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June-1982-Inoculum.Pdf SUSTAI W IWG MEMBERS ABBOTT LABORATORIES ELI LILLY AND COMPANY ANALYTAB PRODUCTS MERCK SHARP AND DOHME RESEARCH LABORATORIES AYERST RESEMCH LABORATORIES MILES LABORATORIES INC. BBL MICROBIOLOGY SYSTEMS NALGE COMPANY / SY BRON CORPORATION BELCO GLASS INC. NEW BRUNSWICK SCIENTIFIC CO. BURROUGHS WELCOME COMPANY PELCO BUTLER COUNTY WJSHROOM FMI PFIZER, INC. CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY COMPANY PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. DEKALB AGRESEARCH , INC . THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY DIFCO LABORATORY PRODUCTS ROHM AND HASS COMPANY FORRESTRY SUPPLIERS INCORPORATED SCHERING CORPORATION FUNK SEEDS INTERNATIONAL SEARLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HOECHST-ROUSSEL PHARMACEUTICALS INC. SMITH KLINE & FRENCH LABORATORIES HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE, INC. SPRINGER VERLAG NEW YORK, INC. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA INCORPORATED TRIARCH INCORPORATED LANE SCIENCE EqUIPMENT CO. THE WJOHN COMPANY WYETH LABORATORIES The Society is extremely grateful for the support of its Sustaining Members. These organizations are listed above in alphabetical order. Patronize them and let their repre- sentatives know of our appreciation whenever possible. OFFICERS OF THE MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Margaret Barr Bigelow, President Donald J. S. Barr, Councilor (1981-34) Harry D. Thiers, President-elect Meredith Blackwell, Councilor (1981-82) Richard T. Hanlin, Vice-president O'Neil R. Collins, Councilor (1980-83) Roger Goos, Sec.-Treas. Ian K. Ross, Councilor (1980-83) Joseph F. Amrnirati, Councilor (1981-83) Walter J. Sundberg, Councilor (1980-83) Donald T. Wicklow, Councilor (1930-83) MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER Volume 33, No. 1, June 1982 Edited by Donald H. Pfister and Geraldine C. Kaye TABLE OF CONTENTS General Announcements .........2 Positions Wanted ............14 Calendar of Meetings and Forays ....4 Changes in Affiliation .........15 New Research. .............6 Travels, Visits. ............ 16 Forthcoming Courses ..........7 Papers, Seminars ............18 Fungi for Distribution. ........9 Regional Meetings. ...........18 Identifications ............10 Honors, Awards, Promotions .......19 Publications Available. ........11 Personal News. .............20 Publications Wanted ..........12 Notes and Comments ...........20 New books by MSA Members. ...... .13 Affiliated Societies .......... 21 Miscellaneous ............ .13 Associations and Clubs ......... 22 Vacancy for Mycologist. ....... .14 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts . 23 Postdoctoral Positions. ........14 EDITORS' NOTE In this issue, along with the usual news you will find contained the abstracts of papers which will be presented at the annual meeting. The illustrations in the text are from Worth- inton G. Smith's Diseases of Field and Garden Crops. Some of you might recall E. C. Large's comments about Smith's work. We quote: "He had begun life as an architect, dabbling in botany and gardening in his spare time, and studying the larger fungi, toadstools, and the like, as a mental exercise. His hobbies had gotten the upper hand, and some time prior to 1865...he switched over from architectual draughtsmanship to botanical--without altogether changing his style. When he had occasion to draw a tomato in a hurry to illustrate some advertisement in his Chronicle, it looked exactly like an ornament off a wrought-iron gate.. .. The illustration on page 13 is by Ann Bell. The cover was prepared by J. Page Lindsey, who also provided the key to species below. Your attention is drawn to the logo competition; the first entries appear on page 4. a, cystidia of Pluteus cervinus; b, basidiospore of Gymnopilus spectabilis; c, basidiospore of Pleurotus subareolatus; d, stephanocyst of Hyphoderma praetermissum; e, basidiospores of Poria pannocincta; f, acanthohyphidium of Aleurodiscus lapponicus; g, basidiospore of Coprinus papagoensis; h, capitate cystidium of Resinicium bicolor; i, moniliform cystidium of Hypho- derma pilosum; j, dichohyphidium of Vararia phyllophila; k, basidiospore of Dacrymyces deliquescens; 1, basidiospore of Tomentellastrum montanensis; m, incrusted cystidium of Penio- phora rufa; n, seta of Inonotus circinatus; o, basidiospore of Trechispora candidissima. GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS A bequest to the Univ. of Michigan from the estate of the late Prof. and Mrs. L. E. Wehmeyer has established the Lewis E. and Elaine Prince WEHMEYER PROFESSORSHIP IN FUNGAL TAXONOMY in the Div. of Biological Sciences. Dr. Robert L. Shaffer, Director of the Herbarium and Prof. of Botany at Michigan, has been selected as the first occupant of the chair. The old SECTION OF BOTANY of the SWEDISH MJSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, STOCKHOLM, has been divided into two: the Section for Cryptogamic Botany and the Section for Phanerogamic Botany. The former Head of the section, Rolf Santesson, retired on Jan. 1, 1982. His successor as Professor and Head of the Section for Cryptogamic Botany is Dr. Nils Lundqvist, Inst. of Systematic Botany, Uppsala. Dr. Lundqvist has worked mainly on the taxonomy of coprophilous fungi, especially the Sordariaceae and other Pyrenomycetes. The LUELLA KAYLA WERESUB MYCOLOGICAL COLLECTION, comprising books, journals and reprints of the late Dr. Luella Weresub of Ottawa, was dedicated at the Dept. of Plant Pathology & Plicrobiology, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem at Rehovot, Nov. 25, 1981. Her sister, Miss Matilda Weresub of Ottawa, was present. The approximately 1500 specimens of fungi in the GARRETT HERBARIUM, Univ. of Utah (UT), Salt Lake City, have been transferred to the cryptogamic herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden (NY) and will be intercalated with the collections of fungi at NY. Included are the collections of A. 0. Garrett, with the holotypes of the species described by Garrett as well as isotypes of specimens described by Ellis, Peck, Rehm, Sydow, etc., based on collections by Garrett. Voucher specimens for the two major publications by Garrett (The Uredinales or Rusts of Utah, 1937; The Ustilaginales or Smuts of Utah, 1939) make up the bulk of the collections. Collections of fungi by Seville Flowers also are included. EDWARD HACSKAYLO has presented approximately 3,000 reprints on mycorrhizae to the National Fungus Collections Library at Beltsville, MD. Included are J. R. Schramm's photos used in the classical study on revegetation in anthracite coal spoils, and other historical items on mycorrhizae. The CEMTRO DE IIJFORMACI~NY DIWLGACI~N AGROPECUARIO, Havana, Cuba, wishes to establish publication and information exchange arrangements with interested institutions. They offer titles of mycological interest such as "Agrotecnia de Cuba", "Revista Cubana de Ciencias Veterinarias", and "~ienciay T6cnica en la Agricultura" (in several series including 'Protecci6n de Plantas'). Write to: Lic. Josefina Otero Mouriiio, J'Adq. y Dist. a la Red, C.I.D.A., Gaveta Postal 4149, La Habana 4, Cuba. The PIYCOLOGY GUIDEBOOK (1974), a fundamental aid for mycology teaching long out of print, is again available, reports Joe Ammirati, Chairman, MSA Guidebook Committee. Minor corrections have been made and a subject index added. (See Books section.) The Editorial Board of MYCOLOGIA continues to need in all fields of interest mycologists and plant pathologists willing to review papers submitted to MYCOLOGIA for publication. Any- one who is not now a reviewer for the journal, but who is interested in serving in this capacity, please contact T. W. Johnson, Jr., Dept. of Botany, Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27706; tel. (919) 684-3715. If you have missed getting a copy of the current (1981) MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY, you may obtain one from Roger Goos, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881. Don't forget IMC3! THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL MYCOLOGICAL CONGRESS will happen in Tokyo in Aug.-Sept. 1983 (see Meetings section). The Second Circular with registration forms is expected out in October 1982. Dr. Tubaki would like to receive titles of papers, posters, or symposia. 3 MSA LOGO!?!?! The Council of MSA in 1981 received a suggestion that the Society should have a logo. Dr. 0. R. Collins kindly submitted to chairing (and being) the committee, and the following four potential logos were generated. Members of PlSA are invited to send their reactions and/or any additional designs to 0. R. Collins for consideration. 4 CALENDAR OF CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, FORAYS Julv 1982 5-9: FUNGAL METABOLISM, GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE. Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH. Chaired by J. S. Lovett and C. H. Nash. For detailed program see Science, 5 March 1982, p. 215. Contact Dr. A. M. Cruikshank, Director, Gordon Research Conferences, Pastore Chemical Lab., Univ. Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881; tel. (401) 743-4011 or -3372. 18: FORAY, Hanover, NH. See Montshire Mycological Club, Societies section. 31-Aug. 1: FORAY, Delaware Co., OH. See Ohio Mushroom Society, Societies section. August 1982 5-8: TELLURIDE PKJSHROOM CONFERENCE, Telluride, CO. Designed for persons interested in identification and cultivation of wild mushrooms. Write: Telluride Mushroom Conference, P.O. Box 5503, Denver, CO 80217-5503. FORAY, Hanover, NH. See Montshire Mycological Club, Societies section. ANNUAL MEETING OF MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AXERICA in conjunctfon with A. I.B. S., University Park, PA. (See program elsewhere in this issue.) XIIIth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MICROBIOLOGY, Boston, MA. A good program covering a broad spectrum of mycological topics will be offered through the week. ANNUAL MEETING, SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul. Contact Pls. Ann Kulback, Soc. for Industrial Microbiology, 1401 Wilson
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