic Nightmare, is a pleased with the program and its beautiful setting on the piece of pure fungal whimsy, a drawing telling a story that UBC campus. There were many very valuable sessions is composed entirely of drawings of aquatic (Ingoldian) that have left me well satisfied by my attendance at this hyphomycetes. The shirts and a canvas tote bag (with the meeting, even if many of the lecture halls were un- Fungus Man image) sold out at the Congress. A second comfortably crowded. There are so many small memories run of these designs has been printed and is available to that can provide warm personal and professional mem- all members of the MSA (see the adat the bottom of p. 3). ories of such meetings. As always, however, it is the hu- The MSA Social and Auction was graced by the appear- man side of these meetings - the renewals of old acquain- ance of a very elderly but still intellectually challenging tances, the chance to catch up on the latest news (some- Elias Magnus Fries (courtesy of the professional theatrical times, even, from our own institutions!), and the chance to expertise of Dick Korfl who provided the assembled make so many new acquaintances of other members of crowd with his unique perspective on the progress of the MSA and of many foreign mycologists who usually do mycology since his birth two hundred years ago. See not attend MSA or other meetings that I attend provide pages 10-1 1 for a portrait of the august personage who the most lasting memories. appeared at the Social and an interesting message to Dr. In comparison to the many people attending the Con- Korf that materialized from out of the electronic ether by gress itself, the much more intimately scaled meeting of Prof. Fries in the wake of his appearance at Vancouver. the Anamorph lnformaton Network (AnaNet) before the I am pleased to note that Ellen Farr has been selected as Congress provided a wonderful breath of fresh air for me the next editor for this newsletter. Arrangements are after a very hectic schedule leading up to my departure for already being made for what we both hope will be a Vancouver. Although I have professional concerns for seamless transition in responsibilities for the preparation many genera of conidial fungi, it was a revelation and joy of lnoculum in 1995. to meet with the very diverse people there and to learn a bout some of their interests and concerns. Very clearly, Rich Humber there is a healthy interest in all aspects of the biology, tax- onomy, and systematics of these extraordinarily diverse organisms regardless of one's position about the taxonom- ic or systematic need for the Deuteromycota. Enrique Descals provided an magnificent display of my- Beginning in 1995, lnoculum will be published six cologi-cal illustration that focussed on illustrative tech- times a year to be mailed with issues of Mycologia. Six issues a year allows more timely announcement of dat- niques and modes of graphic presentation of information ed events, but a continuous stream of news will be that, if and when this complex display can be assembled needed from the membership. The first deadline will for publication, deserves to become an instant classic; I be February 10, 1995. Like Rich, I will encourage sub- urge you all to make your interest in such a publication missions by e-mail and on floppy disk (DOS preferred, known to Enrique, to Keith Seifert, and to all other leaders but Macintosh files can be converted). More details will of the AnaNet and to offer any help you can to make this be provided in the next issue of lnoculum. possibility a reality. I don't think that there would be much disagreement Ellen Farr that the most desired souvenirs of the Congress were the Smithsonian Institution two (yes, two!)MSA tee-shirt designs. Fungus Man and mnhboOOl Bsivm.si.edu
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