Supplement to Mycologia Vol. 64(6) December 2013
Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America — In This Issue — The Global Fungal Red List Initiative Articles The Global Fungal Red List Initiative Fungal conservation is not yet commonly discussed, consid- IUCN Resolution: Increasing the Attention ered, or acted upon by the mycological community. Not coinci- Given to the Conservation of Fungi Third International Congress on Fungal dently, fungi are rarely included in broader conservation discus- Conservation sions, policy decisions, or land management plans. However, Micromycology from a Smartphone species of fungi are not immune to the threats that put species of and a Hand Lens Emerging Frontiers in Tropical Science Workshop animals and plants at risk. Fungal species are threated by habitat MSA Business loss, loss of symbiotic hosts, pollution, over exploitation, and cli- Executive Vice President’s Report mate change, but the conservation status of the vast majority of MSA Directory 2013-2014 fungal species has not been assessed. Editor’s Note: Julia Kerrigan New Inoculum Editor! Over 21,000 animal, fungal, and plant species are globally MSA Awards 2013 red-listed (IUCN 2013). However, only one macrofungus and two MSA Student Section lichenized fungi are included in that list. This is despite the fact Happy New Year Poster from the MSA Student Section that approximately 5000 macrofungi, 1000 lichenized fungi, and Mycological News some species of other fungal groups are included in individual Call for MSA Council Nominations country red-lists. In the USA, 4268 species (mostly lichenized MSA Awards 2014 Announcement fungi) are included in the NatureServe database. The near lack of MSA Undergraduate Research Award fungi on the global Red List greatly hinders the inclusion of fungi Announcement Hanlin Symposium Invitation in conservation discussions, access to funding programs, policy Lichtwardt Mycologia Volumes Find a New decisions, and conservation action. Home at the University of Brasilia New Phone App: FungiNote Reasons to produce fungal Red Lists: Mycological Classifieds • Decision makers need good information on the conserva- Biological Control, Biotechnology tion status and trends of fungi. and Regulatory Services • Red Lists communicate the presence and value of fungi to Mold and Fungus Testing and Identification Services Mycology Books for Sale politicians, decision-makers and other stake-holders in- cluding the public at large. Mycological Bookshelf Books in Need of Reviewers • Red List evaluations identify gaps in our knowledge of Review: Biology of Marine Fungi fungal biology and diversity – e.g., taxonomic problems, Mycological Jobs distribution and autecological requirements, difficulty of Assistant Professor, Mycology, Auburn University identifying and defining individuals, and, challenges of de- Post-Doctoral Associate, Pennsylvania State University termining the drivers and constraints on population dy- namics. This is also important to help researchers to iden- Mycology On-Line Calendar of Events tify appropriate research questions and to motivate such Sustaining Members research. — Important Dates — • Omission of fungi in Red Lists invites the mistaken con- January 15, 2014 clusion from conservation agencies that fungi are either not Deadline for submission to Inoculum 65(1) threatened or, worse, that mycologists are disinterested in February 15, 2014 fungal conservation. Deadline for MSA award nominations A concerted effort by the mycological community is needed to March 31, 2014 address this problem. Unlike the situation in plant and most animal Deadline of early registration for MSA 2014 Annual Meeting groups, fungal conservation is a new focus. Until recently, fungi were classified as one group under plants in the IUCN Species Survival Editor — Donald O. Natvig Commission (SSC) Hierarchy. The elevation of Fungi to an inde- Department of Biology pendent area of focus with five discrete SSC Specialist Groups during University of New Mexico the 2009-2012 quadrennium was an important advance Albuquerque, NM 87131 http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/who_we_are/ss Telephone: (505) 277-5977 Fax: (505) 277-0304 c_specialist_groups_and_red_list_authorities_directory/fungi/ Signif- Email: [email protected] Continued on following page icantly, IUCN members passed a resolution calling for all com- of nominated fungi (in use, but still in development) ponent parts of IUCN and the conservation movement more gen- http://iucn.ekoo.se/en/iucn erally, to place much greater emphasis and priority on the con- • We request and encourage the nominations of species servation of fungi during last year’s World Conservation for evaluation and data of their distribution, ecology, Congress (see associated article). status and trends from all members of the mycologi- There are now a number of national and regional fungal cal community (professional and amateur). The goal conservation committees. The MSA Conservation Commit- is to both develop a list of candidate species that are tee was formed in 2008 and The International Society for likely to be globally red listed if evaluated and to en- Fungal Conservation was formed in August 2010. Symposia gage as much of the mycological community as pos- sible. Rather than make a priori decisions on which on fungal conservation have now been held during several rd taxa or how many species to assess, the initiative en- national and regional conferences and the 3 International courages community involvement with a goal to de- Congress on Fungal Congress just took place in Turkey 11- velop a list that is taxonomically and geographically 15 November http://www.fungal-conservation.org/icfc3/ inclusive and that includes a sufficient number of These are all important steps, but much more is needed to co- good candidate species to ensure that a significant ordinate this growing awareness and interest and to provide number of species will be assessed. a program for interested mycologists to contribute to conser- • Undertake a preliminary assessment and identify vation efforts. To this end, the five IUCN SSC Fungal Spe- data gaps; develop the finalized list of species to be cialist Groups, with the collaboration of the IUCN SSC of- fully assessed. The five Fungal Specialist Groups, fice and Red List Unit and funding from the Mohamed bin with the help of the Red List Unit, will use the data Zayed Species Conservation Fund, have developed the submitted through the website to undertake a prelim- “Global Fungal Red List Initiative inary assessment and identify data gaps. Information from this preliminary assessment, together with the GLOBAL FUNGAL RED LIST INITIATIVE data forming the basis for the evaluation (e.g., global An 18-month long program (running to the end of 2014) distribution map, ecological info, description of threats, references etc.) and photos will be available to significantly add to the number of fungal species evaluat- on the website. The community can supplement the ed and submitted for inclusion in the IUCN Global Red List pre-assessments with additional data and/or com- has been established. The goal is to include global represen- ments. The finalized list of species for evaluation will tation of fungi from all major taxonomic groups in the initia- consist of all the nominated species for which ade- tive. We aim for a couple of hundred species. The results of quate data are available. Formal assessments will be this initiative will highlight that: undertaken during a workshop for members of the • Fungi are in need of conservation Fungal Specialist Groups, selected other mycologists, and IUCN SSC and Red List Unit staff. The IUCN fa- • Fungi can be, and need to be, part of the broader con- cilitators will ensure that the assessments meet all the servation agenda documentation requirements. The initiative aims to raise the awareness of fungal con- • Disseminate the information to the scientific and servation among mycologists, the conservation community, conservation community, publicize the results to policy makers and the general public. It will serve as forum the general public, and build upon the work to fur- to educate, inspire, and engage the mycological community. ther conservation efforts. This initiative will not be The work will also identify knowledge gaps that impede fun- considered an end to the process. Rather, it will serve gal red listing, integrate fungi into general conservation ini- as the start of the mycological community and IUCN tiatives, open up funding opportunities to address listed fun- to build upon the results and the enthusiasm and con- gal species, and address a key activity of the IUCN Species tributions of the mycological community that was de- veloped during the initiative to significantly move Survival Committee (i.e., global red listing). fungal conservation forward. The initiative consists of five steps: (1) develop a list of species to assess, (2) collect the data needed for assessment, This is an exciting and important time for fungal con- (3) undertake a preliminary assessment and identify data servation. We have the attention of IUCN and other conser- gaps; develop the finalized list of species to be fully as- vation organizations. It is critically important that we take sessed, (4) perform assessment on the finalized list of species advantage of the opportunities that this attention affords. We and submit the results to IUCN, (5) disseminate the informa- encourage you to participate in this initiative. Please contact tion to the scientific and conservation community, publicize Greg Mueller, Anders Dahlberg, or other members of the the results to the general public, and build upon the work to IUCN Fungal Specialist Groups with questions and sugges- further conservation efforts. tions. • Develop a list of species to assess and Collect the Gregory M. Mueller data needed for assessment. We created a website to Anders Dahlberg facilitate acquisition and formatting of the data and images required for assessing the conservation status
2 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 IUCN Resolution: Increasing Attention to Fungi Conservation
IUCN Resolution WCC-2012-Res-033-EN tain groups of fungi have been linked to threatening process- Increasing the Attention Given es such as nitrification; and to the Conservation of Fungi Passed at World Conservation Congress, AWARE that as a first step in giving higher profile to the Jeju, Korea, 6–15 September 2012 conservation of fungi, the IUCN Species Survival Commis- sion (SSC) has established five Specialist Groups to work on NOTING that fungi are an independent biological kingdom fungi during the 2009–2012 quadrennium; separate from animals and plants; The World Conservation Congress, at its session in Jeju, Re- AWARE that there is widespread agreement among scien- public of Korea, 6–15 September 2012: tists that there are probably far more fungal species than plant species; 1. CALLS ON all of the component parts of IUCN, in- cluding Members, Commissions and the Secretariat, EMPHASIZING that fungi play a key role as the recyclers of and the conservation movement more generally, to ecosystems and that without fungi, life, if it were to exist at place much greater emphasis and priority on the con- all on this planet, would be very different; servation of fungi, and to recognize that fungi con- stitute a kingdom in their own right, and so the much- NOTING that fungi occur in all parts of the world, in all used phrase “animals and plants” is not a sufficient major freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and pro- description of all life on Earth; vide many of the checks and balances necessary for the healthy functioning of these ecosystems; 2. REQUESTS SSC, working with Members and part- ners as required, to greatly increase the number of RECOGNIZING that fungi are enormously important in the fungal assessments for the IUCN Red List of Threat- provision of ecosystem services including: ened Species, focusing, among others, on:
a) degrading plant debris and recycling the nutri- a) species dependent on highly threatened places, entsfrom plant decomposition; habitats or associations, and so which are a pri- b) supplying key nutrients to plants (as mycor- ori likely to face high extinction risk; rhizal symbionts); b) species for which extinction risk data have al- c) acting as an important source of antibiotics, ready been compiled, e.g. the 3,117 North statins and other pharmaceuticals, as well as American taxa for which data are maintained by having other commercial and industrial applica- NatureServe; tions; and c) groups of fungi that are believed to be effective d) being a much-valued human food source; indicators of the impacts of major threatening processes such as nitrification; CONCERNED that the worldwide conservation movement d) well-known, charismatic fungi, including those gives fungi far less attention and priority than either animals of high value as food for humans; and or plants; e) statistically representative samples of some of the better known fungal groups; and ALSO CONCERNED that only a handful of fungus species have so far been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threat- 3. CALLS ON all governments to give greater priority ened Species; to mycology, including mycological taxonomy and the discovery and description of currently unknown STRONGLY BELIEVING that fungi are as threatened as species, and to underline the importance of building animals and plants, as they have no special attributes which greater capacity in the science of mycology world- protect them from climate change, foraging, habitat destruc- wide as an essential basis for future conservation tion, persecution and pollution, and serious declines of cer- measures. https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/resolutions_and_recommendations___in_english.pdf
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 3 Third International Congress on Fungal Conservation
Gökova Bay, Muğla, Turkey Thanks to generous support from the Mohamed Bin 11-15 November 2013 Zayed Species Conservation Fund, a series of workshops For nature conservation to be successful, it is critically were held during the Congress. The most important, ably led important to ensure that fungi get just as much protection as by Greg Mueller and Michael Krikorev, was devoted to the animals and plants. There is no sense in protecting the pro- red-listing process for fungi using IUCN categories and cri- ducers and consumers without also conserving the recyclers. teria and a new website specifically developed to promote Interest in fungal conservation is growing very rapidly. Fol- fungal red-listing [http://iucn.ekoo.se/en/iucn/welcome]. lowing its establishment in July 2010, the International Socie- This was accompanied by sister workshops on desert truffle ty for Fungal Conservation has grown six fold, and this year conservation, information sources for fungal conservation, the Society organized the third international congress devoted and conservation of myxomycetes. to this work. The previous congress, in England in 2009 laid As a regional partner for the International Society for the way for establishing this society, and the first congress, in Fungal Conservation, the MSA has a chance to interact and Spain in 2007 brought fungal conservation to the global arena. thereby to both give and receive advice about fungal conser- The Congress in Turkey was vibrant and exciting. Par- vation North America. Among regional mycological soci- ticipants from a very wide range of countries (including Aus- eties, the MSA has a uniquely challenging task with fungal tralia, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, conservation, since the area it covers is almost exactly divid- India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Rus- ed in two between a country which if fully involved in the sia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Rio Convention on Biological Diversity (Canada) and anoth- the UK, the USA and Zimbabwe) looked at threats faced by er (the USA) which is not. It will be interesting to see how fungi, and ways to address those threats, including an exam- fungal conservation takes shape in the continent over the ination of the political processes involved, with a keynote ad- next few years. dress from the Chair of the Species Survival Commission of Membership of the International Society for Fungal the International Union for Conservation of Nature [IUCN], Conservation is currently free of charge. The Society wants and another key presentation from one of Australia’s most to build up a cadre of people interested in supporting this im- distinguished but now retired politicians. Speaker after portant topic. MSA members are warmly invited to join. speaker emphasized the importance for conservation of mak- Membership application forms can be downloaded from the ing clear that fungi are distinct from plants, and that conser- Society’s website: www.fungal-conservation.org. vation of animals and plants does not necessarily also result David Minter in conservation of fungi. [email protected]
4 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 Micromycology from a Smartphone and a Hand Lens
During a recent trip to the rainforest of El Yunque, Puerto Rico, I was very eager to take some pictures of fungi. It would have been ideal to have my Olympus 30x optical zoom camera, but I had left the camera charger in the United States. The second choice would have been to use a smartphone Wide Angle/Macro Lens (Photojojo) but that had also been left behind in Maryland. The camera on my smartphone then became the instrument of choice. I was carrying an iPhone 5 (8 megapixels camera), and a 10x jeweler’s mag- nifying glass. The only hope left was to make the combination produce enough photographic detail to identify some of the fungal genera. The hike at el Yunque was gorgeous, and I was joined by Dr. Deborah J. Lodge (U.S forest Service) and Dr. Sharon Cantrell (Biology depart- ment, Universidad del Turabo). During the walk, we observed various genera of fungi, the great ma- jority of them small, no bigger than the first seg- image to allow the phone to auto-focus. Fine-tuning of focus ment of my thumb. The plan was to take pictures so that the can be achieved by clicking on a particular area of your newly learned tropical species of fungi could be digitally cat- screen that you really want to enhance. alogued, and thankfully my instruments of choice were able Three accompanying pictures represent a sample of the to produce acceptable results. photographs that were taken that day. Adobe Photoshop was Placing the hand lens directly below the phone’s camera used to place the pictures into a collage. However, no addi- lens and aligning it with the center of the camera attains ap- tional enhancements or editing tools were used, so that the propriate focus. The phone and the lens combination have to raw quality of the pictures can be observed. be manipulated in the same way as one would manipulate the Smartphones have the capability of geotagging pictures, lens alone, bringing it towards the fungus (or subject of in- so when you are collecting specimens for a herbarium, this terest). The set become easier to manipulate if the shell of the can be an inexpensive and efficient way to take photographs lens is placed on the index finger of your dominant hand, di- of acceptable quality pictures that will also contain the coor- rectly behind of the phone camera, being held with the same dinates for the collection location. hand (see attached picture). This process allows one to con- trol both the lens and the artificial eye (the camera lens). Serenella Linares Once both the lens and the phone are held comfortably, Plant Science Department University of Maryland clicking on the screen directly on top of the desired subject Emerging Frontiers in Tropical Science Workshop
An international group of nine researchers (seven faculty tively, the participants represented a wide range of back- and two graduate students) participated in a workshop entitled grounds and expertise spanning the scale from molecular biol- “The role of mycetozoans in ecosystem restoration in the trop- ogy to global biogeography. Participants shared information ics” at the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica (Fig. 1). about recent work in their area of expertise as it related to the The event, which took place November 9-14, was funded by objectives of the meeting. The group then entered into an ex- the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) through their tended series of discussions, which resulted in the development “Emerging Frontiers in Tropical Science” program. The OTS of a proposed plan of research in which slime molds could be program funds workshops that enable scientists across disci- used to address larger ecological questions. plines, institutions, and countries to come together in one place In order to fully assess the potential for in-country capa- in order to develop research proposals addressing important is- bilities and further explore additional collaborative opportuni- sues related to the tropics. ties, the group visited the University of Costa Rica in San Jose. The main objective of the workshop (organized by Steve While at the University, the group visited the cell and molecu- Stephenson) was to develop a methodological framework using lar biology facility, the electron microscopy facility, the forest mycetozoans (slime molds) as a model to develop a better un- products laboratory, and the herbarium. During this time the derstanding of the impacts of habitat destruction as well as po- group met with researchers from each of the respective facili- tential roles for microorganisms in restoration efforts. Collec- Continued on following page
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 5 ties and discussed areas of overlap pertaining to their research interests. The workshop was attended by Steve Stephenson (University of Arkansas, USA), Martin Schnittler (Greifswald University, Germany), Yuri Novozhilov (Komarov Botani- cal Institute, Russia), Adam Rollins (Lincoln Memorial University, USA), Carlos Rojas (University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica), Katherine Winsett (University of Southern In- diana, USA), Jason Tullis (Univer- sity of Arkansas, USA) and two graduate students, Laura Walker and Isadora Lima Coelho (Universi- ty of Arkansas, USA).
Katherine Winsett Lincoln Memorial University [email protected] Fig. 1. Participants (left to right): Jason Tullis, Isadora Lima Coelho, Laura Adam W. Rollins Walker, Martin Schnittler, Yuri Novozhilov, Katherine Winsett, Steve University of Southern Indiana Stephenson, Adam Rollins and Carlos Rojas. [email protected] MSA BUSINESS Executive Vice President’s Report
As 2013 comes to an end, I want to take online, you will see a new (and improved) this opportunity to wish all our friends and col- membership renewal site. Be sure to renew by leagues in the mycological community a December 31 to receive the early renewal dis- peaceful and productive new year. I hope to see count! Membership renewal is also a great many of you at the 2014 MSA meeting at time to make a donation to the Society to help Michigan State University in June. Don’t for- support student travel and research awards. A get to submit your nominations for the 2014 complete list of funds can be found on the MSA awards! MSA Business site under
6 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 the annual meeting at Michigan State University, as well as in- online directory. This can be accessed via our website ternational travel awards for students and postdoctoral asso- (www.msa.org)—look for the “Member Services” box in the ciates attending three international meetings in 2014: bottom left corner of the page. If you have renewed your mem- IUMS (Montreal, Canada, July 27-Aug. 1, 2014) bership and don’t find your name in the online directory, con- IMC10 (Thailand, August 3-8, 2014) tact me for assistance. If you need assistance with updating any VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Micologia (Medellin, of your membership information, contact our new Association Colombia, Nov. 4-7, 2014) Manager at Allen Press, Liza Woolard (lwoolard@allen- The deadline for all applications and nominations is Feb- press.com). ruary 15. Feel free to contact me about MSA business, or any other REMINDER: MSA Directory Update: Membership re- questions you have about the Society. If I don’t know the an- newal is also a good time to check that your address, phone, swer, I can generally find someone who does. And don’t forget email, and membership status are up-to-date. The Society relies to recommend MSA to your colleagues, and particularly to stu- on email to bring you timely information on MSA news, dents and postdoctoral associates who are interested in fungi. awards, elections, meetings and other activities. To ensure that Remember, there is now a postdoctoral member rate! you receive those important Society blast emails and Inoculum, Lori Carris (carris @wsu.edu) please check the accuracy of your contact information in the MSA Executive Vice President MSA 2013–2014 Official Roster
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8 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 Daniel Lindner (2011-2015) Gretchen Kuldau (2012-2016) [email protected] [email protected] International Union of Microbiological Societies (US National Committee) Andrew Miller (2012-2016) Barry Pryor (2013-2017) Scott Baker (2012-2015) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
TBD (2013-2017) Kelly Ivors, ex officio, Past Chair Natural Sciences Collections Alliance Gerard Adams, ex officio, Past Chair Andrew Miller (2012-2015) Conservation [email protected] Ecology Todd Osmundson–Chair (2010-2014) Nicole Hynson–Chair (2010-2014) [email protected] SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS & APPOINTMENTS [email protected] Jean Bérube (2012-2016) Awards Coordinator Christopher Crabtree (2011-2015) [email protected] TBS (2013-2016) [email protected] Mike Castellano (2013-2017) Historian Anthony Amend (2012-2016) [email protected] Meredith Blackwell (2013) [email protected] Erik Hobbie (2013-2017) TBD [email protected] Gregory M. Mueller, ex officio, Past Chair Liaison for Society Incorporation Nor Faridah Dahlan (2013) Andrea Porras-Alfaro, ex officio, Past Chair ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEES [email protected]
Environmental Health & Medical Mycology MSA 2014 Local Arrangements Memorials Publications Committee Elliott Horner–Chair (2010-2014) Frances Trail [email protected] Meredith Blackwell, Chair, Historian [email protected] [email protected] MSA 2015 Local Arrangements Clement K.M. Tsui (2012-2016) Mary Berbee [email protected] Jeffrey Stone, Mycologia Editor-in-Chief [email protected] [email protected] MSA 2016 Local Arrangements Charles Bacon (2012-2016) Tom Bruns [email protected] Joey Spatafora, President [email protected] [email protected] John Taylor [email protected] Marc Orbach (2013-2017) Representative to the Collections Web Research [email protected] Annual Foray Coordinator 2014 Coordination Network Heather Hallen-Adams Vacant Lauraine Hawkins, ex officio, Past Chair [email protected] Affiliated Mycological Societies - Regional Genetics & Cell Biology AFFILIATES AND ASSIGNMENTS Boston Mycological Club (BMC) Albert Torzilli –Chair (2010-2014) REPRESENTATIVES Illinois Mycological Association (IMA) [email protected] Oregon Mycological Society (OMS) American Association for the Advancement of Scott Baker (2011-2015) Science (Committee of Section G: Biology) Allied/Sister Mycological Societies – National & In- [email protected] Linda Kohn (2012–2015) ternational [email protected] African Mycological Association Li-Jun Ma (2012-2016) Australasian Mycological Society [email protected] American Institute of Biological Sciences British Mycological Society (BMS) Vacant Latin American Mycological Society (ALM) Randy Berka (2013-2017) Mycological Society of China (MSC) [email protected] American Mushroom Institute Mycological Society of Japan (MSJ) Richard W. Kerrigan North American Mycological Association (NAMA) Myron Smith, ex officio, Past Chair [email protected] Honorary Societies & Institutes Phytopathology American Type Culture Collection British Mycological Society Eric Boehm, Jr.–Chair (2010-2014) Conrad L. Schoch Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) 2004 [email protected] [email protected] Mycological Society of Japan 2005
Andre Levesque (2011-2015) International Mycological Association [email protected] Gerald Bills (2010 – 2014) [email protected]
Editor’s Note With this issue of Inoculum I reach the end of my term as Editor. It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve in this capacity during the last three years. I thank the members of this su- perb society for all the support and enthusiasm. I also thank Robyn Hearn at Mississippi State University for tremendous patience and talent in helping to get Inoculum issues formatted and out the door. I am pleased to announce that Julia Kerrigan of Clemson University ([email protected]) will take over as Editor starting with the next issue (February 2014). Keep those articles, news items and announcements rolling in! And please encourage your students to stay active in MSA. See you at the annual meeting. Don
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 9 MSA AWARDS 2013 Distinguished Mycologist Award: Dr. James Anderson
Awarded annually to an individual ical station learning about the full range who has established an outstanding my- fungi in the field. There I met my future cological career, this is one of the high- wife and mycological collaborator Linda est awards bestowed by the MSA and Kohn. Although long-term prospects for marks a distinguished career. Nominees academic appointment looked somewhat for the award are evaluated on the basis bleak from my perspective as a student, of quality, originality, and quantity of I was a blithe spirit immersed in the their published research, and on the thrill of the science and didn’t much care basis of service to the MSA or to the field about the abstraction of the future. Much of mycology in general. to my surprise, I landed a job as a facul- ty member at the University of Toronto I started my undergraduate studies in 1980 – very “green” at the age of first in physics and then in biomedical twenty seven, with no postdoctoral ex- sciences at Brown University in 1970, perience behind me. Over the years at but soon decided that botany, especially Toronto, I had wonderful students, post- cryptogamic botany, was more my style docs, research assistants, and a raft of and I transferred to the University of undergraduate researchers. The most Rhode Island. My mycological career significant research transition in my ca- began when I took the wonderful, hands- reer was in combining my interests in on, mycology course offered by Roger D. Goos at URI. After evolutionary biology with my innate tendencies as an exper- graduation, I spent a year as a research technician, again at imentalist. The leap from basidiomycete mating systems and Brown University, studying the neuropharmacology of population biology to experimental evolution in yeasts was trematode worms. In 1976, I started my Ph.D. program with therefore natural for me and incredibly exciting. As the ex- Robert C. Ullrich at the University of Vermont. Working on perimental tools available became better and better, the ques- mating systems and speciation in Armillaria in Vermont was tions became even more accessible and compelling. I am a heady time, one of my most satisfying periods in science. truly delighted by this award from the MSA, which I regard In addition to my work in the field and at the bench, I corre- as my home base in science. sponded with many established mycologists, who con- tributed collections and advice, and I had a fruitful long-term Mycological Society Distinctions Committee: Tom collaboration with mycologist Kari Korhonen in Helsinki. As Bruns, Chair; Louise Glass; Francois Lutzoni; Christopher a graduate student, I also spent a summer, a mini-sabbatical, Schardl; Joey Spatafora, ex officio, Past Chair; Mary Berbee, with Robert L Shaffer at the University of Michigan Biolog- ex officio, Past President. Alexopoulos Award: Dr. Priscila Chaverri
Awarded annually to an outstanding mycologist early in their career. The nom- inees are evaluated primarily on the basis of quality, originality, and quantity of their published work.
I am interested in systematics of ascomycetes that are important in agriculture and in tropical forests. My passion since I was an undergraduate student in Forestry in Costa Rica were fungi in the Hypocreales. I then went to do my Ph.D. at Penn State under the supervision of Dr. Gary Samuels and Dr. Elwin Stewart. I continued with a post-doc with Dr. Kathie Hodge’s at Cornell University. I have been faculty at University of Maryland (UMD) since 2008. In my mycological career, I have worked with various groups within the Hypocreales, but especially with those that have biocontrol potential. I think my love for hypocrealean fungi has lasted longer for Trichoderma and members of the Nectriaceae. My systematics research has fo- cused on monographic work, taxonomy, and phylogenetics, although I am also very interested in evolution. Currently, I have research projects that deal with the taxon-
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10 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 omy of endophytes in the tropics and the systematics of fun- Mycological Society Distinctions Committee: Tom gal pathogens (Nectriaceae) associated with hardwood trees Bruns, Chair; Louise Glass; Francois Lutzoni; Christopher in temperate and tropical regions. I now hold a joint appoint- Schardl; Joey Spatafora, ex officio, Past Chair; Mary Berbee, ment with UMD and University of Costa Rica, which will ex officio, Past President. enable me to be close to the tropical forests and their fungi. MSA Fellow: Dr. Karen W. Hughes
MSA Fellows are selected from ologist, for which mycologists are members who have completed at grateful. Karen’s research, often in least 11 years of service after their collaboration with Ron Petersen, has Ph.D. They are members who are contributed to our understanding of outstanding mycologists on the biogeographical variation and phy- basis of one or more criteria: a solid logeny of basidiomycetes. Long be- record of mycological research, fore the recent push to digitize col- and/or successful teaching and de- lections, Karen obtained NSF velopment of teaching materials for funding for the fungal herbarium at mycology, and/or significant service Tennessee for data basing 65,000 to the Society. This is meant to rec- collections. Her work in the herbari- ognize a core group of mid-career um is a model for its inclusion not mycological achievers and out- only of dried specimens, but also standing MSA volunteers. 20,000 cultures and DNA extracted from the cultures. Karen has pro- Dr. Karen W. Hughes provides moted collecting in the Appalachi- tremendous service to MSA, pub- ans and has financed and hosted col- lishes extensively on fungi, and pro- lecting activities and workshops for motes mycology to graduate and un- her colleagues. Her research has dergraduate students. She usually steps back and lets other been funded by NSF, USDA, and Rockefeller Foundation, take credit for her hard work. and she recently was co-PI of the NSF Research Coordina- Karen has three degrees from the University of Utah. In tion Network for Advancing Fungal Ecology (FESIN) grant her career she held a variety of positions — instructor at Gal- in which she took a lead in organizing several meetings and ludet College for the Deaf, instructor at the Bangkok Inter- symposia. Karen continues to work tirelessly to initiate national School— before obtaining a PhD in 1972. She has workshops including one on genome analysis methods held been on the faculty at the University of Tennessee since 1973 at the International Mycological Congress in Edinburgh. with leave to serve as an Associate Director, Genetic Biolo- Karen’s outstanding service to MSA is reflected by her gy, NSF. At Tennessee she was head of the Department of service on society committees and Council. Her organiza- Botany (1985-91). Hughes has had more than 25 graduate tional skills have been visible most recently by the rescue of students and mentored many undergraduates, including Mc- the auction, one of the few reliable sources for income to Nair Program scholars. She is well known for her support of support students. students. Karen has had two productive research careers: before Honorary Awards Committee:, John Taylor, Chair; 1990 she used tissue culture methods of experimental studies Mary Palm; Meredith Blackwell; Greg Mueller, ex officio, in plant physiology, and since 1990, as a converted fungal bi- Past Chair William H. Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching
Awarded annually to an outstanding teacher of mycolo- Mycological Society Distinctions Committee: Tom gy at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels. Bruns, Chair; Louise Glass; Francois Lutzoni; Christopher Schardl; Joey Spatafora, ex officio, Past Chair; Mary Berbee, No members of the Mycological Society of America ex officio, Past President. were nominated for the award.
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 11 MSA Fellow: Dr. Scott Redhead
MSA Fellows are selected from laboration on some of the most influ- members who have completed at least ential papers on phylogenetic relation- 11 years of service after their Ph.D. ships of the higher fungi, especially They are members who are outstanding agarics. He has more than 150 peer-re- mycologists on the basis of one or more viewed papers. criteria: a solid record of mycological Since 1970 Dr. Redhead has been research, and/or successful teaching involved with the MSA, sitting on 5 and development of teaching materials committees for extended periods of for mycology, and/or significant serv- time and has been the editor or associ- ice to the Society. This is meant to rec- ate editor of 6 journals. One of his ognize a core group of mid-career my- most significant contributions was his cological achievers and outstanding leadership role for changes to the ‘In- MSA volunteers. ternational Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants’ ushering in Prior to the emergence of the mo- unified fungal nomenclature and reg- lecular era for taxonomy, Dr. Redhead istries. In his position as a mycologist was refining taxonomic concepts of at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada higher fungi based upon combinations and as Curator of the Canadian Nation- of characters such as physiology, biol- al Mycological Herbarium (DAOM), ogy, and anatomy of all organs. He rec- Dr. Redhead remains an invaluable re- ognized that the simpler the fruiting body construction, the source for all mycologists working today. greater the likelihood that convergent evolution was at work and that comparisons of these other subtler features were Honorary Awards Committee:, John Taylor, Chair; more likely to reveal phylogenetic relationships. Subsequent Mary Palm; Meredith Blackwell; Greg Mueller, ex officio, confirmation of this work through molecular phylogenies so- Past Chair lidified Redhead’s credibility and vision, leading to his col-
MSA Fellow: Dr. Keith Seifert
MSA Fellows are selected from mem- called “unculturables” from environ- bers who have completed at least 11 years mental samples. He has been at the fore- of service after their Ph.D. They are mem- front of fungal DNA-barcoding initia- bers who are outstanding mycologists on tives, having a leadership role in testing the basis of one or more criteria: a solid barcode markers for fungal identifica- record of mycological research, and/or tion. Dr. Seifert is a world expert on the successful teaching and development of mycotoxin-producing genera Fusarium teaching materials for mycology, and/or and Penicillium and on issues related to significant service to the Society. This is fungal taxonomy and nomenclature. meant to recognize a core group of mid- Alongside his work at Agriculture career mycological achievers and out- and Agri-Food Canada as a research sci- standing MSA volunteers. entist, Dr. Seifert is an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa and Car- Dr. Seifert is a world-recognized au- leton University. He is in high demand thority on ascomycete taxonomy with as an advisor, lecturer, committee mem- over 150 peer-reviewed papers. His re- ber, conference and workshop organiz- cently published book, “The Genera of er, editor, reviewer and mentor. He is a Hyphomycetes” is a landmark revision long-standing member of the MSA, ac- of a key reference and is the first com- tively serving in this organisation and plete identification manual for moulds on many journal editorial boards. worldwide to be published in more than 30 years. He is an avid collector of field samples perfecting the art of finding, purify- Honorary Awards Committee:, John Taylor, Chair; ing and characterizing new species and genera. He has discov- Mary Palm; Meredith Blackwell; Greg Mueller, ex officio, ered previously unrecognized connections to teleomorphs for Past Chair asexual forms, and is pioneering methods for recovering so-
12 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 MSA Honorary Member: Dr. Jens C. Frisvad
Honorary members are distinguished for the book that he, Samson and Hoekstra senior scientists with a long record of sig- wrote on food and airborne fungi — it is nificant contributions to the science of fun- approaching 800 citations. gal biology and who reside in and work in As professor of systems biology at the countries other than the U.S. and Canada. Danish Technical University in Lungby, he has mentored a number of graduate stu- J. C. Frisvad is the preeminent fungal dents. He has served our profession as an secondary products, or as he would say, ex- editor and editorial board member for sev- tralite, biologist. In almost all cases where eral journals, currently Mycotoxin Re- we know about the secondary metabolites search. He has also served mycology or extralites of fungi, Frisvad has been through his efforts to maintain and expand there. However, there is more to Frisvad the IBT fungal culture collection of DTU. than extralites. His expertise extends to This highest honor that the MSA can fungal ecology, fungal taxonomy, food bestow on a member outside our continent quality and safety, and biomass conversion may seem reserved for those of us who are for chemical production. In fact, one nom- a bit past our sell-by date. Not so Frisvad; inator put Frisvad’s contributions to ecolo- as one nominator noted, last year he pub- gy first, writing that Frisvad put ecology lished 43 peer-reviewed efforts, two books, into Penicillia by showing that specialized two patents, made more than 30 presenta- niches were the norm in this genus of what tions at international meetings, and gradu- had been considered to be a group of ran- ated two PhD students. It is therefore with dom contaminants. With this breadth it is no surprise that Frisvad great pleasure that I announce the election of Jens Frisvad as has collaborated on international projects supported by Danish, Honorary Member of the MSA. European, British and NIH and NSF grants. Among his more than 200 peer-reviewed publications is one Honorary Awards Committee:, John Taylor, Chair; Mary that has been cited nearly 300 times and another 9 that have been Palm; Meredith Blackwell; Greg Mueller, ex officio, Past Chair cited more than 100 times. These numbers are dwarfed by those
MSA Honorary Member: Dr. Wen-ying Zhuang
Honorary members are distinguished ments are underway for the Flora of China. senior scientists with a long record of signif- She has instilled respect for international icant contributions to the science of fungal conventions regarding specimen and culture biology and who reside in and work in coun- archiving, nomenclature and naming, pro- tries other than the U.S. and Canada. moting stability in fungal systematics. Her adaptability and broad perspective are evi- Those of us encountering Wen-ying dent in several molecular phylogenetic stud- Zhuang at Cornell in the ‘80s in pursuit of a ies completed with her students, as well as Ph.D. with Richard Korf discovered an in- collaborations on DNA barcoding. spired student and a merry companion who Active internationally on numerous ed- became a firm friend. itorial and other boards and a regular con- Returning to Beijing in 1988, Zhuang tributor to MSA meetings, Zhuang has col- joined what is now the State Key Laboratory laborated with us, graciously hosted us in of Mycology and the Mycological Herbari- China, and made specimens available. She um (both units of the Academia Sinica). She now sits on the Executive Committee of the headed the Laboratory, beginning in 1993, International Mycological Association. For where she trained a series of students who many of us around the world, Dr. Wen-ying have in turn become important researchers. Zhuang is the face of Chinese mycology. In 2010 she was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhuang has helped elucidate the mycota of China through Honorary Awards Committee:, John Taylor, Chair; Mary more than 170 papers, 4 books and 8 book chapters, principally Palm; Meredith Blackwell; Greg Mueller, ex officio, Past Chair on Leotiomycetes and Pezizomycetes. Several lengthy treat-
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 13 MSA Graduate Fellowships: Alisha Owensby and Roo Vandergrift
Two MSA Graduate Fellowships are awarded annually to promising graduate students in mycology. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of their scholastic merit, research ability and promise shown as a mycologist.
Alisha Owensby is originally from Chattanooga, TN, and received a B.S. in Biology from the University of South Carolina. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate at Oregon State Universi- ty in Joey Spatafora’s lab, studying phylogenomics of host transitions in fungi with a focus on mycoparasites in Hypocreales. Roo Vandegrift is a Ph.D. at the University of Oregon in Bitty Roy’s lab where he is study- ing dispersal ecology of Xylaria endophytes in the cloud forest of Ecuador.
Student Awards Committee: Imke Schmitt, Chair; Antonio Izzo; Julia Kerrigan; Tim Owensby James; John McKemy, ex officio, Past Chair NAMA Memorial Fellowship: Cesar Herrera
The NAMA Memorial Fellowship is awarded annually to promising graduate students in mycology. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of their scholastic merit, research ability and promise shown as a mycologist.
Cesar Herrera is a Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland in Priscila Chaverri’s lab where he is studying cospeciation of the mycoparasite Cosmospora with its associated fungal hosts
Student Awards Committee: Imke Schmitt, Chair; Antonio Izzo; Julia Kerrigan; Tim James; John McKemy, ex officio, Past Chair Backus Award: Aaron David
The Backus Award is awarded annually to promising graduate students in mycology. Ap- plicants are evaluated on the basis of their scholastic merit, research ability and promise shown as a mycologist.
Aaron received his B.A. in Environmental Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. He is broadly interested in community assembly of endosymbionts and his doctoral dis- sertation work focuses on how communities of diverse fungal endophytes form within host grasses of the Pacific Northwest dunes. He conducts his research primarily in dunes of North- ern Oregon and Southern Washington.
Student Awards Committee: Imke Schmitt, Chair; Antonio Izzo; Julia Kerrigan; Tim James; John McKemy, ex officio, Past Chair Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia Award: Alexis Carlson
The primary purpose of the Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia is to encourage continued participa- tion in MSA by young mycologists who are working in the areas of biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology.
I received my bachelor’s degree in Biology from Clark University in May. During the last year of my bachelor’s degree I completed an honors thesis under the supervision of Dr. David Hibbett and Dr. Alfredo Justo, where I studied species delimitation in the Trametes versicolor complex. This summer I entered into a 1 year masters program at Clark University where I will be in- vestigating developmental norms in the wood decaying basidiomycete Lentinus tigrinus, which has recently been found to produce a coralloid form when grown in darkness.
Research Awards Committee: Teresa Pawlowska, Chair; Ning Zhang; David Geiser; Betty Strack; Peter Kennedy; Dennis Desjardin, ex officio, Past Chair
14 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award: Sydney Glassman
This award supports ecological vironmental Biology in 2010 from research by a graduate or under- the University of Pennsylvania. graduate student, examining fungal Sydney joined the Bruns lab at UC interactions in old growth forests or Berkeley in August of 2010 as a other unique or endangered ecosys- PhD student in the department of tems. Studies should address inno- Environmental Science Policy and vative approaches to examining Management. She is currently in- fungal systems or interactions of in- vestigating the cascading effects of dividuals, or groups of fungi, with Sudden Oak Death induced mortal- hosts or substrates in old growth ity of tanoak trees on ectomycor- forest or other sensitive ecosystems. rhizal fungal communities in red- wood tanoak forests across Big Sur Sydney Glassman is interested and Marin County. She is also con- in the interactions between above- ducting a continental wide recalci- ground and belowground terrestrial trant spore bank bioassay investi- communities, in particular the ef- gating the effects of biogeography fects of mycorrhizal symbioses on plant community compo- and host species on ectomycorrhizal spore banks. sition and function. She is also interested in understanding broad patterns of fungal and microbial diversity and the role Research Awards Committee: Teresa Pawlowska, of dispersal in shaping ectomycorrhizal communities. Syd- Chair; Ning Zhang; David Geiser; Betty Strack; Peter ney received her BA in Biology in 2008 and her MES in En- Kennedy; Dennis Desjardin, ex officio, Past Chair Martin-Baker Research Award: Dr. Carrie Andrew
The George W. Martin and Gladys E. Baker Research Award supports new or ongo- ing research in mycology by a recent-Ph.D. mycologist (preferably within 5 years of receiv- ing the degree), who also has significant teach- ing commitments.
Dr. Carrie Andrew teaches a range of bio- logical and environmental courses, including mycology, to biology majors and non-majors at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illi- nois. Carrie teaches at two campuses: the main NEIU campus, and one that promotes higher ed- ucation among the Latino community, El Cen- tro. Carrie also teaches non-majors ecology and mycology courses at the School of the Art Insti- tute of Chicago. Honorary research positions are held at The Field Museum of Natural Histo- ry and The Chicago Botanic Garden. She and a team of NEIU students are currently conducting research with local experts regarding mycor- rhizal fungi and global change biology.
Research Awards Committee: Teresa Pawlowska, Chair; Ning Zhang; David Geiser; Betty Strack; Peter Kennedy; Dennis Des- jardin, ex officio, Past Chair
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 15 John. W. Rippon Research Award Winner: Lucy Xie
This award supports graduate student ance to drugs. By uncovering novel mecha- research, which employs innovative ap- nisms required for antifungal tolerance, I proaches to studying medically important have identified, and in the process of charac- fungi. Studies may be clinical in nature or terizing, a potential fungal-specific therapeu- may encompass various research areas, such tic target for the treatment of life-threatening as genetics, systematics, genomics, ecology, fungal infections. With the support from the distribution, epidemiology, mechanisms of John W Rippon Research Award, I will be pathogenicity, life cycles, or other appropri- attending a two-week Molecular Mycology ate approaches to the study of medically im- course at the Marine Biological Laboratory portant fungi. campus in Woods Hole, where I will be learning more about the molecular methods I am a third-year Ph.D. student in Dr. and animal models used to study human fun- Leah Cowen’s lab at the University of Toron- gal pathogens, including C. albicans, Cryp- to. As part of my doctoral thesis, I am dis- tococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus fumi- secting the mechanisms that affect drug toler- gatus. ance and resistance in the opportunistic human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Research Awards Committee: Teresa Through strategic targeting of the pathogen’s stress response Pawlowska, Chair; Ning Zhang; David Geiser; Betty Strack; pathways, one could in essence prevent the emergence of resist- Peter Kennedy; Dennis Desjardin, ex officio, Past Chair Clark T. Rogerson Student Research Award: Stephen Miller
The Clark T. Rogerson Student Research Award supports student travel to herbaria and/or field sites to conduct research. Grants are available to undergraduate or graduate students who are members of the Mycological Society of America
I received my Bachelor of Science in 2007 in General Biology at Eastern University. After graduating I received a job as a microbiologist at Wuxi Apptech in Philadelphia for two years. I am currently a PhD candidate at Rutgers University in the Plant Biology & Pathology program. I am working with Dr. Ning Zhang and my dissertation focuses on the fungal pathogen Discula de- structiva. This pathogen is particularly deadly on native dogwood (Cornus) species here in North America. The origin of this pathogen is unknown. My work focuses around finding an origin of the pathogen as well as looking at how it affects the fungal endophyte community of the native dogwood species. I am very excited and pleased to have received the Clark T Rogerson award. The award will provide funding to enhance my dissertation and research.
Research Awards Committee: Teresa Pawlowska, Chair; Ning Zhang; David Geiser; Betty Strack; Peter Kennedy; Dennis Desjardin, ex officio, Past Chair A. H. & H. V. Smith Research Award Winner: Nicholas Dowie
The primary purpose of the Alexander H. and Helen V. Smith Research Award is to encour- age the study of specimens of fleshy Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes collected by Alexander H. Smith and his associates. The Fund distributes grants-in-aid to be used towards covering the ex- penses of visiting the Smith Collection at the University of Michigan Herbarium and of working with the collections and materials relating to them.
Nicholas Dowie was born and raised in Kodiak Alaska where he had significant opportuni- ty to become interested in the natural world through constant interactions with his environment. Nicholas received his Bachelor of Science in Plant Sciences from Montana State University in 2004. In 2010, Nicholas Received his Master of Science in Plant Biology from the University of Wyoming. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Wyoming. His research is a study of the evolutionary ecology and symbiotic specificity of Pterospora andromedea and associated Rhizopogon spp. mycobionts.
Research Awards Committee: Teresa Pawlowska, Chair; Ning Zhang; David Geiser; Betty Strack; Peter Kennedy; Dennis Desjardin, ex officio, Past Chair
16 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 Mentor Travel Awards
The mentor awards are given in the names of some of HD Thiers Mentor our famous mycological forbearers: C. J. Alexopoulos, A. Travel Award Barksdale, M. Barr-Bigelow, H. Bigelow, E. E. Butler, W. C. Denison, H. M. Fitzpatrick, R, Gilbertson, R. P. Korf, E. S. Nicholas Dowie Luttrell, O.K. Miller Jr., J. R. Raper, H. D. Thiers, and J. M. (University of Wyoming) Trappe. Identification of the undescribed E Butler Mentor Travel Award Eastern Rhizopogon species of Pterospora andromedea Justin Shaffer (University of Arizona)
Phylogenetic relationships and MS Fuller Mentor diversity of endohyphal bacteria Travel Award of plant-associated Pezizomy- cotina Dustin Sandberg (University of Arizona)
Host affiliations and geographic WC Denison Mentor distributions of fungal symbionts Travel Award of aquatic plants
Ko-Hsuan Chen (Duke University) K Wells Mentor Travel Award Phylogenetic relationships of en- dophytic and endolichenic fungi Aaron David reveal a new order within the (University of Minnesota) class Eurotiomycetes Effects of environment and host on endophyte communities of Alma Whiffen Barksdale/John coastal dune grasses P Raper Mentor Travel Award
Jorge Diaz (Purdue University) RP Korf Mentor Travel Award Conidia viability and cytology in Moniliophthora roreri, the causal Lisa Beirn agent of frosty pod rot of cacao (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
A new name for an age-old fun- HM Fitzpatrick Mentor gus: Unraveling the mystery of Travel Award dollar spot disease of turfgrass
Samantha Lee (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) CJ Alexopoulos Mentor Travel Award Testing the effect of Trichoderma volatile organic compounds on Alisha Owensby Arabidopsis thaliana (Oregon State University)
Phylogenomics of host jumping in the genus Elaphocordyceps
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Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 17 M Barr Bigelow Mentor OK Miller, Jr. Mentor Travel Award Travel Award
Catalina Salgado Rachel Koch (University of Maryland) (Purdue University)
Molecular phylogeny of fungi in Determining the genetic structure the genus Thelonectria (Hypocre- within one population of the gas- ales, Nectriaceae): Are they real- teromycete Guyanagaster ly monophyletic? necrorhiza in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana
ES Luttrell Mentor Travel Award
Dimuthu Manamgoda Mentor Travel Awards Committee: Heather Hallen- (USDA-ARS, Beltsville) Adams, Chair; Melissa McCormick; Matias Cafaro; Brian Perry; Todd Osmundson, ex officio, Past Chair A taxonomic and phylogenetic study of the plant pathogenic genus Bipolaris
Student Presentation Awards
The student presentation awards are awarded annually Best poster awards: to the two best oral research papers and the two best posters Kayla Arendt and Roseanne Healy in mycology presented by graduate students at the annual MSA meeting. Kayla Arendt (University of Arizona) Best oral presentation awards: Diversity and specificity of phenotypic effects of endohyphal Serenella Linares and Thomas Jenkinson bacteria on foliar fungal endophytes.
Serenella Linares Roseanne Healy (University of Maryland) (University of Minnesota) Microbial diversity associated with Saharan dust storms: A A multilocus phylogenetic reconstruction of the Pachy- developing tale of emerging pathogens. phlodes-Scabropezia lineage (Pezizaceae).
Thomas Jenkinson (University of Michigan) Student Awards Committee: Imke Schmitt, Chair; Antonio Pandemic, novel, and hybrid genotypes of the amphibian Izzo; Julia Kerrigan; Tim James; John McKemy, ex officio, pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the southern Past Chair Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil.
Award information was submitted by Andrew Methven, MSA Awards Coordinator 2012–2013.
18 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 MSA STUDENT SECTION
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 19 MYCOLOGICAL NEWS Call for Nominations for MSA Council
MSA is accepting nominations to fill the following five online (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MSAcallfornomi- Council positions: Vice President (1-year term) and Coun- nations). cilors for Cell Biology/Physiology, Ecology/Pathology, Ge- You also can submit nominations to Vice President netics/Molecular Biology and Systematics/Evolution (each Kerry O’Donnell by email ([email protected]) or 2-year terms). These nominations are important to the Soci- by regular mail (NCAUR-ARS-USDA, 1815 N. University ety, and I encourage everyone to consider nominating a col- St., Peoria, IL USA). A list of past and present officers and league. Collaboration and coordination among MSA mem- councilors is available on the MSA website (http://msafun- bers in nominating candidates is encouraged. Nominations gi.org/msa-business). will be accepted throughFebruary 15, and can be submitted MSA Awards 2014
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AND APPLICATIONS Research Awards Committee Deadline: 15th February 2014 Awards administered: Martin-Baker Award, Clark T. Rogerson Student Re- Please visit the MSA website at www.msafungi.org/msa-awards and follow search Award, Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award, Alexander H. and Helen the links to the individual awards. V. Smith Research Award, John W. Rippon Research Award; Salomon Bartnic- ki-Garcia Award For over 20 years the Mycological Society of America has been recognizing ex- cellence in research, teaching and service among its membership by celebrating Chair: Ning Zhang, Rutgers University, Department of Plant Biology and Students, Teachers and Researchers. This is your chance to do something for Pathology, 59 Dudley Road, Foran Hall 201, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. that promising student or deserving colleague. Phone: (848) 932-6348; Fax: (732) 932-3844; Email: [email protected] If you don’t nominate them, they surely will not receive an award! Members: Betty Strack, [email protected]; David Geiser, [email protected]; Peter Kennedy, [email protected]; Jolanta Miadlikowska, MSA AWARDS COMMITTEES 2013-2014 [email protected]; Teresa Pawlowska, ex officio, Past Chair. Mycological Society Distinctions Committee International Travel Awards Committee Awards administered: Distinguished Mycologist Award, Alexopoulos Prize, We- Awards administered: International Travel Awards ston Award for Excellence in Teaching Chair: Kevin Hyde, Mae Fah Luang University, School of Science, 333 Moo 1 Chair: Tom Bruns, University of California, Department of Plant & Microbial Muang District, Chiang Rai, Thailand 57100. Email: [email protected] Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA. Phone: (510) 642-7987, FAX: (510) 642-4995, Email: [email protected] Members: K. Martin Ryberg, [email protected]; Maria Alice Neves malicen- [email protected]; Manfred Binder, [email protected]; Neal Bougher, ex Members: Louise Glass, [email protected]; Francois Lutzoni, flut- officio, Past Chair. [email protected]; Christopher Schardl, [email protected]; David Hibbett, dhib- [email protected]. Alex Weir, ex officio, Past Chair. DISTINGUISHED MYCOLOGIST AWARD Awarded annually to an individual who has established an outstanding mycolog- Honorary Awards Committee ical career, this is one of the highest awards bestowed by the MSA and marks a Awards administered: MSA Fellows, Honorary Members distinguished career. Nominees for the award will be evaluated on the basis of Chair: Mary Palm, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, 4700 River Rd. Unit 52, Riverdale, quality, originality, and quantity of their published research, and on the basis of MD 20737 USA. Phone: (301) 851-2069, FAX: (301) 734-3621, Email: service to the MSA or to the field of mycology in general. [email protected] Application Deadline: 15th February 2014 Members: Meredith Blackwell, [email protected]; David Hibbett, dhib- Requirements: [email protected]; John Taylor, ex officio, Past Chair (1) The nominee must be a current member of MSA or eligible for emeritus Student Awards Committee membership. Awards administered: MSA Graduate Fellowships, NAMA Memorial Fellow- (2) The nominee must have received his or her terminal degree at least twenty ship, Backus Award, Undergraduate Research Award years prior to January 1 of the year in which the award is given. There is no re- quirement for a minimum age or impending or actual retirement. Honorary de- Chair: Antonio Izzo, Elon University, Biology Dept., 2625 Campus Box, Elon, grees shall not be considered in determining the time interval. NC 27244 USA. Phone: (336) 278-6025, Fax: (336) 278-6258 Email: [email protected] (3) An individual may receive the Distinguished Mycologist Award only once. Members: Julia Kerrigan, [email protected]; Tim James, (4) Self nomination is not allowed. [email protected]; Tom Horton, [email protected]; Imke Schmitt, ex officio, (5) Nominators must be members of the MSA. Past Chair (6) Nominees who are not chosen for the award in the year in which they are Mentor Travel Awards Committee nominated will be reconsidered for up to two additional years. The MSA Dis- Awards administered: Mentor Student Travel Awards for student travel to the an- tinctions Committee Chairperson will request updates of the nominee’s materi- nual meeting als. Chair: Melissa McCormick, PO Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037 USA. Phone: Documents required: (443) 482-2433 FAX: (443) 482-2380 Email: [email protected] (1) A nominating letter, including a detailed evaluation of the nominee’s out- Members: Matias Cafaro, [email protected]; Brian Perry, standing contributions to Mycology. [email protected]; Scott Bates, [email protected]; Heather Hallen-Adams, ex- (2) A current curriculum vitae, including a list of the nominee’s publications. officio, Past Chair Continued on following page
20 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 (3) Up to five additional letters of support. plant pathology or related areas, b) publications related to the teaching of mycol- Apply to: The nominator should a) prepare a single electronic file, preferably in ogy, c) teaching seminars, symposia or workshops given by the nominee to ei- pdf format, containing all of the items listed above and email it as an attachment; ther lay or academic groups and, d) memberships on national, regional, state or b) prepare as much as possible electronically in one email with attachments fol- local committees, panels, etc., on teaching. lowed by FAX or hard copy of the non-electronic portions; or c) submit all doc- (2) A list of graduate students with thesis titles, degrees and dates, publications, uments by FAX or mail; and send all to the Chair of the MSA Distinctions Com- and current addresses (where known), or explanation for the absence of such. mittee. (3) A statement from the nominee on teaching philosophy, i.e., what the nominee Note: The Chair of the MSA Distinctions Committee will appoint ad hoc com- personally believes it takes to make an excellent teacher, what the nominee is try- mittee members in place of committee members whose major professor may be ing to accomplish in teaching mycology, and how various teaching techniques nominated for the award. The committee may choose to make more than one and strategies help to accomplish this goal. award or no award in a given year, if it is appropriate. Presentation of the award, (4) A list of previous awards or recognition for outstanding teaching. a plaque, will take place at the awards ceremony during the annual meeting of the MSA. The recipient will be notified in time to plan to attend the presentation. The (5) Evaluation of the nominee’s teaching, including a) solicited and unsolicited name of the winner of the award will be published in the annual meeting program letters from students and colleagues who have taken or audited the nominee’s and in Inoculum. courses, or been supervised by the nominee, b) course evaluation forms (or nu- merical summaries thereof) and c) any other information documenting teaching ALEXOPOULOS PRIZE excellence. Awarded annually to an outstanding mycologist early in their career. The nomi- Apply to: The nominator should a) prepare a single electronic file, preferably in nees will be evaluated primarily on the basis of quality, originality, and quantity pdf format, containing all of the items listed above and email it as an attachment; of their published work. or b) prepare as much as possible electronically in one email with attachments Application deadline: 15th February 2014 followed by FAX or hard copy of the non-electronic portions; and send all to the Requirements: Chair of the MSA Distinctions Committee. (1) The nominee must be a current member of the MSA. Note: The committee may choose to make no award in a given year, if it is ap- (2) Nominees must have received their last degree within the ten year period im- propriate. Presentation of the award, a plaque, will take place at the awards cere- mediately preceding January 1st of the year in which the award is given. mony during the annual meeting of the MSA. The recipient will be notified in time to plan to attend the presentation. The name of the winner of the award will (3) An individual may receive the Alexopoulos Award only once. be published in the annual meeting program and in Inoculum. (4) Self nomination is not allowed. MSA FELLOWS (5) Nominators must be members of the MSA. Members of the MSA are encouraged to submit nominations for MSA Fellows (6) Nominees who are not chosen for the prize in the year in which they are nom- to the Chair of the MSA Honorary Awards Committee. inated will be reconsidered for up to two additional years (within the 10-year Application deadline: 15th February 2014 limit). The MSA Distinctions Committee Chairperson will request updates of the nominee’s materials. Requirements: Documents required: (1) MSA Fellows are to be selected from members who have completed at least 11 years of service after their Ph.D., with no upper limit. (1) A nominating letter, including a detailed evaluation of the nominee’s contri- butions to Mycology. (2) MSA Fellows are members who are outstanding mycologists on the basis of one or more criteria: a solid record of mycological research, and/or successful (2) A current curriculum vitae, including a list of the nominee’s publications. teaching and development of teaching materials for mycology, and/or significant (3) Reprints of the nominee’s 5 most significant papers. service to the Society. This is meant to recognize a core group of mid-career my- cological achievers and outstanding MSA volunteers. (4) Up to five additional letters of support. Apply to: Please submit a one-page overview preferably as a pdf email attach- Apply to: The nominator should a) prepare a single electronic file, preferably in ment to the Chair of the MSA Honorary Awards Committee. pdf format, containing all of the items listed above and email it as an attachment; or b) prepare as much as possible electronically in one email with attachments HONORARY MEMBERS followed by FAX or hard copy of the non-electronic portions; and send all to the Members of the MSA are encouraged to submit nominations for MSA Honorary Chair of the MSA Distinctions Committee. Members to the Chair of the Honorary Awards Committee. Note: The award consists of a plaque and a monetary award derived from either Application deadline: 15th February 2014 the annual interest on the principle deposited in the MSA Alexopoulos Fund or Requirements: $1,000, whichever is greater. The committee may choose to make no award in a given year, if it is appropriate. Presentation of the award will take place at the (1) Honorary members are distinguished senior scientists with a long record of awards ceremony during the annual meeting of the MSA. The recipient will be significant contributions to the science of fungal biology and who reside in and notified in time to plan to attend the presentation. The name of the winner of the work in countries other than the U.S. and Canada. They may or may not be mem- award will be published in the annual meeting program and in Inoculum. bers of MSA. WILLIAM H. WESTON AWARD (2) To nominate a mycologist who resides outside of the U.S. and Canada for this FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Award, please submit a brief curriculum vitae and three letters of support, prefer- ably in a single pdf file, to the Chair of the MSA Honorary Awards Committee. Awarded annually to an outstanding teacher of mycology at the undergraduate and or graduate levels GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS Application deadline: 15th February 2014 Graduate Fellowships: Two MSA Graduate Fellowships ($2,000 each), the NAMA Memorial Fellowship ($2,000), and the Backus Award ($1000) are Requirements: awarded annually to promising graduate students in mycology. Applicants are (1) The nominee must be a current member of the MSA. evaluated on the basis of their scholastic merit, research ability and promise (2) An individual may receive the Weston Award only once. shown as a mycologist. These fellowships are intended as supplementary grants and may be used by the recipients in any way to further their graduate studies. (3) Self nomination is not allowed. They are awarded in addition to any fellowship or assistantship support from (4) Nominators must be members of the MSA. other sources. (5) Nominees who are not chosen for the prize in the year in which they are nom- Application deadline: 15th February 2014 inated will be reconsidered for up to two additional years. The MSA Distinctions Requirements: Committee Chairperson will request updates of the nominee’s materials. (1) Applicants must be student members of the MSA. Documents required: (2) Applicants must be candidates for the Ph.D. (1) A current curriculum vitae, including lists of a) courses taught in mycology, Continued on following page
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 21 (3) Applicants must be resident during the tenure of the fellowship in a universi- committee in making Mentor “assignments” to award winners, inclusion of com- ty in Canada or the United States. Previous recipients of these fellowships are not ments regarding which Mentor(s) would be most appropriate for the student are eligible to apply. The NAMA Fellowship comes with the stipulation that the welcome but not required. awardee prepare an article for McIlvainea. Apply to: Send your application as a single electronic file, preferably in pdf for- Documents required: mat, containing all documents listed above to the Chair of the MSA Mentor Trav- (1) A cover letter addressing your eligibility including a statement that you have el Awards Committee. passed your qualifying exams (comprehensive, oral, preliminary, or their equiv- INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AWARDS alent). International Travel Awards: For the 2014 IUMS (Montreal, Canada, July 27- (2) A curriculum vitae that includes a paragraph describing your training for the Aug. 1), IMC10 (Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 3-8), and VIII Congreso Latinameri- proposed work. cano de Micologia (Medellin, Colombia, Nov. 4-7) (3) A detailed plan of study. [The text of this plan of study must be no longer than Application deadline: 15th February 2014 five pages including tables, figures, references, and a proposed budget. Applica- Requirements: tions that include proposals exceeding the 5-page limit will not be considered. The text of this proposal should be single-spaced and printed in a regular sized (1) Applicants must be MSA student or postdoctoral members font (10 cpi or 12 point). Suggestions for preparing this plan of study are provid- (2) Applicants must be presenting a paper or poster at one of the eligible interna- ed below.] tional meetings listed. Previous recipients may apply again; if applicant numbers (4) Two letters of recommendation, one of which is from your supervisor or the- are higher than the number of awards available, preference will be given to those sis advisor. Both referees must be members of MSA. We recommend that your who have won the award less than two times. supervisor’s letter also address your eligibility based on candidacy. Documents required: (5) Graduate school transcripts showing courses taken, grades received, student (1) A cover letter requesting consideration for an MSA International Travel Social Security number and Student ID number. Photocopies are acceptable if Award. Provide telephone number and, if available, fax and email addresses, and signed by your supervisor, but at least one must be an official transcript obtained include information on any past Mentor Travel Award(s). If matching funds are from your institution’s Registrar. available from the applicant’s institution, provide an address the committee can Plan of study should include the following: use to officially verify the receipt of an award. (1) A 200- or 250-word Abstract; (2) Abstract of paper or poster (note which). (2) An Introduction that explains what you want to do and why it is interesting or (3) Curriculum vita. important; (4) A one page description of the research project including an explanation of (3) A Methods section that convinces the reader that the project is feasible and how this award will further the applicant’s research/study. describes how the study will be conducted; and (5) A letter of support from the applicant’s major professor or mentor addressing (4) A Discussion section that explains preliminary results of your study (if any) the student’s or postdoctoral associate’s abilities and potential and briefly sum- and their significance. Be concise. Use section headings and double spacing be- marizing the student’s or postdoctoral associate’s current research. tween paragraphs to make your proposal easier to read. Apply to: Send your application as a single electronic file, preferably in pdf for- Apply to: Send one copy of your completed application, including all items list- mat, containing all documents listed above to the Chair of the International Trav- ed above, in electronic format and preferably as a single pdf file, to the Chair of el Awards Committee. the MSA Student Awards Committee. Confidential letters of reference and tran- MARTIN-BAKER AWARD scripts that are not available electronically should be sent, in quadruplicate by The award honors two respected teachers of mycology, both of whom had long regular mail to Chair of the Student Awards Committee. All documents must be and distinguished careers in mycology, and both of whom have faithfully served in English to be considered. the Mycological Society of America in several capacities. It is awarded to a re- Note: The Chair will appoint an ad hoc member to replace any Committee mem- cent (within 5 years) Ph.D. mycologist for the support of new or ongoing re- ber who has a student applying for a fellowship or who otherwise feels a conflict search. of interest. The successful applicants will be notified upon selection (usually George W. Martin (b. 1886- d. 1971) (M.S. Rutgers University, 1915; Ph.D. Uni- within four weeks of the closing date for nominations) so that they may plan to versity of Chicago, 1922) was associated with the Botany Department of the Uni- attend the awards presentation at the annual meeting. Those applicants not noti- versity of Iowa (Iowa City) from 1923 until his death in 1971. He served there as fied within this time were not selected as awardees, but all applicants will be no- Professor, Head of the Department (1953 to 1955), and Emeritus Professor. After tified of their status. The stipends are awarded following confirmation that the ap- retirement in 1955 he was Visiting Professor for two years at the University of plicants meet the requirements for eligibility. Illinois (Urbana), but then returned to the University of Iowa. Dr. Martin was MENTOR STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS world-reknown for his phylogenetic concepts of the fungi and related organisms Application deadline: 15th February 2014 and for his authoritative research and taxonomic treatments of the Myxomycetes and the Tremellales. He served as an officer of various scientific societies, was Requirements: President of the Mycological Society of America (1944), was Editor-In-Chief of (1) Must be MSA student members or past student members who have been Mycologia (1950-1957), and was among the initial group honored by the Botan- awarded the degree within one year of the annual meeting ical Society of America with a Certificate of Merit (1956). In 1970 he received the Henry Allan Gleason Award from the New York Botanic Garden. Dr. Mar- (2) Must be presenting a paper or poster at the meeting. Previous recipients may tin’s infectious enthusiasm in teaching and research inspired students and col- apply again; if applicant numbers are higher than the number of awards available, leagues alike. Of the 47 or more students who have received graduate degrees preference will be given to those who have won the award less than two times. under his direction, at least 30 have achieved their doctorates. As his students will Documents required: undoubtedly attest, Dr. Martin was a scholar who remained a man of learning, (1) A cover letter requesting consideration for an MSA Mentor Student Travel generosity, culture and a good friend. Award. Provide telephone number and, if available, fax and email addresses, and Gladys E. Baker (M.S. University of Iowa, 1932; Ph.D. Washington University, include information on any past Mentor Travel Award(s). If matching funds are St. Louis, 1935) taught at Vassar College from 1941 to 1961, and served 13 years available from the applicant’s institution, provide an address the committee can as Chair of the Plant Science Department where she directed 3 graduate students. use to officially verify the receipt of an award. She offered the first course in medical mycology at seven women’s colleges. She (2) Abstract of paper or poster (note which). is a charter member of the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas and a fellow of A.A.A.S. From 1961 to 1973 she taught at the University of Hawaii, (3) Curriculum vita. Manoa. There she supervised 13 graduate students for advanced degrees in both (4) A one page description of the research project including an explanation of general and medical mycology. Students remember her as an effective and en- how this award will further the applicant’s research/study. thusiastic teacher, a scientist with the highest integrity, and a warm and caring friend. Fellow mycologists still admire her memorable work; the 21 illustrated (5) A letter of support from the applicant’s major professor addressing the stu- dent’s abilities and potential and briefly summarizing the student’s current re- search. All documents must be in English to be considered. To assist the judging Continued on following page
22 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 plates in MacBride & Martin, THE MYXOMYCETES (1934): the Antarctic Documents required: Lichens (1938) with C.W. Dodge; the nuclear behavior and monographic studies (1) Cover letter. of the genus Helicogloea; and the cytology and ecology of microfungi. (2) Proposal of not more than 6 single-spaced pages that includes the rationale for The Award: As an underlying philosophy, the initiators of this fund required that the study and the hypotheses to be tested, a detailed description of the site to be all of the following criteria be fulfilled for the fund to be awarded: 1) meaningful studied, methodologies to be used, description of the study design, including research conducted by an individual in a small department, who, because of specifics on the timeline to complete the proposal (generally one year), and a plan heavy teaching schedules, may find it difficult to attract major grant support 2) a for dissemination of results. References and a generalized budget should be in- recent (within the past five years) PhD mycologist and 3) research in areas of ex- cluded within the 6 page limit. pertise related to the works of Drs. Martin and Baker and which includes a field component. Recipient must have teaching responsibilities. Grants should not be (3) A letter of support from the major professor. given for indirect costs, but should be applied directly to research needs. Funds (4) Copy of the permit or letter requesting a permit if it is needed to work in a are not to be awarded for travel to meetings, although research-related travel may sensitive site. be supported, if adequately justified. This award is made directly to the individ- ual and is not an institutional award. Recipients of grant awards are expected to Apply to: Send all items listed above in a single electronic file, preferably in pdf submit to the MSA Research Awards Committee a report of their use of grant format to the Chair of the MSA Research Awards Committee. Confidential let- funds and the results of their research efforts. The latter may be in the form of a ters of reference may be submitted separately and directly from the referee to the reprint of a published work. Chair. A CD with the PDF file and a hard copy of the application would be ap- preciated as they may be useful in case there are problems with the electronic file. Award amount: $2000 The application will be considered to have arrived once all electronic files have Application deadline: 15th February 2014 been received in working order by the Chair. All documents, with the exception of the collecting permit, must be in English to be considered. Documents required: ALEXANDER H. AND HELEN V. SMITH (1) Cover letter RESEARCH AWARD (2) Curriculum vita, with publication list and alternative support sources The primary purpose of the fund shall be to encourage the study of specimens of (3) Research proposal not to exceed three single-spaced pages including refer- macrofungi — fleshy Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes — collected by Alexan- ences and a proposed budget. der H. Smith and his associates. These collections and materials relating to them Apply to: Send all items listed above in a single electronic file, preferably in pdf are currently deposited at the University of Michigan Herbarium. The Fund will format, to the Chair of the MSA Research Awards Committee. A CD with the distribute grants-in-aid to cover all or a significant part of the expense of visiting PDF file and a hard copy of the application would be appreciated as they may be the Herbarium and working with the collections and materials relating to them. useful in case there are problems with the electronic file. The application will be Award Amount: $1200 considered to have arrived once all electronic files have been received in work- Application deadline: 15th February 2014 ing order by the Chair. Requirements: CLARK T. ROGERSON STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD Grants may be made available to members of the Mycological Society of Amer- ica who are working actively on the taxonomy or floristics of the fleshy fungi, The purpose of this award shall be to support student travel to herbaria and/or with the main emphasis on supporting high quality research. Professional and field sites to conduct research. Grants are available to undergraduate or graduate trained “amateur” (i.e. para-professional) mycologists are eligible and are en- students who are members of the Mycological Society of America. couraged to submit proposals. The individual should be at a point in their studies Award Amount: $1000 where having full access to Alex’s material would advance the applicant’s work. Application deadline: 15th February 2014 These grants are not intended for preliminary studies of possible lines of investi- gations. Documents required: Documents required: (1) Cover letter. (1) A proposal indicating how the study of Alex’s specimens and manuscripts (2) Curriculum vitae. would advance the applicant’s work. (3) A description not to exceed three single-spaced pages of the research project, (2) An estimated budget to cover all or part of the anticipated expenses (e.g. trav- including an explanation of how this award will further the applicant’s research. el, per diem, copying, etc.). References and a proposed budget should be included within the three page limit. (3) A current curriculum vitae. (4) A letter of support from the applicant’s major professor or mentor addressing the student’s abilities and potential and briefly summarizing the student’s re- Agreement of the Director of the University of Michigan Herbarium (or its suc- search and the appropriateness of the award. Letters of support must be in Eng- cessor as custodian for Alex’s specimens and materials relating to them) to have lish to be considered. the potential recipient(s) work there must be obtained before the grant is award- ed. In the event there are no suitable applications requesting the utilization of Apply to: Send all of the items listed above in a single electronic file, preferably Alex’s collections for floristic or monographic studies, the Awards Committee, in electronic format to the Chair of the MSA Research Awards Committee. Con- at its discretion, may award grants to support field work on the fleshy fungi of fidential letters of reference may be submitted separately and directly from the North America, or for other types of studies on the fleshy macrofungi of North referee to the Chair. A CD with the PDF file and a hard copy of the application America. If support for a field project is awarded to an applicant, duplicate/rep- would be appreciated as they may be useful in case there are problems with the resentative collections resulting from the field work are to be deposited at the electronic file. The application will be considered to have arrived once all elec- University of Michigan Herbarium. Prior arrangement should be made with the tronic files have been received in working order by the Chair. All documents Director of the Herbarium. Recipients of these grants-in-aid are asked to provide must be in English to be considered. the University of Michigan Herbarium with copies of any publications that result FOREST FUNGAL ECOLOGY RESEARCH AWARD from this support. A summary of activity should be forwarded to the Awards Committee in a timely manner. In compliance with Internal Revenue Service This award supports ecological studies of fungal interactions in old growth Regulations, the grant recipient must submit all original receipts of expenditures forests or other unique or endangered ecosystems. of grant funds to the Treasurer of the MSA. The receipt of documented expendi- Award Amount: $1000 tures by the Treasurer may be necessary before complete funding of the propos- Application deadline: 15th February 2014 al will be made. Requirements: Apply to: Send all items listed above in a single electronic file, preferably in pdf format to the Chair of the MSA Research Awards Committee. A CD with the Applicants must be students working on their Masters or Ph.D. degrees or be re- PDF file and a hard copy of the application would be appreciated as they may be cent recipients of a Ph.D. Honors theses for BA/BS degree students may be con- useful in case there are problems with the electronic file. The application will be sidered. Proposals should address innovative approaches to examining fungal considered to have arrived once all electronic files have been received in work- systems or interactions of individuals, or groups of fungi, with hosts or substrates ing order by the Chair. All documents must be in English to be considered. in old growth forests or other sensitive ecosystems. Floristic and systematic stud- ies will not be considered. Continued on following page
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 23 JOHN W. RIPPON RESEARCH AWARD Requirements: This award supports graduate student research on medically important fungi and Graduate and undergraduate students are eligible to apply. Undergraduate appli- is open to M.S. and Ph.D. degree students. cants must be carrying out senior honors research or its equivalent. Applicants Award Amount: $500 must be members of MSA or must have applied for membership at the time of the award application. Application deadline: 15th February 2014 Documents required: Requirements: (1) A cover letter, which includes a description of the applicant’s career goals. Applicants must be students working on their Masters or Ph.D. degrees. Student must be a current member of the MSA. Proposals should address innovative ap- (2) The applicant’s curriculum vitae. proaches to studying medically important fungi, including those that cause my- (3) A brief description of the research project, not to exceed one single-spaced coses, mycotoxicosis, mycoallergies, and mycetismus. Studies may be clinical in page, explaining how the award will be used. Literature citations, if needed, nature or may encompass various research areas, such as genetics, systematics, should be included in the single page. genomics, ecology, distribution, epidemiology, mechanisms of pathogenicity, (4) A letter of support from the applicant’s major professor or mentor. For un- life cycles, or other appropriate areas, as long as the emphasis of the study ad- dergraduates, the letter should address the nature and promise of the applicant’s dresses the medical importance of the fungus. career goals. Documents required: Apply to: Confidential letters of support may be sent by the recommender in (1) Cover letter electronic format directly to the Chair of the MSA Research Awards Committee. (2) Current CV, including career plans and a paragraph regarding training for the The remaining items should be sent to the Committee Chair by the applicant, in proposed work. the form of a single electronic document. All materials must be in English and must be received in readable form by the application deadline. (3) Proposal of not more than 5 single-spaced pages that includes the rationale for the study and the hypotheses to be tested, a detailed description of the fungus to UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD be studied, methodologies to be used, description of the study design, including This award will be offered for student research covering any topic related to fun- specifics on the time line to complete the proposal (generally one year), and a gal biology (and organisms traditionally studied by mycologists) including: med- plan for dissemination of results. Students are encouraged to present their results ical mycology, cell biology, physiology, systematics, evolution, genomics and at a MSA meeting. ecology. The undergraduate student awardee will conduct independent or direct- (4) Include description of how the proposed research will benefit the field of med- ed research under the guidance of a research mentor. This award is open to all un- ical mycology. dergraduate students with sophomore, junior, or senior standing. The selection of award recipients will be based on the merit of the proposed research with special (5) Two letters of support, one of which is from the major professor. attention given to the potential of the student to contribute to existing knowledge Apply to: Send all items listed above in a single electronic file, preferably in pdf of fungal biology. Award decisions will be based on the quality of the applica- format to the Chair of the MSA Research Awards Committee. Confidential let- tion and the qualifications of the individual undergraduate student who is apply- ters of reference may be submitted separately and directly from the referee to the ing. The fellowships will be selected based on scholastic achievements (with a Chair. A CD with the PDF file and a hard copy of the application would be ap- copy of transcripts), a research proposal outlining the planned project and time- preciated as they may be useful in case there are problems with the electronic file. line (limited to 2 pages including references cited), and a letter of recommenda- The application will be considered to have arrived once all electronic files have tion from the research mentor. The Student Awards Committee will select the re- been received in working order by the Chair. All documents must be in English cipient each year. to be considered. Award Amount: $500-$1000 SALOMON BARTNICKI-GARCIA AWARD Application deadline: 15th February 2014 This award honors Dr. Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia and his many contributions to Requirements: fungal cell biology. The award was established by contributions from several of Dr. Bartnicki-Garcia’s many colleagues and admirers, including a generous do- Applicants must be an undergraduate student with sophomore, junior, or senior nation from Novozymes Inc. Through his over forty years of research in fungal standing who is conducting research on a fungal biology topic. Successful appli- biochemistry, cell structure, and theoretical biology, Professor Bartnicki-Garcia cants will have the support of a faculty mentor. stands as the preeminent contributor to our current understanding of the fungal Documents required: cell, and he has been a major influence in the careers of numerous young scien- (1) Copy of college or university transcripts tists. The goal of this award is to encourage continued participation in MSA by young mycologists who are working in the areas of biochemistry, genetics, and (2) A research proposal outline the project and timeline (2 page limit, including cell biology. references) Award Amount: $500 (3) A letter of recommendation from the research mentor. Application deadline: 15th February 2014 Apply to: Send all items listed above in a single electronic file, preferably in pdf format to the Chair of the Student Awards Committee. Confidential letter of rec- ommendation may be submitted separately and directly from the research men- tor to the Chair. Undergrad Research Award Announcement
We are soliciting your financial assistance and student enhance opportunities for undergraduate students pursuing applications for the MSA Undergraduate Research award. research projects in mycology. We anticipate that this award Each year, the Mycological Society of America awards sev- will be an important tool in supporting young scientists as eral graduate fellowships to support the research and profes- they explore their interest in fungal biology. We hope that all sional development of young scientists that show promise in MSA members will encourage excellent undergraduate my- the field of mycology. These annual awards are made possi- cologists to apply for this award. We also ask that all socie- ble by the generous support of MSA benefactors and society ty members consider contributing funds to support this im- members and are an important component of the society’s portant new award. mission to promote opportunities for young mycologists. The Undergraduate Research Award will be offered for This year, the MSA Education and Endowment Com- student research covering any topic related to fungal biology mittees have initiated the Undergraduate Research Award to Continued on following page
24 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 (and organisms traditionally studied by mycologists) including; transcripts), a research proposal outlining the planned project medical mycology, cell biology, physiology, systematics, evo- and timeline (limited to 2 pages including references cited) and lution, genomics, and ecology. The undergraduate student a letter of recommendation from the research mentor. The Stu- awardee will conduct independent or directed research under dent Award committee will select the recipient each year. the guidance of a research mentor. This award is open to all un- In 2014, the award will be given. As with other MSA dergraduate students with sophomore, junior, or senior stand- awards, applications and nominations are invited near the end ing. The selection of award recipients will be based on the merit of each calendar year, with a submission deadline of February of the proposed research with special attention given to the po- 15. The MSA awards are publicly announced at the annual tential of the student to contribute to existing knowledge of fun- MSA meeting, which typically takes place in July or August. gal biology. Award decisions will be based on the quality of the For application information, please see the MSA website. application and the qualifications of the individual undergradu- To contribute to this endowment, simply go to the website ate student who is applying. Special consideration will not be (http://psfebus.allenpress.com/eBusMYSA/DONATIONS.asp given to a student based on the specific nature of the academic x), select the page for “Undergraduate Award,” and then enter institution from which they are applying. The fellowships will information on the amount you would like to donate and the be selected based on scholastic achievements (with a copy of method of donation. Hanlin Symposium Invitation
The University of Georgia, poster presentations should be 350 words or less. Poster size Department of Plant Pathology should be limited to 4’ x 3’. No registration fee is required and the Georgia Museum of but space is limited. Participants are responsible for all trav- Natural History invite all inter- el expenses and arrangements. ested students, postdocs, facul- The tentative agenda is as follows: ty, researchers, or others to par- ticipate in a one-day May 2, 2014 symposium: New Trends in Georgia Center for Continuing Education Studying the Biology of As- University of Georgia, Athens 9:30 am Registration and Refreshment Break comycetes in honor of Dr. 10:30 am Dr. Richard T. Hanlin Honor Ceremony Richard T. Hanlin. The sympo- 11:00 am 25th Annual E. S. Luttrell Lecture sium will take place May 2, by Dr. Amy Rossman 2014 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education on the 12:00 pm Lunch in the Magnolia Ballroom campus of University of Georgia in Athens from 9:30 am 1:30 pm Symposium: New trends in the study until 5:30 pm. Those interested in attending or presenting a of the Biology of Ascomycetes poster should contact Dr. Sharon A. Cantrell 3:30 pm Poster Session ([email protected]) by March 31, 2014. Abstracts for 4:30 pm Reception Lichtwardt Mycologia Volumes Find a New Home
The mycologists from the University of Brasilia, professors and students, are indebted to the Brazilian- born American Mycologist Prof. Robert W. Licht- wardt, who donated to us, paying also for the air fare, a complete collection of Mycologia from Vol. 1 num- ber 1 (1909) to Vol. 103 (2013). We are now probably the only mycology group in the entire country to have such a precious collection right inside our laboratory. Impossible to forget so much generosity, we thank Bob for being such a great friend. Attached is a picture of the new shelf bearing Bob´s issues of Mycologia inside a room of the My- cological Collection of the Herbarium UB (University of Brasília). José C. Dianese
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 25 New Phone App: FungiNote
The Real Jardín Botánico of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in collab- oration with the Spanish company Wake App! created an application that helps the user identify fungi. A filter uses field observations such as morphology, time of harvest or habi- tat to select the most likely species. Each reference picture includes the scientific name, the etymology, the common names in different languages, macroscopic and microscopic data, geographic distribution, chemi- cal reactions when appropriate, edibility or toxicity, and other information. The application currently includes 150 fungi, but new contents in packs of 50 fungi will be added. In addition to assisting in identification of fungi and serving as an index of species, FungiNote can be used to create a custom field notebook, in which the user can compile pictures, dates and georeferences. The field notebooks can be kept private or can be shared with other users through the application blog. Currently, the application is only available in Spanish for devices with the Apple iOS operating system. With additional funding it will be developed for other platforms and translated into English and other languages. http://www.rjb.csic.es/jardinbotanico/jardin/contenido.php?Pag=293&tipo=noticia&c od=2994 (video showing the application) Dra. María P. Martín Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC [email protected]
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26 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 MYCOLOGICAL CLASSIFIEDS Biological Control, Biotechnology and Regulatory Services Center for Regulatory Research, LLC specializes in reg- posals for SBIR grant programs (Small Business Innovation ulatory permit application services for biological control and Research) that fund new commercial ventures. Contact Dr. biotechnology organisms/products. Let us evaluate your re- Sue Cohen by email ([email protected]) or by search discoveries for commercial potential and environ- phone (612-246-3838). For more information about our com- mental impacts. We also offer assistance with writing pro- pany, visit our website at www.regresearch.com.
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Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 27 MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF
We have one review for this issue. The updated list of books available for review includes three new books that have recently come available. If you are interested in reviewing a book, contact me ([email protected]) and I will have the book “drop-shipped” directly from the publisher; this will streamline the process at my end and will save our Society from racking up considerable shipping expenses. A book goes to the first person re- questing it, and I ask that you get your reviews to me in a reasonably timely manner. Also, if you know of a newly published book that might be of interest to mycologists, please let me know so I can request it from the publisher. —Bob Marra
Books in Need of Reviewers
• **Phytopathogenic Dothideomycetes. 2013. P.W. Crous, G.J.M. www.caister.com. ISBN: 978-1-908230-25-6. 182 pp plus color plates. Verkley, J.Z. Groenewald (Eds.). CBS Studies in Mycology No. 75. CBS $319 (hardcover). Fungal Biodiversity Centre. http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/. ISBN: 978-90- • Tricholomas of North America. 2013. The Corrie Herring Hooks Series 70351-96-0. 406 pp, fully illustrated with color pictures (A4 format). No. 68. Alan Bessette, Arleen Bessette, William Roody, Steven Trudell. Price: € 70 (paperback). University of Texas Press. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/. ISBN 978-0- • Cultivation and Diseases of Proteaceae: Leucadendron, Leucospermum 292-74233-8. 220 pp, 186 color photos. Price $29.95 (softcover). and Protea. 2013. Pedro Crous, Sandra Denman, Joanne E. Taylor, Lizeth • Development of Aspergillus niger. 2013. J. Dijksterhuis, H. Wosten Swart, Carolien M. Bezuidenhout, Lynn Hoffman, Mary E. Palm, and Jo- (Eds.). CBS Studies in Mycology No. 74. CBS Fungal Biodiversity Cen- hannes Z. Groenewald. CBS Biodiversity Series 13. tre. http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/. ISBN: 978-90-70351-93-9. 85 pp, fully il- http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/. ISBN: 978-90-70351-95-3. 360 pp, fully illus- lustrated with color pictures (A4 format). Price: € 40 (softcover). trated with color pictures. A4 format. Price: € 75 (hardcover, bound). • Microbial Carotenoids from Fungi: Methods and Protocols. 2012. • The Genus Tricholoma. 2013. Fungi of Northern Europe, v.4. Morten Jose-Luis Barredo (Ed.). Humana Press (Springer). www.springer.com. Christensen and Jacob Heilmann-Claasen. Koeltz Scientific Books, ISBN: 978-1-61779-917-4. 290 pp, 51 illus., 9 in color. Price: $119 (hard- Koenigstein, Germany. www.koeltz.com. ISBN: 978-8-798-35818-3. 228 cover); $94.99 (e-book). pp, with color illustrations. € 56 (hardcover). • Plant Fungal Pathogens: Methods and Protocols. 2012. Melvin D • Rosellinia – a world monograph. 2013. Liliane E. Petrini. Bibliotheca Bolton, Bart PHJ Thomma (Eds). Part of the “Methods in Molecular Biol- Mycologica, Band 205. www.schweizerbart.de/. ISBN: 978-3-443-59107- ogy” series, v.835. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. www.springer.com. ISBN: 6. 410 pp, 72 photograph plates and line drawings. € 119 (paperback). 978-1-61779-5008. 769 pp, 138 illus., 74 in color. Price: $159.00 (hard- • Fusarium: Genomics, Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2013. Daren W. cover). Brown and Robert H. Proctor, eds. Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK. ** New this issue Books with Reviewers Assigned
• Biology of Marine Fungi. 2012. Chandralata Raghukumar (Ed). Part of • Fungal Plant Pathogens (Principles and Protocols Series). March 2012. the “Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology” series, v.53. CR Lane, P Beales, KJK Hughes (Eds). CABI, Oxfordshire, UK. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. www.springer.com. ISBN: 978-3-642-23341-8. www.cabi.org. 978-1-8459-3668-6. 324 pp. Price: $75. 354 pp, 83 illus., 27 in color. Price: $209.00 (hardcover). Reviewed this • Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides. 2011. Richard Latin. APS issue. Press, St. Paul, MN. www.apsnet.org. ISBN: 978-0-89054-392-4. 280 pp, • The Mycota, Vol. 10: Industrial Applications, 2nd ed. 2011. Martin 115 images, 29 chemical structures. Price: $139.95 (hardcover). Hofrichter (Ed.). Karl Esser (Series Ed.). Springer. www.springer.com. • Coalescent Theory: An Introduction. 2009. John Wakely. Roberts & ISBN: 978-3-642-11457-1. 485 pp, 152 illus. Price: $269.00 (hardcover). Company Publishers, Greenwood Village, CO. www.roberts-publish- • Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms: Current Knowledge and Future ers.com/. ISBN: 978-0-9747-0775-4. 352 pp, b&w. Price: $48 (softcov- Prospects. 2012. Alessandra Zambonelli and Gregory Bonito (Eds.). er). Springer. www.springer.com. ISBN 978-3-642-33822-9. 409 pp, 35 illus • Tree Thinking: An Introduction to Phylogenetic Biology. Available (16 in color). Price: $209 (hardcover); also available as eBook pdf down- July 2012. David Baum and Stacey Smith. Roberts & Company Publish- load, ISBN 978-3-642-33823-6, $159. ers, Greenwood Village, CO. www.roberts-publishers.com/. ISBN: 978- • Taxonomic Manual of the Erysiphales (Powdery Mildews). 2012. Uwe 1-9362-2116-5. 400 pp, b&w. Price: $60 (hardback). Braun and R.T.A. Cook. CBS Biodiversity Series 11. • Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective. 2011. John D. Castello, http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/. ISBN: 978-90-70351-89-2. 707 pp, 853 figures. Stephen A. Teale (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Price: € 80 (hardcover). www.cambridge.org. ISBN: 9780521766692. 404 pp, 80 b/w illus. 7 ta- • Biodiversity in Dead Wood. 2012 Juha Siitonen, Bengt Gunnar Jonsson. bles. Price: £65.00 (hardcover). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. www.cambridge.org. • Yeast Research: An Historical Overview. 2011. James A. Barnett, Linda ISBN: 9780521717038. 524 pp, 92 b/w illus. 21 tables. Price: £38.00 (pa- Barnett. ASM Press, Washington, DC. www.asmpress.org. ISBN: 978-1- perback). 55581-516-5. 392 pp, illus. Price: $159.95 (hardcover). • Pollination Biology. 2012. D. P. Abrol. Biodiversity, Conservation, and • Medically Important Fungi: A Guide to Identification, 5th ed. 2011. Agricultural Production. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. www.springer.com. Davise H. Larone. ASM Press, Washington, DC. www.asmpress.org. ISBN: ISBN: 978-94-007-1941-5. 792pp, 23 illus., 18 in color. Price: $209.00 978-1-55581-660-5. 508 pp, illus, color plates. Price $109.95 (hardcover). (hardcover). Continued on following page
28 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 • Microbial Biofilms: Current Research and Applications. 2012. Gavin • Ophiostomatoid Fungi: Expanding Frontiers. 2013. K. Seifert, Z. Wil- Lear, Gillian D. Lewis (Eds.). Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK. helm de Beer, M. J. Wingfield (Eds.). CBS Biodiversity Series 12. www.caister.com. 228 pp. Price: GB £159, US $310 (hardcover). http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/. ISBN: 978-90-70351-94-6. 337 pp, fully illus- • Atlas of Soil Ascomycetes. 2012. J. Guarro, J. Gene, A.M. Stchigel and trated. Price: € 75 (hardcover). M.J. Figueras. CBS Biodiversity Series 10. http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/. • Neurospora: Genomics and Molecular Biology. January 2013. D. P. ISBN: 978-90-70351-88-5. 486 pp, 322 figures. Price: € 70 (hardcover). Kasbekar and K McCluskey (Eds.). Horizon Press. http://www.horizon- • Texas Mushrooms: A Field Guide. 1992 (new preface 2013). The Cor- press.com. ISBN: 978-1-908230-12-6. 294 pp, w/illus. Price: $319 (hard- rie Herring Hooks Series No. 18. Susan Metzler and Van Metzler (Orson back). K. Miller, Jr., Scientific Adviser). University of Texas Press. • Cold-Adapted Microorganisms. 2013. I. Yumoto, ed. Caister Academ- http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/. ISBN 978-0-292-75126-2. 360 pp, 249 il- ic Press, Norfolk, UK. www.caister.com. ISBN: 978-1-908230-26-3. 226 lustrations, 2 figures, 1 map, 11 tables. Price: $39.95 (softcover). pp plus color plates. $319 (hardcover). • Fungal Biology in the Origin and Emergence of Life. 2013. David • Indian Coelomycetes. 2012. J. Muthumary. MJP Publishers, New Delhi, Moore. Cambridge University Press. www.cambridge.org. ISBN: 978- Indian. http://www.mjppublishers.com/index.html. ISBN: 978-81-8094- 11-07652-77-4. 236 pp, 28 b/2 illus, 2 tables. Price: $42.99 (softcover). 162-7. 366 pp, illustrations and photomicrographs. $50 (hardcover). • Fascinated by Fungi: exploring the majesty and mystery, facts and • The Kingdom of Fungi. 2013. Jens H. Petersen. Princeton University fantasy of the quirkiest kingdom on earth. 2011. Pat O’Reilly. First Press. http://press.princeton.edu/. ISBN: 978-06-91157-54-2. 256 pp, Nature. www.first-nature.com. ISBN 978-0-095-60544-3-2. 450 pp, over 800+ color photos. $29.95 (cloth). Also available as eBook. 1000 color photos. Price: £24.95. • A Primer of Botanical Latin with Vocabulary. Available March 2013. • The Mycota, v.IX: Fungal Associations. 2012. Bertold Hock (Ed.). Emma Short & Alex George. Cambridge University Press. www.cam- Springer. www.springer.com. ISBN 978-3-642-30825-3. 406 pp, 84 illus bridge.org. ISBN 978-11-07693-75-3. 102 tables, 21 exercises. Price (62 in color). Price: $269 (hardcover). Also available as eBook (pdf £24.99 (paperback). download), price: $209. • Key For Identification of Common Phytophthora Species. 2011. Jean • Funga Nordica, 2nd ed. 2012. H. Knudsen and J. Vesterholt (Eds.). Beagle Ristaino. APS Press, St. Paul, MN. www.apsnet.org. ISBN: 978- Nordsvamp, Copenhagen. ISBN: 9788798396130. 1083 pp (2 volumes). 0-89054-397-9. CD-ROM. Price: $269.00 (single user). Price £95, €111.15. • Laboratory Protocols in Fungal Biology: Current Methods in Fungal • The Analysis of Biological Data. 2009. Michael Whitlock and Dolph Biology. Avail June 2012. Vijai Kumar Gupta, Maria Tuohy, Eds. Schluter. Roberts & Company Publishers, Greenwood Village, CO. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. www.springer.com. ISBN: 978-1-4614-2355-3. www.roberts-publishers.com/. ISBN: 978-0-9815-1940-1. 704 pp, full 802 pp, 105 illus., 40 in color. Price: $279.00 (hardcover). Review Copy color. Price: $80 (hardback). online only; hardcover copy provided following receipt of published re- view. Biology of Marine Fungi
Biology of Marine Fungi. rine environments. Many species may be unculturable and 2012. Chandralata Raghuku- deserve further study. Although their total role in marine en- mar (Ed). Part of the vironments remains unknown, the ‘trophic-upgrading’ they “Progress in Molecular and provide is established, and fascinating. Thraustochytrids nu- Subcellular Biology” series, tritionally enhance particles of organic matter and provide v.53. Springer-Verlag, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)to detrital-feeding ani- Berlin. www.springer.com. mals, which are a large component of marine ecosystems. ISBN: 978-3-642-23341-8. PUFAs can also be used to track thraustochytrids in marine 354 pp, 83 illus., 27 in color. food webs. Stable isotope studies are called for to further elu- Price: $209.00 (hardcover). cidate their ecological roles. Chapter II outlines economically important diseases of This informative book, marine fish and shellfish in Japan caused by oomycetes and in the Progress in Molecular mitosporic fungi. A good overview of identification features and Subcellular Biology se- is provided, for example zoospore production and growth re- ries, begins with a needed quirements in culture. Pathology photos are informative, tribute to the late Dr. Stephen such as those of Haliphthoros milfordensis in abalone. It is Moss, editor of the original “Biology of Marine Fungi” in interesting to note that Fusarium solani from aquatic animals 1986. With forty-seven new contributors from thirteen coun- has never been studied in great detail. tries, the 2012 edition is sure to excite even the most casual Chapter III details asymptomatic fungal endosymbionts of marine fungal enthusiasts. The diversity of covered topics of algae, a fascinating and underexplored source of bioactive showcases the exciting new directions marine mycology is metabolites. Current detection methods suggest red and taking and the strength of the field in general. References brown algae support a higher diversity of fungi than green cited are comprehensive and include classic as well as new algae. Highlights include a discussion of different secondary studies concerning multiple aspects of marine mycology. metabolites grown in the presence of media containing sodi- Chapter I sheds light on the often-overlooked thraus- um chloride, as compared with standard media. Genome- tochytrids and their important, understudied roles in marine guided searches for bioactive metabolites are called for. organic matter decomposition and marine food webs. Good What could be more intriguing than the underexplored information is provided on methodologies for studying these realm of marine sediments and the fungi they house? In area, organisms, which truly are superheroes when it comes to de- grading the most refractory compounds encountered in ma- Continued on following page
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 29 they constitute the largest habitat on earth, which has impli- The latter includes a good description of enrichment culture cations for global carbon and oxygen cycling. Similarly, a isolation methods. Taken as a whole, this volume neatly much-needed chapter on the diversity and biogeochemical paves the way for future research on these enigmatic organ- function of planktonic fungi is included in this volume. Coral isms and provides a great snapshot of the exciting progress reef ecosystems, the Dead Sea, salterns, deep-sea and marine being made in marine mycology around the globe. Great oxygen-deficient environments are just some of the myco- color diagrams and clear tables enhance this book and aid in logically underexplored realms investigated in later chapters. its accessibility to anyone with an interest in marine fungi. The role of unculturable fungi in deep-sea diversity studies is The book could benefit from an additional round of editing examined, and mangrove and beach habitats are revisited. for English grammar. The use of the term “fungus-like or- More specific chapters include Xylariaceae on the fringe ganisms”, or something similar, would be preferable to (marine-terrestrial interface habitats), and a morphological “fungi” with a small f for oomycetes and thraustochytrids. A evaluation of generic-level characteristics in members of the table of contents for each chapter would also be helpful. Halosphaeriaceae having unfurling ascospore appendages. Overall, this enjoyable read is sure to inspire others to get This informative, enjoyable read concludes with two their feet wet with marine fungi and fungus-like organisms. chapters of an applied nature, concerning biotechnology ap- Allison Walker plications of marine fungi and phthalate degradation poten- Postdoctoral Scientist tial of fungi isolated from mangrove sediments, respectively. Carleton University/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada [email protected] MYCOLOGICAL JOBS Assistant Professor, Mycology, Auburn University The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at lege and university; and collaborate effectively with depart- Auburn University is seeking applicants for the position of ment faculty and colleagues in other disciplines. The expect- Assistant Professor in Mycology. We are especially interest- ed start date is August 16, 2014. ed in candidates that study the genetic, molecular, ecological, Applicants must complete an on-line application process and/or phylogenetic aspects of plant-fungal interactions to and attach: 1) a letter of application that (a) addresses the can- better manage important plant diseases. This position is one didate’s research interests and plans as well as (b) teaching of four positions available in the department. This is a 9- philosophy, 2) current vita, 3) copies of all academic tran- month tenure-track position with 60% research and 40% in- scripts and 4) names, phone numbers and email addresses of struction responsibilities. The successful candidate will be three references when prompted. Only complete application expected to: develop and internationally recognized research packages will be considered. Active review of applications program in the area of mycology that attracts extramural will begin February 1, 2014 and will continue until the posi- funding from sources such as NIH and NSF to support pro- tion is filled. For questions regarding the position, please con- grams and summer salary, and produce peer-reviewed and tact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Kira Bowen at technical publications; teach graduate-level mycology [email protected]. course, contribute to other department courses, and advise https://aufacultypositions.peopleadmin.com/postings/366 graduate students; contribute service to the department, col- Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Associate, Pennsylvania State
The main objective of this joint project between the De- conducting real-time PCR-based detection of P. ramorum in partment of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology stream samples and plant materials from local surveys; and at Penn State and the Pennsylvania Department of Agricul- (c) developing molecular diagnostic tools for selected ture (PDA) is to survey and identify high-risk pathogens pathogens. threatening the PA agriculture using both the molecular and This appointment could be extended beyond one year, conventional diagnostic tools. Main target pathogens are depending on successful performance and fund availability. Phytophthora species, but additional pathogens may be in- Salary will commensurate with experience. Applicants cluded. Experience in phylogenetics and molecular diagnosis should submit a cover letter outlining relevant educational is highly desirable but not essential. The candidate will work and research experiences, CV and contact information for at PDA (Harrisburg, PA), which is located about 1.5 hours three referees via e-mail to Dr. Seogchan Kang, Department away from Penn State. Main responsibilities include: (a) of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology, The identifying Phytophthora isolates/species via sequencing and Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA phylogenetic analysis, (b) assisting researchers at PDA in 16802; [email protected].
30 Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 MYCOLOGY ON-LINE
Below is an alphabetical list of websites featured in Inoculum. Those wishing to add sites to this directory or to edit addresses should email [email protected]. Unless otherwise notified, listings will be automatically deleted after one year (at the editors discretion).
In depth information about the genus Amanita set of updated and revised keys based on those first published by Hans www.amanitaceae.org Zogg in 1962. 59(4) www.eboehm.com/ A New Web Page About Tropical Fungi, Hongos Del Parque “El Haya” (58-5) hongosdelhaya.blogspot.com/ Index of Fungi www.indexfungorum.org/names/names.asp ASCOFrance.com, a very useful site for illustrations of ascomycetes in- cluding anamorphs (accessible in both French and English) Interactive Key to Hypocreales of Southeastern United States (57-2) ascofrance.com/?lang=us nt.ars-grin.gov/sbmlweb/fungi/keydata.cfm Ascomycota of Sweden ISHAM: the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology www.umu.se/myconet/asco/indexASCO.html www.isham.org Basidiomycete Research Group (University of Helsinki, Finland) studies JSTOR (58-3) systematics, ecology and evolution of fungi in forest environment. jstor.org www.basidio.fi Libri Fungorum Mycological Publications (58-3) Bibliography of Systematic Mycology 194.203.77.76/LibriFungorum/ www.speciesfungorum.org/BSM/bsm.htm Mold Testing and Identification Services (58-2) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Meetings & Courses Programs (58-2) www.pioneer.net/~microbe/abbeylab.html meetings.cshl.edu McCrone Research Institute is an internationally recognized not-for-profit Collection of 800 Pictures of Macro- and Micro-fungi institute specializing primarily in teaching applied microscopy. 59(4) www.mycolog.com www.mcri.org Cordyceps Website Mountain Justice Summer (58-3) www.mushtech.org www.MountainJusticeSummer.org Cornell Mushroom Blog (58-1) Mycology Education Mart where all relevant mycology courses can be http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/ posted. www2.bio.ku.dk/mycology/courses/ Cortbase (58-2) MycoKey andromeda.botany.gu.se/cortbase.html www.mycokey.com Corticoid Nomenclatural Database (56-2) The Myconet Classification of the Ascomycota www.phyloinformatics.org/ www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet The Cybertruffle internet server for mycology seeks to provide informa- New Electronic Journal about mushrooms from Southeast Mexico (61-4) tion about fungi from a global standpoint (59-3). http://fungavera.blogspot.com www.cybertruffle.org.uk Northeast Mycological Federation (NEMF) foray database (58-2) Cyberliber, a digital library for mycology (59-3). www.nemfdata.org www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber Pacific Northwest Fungi Cybernome provides information about fungi and their associated organ- www.pnwfungi.org/ isms, with access to over 548,000 records of scientific names (59-3). Pleurotus spp. www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cybernome www.oystermushrooms.net Dictionary of The Fungi Classification Rare, Endangered or Under-recorded Fungi in Ukraine (56-2) www.indexfungorum.org/names/fundic.asp www.cybertruffle.org.uk/redlists/index.htm Distribution Maps of Caribbean Fungi (56-2) Registry of Mushrooms in Art www.biodiversity.ac.psiweb.com/carimaps/index.htm members.cox.net/mushroomsinart/ Entomopathogenic Fungal Culture Collection (EFCC) Robigalia provides information about field observations, published records www.mushtech.org and reference collection specimens of fungi and their associated organ- Fungal Environmental Sampling and Informatics Network (58-2) isms, with access to over 685,000 records (59-3). www.bio.utk.edu/fesin/ www.cybertruffle.org.uk/robigalia Fungi of Ecuador Searchable database of culture collection of wood decay fungi (56-6) www.mycokey.com/Ecuador.html www.fpl.fs.fed.us/rwu4501/index.html German Mycological Society DGfM Small Things Considered www.dgfm-ev.de schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/ Glomeromycota PHYLOGENY Tree canopy biodiversity project University of Central Missouri (58-4) amf-phylogeny.com faculty.cmsu.edu/myxo/ International Society for Human and Animal Mycology Trichomycete site includes monograph, interactive keys, a complete www.isham.org database, world literature, etc. (61-4) www.nhm.ku.edu/~fungi Medical Mycology journal www.isham.org The TRTC Fungarium (58-1) bbc.botany.utoronto.ca/ROM/TRTCFungarium/home.php MYCO-LICH facilitates mycology and lichenology studies in Iran. www.myco-lich.com U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI) Complete Mushroom Specimen Database (57-1) Mycologia www.ars.usda.gov/ba/psi/sbml mycologia.org Valhalla provides information about past mycologists, with names, dates of Humboldt Institute — Located on the eastern coast of Maine, the institute birth and death and, in some cases, biographies and/or portraits (59-3). is known for the series of advanced and professional-level natural history www.cybertruffle.org.uk/valhalla seminars it has offered since 1987, along with ecological restoration sem- inars and expeditions to the neotropics. It publishes the two peer-re- Website for the mycological journal Mycena (56-2) viewed journals, Northeastern Naturalist and Southeastern Naturalist. www.mycena.org/index.htm www.eaglehill.us Wild Mushrooms From Tokyo Taxonomy of the Hysteriaceae & Mytilinidiaceae (Pleosporomycetidae, www.ne.jp/asahi/mushroom/tokyo/ Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) to facilitate species identification using a
Inoculum 64(6), December 2013 31 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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