MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY
OF AMERICA
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CD \ NEWSLETTER
VOL. XV NO. I JUN E 1964 1,ITCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NIDIJSLErTER Vol. XV, No ..1 June 1964
Edited by Emory Go Simmons
CONTENTS
The President's Letter • •• 00 ••• 1
II. The Annual Foray -- 1964, University of Colorado 0 •••••• • •• 2
III. The Annual Meeting --. 1964, University of Colorado •• 0 •• 3
Mycological Society Graduate Fellowship .. . . • 0 •• ee ••• 3
v. Election of Officers ~ooo •• o.o ••••• ... 3
VI. MYCOLOGIA ..•• . . 3
VII. MSA Brochure .... 3
VIII. Membership 4
IX. Standing Committees of the Society 4
Sustaining Members of the MYcological Society • 6
XI. Publications 9
XII. Research Materials 10
XIII. Major Research Projects ...... 12
XIV .. Mycological Instruction and New Courses. 14
Vacancies for MYcologically Trained Personnel n •• .. 15
XVI. 11vcologists Available • 0 0 .... 15
XVII • Assistantships, Fellowships and Scholarships in Mycology o ••••• 16
XVIII. Recent Appointments and Transfers • 16
XIX. MSA Guidebook in Mycology •• 17
xx. Ne'tvsof General Interest 18
XXI. Ne'tvsfrom or about Members .. 19
•• • 0 20 XXII • Visiting Scientists ••• 0 . . .
XXIII. Honors, Degrees, Promotions, Invitational Lectures ...... 21
XXIV. 1-1SAAffiliated Societies 22
Supplement Pioneering Research Division U. S. Army, Natick Laboratories Natick, Massachusetts The }!YCOLO(}1CAL SOCIETY OF AHffiICA Office of the President
Hembers of the N,y'eologi.cal Society of Americag
You have b8stowed upon me the greatest honor that can be given to a memberof the Mycological Society of America~ In considering the choice of a suitable subject for the presidential addressj I looked over the addresses of the past presidents of the Society~ I viTaS impressed firstly by the diversity of subjects and;}secondly')) by the num~ ber of deserv:J.ngand qualified membersbot,h past and present whomit has been :iJI1possible to honor as some of 11S have been"
During the past, Y'ea!';)a very significant vote was taken by your Council regarding OUI' official affiliation Idt,h AIBS" The Council unanimously endorsed -the-AmendedCon= stJ.tut.ion of AlPBmade availa.ble to us last fall after our annual meeting .• 'lihe advan= tages of being a memberof AIBSare quite obvious and have been pointed out apt,ly many t~TIesby others" As mycologists we are biologistso Where our broad interests are in commonIdth the interests of other- biologists,? AIBScan speak with authority and respect :I.:!1 t,he scientific. comrnunityfor USa In my Dpinion each of us should give our act.ive sup= port to AIBS as the voice of all biologistso On the other hand" in the years to come'V,eshould be sure that we control the de• ClS10ns of our Society and of Oln~ official publicationso It seems to me that because of the very diversified interests of the various biological societies,9 their publications should not come'\nthi.n the supervision of one parent organization such as has occurred in some other areas of science"
Looking tm-Iard the f'ut,ur8j) one of the problems vlhich the Society soon v-Jill have to face is a division of the duties nowheaped upon the Secretary=Treasurer of our Society~ Wehave been most fortunate to have had men in this office in the past few years who Cffilld devote a great deal of their ti."Tleand energy to this office~ I' am sure there are marxyof us I",ho"muld find it quite impossible to serve :in this capacity" His duties involve main= taining current address and dues records on all membersJ mailing nomination and election ballots~ dnes noti(~s~ etcoJ arranging the annual program, and preparing reports of the business of the Societyo In addition;) he is responsible for assemblingj) editingj) and pro= clueing our Nev-JSletter" I am sure that we all 1:JOuldagree tha.t the Newsletter is an indjs= pensable publioation, except, for our annual meetingD this is the only way one kno'V18what, other membersare doing~ H01f8Ver.\1the membership should,9 I think;') consider the possibility of a ne1"y office or appo:tn:tmentto handle the Ne"JS1etter and perhaps some other duty now carried by the Secretaryo=Treasurer" . One suggestion might be that he aSSUIllethe respons:l= bility of being 'Gheprogram chairman~ This issue of the Nm-JSletter gives details of the program and the foray at the AlBSmeet.ing in Boulder :iTI August" I am looking fOT'Hard to seeing you there .•
Co Wa Hesselt.ine President lIc THE ANNUAL FORAY~=BOUI.DER.
ATIgust21=23~ 1964 Dre SamSbJ1Shan~Department of BiologY2University of Colorado~ is making the local arrangements for the foray"
Headquarters will be maintained in Room207 Hale Science Building (Biology Bldg••), with a field trip departing from and returning to the campus each day" Library, la.bora• tory ~ and dr-Jing facilities 1fill be available" Individuals should provide their owncol• lecting and pressing equipment"
Field trips are scheduled for Friday.'! Saturday, and Sunday, August 21» 22, and 23" CurrelTtpla.;:;S='areto visit£} not necessarily in this order, (1) Lth of July Camp Ground£}20 niL W" of Boulder,? 10,000 ft" with trail to above t:imberline tow"ardthe Con• tinental Divide~ (2) Mt·"Evans~ 30 mia SWof Boulder, collecting up to 14,000 fta; (3) Boulder Canyon, relatively 119a1"Bouldero These are not mountain=climbing expeditions; each base site is readily accessible by car$ and the collecting areas and trails are suitable for all levels of h:'Lkingexperience" Dro Shushan offers to a.ct as guide to anyone vnshing to collect before the foray or after the forma}.meetings~ contact him dire0tly if interestedo
As~emE:!lpoin.:t",c:.!ot)'~ing",~" The Friday trip ,-Jill leave at 8 ~Oo a"m" from the Biology BUJ.ldingo Check details Thursday night", if possible.~ a,nd daily thereafter in the headquarters roomo All collecting sessions will be at rela.tively high altitudes with the possibility of unpredicted inclement weathere 1rJarm clothing and adequate rain gear are highly reco~nendedo Rattlesnakes are reported to be no problem above 7000 ft" !!~~IJ.9E.ta:~?.;,.~~on all three days "Jill be by private cars if possible" If you will have'a car at Boulder and can accomodate other passengers.}) please send this infor• mation to bro Shushan (see form belo'toj)e A bus will be used if adequate space is unavail• able in pri'irate carBo
Meals0 Box lunches ~d.ll be available for all three days" Check details on ar• rival or=5"er:t:ainly1-Jell in advance of 8g00 aomoFridaY8 Breakfast and dinner .dll be on an individual. basis"
<:tLOTIsi}·:~.g"UniversH;.y housing will be available" Preregistration and housing forms ~ere distributed with the i~A call=for=papers and noware appearing in each issue of AIBSBioScience 0 BB certain that you ha'\"8firm housing arrangements made before ar• riving in Bolilder3 because the University of Colorado SummerSession overlaps the first day of the foray" If you plan to attend the foray:; please complete and send the fol.lovJi:ngform to~ Dro SamShushan9 Department, of Biology» University of Colorado~ Boulder~ Coloo~ by AugTISt 10
Name and addressg
lIJi11 you ha'ire a car? ~=o Space fi,)r howmany additional passengers" Will yeTI be att,ending August 21 ? August 22 -==-=-_7 August 23 ? Au'" ?~ ~~ vTil1 you 'Want a box lunch Augo 21 -~• ? Aug0 22 ~~_? bO -j -~= Questions and specials needs ~ ~~ .. IlL THE ANNUAL MEETJ}JG~~196LI) lJNIVE'".d,SITYOF CCIDRADO
The Annual Meeting will be held August 23=28» 1964, on the campus of the Univer~ sity of Coloradop Bouldero Information on housing accomodations and food service is being published in Cllrrent issues of AIBS BIOSCIENCEo You are urged "to preregister be• fore August 1, 19649 The fee 1h~til August 1 is $10000 for AlBS members; $15,,00 for non~ members of AlBS, $3000 for stude~,,-~fee for delegates who apply for registration after August 1. is $12,,00 for AIBS members,? $17.')00for nOll=members of AIBS; $5000 for students" NO'1:iE ~ Yau are M AIBS member only if you are paying dues direc~ to AIBS .•
Dr" C .•1.rJo Hesseltine 'VI.ri1ldeliver his presidential address iiA}1illenium of Fungi, Food and Fermentation!! 0 The fifteenth annual lecture ,illl be present.ed by Dr" Go 1.rJ •• Fisc:her~ liThe Romance of the Smut Fungi7i"
Formal meetings of the Society begin on 11onday~ AU~list 24" Five half=day sessions have been arranged9 of which two are joint sessions of the Mycological Society and the Microbiological Section of the Botanical Society of Americao Current scheduling arrange• ments indicate that the formal program of the Society will end ~Qth the afternoon session of Wednesday, August 26Q
Dro Sam Shushan~ Department of Biolo~J3 University of Colorado, is the local rep• resentative on program arrangements for the Mycological Societ.YQ
IV 0 :MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY GRADUATE FELLm'iSHIP
The Conwittee on Research Grants and Pub1ications~ composed of Drso Alma We Barksdale~ ChmQ~ Kenr~th B" Rapers and Josiah Lo Lowe$ has selected I~'Q Robert Ko Webster, Department of Plant Pathology)) University of Callfornia,? Davis;: to be the recipient of the 1'1ycological Socievj' Graduate Fello-v-mhip for 1964=19650 The stipend a"lrJardedwas $750.
V" ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Ballots for election of new officers to serve for 1965 are being prepared for distribution in Juneo Ballots may be returned to the office of the Secreta!y=Treasurer up to a few days before t.he beginning of the Annual Foray in Augusto
VI" HYCOLOGIA
MYCOLOJIA is n01ri on a normal publication schedule" Enough manuscript is in the revievi and editorial channels to complete the 1964 volume"
F-reparation of the proposed cumulative TImEX to volumes 1=55 of MYCOLOJIA has begun" Volunteer indexers received their volume a,ssigTh'i1entsand j.nstructions in March 19640 A dea.dline of De~ember 31.9 1964b has been set for the completion of the indexing of individual volumes" Collating and editorial operations then "lriillcontinue under the direction of Dr" C" To Rogerson~ Editor=in=Chief of ~ITCOLOGIA.
VII" NSA ffiOCHURE
A committee consisting of Drso Leon R" Kneebone.9 John Bo Routj.en,9Alex 10 Shiga, and Everett So Beneke, Chm".9 is in the process of revising the brochure itA Career in ~colog'".f'?'tnth emphasis on the addition of new illustrations to indicate activities of mycologists" If any members of t.he Society have illustrations of research activities,? class activities9 or other mycological activities in edDcat.ional institutions,9 industrial organizations.9 or govern~ental agencies vfuich could be used in the brochure~ the cOIT~ittee
= 3 = would appreciate having a glossy copy sent to the chairman of the committee ,n thin a' week or hvo after recej.pt of the Newsletter" Address photographs to: Dr. E., S ••Beneke, Biology Research Center, Michigan State Univf,)rsity.9East Lansing, Hichigan .•
VIII" MEMBERSH IP
As of May 31.9 19643 membership of the Society~ including applications on hand to be presented for election at the annual business meeting in August~ was constituted as followsg
Life Members O~OOOOOOGOOOO~000060~&OOeoaooOOOOOOG~OOO~OGOOQ 8
Regular Members OOO~GOOOOO~@oooooooo000oooooooooooo0000000& 883
Sustaining Members O~OOOO~OQOOO~oooooooooooooooooOOOOOOODO~ 33
Affiliated Societies 0000000000000$OOOOO~OOO~OOO~CQoooeoooo 6
Corresponding Members OO"GOOOOO~OO""OOOOOoo"ooooooooooooooo I
Emeritus Members OG~ooooooooooooO~O~OOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOGOftO&O~ 17
Associate Members OOoOOOOOOOOOOOO$OOO~O&OOOO~~OO&OOOOOOO&OO ~ 1022
With 1022 members in all categories~ the Society has a net gain of 147 members over last year at the same timeo Delinquen~ in 196b dues has necessitated dropping 53 individuals from active membership, reinstatement of many of these is predicted as soon as they discover that they no longer receive NYCOLOJIA" Thirteen former members resigned this yearq Notices of the death of two members have been received since the issue of the December 1963 Newsletter"
Deceased Hembers
Prof" Dr" Raffaele Cif'erri died in February 196~" A voluminous writer and pub• lisher!) ~~ctor of one of the National Agronomy Stations of the Dominican Republic in the 1920vs and for many years and at the time of his death was director of the Istituto ed Orto Botanico delIa Universita and of the Laboratorio Crittogamico, Pavia~ ItalYQ [1895=196b]
Dr ••William Laurence Gordon died in September 19630 Kno~ITlfor his work on physiological forms of the oat rust and on the taxonomy of Fusarium.9 he had been since 1925 with the Plant Pathology Laboratory~ Canada Department of Agriculture Research Station!) '(l'linnipeg;JManitoba" [1901=1963]
IX .• STANDTI~G Cm111ITTEES OF THE SOCIETY
Three standing committees of the Society which were in the process of reorgani• zation when the December 1963 NE~BLETTER was issued now are constituted as follol~:
Co~mittee on Nomenclature
Co KorfRoPo Benjamin"CtrmminsChrn";J1966
Go Bo CoW .•R"EmmonsJ <> ",Io Groves G" 1'J" Marlin Do p" Rogers A" Ho Smith L" Eo i1ehmeyer
= L = Committee ~ Sustaining Memberships
Je A" Schmitt, Jr", Chm~9 1964 A.R"J"B"W~K" H"tAl"11.J.A~Ho SmithHcGuireSloanScottPatersonHcKnight D.,M.P~Co'HC"..GottliebRoR.A"LoDo KramerHarding)/EspenshadeLeathersGray Jr .. E~ S. Beneke
Committee .~ Itember~
The reorganization of this committee under the chairmanship of John E ..Peterson, University of }fissouri~ recently has been completed" The committee now is organized on geographical lineso The U" S. Ao and Canada have been divided arbitrarily into 21 areas with one member of the crnnmittee representing each of the areas. Committee members, their addresses, and the geographical areas they represent are listed below.
The plan is that each committee member will do what he can to stimulate member• ship in his area" In addition,\>he will serve as contact man for bis area. fIembers, or potential members, of the Society may contact their area representative for membership cards or for information about membership in the Society at any time. The Secretary• Treasurer of the Society will continue to be available for such services, particularly for members and prospective members not resident in the U.S.A. or Canada"
Dr" Robert Bandoni, Dept. of Botany and Biology, Univ" of British Columbia, Vancouver, B" C" (western Canada, Washington, Oregon)
Dr. Chester Benjamin~ National Fungus Collections, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md" ~1aryland, Dela~mre, northern Virginia)
Dr" Edl'178.rdBerry» Bacteriology Dept", South Dakota State College, College Station, S. D .. (Hinnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)
Dr" George Bistis» 51 Kline Blvd", Berkel~J Heights, N. J. (New York metropolitan area, New Jersey)
Dr" Glenn Bulmer, Univ" of Oklahoma Medical Center, 800 N" Eo 13th St., Oklahoma City [I, Okla" (Oklahoma, Texas)
Dr. Edward Butler~ Dept" of Plant Pathology, Univ" of California, Davis, Calif" (California.9 Nevada)
Dr" Ralph Collins, Dept" of Botany, Univ" of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island)
Dr" 1':m. Bridge Cooke~ 1135 v.!ilshireCourtJ Cincinnati 30, Ohio (southern Ohio~ West VirginiaJ Kentucky)
Dro Stanley Hughes5 Plant Research Institute, Research Branch~ Central F~perimental Farm~ Ottal'178.,Onto (eastern Canada)
Dr. George JohnsonJ Depto of Botany and Bacteriology) Univo of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. (Arkansas9 Louisiana~ Mississippi, Alabama)
Dro Charles Kramer~ Depto of Botany and Plant Pathology, Kansas State Univ.9 Manhattan, Kanso (Kansas~ Nebraska) Dr~ James Maniatis, Depto of Biology, Wayne State Univ~, Detroit 2, Mich. (lower Michigan9 northern Ohio, western Ontario)
Dr. Norvel McClung, Dept. of Bacteriology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Ga. (Georgia, South Carolina, Florida)
Dr. James McDonald, Dept. of Biology, Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, N. C. (North Carolina, Tennessee, southern Virginia)
Dr. Dan Neely, Natural History Survey, Natural Resources Bldg., Urbana, Ill •. (illinois, Wisconsin, 11ichigan upper peninsula, Indiana)
Dro John Peterson, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Missouri, Co11tmbia, Mo. (Missouri, Iowa)
Dr. Alex Shiga, Laconia Research Center, Uo S. Forest Service Bldg., Laconia, N. H. (New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine)
Dr. Sam Shushan, Dept. of Biology, Dniv. of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. (Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico)
Dr. Robert Tinline, Canada Agricultural Research Station, c/o Dniv. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. (central C&~ada)
Dr. Edmund Tylutki, Dept. of Biology, Dniv. of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (Idaho, Montana, ~~oming)
Dr. Francis 1iood, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, Pac (Pennsylvania, outstate New York)
x" SUS'N·.DUNG MEMBERS OF THE NYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Funds received from Sustaining Members provide for the Mycological Society Graduate Fel101iTship and the AIL'1l'ualLecturer; we are extremely grateful for this support. These organizations are listed below in alphabetical order. Patronize them and let their representatives know of our appreciation whenever possible.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES Pharmaceutical products for the medical profession since 1888 North Ghicago, Illinois
M1ERICll.NOPTICAL COo INSTRUMENT DIVISION 125 years of leadership in optics and 115 years of progressive achievement in microscopes
BALTIHORE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, INC •. A division of Becton, Dickinson and Company Products for the microbiological laboratory
BELLCO GLASS, INC. Biological Glassware and Laboratory Equipment Vineland, New Jersey
BIOFERM CORPORATION Subsidiary of International Minerals Chemical Corporation Wasco, California
BUCKMAN LABOR..A.TORIES,INC. Industrial microorganis~ control specialists }lemphis 8, Tennessee = 6 = BUTLER COUNTY MUSHROOl1 FARJ.I West Winfield, Pennsylvania
CANPBELL SOUP COMPANY Camden~ New Jersey
CIBA PHARl1ACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, nIC~ In the service of medical science Summit, New Jersey
CONSOLIDATED LABOR<\TORIES 9 INC. COLAB and OXOID Products for the Laboratory Chicago Heights9 Illinois
DIFCO Ll\.BORATORY PRODUCTS The complete line of microbiological reagents and media
FISHER SC~JTIFIC COr~ANY Manufacturer-Distributor of Laboratory Apparatus & Reagent Chemicals Mycological needs of all types in stock at convenient local branches
THE FLEISCHMANN LP.BORATORIES Standard Brands~ Incorporated Stamford, COllnecticut
GENEP~L BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY HOUSE~ INCaJ TURTOX PRODUCTS Teaching materials for the biological sciences 8200 South Hoyne Avenue9 Chicago~ Illinois 60620
HEINICKE INSTRlll1ENTS COMPANY Foremost Manufacturer of Laboratory Glassware Washers and Cage Washers Hollywood)) Florida
HOFFMA1.1N-LAROCHE:; INCo Pharmaceuticals, Vitamins and Aromatic Chemicals Nutley 10, New Jersey
LANE SCIENCE EQUIH1ENT COo Complete Line of Museum storage Cabinets, Especially Herbarium Cabinets~-Airtight for Permanent Protection
LEDERLE LABORATORIES DIVISION, A}lliRICANCYANA}1ID COMPANY Antibiotic, biological and pharmaceutical research and manufacture Pearl River, New York
ELI LILLY AND COHPANY Pharmaceuticals, biologicals, and agricultural and industrial products 740 South Alabama Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
MILES LABORATORIES ~ INCORPORATED Pharmaceutical and chemical research and manufacture Elkhart ~ Indiana
NORVHCH PHARHACAL C011PANY, EATON LABORATORIES DIVISION Ethical pharmaceuticals Norwich, New York ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORWRATION Obstetrical and gynecological products, biologicals Raritan, New Jersey
PARKEb DAVIS & CO~ANP Pioneers in Better Medicines Detroit 32, Michigan
CHAS, PFIZEFt AND COO, INC, Fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals by means of microorganisms 11 Bartlett Street, Brooklyn 6, New York
RETINED SYFtUPS & SUGAFlS, INC. Yonkers, New York
SCHERING CORPORATION Pharmaceutical manufacturers Bloomfield, New jersey SCIESJT IF IC PRODUCTS, FOUNDATION , EVANSTON, ILLINOIS Supported by companies. dedicated to the biological sciences e ember company names on request. )
TKE SQUIBB INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH E. R, Squibb and Sons, Dive of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation New Brunswick, New Jersey
SUN OIL COMPANY Motor, industrial, and chemical products from petroleum R and D Division, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania
Trn UPJOHN COMPANY Fine pharmaceuticals since 1886 Kalamazoo, Michigan
WALIXRSTEIN COMPANY Division of Baxter Laboratories, Inc, Research and Production of Enzymes and Fermentation Chemicals
WYETH LABORATORIES INCe Antibiotic Division West Chester, Pennsylvania
AIBS, Although the Society as a unft maintains its formal relationship with AIBS?~ Adherent Society, individual members of the Society no longer are members of AIBS simply by virtue of their MSA membership. BegWng with 1964, membership of an individual iq AIBS depends on specific application and dues payment by the individual to AIBS,
Changes of Address, BIBS no longer maintains a separate address Listing of Mycological Society members; address changes sen% to AIBS do not reach this Society. Address changes related to the Society or to ite publications preferably should be sent to the Secretary-Treasurer, Changes then can be made with the least loss of time in the records of the Society, at om addressograph service, and with the Editor of MPCOLOGIA. XI" PUBLICATIONS
~lblication8 Offered for Sale or Otherwise Available
Cooke)) 11m" Bridge, A LaboratoF.f Guide to Fungi in Polluted Haters, Se1:fage,and Seuage
.0' 7 - TreatmerrtOSystems" PHS Pablo noo 999=,\1lP=l"1963" Available free from Publications Office, Robto Ao Tafto Sanitary Engineering Center)) 4676 Columbia Parlafay, Cin• cinnati-9 Ohio L5226, or preferably from author" An instructor may order for en• tire class unless he "Jants students to get in habit of "tvritmg for reprints"
Institute for Fermentation, Osaka)) Annual Report No" 1 (1961-1962)" 1963" Contains two mycobiological revie1~ and four original communications" Request for exchange directly to the Institute for Fermerltation)) 4~5LJ Juso-Nishino-cho, Higashiyodo• gawa-~~, OsakaJ Jap~10
Zunde13 G" L"9 The Ustilaginales of the Worldo This publication still is available at * tb:e o.ff'icesof the Pennsylvania Agricultural :Experiment Station, University Park, Pennsylvania" Price $11,,000
The follmv.ing iteJnB are available at the prices indicated from the personal library of ---Prof'" L:~:=·\vehmeyer.? Dept~ of Botany:! University of JVIicbigan,Ann Arbor, Mich.
~~~, The Thelephoraceae of North America" Parts 1=15, complete, unbound~ (ex Ann~ Moo Boto Gard.,) 1914-1926" $40.,00"
Chester3 K" S09 The Nature and Prevention of Plant Diseaseso 1942. $3,,000
Fries~ Elias, Systema r{ycologicum, 3 volumes bound in L (origo from Pringsheim Herb.), ~ '-1821~lg32; Elenchus Funr,orum, 2 volo, 1828, Index (2 copies). $50,,00.
Ga~mann$~!< Vergleichende Morpho1ogie der Pi1z6" 1926" $8.00.,
!1ealdJ_L~, An Introduction to Plant Pathology" 1937. (1st Ed.) $1 •.50 •.
h\.J..0'"'t Ed0 )
Lloyd, Co Go, Complete set (except for Letter 66 and Note 49) inclo Letters 1=69, ~.~.--~io Notes 1=75 (vols 1=7) with indicesJ 23 Bulletins; plus Jo Ao Stevenson: Index to the }trco1ogical \~itings of C" G" Llqyd:J 1933; and J. Ao Stevenson and Eo KG Cash, The New Fungus Names Proposed by Co G" Lloyds 1936" $50.00.
Publications Wanted - --
Arnaud, A,,:>Les Ast8'r:i.neeso Parts I=V (any or all parts)o Dr" N" Lo Farr, National -F!J1lgus Collections, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, r-1aryland.
ArtlIur3 Jo CQ~ at al"3 The Plant Rustso 1929. Dro Jo Lo Cunningham, Dept" of Biology, .~ Universfty'of Toledo;! Toledo .•Ohio.
Ellis, Jo BOJ and Be MG Everh8xt, North American Pyrenomyceteso Copies requested by: He S:Whi£ney~ Forest Ento & Path. Lab"J 102 11th Ave. Eo, Calgar.f, A1tao, Canada; and Dro Jorge Eo ~Tight3 Dept. of Biology, Facultad de Ciencas2 Univ. of Buenos Aires, Florida 656, Buenos Aires, Argentina. = 9 ~ Grove, W$ B$!) Brit.ish Stem= and Leaf=Fungio (2 vols,,) Dr"J. Eo }lright (address above).
~~ster? A.9 A Monograph of the Mycetozoa; 3rd ed" rev" by Go Lister •. Dr. James C. McDonaldJ Biology Dept.!) Wake Forest College~ Winston-SalemJ No Co
Macbride, T. Ho!) ~~d G" W" Martin, The Myxomycetes" 19340 Prof. Jose A. Saenz Ro, Dept. of "Biology" Univo ~dOsta Rica;> San Pedro.')Costa Rica.
Neergaard~ Pauls Danish Species of Alternaria and Stemphylium. h'ofo Gyorgy Olalh, Facult~des Sciences!) Dept. de Biochimie!) Universite Laval, Qu~ec 10, P.Q., Canada.
Pad-trick,Go ~\J"J A I1anual of Rice Diseaseso 1950" V •.Po Teuari;l Agriculture College, ~ Hindu University.9 Varanasi=5 (U" Po)!) India •.
Raper.9 K. Bo, and Co Thorn, A Manual of the Penicilliao Martin Mo Kuliks Mm'ket Quality -----~esea~ivo»~Lant Industry Stations BeltsvilleJ ~li•.
~~.Thom" Coo The Penicilliao J..9300 Profo Gyorgy Olauh (address above)o
Thorn,Co.~ and~;> Raper: A Hanual of the Aspergillio JYIartinHo Kulik (address above) •. irJO~g:2 Fa A.", and F o.T. v-J'olf,The Fungi" vola I & II" Dr 0 Rudolf' H. Rimpau, Insti tut fur Pflanzenpathologie der Georg=August=Universitat!) Nikolausberger Weg 5a, Gottingen 3L, Gen118,l1Y a
XII.. RESEARCH MATERIALS
Cu:}.-turesand Spec:i~ens A!ailable for Distribution
1" BotIX..ospo~ sp"" is alated from decaying f ems 0 -= Dr ••John 1'>1"Baxter, Dept •• of Botany.9 Univ" of lvisconsin=Milwaukee~ 3203 N" Dm-mer Ave,,:;1IIilwaukee17, WiSe
2 •. Achlya ?Y~o == John. Clausz~ Dept" of Botany:; Univ ••of North Carolirla, Chapel Hill, No Gu
3" PEeuss~~SP"9 isolated from rat dung, good for demonstrating bitlli1icate asci and multicellular ascQspores ~1ich disarticulate, easily cultured on dung agar" -- Dr ••J" L" Cunningham, Dept" of Biology, Univ" of Toledo:> Toledo, Ohio •.
4" Allescheria boydii isolates from ,-mod submerged in sea i'Jatero== Prof. T. We Johnson, Jr", Dept •. of Botany;) Duke University,\) Durham, N" Co 27706.
) •• \dild type and graY'.~spored mutant cultures of Sordaria fimicola no'l-lare avail• able at the American Type Culture Collectiono [L ..S ..Olive]
6" Specimens of ~~-xomycetes on requesto Prof ••3•• A ..Saenz R"9 Dept ••of Biology, Univ ..of Costa Rica" San Pedro, Costa Rica ••
70 A large collection of Antarctic molds and yeasts (also bacteria) has been made from air, soil and wa.ter at Hallett Stations Antarctica; cultures of Antarctic lichen fungi also are available •.== Edmund Schofield, Dept. of Biologys Clark University, Worcester~ Masso 016100
Cultures" _Colle9tions,? or Inform=l'tion Wanted
10 Any isolates of pathogenic Nocardia sppo == Dr. Yousef AI-Doary.? Dept •• of Microbiology) Sou.thwest.F'ounda:tion for nesearch & Ed'Ucat.ion~Po 00 Box 2296;) San Antonio 63 Texaso = 10 = 20 Cultures of Colletotricrram lagenarium (orbiculare) and Fusarium oxysporum f • .._~_. ---- ,------.~-- ' -.. niveum from all areas 01 the Uo S•. and Canada:; U>~ P-.roL George L•. Barnes, Dept•• of Botany & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State Univo] Stillwater;) Oklao
30 Collections of Ravenelia on Tephrosia.', Lonchocarpu8;> Gleditsia and Himosa. ~•
Dr" ,John 1'\To Baxter, Deptoc~'of-~YD Univ" of Wis'consin=J.lilwaukee;3203 N•. Downer Ave•., Milwaukee 17.~ 1lvis"
L! •• Achlya recurva;, Prot.oachlya hypogyna and Thraustotheca pri.moachlya" -- John Clausz.~ Dept •.~· "Bofarif; Uni;~th Carolina;J Chapel Hill" N.C.
So Viable spores of Pucciriia coronata and of other coronate Puccinia spp •. Living seeds of identified species·()1llharrJ!1~hepherdia •. Dr•. J•. L•. Cunningham, Dept. of Biology.1 Uni'versit~y- of 'I'oledo:; Toledo; Ohio~•.--~---
60 Fungi ",hioh respond to lightj especially in regards to sporulation •. ~- Dr•• James E.• Halpin, Dept:,oof Botany & Bacteriolog-jT, Clemson University, Clemson, S•• C. 29631. 1" r'1aterial of the stipitate H;ydnl1mSvJhich,,rill indicate their distribution •. K•. A•• Harrison, Research Station.., Kentville;,> Nova Scotia.9 Canada0
80 Any specimens of Echinosteli~m sppo == Ed~~rd Fo Haskllls~ Dept •• of Zoology, Univ.• of Hinnesotaj' Hiril}9apoli8; }1inn--:-~~
90 Collections of sooty moulds bearing conidial states •. -~.Dr •. S•• J. Hughes, Plant Research Institute, Central E:x:per:lirlentalFarm.') Otta·vJa,.9Onto ~ Canada"
100 Samples of fungi isolated from tL~bers of cooling towerso == Dr.. E.. B.• Gareth Jones:; Depto of Biology, College of TechnologyJ Park Rd., Portsmouth, England~ 110 Basi,dioboltis rana:rum" ..~ Dr•• Eo S. Keeping~, Dept •. of Genetics.? Univ•• of Alberta, Edmonton" Alta'.:J Ganada- •.--~·-
12. Gollel':;:tions of Calocera species for r8visional studies:) particularly t1atypical" specimens and fresh material. ~- Dro Lorene Lo Kennedy~ DeptQ of Botany, Univ•• of Alberta, Edmonton:; Altao.~ Canada"
130 Any of the Pseudoascobolea1i3o == James 110Kimbrough~ Plant Pathology Dept .•3 Univ. of Florida3 Gainesv'ille, Fls,o
1.1-10 Periconia cireina.ta •. ~.~Dr.. Ao Hahadevan~ Depto of Biochemistry, Purdue Univo, \1[ •• Lafayette., '-:rn:cEana:--~-->
150 ~:ir~pora spp .• == Dr" James Haniotis.., Depto of Biology~ Wayne State Univ., Det.ro:it 2, Mien 0
160 Specimens of Hyxomycetes and Ascomycetes" -,= Prof •. tT. A.• Saenz Eo.9 Dept •• of Biology ~ University of Costa Rica;) Sa.n Pedro~ Costa Rica"
17. Any species or strains of Pul1:ularia (Aureobasidium) ~ especially slow=groiliing variants •• ~~ Edmund Schofield," Dept"of' B~Y.9 Clark University:; 1..Jorcester, Hass •• 01610..
18" (;ultu:r'es.of any of the Tremellales.') espec.ially the Dacrymycetaceae •• Ii1rJe will be glad to send along our small bag of tricks on culturing these organisms to all who may be intere~rtedo1f ~~> Marvin No Soh'Halb)1Depto of BiololS:Y9 Universit:v' of New'York at Buffalo;) Buffalo 111.9 1~•• Yo
19" Cult.ures of species of Lambertella" ~= Dr•• ThornE.sSprostoil, Dept .• of Bota.rr,y-, Hills Building" Univ" of ',Fermont;, B,a-rITngton, Vto r
20" Stipitate Polyporus (sensu str,,) specimens G.ndcultrtreso == Dr" Jorge E. W:right,' Depta of Biology~ Facl~a crencas~ Univo of Buenos Airess Florida 656~ Buenos Aires, Argentina"
XIII" MAJORRESEARCHPROJECTS
Brookl~~ College~ Biology DeptoJ Brooklyns No Yo . ~lectronlIDicroscoPY of non=filamentous marine PhycO~Tceteso-~ So Goldstein, L. 110riberj) B" Hershenov» and MoBelsbJo Canada Department of Agriculture,9 Research Station)) Kentvillej) NovaSootia •. ---Continued "wrk 'onthe stipitate Hydnml1sof North America" =- KoA" Harrison"
Clark UniversitYJ Depto of Biology.\!Worcester; Nass" ~ GulturalStudy of Antarcti8 lichen''fungL Also a large number of cultures of free• living fungi and bacteria are being studied for compa.rison 1rJlth the 1.ichenized fungio -• EdnluudSchofield"
College of Technology~ Dept" of Biolog)'"s Park Rd"J Portsmouth" England" ~---·-The=ecO'lOgy.9physiolof:~'-and taxonomy of marine:> brackish,= and fresh=vJater fungi grmdng on submerged Hoode An investigation of the biological deterioration of timber in cooling tO'VV'ers" Colorado State University~ College of ForestryJ Fort Collins, Colo~ ~ ~~Stu~of'0i3hiostomat,aceae (Ceratocystis Sppe) under a National Science Foundation grant •• =,= RossT.JloDavidson and Robena C:-Jeffre~T0 Columbia UniversitY3 Dept" of Botany~ NewYork~ No Y. Cel111larslime molds of tropical and subtropical areas" Additions to the genus Protostelium. A new group of Mycetozoa. == L. So Olive and C. Stoianovitch. Genetics of Sordaria brevicollis:; with emphasis on aberrant segregation. -~ Lo S.• Olive and W. G. Fi8fdS:-~
CommunicableDisease CerrterJ Mycology& Parasitology Sect,,» Atlanta» Ga" -=----study of the natural habitat of Microsporum nanumo Search for European endemic areas for Hi~top~asma capsulatum" =~ Libera Ajello~
Cornell University,? Dept. of Plant Pathology,9 Ithaca9 N. Yo ~DiscorrwC;'et;,e flora of Asia" Taxonomyand biology of Armillaria. Studies of , coprophilous' Discomyceteso 'rissue struc"c:o.reontogeny in DISC'OmycetesoNomenclature of genera of the Pezizaleso Taxonornwof La~ertella and ~~tstr~emia" == R" Po Korf~ Ha:rvard Universit,y.9 Farlow Herbarium;! Cambridgej)Ha.ss" ~'~A vegetaTIOnal survey will be carried out in a selected locality of the Palmer Peninsula;i Antarctica;i in 1964=659 sponsored ~Y·the A4tarctic Program of the National Science Foundation:, a.nd'L St,udies on the ssxual stage and life cycle of ~hodotorul~. ->~~ 1. Bannoo Natick Laboratories.9 Uo So A:rmy, Hycology Laboratory:J Natick, }lass" CharacterizatioYl"oand identification of fungi isolated from aviation fuel systems (R. To DarbY;1B. J" !FJileyJ Eo Go S:lmmons)0 Screening of st.rains of Aspergillus sPpo for production of aflatoxins (B. J. Wiley and F. Parrish). Taxonomicrevisions of Alter~~!i~z' C1.:r'vulari!!:,2 and ~emphl.li'U111(E. Ge Simmons)0 = 12 · NewYo:ckMedical College)) Dept" of Nicrobiology, Fifth Ave. at IOSth St., NewYork, N. Y. ---- ~ntinued interest in the electron microscopy of microorganisms. -- Eo D. DeLamater. Pennsylvania State Urdversity, Botany Dept., University Park, Pa. Heat resist.ance -:;r spores of thermophilic molds and actinomycetes. The influence of nutrition and physical environment upon synnemamorphogenesis of Stilbella thermo• E~o =,~ C" 1. Fergus" Pt~due University, Dept. of Biochemistry, Lafayette~ Ind. ------P~l,sxi.rls. Production and the role of phytoalexins in plant disease resistance; D1fluence of phenols on dlsease resistance. -= A. Mahadevan. Queenj s University of Belfast.:> Dept" of Microbiology, Belfast, N. Ireland. ~-Morphogenesfs-of .Candida albicans" Subspecific characterization of pathogenic fungi" =., D. ·W.H. Nackenzie" --- St. John~s University:! Dept." of BiologYJ1Jamaica, No Y. -=-- =-1Iutrit.ion of marine YBasts. -= Michael A. Pisano. State Universit;)r of Neie!York at Buffalo9 Dept. of Biology, Buffalo, No Y. --.-- physiological taxonomyinthe Dacrymycetaceae, including studies on asexual repro• duction, antibiotic productionJ> pigmentation, and nutrition. ~,- N. N. Schwalb•. Texas Ao & Mo University~ Dept.• of Biology, College Station~ Texas. Physiofogy-()f~t metabolism" Biology of marine bacterium isolated from pitted crabs and shrlmpo Morphogenesis of the sYIlllema"=- Willard .A.o Taber.• University of Alberta~ Dept" of GeneticsJ Edrnonton.;lAlta., Canada" -----cyi,ologY9 genetics and sexuality of smuts, puffballs, and Neurospora. -- Eo S" Keepingo Universj~y of Arizona9 Dept. of Plant Pathology, Tucson, Ariz .• ~~-st,udies on-effects of papago pea residues on soil microflora in relation to control of Texas roo-G=rot (Phymatotrichum omnivorum)" Research for the past three years has been on physiological studies of antagonistic actinomycetes from the rhizosphere of desert plants" =0" Julian \·L vfualeyo University of Ca1ifo!'rria~ Electron l'flicroscope Lab".?Berkeley, Calif" ----1>" slirvey-of Phyco1iY.;Tceteultrastructure. -- Royall To Hoore.• University of Costa. Rica.? Dept" of Biology, San Pedro.;lCosta Rica" }1y.:wmycetesfrom Costa Rica. ,~~J" A" S~enz R. Universi t-y of Flortda, Plant Pathology Dept.:J Gainesville.;l Fla" -.--~ Studies '~coprophilous DiscoillJrcetes, especially the Pseudoascoboleae. J" 't{, Kimbrough" Universite' JJava.l..?Dept" de Biochimie..?Faculte des Sciences, Queoec, P.Qo, Canada. Structure:,> determination and biosynthesis of microbial metabolites. rvIicrobial degradation of natuTal products. The cuItt.1Talproduction of carpophores of Amanita and ~!~ spp. =~ Gyorgy 01a 1 h" University of TIinnesota, Dept" of Zoology, Ninneapolis.') Ninn. - Investigation of the developmental biology of Echinostelium spp. -- EdIvaI'dF. Haskins " University of North Carolina.') Inst" of Fisheries Research$ Norehead City, No C. ~nomy ;IDorph.01.ogy:-;-andecology of higher marine fungi. Relationship between wood=boring animals and marine fungi.-= J. J. and E•. Kohlmeyero = 13 = University of Toledoy IJepto of Biology~ Toledo:) Ohio" ~" Taxonomyand host ranges of crown rust fungi!) ~~ ,y!) L Cunningham•• University of Vermont~Dept•• of Botany, Burlington, vt" ~ 'fhe production"of naphthoquinones by species of 1a.7!lbertella" Influence of light on reproduction 1..11 the fungio Fungus inhibitors in the-'cmtTcle of Ginkgo bilobao T" Sprostonc ,-~ -~. _.- University of 'ltJisconsin~=j\1ilwaukeej;Dept!) of Botanyo}MihJaukee, '\vis~ -- Host ind~~Raveneli~ species of the world" == John W"Baxter" WakeForest Gollege~ Biology Depto, Winston~SalemJ No Co ~.~ An-eeological-morphological study on North Carolina 111J'Xobacteriarnicroflora, sup• ported by a tl.vo=yearNSFgrantc> == James Co ~1cDonaldc> XIV <> HYC010GICALINSTRUCTION111\1}) NETt! COURSES Chico State College - Introd'UCtOry"graduate course in mycology.93 sem" hI'S,,)) SummerSession, June 15• July 21J,~ 1964" (Dr" L" Wallace Hiller, Divo of Natural Sciences, Chico State College, Chico, Califo) Cornell University - ..--Graduate field work in mycology" Field Ivork in aquatic discomycetes. (Prof .• Richard Po Korf, Depto of Plant Pathology, Cornell Uni:vo,9 Ithaca» N. Y.) Kansas State Teachers College =·-----Dltroductorj mycologyp 3 sem.• brs!), lectures & labs.~ SummerSession, 1964.• Ten• tatively planning advanced microbiology for 1965, er~hasis on physiology and industrial microbiology. (Dr.• Ro Po Keeling 9 Biology Depto, Ka~~as State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas) NewYork Medical College ---='~a~il ~Jcoiogy:ror medical students; in the process of developing a graduate pro• gram.• (Prof" Eo D!)DeLamater, Depte of Hicrobiology, NewYork Medical College, Flowers and Fifth Ave!)Hospitals.9 Fifth Aveo at 106th St., NewYork 299 No Yo) Un~versity of Arizona ~~""'Id'entIffcatIoilof economic fungi,j) in S'U111IJlerSessiono (Dr" Alice M" Boyle, Depto of Plant Pathology, Univ" of Arizona.\)Tucson, Arizo) University of Buenos Aires - _.~.~fhe regular~myc~ course at graduate level is planned for the semester begin- ning IJfal"'ch 19659 1vith Drs" Singer, \iright, and Garnundide Amoslecturing. (Dr•• Jorge Eo l.tJright, Dept. of Biology.'! Facultad de Ciencias, UniY!)of Buenos Aires» Florida 656, Buenos Aires J Argent:ina) University of California$ Santa Barbara ------rnevrprogram in mycology» at both the undergradua.te and graduate levels, will be offered beginning fall 1964" (Dr" Ian K" RossJ Dept" of Biological Sciences, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Calif,,) Universit~ 12,val ~hysiology of fungi~ a postgraduate course~ Idll be offered by Dr!) G!)Bo Ouellette, Forest Research Lab", p~ O~ Box 35~ Sillery, Quebec 6J P~ Q!)~Canada. (Prof" Gyorgy OlalhJ Depto de BiochimieJ Univ!)Lava19 Quebec lO~ Po Q,,~Canada) = 14 = University (if North Ga:rolina ==---Y4ar'irie-m;Y:colog,V. -('I)'r7 Jan J. Kohlmeyer:; Institute of }1'isheries Research,? Univo of North Carolina9 l10rehead C~1:ty9 N. Go) University of Toledo icrvanced H§cologYjj Biology 551)) 3 hrs" grad. credit" (Dr. John 1"Cunningham, Depto of BiologY51Univ" of Toledo:; Toledo:; Ohio) University of' Vermont =-'--Su!mrier resi~arGh. (Dr" Thomas Sproston}J Deptoof Botany.9 Hills Building,? Univo of '1vermont2ur~LngGon51B·" J Vt)0, Uni''Irersi ty of 1rJashington =~ ~\1ar:fnem~T001oiy;'at five i-Jeekcourse in SummerSession at the Friday Harbor 1abora• tories)j San Juan Island» Wash" Particular emphasis on isolation,9 cultu:re, and development of aquatlc' Phycomyoetes" Sta.ff~ l1elvin So Fuller and Hoviard Co ~\ihislero (Hmlard Co Wh:1.s1ers>Depto of Botany.? UnivQ of Hashington,? Seattle 5:; VTash.) Universi'i:,y of ~vj.saonsin~~=Nihraukee - AdYan0ed=Ii~r~:;;ologY9 19bJ;:6;7'"' (Dr" John v.T<)Baxter.9Depto of Botar,y~ Univ" of \'visconsin=l\lil'h!8.ukee,p3203 No Downer AveO•9 Nil>-mukee 179 His,.) XV'o VACANCIES FOR Jl.1YCOLOGICA1LY TRAINED PERSONNEL College of Technology ~~Resear(;h JjieJ::l'OW:ship in. mycology 0 (Dr 0 E" Bo Gareth Jones ~ Dept 0 of Biology,9 College of Technologjrs Park Road» PortsmouthJ England) The J'ew"ish Hospital - 1\!Jy'-cologi8twarrted~ interested in tissue diagnosis.9 fluorescent microscopy:; and deep mycoses" (Dro Jan Schw~rz9 Tne Je~nsh Hospital.!) Cincinnati9 Ohio 45229) u.=:<:::I.."""'-H:nes.•.•.~1t=~ -Chelrd,::;,al-- - '" - "",e =-=_."...~.Compa..n:y=-.r-~ _, ~ One va,::;a,nC:Y9f'OT' man :Interested in microbial ph:y-siologyo (Dr" 10 B" Lockwood, Ydles Chemical Go".9 Elkhart.9· Indiana) YJII. HYCOLOGISTSAVAILABLE ~~eS9 IJi1l ~~ Dept" of Nicrobiology.\J University of f.1innesota» Hinneapolis,9 Minn" &"PE:cts- to eomplet.e her Ph D" in summer 196h. Research involves taxonolu;r, genetic:s, and physiology 01' actinm~rcet,es and act:5.nophages<> ()iajor advisor~ So (}aylen Bradley) Pandila.9 Madan 1-10:; Dept" of Forest Botany & Pa.tholog;y~9N" Y. State Univorsit-J College -=-'Qf iorest,ry'51 S::vrar;Us0 10D N" Yo Ph. Do e:x:pec:ted in September 1964. Spec;ial interests g morphology", cultural character• istics", and taxonomy of wnod.odecay funl.$i)j soil microflora" (Najor professorg Dr" R. I,.• Gilbertson) Reichle, Rudolf E"g Depto of Plant Pathology,9 Univ. of California~ Berkeley 4, Calif. ,~~-- ~1Je0ts-to=complete Ph. Do in summer 196Lo Thesis research on host-parasite re• lationships of F~18aridmand the bea.n plants electron microscopy~ Fusarium genetics" (Major professor~ ~r:==W.Co Snyder) ~ Two pl"obable~ Dept. ()f BotanYq Hills Building" Univ" of Vermont)) Burl:\ngton, Vt,,, ~ Doctorates expe\::t.sd in J~ne.9 1965. Biochemistry of fungus metabolites" (}laj or professorg Dro Thomas Sproston) - 15 ~ XITII •• ASSISTANTSHIPS ~ FELLOHSHIPS and SCHOLARSHIPS IN MYCOLCGY Clark University ----- Teaching assistantships~ scholarships, and fellowships are available for graduate trairiingj)Mo Ao~ Ph ..D ..~ in the area of lichen physiology~ physiological relationships of the lichen symbiosis" phY'siology of lichen algae and fungi" (Prof., Vernon Ahmadjian, Dept .• of BiolDgy, Clark Univo $ Worcester 10, Mass .•) College of Technolog-y o Vacancfes10r research assistantships in mycology and for someone interested in lichens" (Dr" Eo Bo Gareth Jones, Dept" of Biology, College of Technology, Park Road, Portsmouth, England) Columbia ~niversity A research assistantship in genetics of fungi is available" (Prof" L ..So Olive, Depto of Botamh Columbia Univ .•~ New York? N. Y ..) ~~sLl vanj.~ St~ Qni versi t([. Graduate research assistantship ($2016-2688) available July 1 or September 1, 196~J at the 1:I'ushroomResearch Center of the Universityo (Dr. Leon R. Kneebone, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathologyj) Pennsylvania State Univo, University Park, pao) Qu~eni~ lJniversi~ Ef Belfast A vacan~y exists for a research assistantship in medical mycology, effective from January 196)0 The appointment will bernade initially for 2=3 years" Details on appli• cation~ (Dro Do We Ro Mackenzie3 Dept ••of Microbiology, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast9 No Ireland) Texas A0 & Mo Un:tvers ity ~~~. Openings are available for graduate students wishing to study physiology of shunt metaboli.sm (tracer lab available) JJ morphogenesis of' synnema or of mushroom ca.rpophore 3 biology of Streptomyces SppeD or soil ~cologyo Stipends of $2~00per year are available •. (Dro "'lillard~r,9 Depto of Biology, Texas Ao &. 110 Univ ••, College Station, Texas) UnlyersiVf of ~liIm.esota ~_. _. Predoctorali3.SSistantships are ava.ilable for students interested in basic genetics of fungio (Prof" Leon Snyderj) Depto of Agronomy and Plant Genetics~ or Prof ••S ••G" Bradl~y~ Depto of Microbiology)) Univo of ~tinnesota, Minneapolis, Ydnno) University of Vermont = One reseai(~hassistantship and one postdoctoral are available" (Dr ..Thomas / Sproston~ Depto of Botany~ Hills Bldgo)) Univo of Vermont)) Burlington, Vto) YalB University ===- ~ReseaTch-assistantship available in the biochemistry of wood deterioration" (Prof .. Ellis Bo Cowling9 Yale Univ" School of Forestry, 370 Prospect St"JJ New Haven 11)) Conna) XilTIL HECENT APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS Dr" Yousef Al=Doory joined his new post as Senior Mycologist, Depto of Micro~ biologY9 Southvrest Foundation for Research & Education, San Antonio? Texas, May l~ 19640 He previously Has ~Jith the NevJ York City Health Dept" Dr" Keru.'1ethFisher.\)formerly at the University of South Dakota, has joined the Dept" of Botany.9 University of Vermont~ Burlington? as Plant Pathologist" (To Sproston) Dro John Mo Hale has joined the Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools of Texas as 11icrobiologist for Texas State Tuberculosis Hospitals" He formerly was at the Uni= wersity of Oklahoma School of Medicine~ Oklahoma City~ Okla" = 16 = Dr" dames \i'I" Kimbr:efughv hav:ing cLmrplf3ted. hi;;1 doctorate at, Co:cnell 1Jnive.rsi tY;J has :accepted an Assist-ant FL\):re:3l~o!"sh:ip in mycology' in the 1}3pto of Plant Pa·tholog:v;J Uni= 'G'~'(~.' w ••• ,>~",.".~~er",:l "y OJ"T'• .i.' ,Lv!",.\J"'1Md',0 C'ra..t.U"'b'iT:1.2"",·,,...-°"'11•.,.e oJ I::"'f"','·,~t'".. I.;:;c., v.,l.;'''i::' '-.1111~'Y 1 ;) .•.,"/!,YOL1" (c\HO P" K.0 .•.''''f) Dr" ,3'" Koh::IJ!k:yerD fO:1:"1118Y' Cunit,,~r of :!YIycology at the Bot.anical MuseultJ.,9 Berlin~Dahlem, Ge:r'11l<:i.xw9 r'Bee::ntlv ~:oilled J{~hestaff of the Institute of Fj.sheries Research,9 Universit:r of Nort;h Oarolina" }Io~ehead. Gity'.9 !-I" G" He \~dS a 1963=19611 Research Asso:,;,iat,e at Duke Uni= vers:ity 1'larine La1:,,,p Beauforts> 1'10 Ca . , Dr,?.D(J!'lald, ~\ov-ial~id,~7111 Decom,; sT~~ff £j~col0!5ist in. th~ Dept" of Biolt)g-Yj) ?hico U~''''atev oJ;1 V"'0""L"'::-'''''blaO's 9 0""1.1"-.~L....,OJ) "~'1~1'vet ,.L. 0 ~~ reo''''''''p'''''~U b ~L)' !oJ--J le, oel-'~'-'nt""mh"r,.•~.ud nk..'9(-..1..• -•••.L10 ••.~I'"v 1.1~a'"'Q a- re,~.,.,t'•..•.•c;;,$.j.., P"l.a. 0 D- 0 J.n Ir1,7cology from the Ur.ti'7e:rsity or Hichigs,K'lv Arm Arbor" (L" W" :r-1iller) Dr" Eli,<~a.beth ,I" f:loo1"e has completed her Ph" Do in ffiJTGolOgJT at Cornell University and hasaci,§epted the ·cc,sit,:lon of InstruG~';'oY' in the Dent/} of BJ..olQgYD Hon:m.outh College, 61rJ' N V\,V",,,,,,,~,,,,,,,•.•.,,Jj.~ •••.•••cJ!) tab.,t"""""1'."".<.]""",,,,"..••·."t~,'Jy 0'C'l:v<:"".,.)'1.,,,,:,,.,-;.,,,,,,,,,,•....;.t;I"Lr•..•·•••. "19610aot. 40 \.u,,()''R -QP Y';,,;~~f'•.•\ ••.J_ l 4 Ga:t'itr(-,h Me,rg8,Y).oJonesD formerly in the Depto of Botany $ University of Nottingham" has been 8'PPG:u'J.t,ed R.esearch F81101{ :tD rr{rcology :tn t.he Dept,o of Biology" Gi)llege of Tecrinolog;;r5, Portsmouth" Rag:Land" He is w:Jrld..:ngon the taxoncm;," of the Sphaeropsidales and on the st.x''U.xt,U!'Ej IC.!£' the aSC'QS in lic:henso (E" B" Go Jones) DTo Go Bo OU.el1.e'[,te of the Forest R.esearch Laborato:ry.9 S:Lllery.\} Po Qo.9 Canada;! a.lL80"," :UlnCI~:Lons~ 0 as L,e(~\J~1!"e:);~'.bJ. on 08,h21.2.~I.I:.'..1" oiJ:' UTIJ.:'IrerS1.'Ge0 > , .,' Lava.,"- 1 r' Joa:n:ne K" R.li)geX)f3 has (;o1rrpleted her 'H"S" degree in mycology 8.'1;, Cornell Uni'1Tersity and has a(;(;~'2rpteQa g:.r'aduate ft'5sist.a:ntsh:tp in myco1.o~~Jat, the University of Buf'faloo Dr" Ian Ko R.')8B has ~Jlc':~r1J~dthe fa':::ulty of tjhe Dept" ,.)f Bie,logic<'],l Sciences Z) Uni= 1l'ersi't31' of' S~":trlt:.:?~Ba:r'baT'8'5} Calij~o· He formerly was on the staff of t.he Depto of Biol-rJg;y;) Y8<18 1Jrxi '¥'i~n:S:1:tyv N'81rJ Ha"rens> Conn" Dr" ~~.Tn,l'~'l'dAo T,g.,'bEC:,i\n''lTIerly' with the Na.tional Research Cou:nGil of Canada for eight year:s.g is IlCfW'k\.s8:oo18te Frofessor in the D,ept" of Biology)) Texas AQ & },Io University.9 Oollege Sta'tion? "J:eX,£1.t; 0 M:rso Editb. V~l:csavbky'i' Inst:it'tlt,o Nacional ds t1J.;:;rob:i,ologiE9 Buenos Aires,9 Argentina,9 "\<1111spend .~.:!€it.H'2IB Visit I'" ~~C'" '<;0--<" ,-", '!..:t..,,·) 'r~'~~'".~c' ~. t> 't...,a ,,'" k-~<1'" ']..,2, "'r, .J ,'- .•?"i: •..~-~. '-~ ;) h vJ...l ,.J.."-~,J~ OIi 8.1.d.1d.nop h~,L,i,J..0 ~,.1.ngl,,, (I'0 .ttJe..:..LO,; DTo Hel1r'J" Au ~val(;b(J San Diego Stai:,e Col1ege.9 San Diego9 Califo D will spend a ~ab= ba.'r,;ical yea'Ji.' <:LiB G'Cl'::S'1.;, Researcher hI the r1'ycology Ur,,;i,t(J COrmJro:r.dJ3able Disease Center;! At,lant&" Oa" Hlf,1 \vll1 r):f''\~)::'king on the O'3cmn"ene:e of parase:x:o.ality in Coccidioides "'=~~-"'-=""-'"i!Tf!1l'i'tis" (10 A"Jel1ttlu·" ~=~=~~=.'= J'UliaIl 'H" v.Tns.1.ey'!~ill ,1oin the Ag:t':i'3lli:t1l'.ra:'" Res,::,£u2Ch Di1TisioTls> Eli Lilly & Coo.\) G:r'eenf'ieldv IntI,,)\ 21.8 S8ni-:'J'[ Plant Pathol()gte;t 21.2 of' July 10 He cu.rrentl:r is completing his doctorate wv:d{ in thi'j Di,~pt,()of Plant Patholog~-." Hni'!" of Arizona9 Tucson" i"l'3A GUIDEBOOK IN I'1YCOL03Y The Societyg;s N,SF g:r';£>.rr:tv a:wa!"t.1(sd las''G fall,(; is :pe:nnittd.ng t:t.e Guidebook C.ommitt,ee to 1Y1"'OI2;\0I8;o. wi t;h its pl,aI180 Th(3 first, orga.n:tzatio!' ,~17 = 'rhe 'basie; pu:rp\,jse of ~.:;heproject,\> abstracted from t.he grant request" is~ . Preparation of a refer-enors guidebook in introductory Irlfcolog-.ffor use by' the inst:ructor,j) containing infom.a:ti.on on collection.!) preserva'tion,j) and presentation in its most effec= tiv€", p~re.t~e!"ablyliving condition, of the representative groups of fungie To this would be add!9d data on. how most suc<.::d:3ssfullyto use fungi in problerr.s of genet:lcs~ ecology" eeonomi<:.and medical :i1n.portanceo The guidebook is not,9 however, int,ended either as a laboratory m.8.!iual for ·thl3 student or as a simple collation of laboratory exercises =~ it will be an assemblage of specific directions to help the instructor produce a balanced and stimulatirig cour~eo During the t~u~day meeting the committee reached general agreement on the objectives of t.he pl"'oject and el:r~abl:ished a fairly long list of specific requests and assignments 'Whic:hwill b2 prc8·~:mtedto pertinent individual members of the Society and to a few non• membeY'e:olleagues •. These individuals will be approached directly by Dro Stevens. In addition~ the Ccmmittee particularly wishes to have access to all hoards of provocative9 useful M~terial which 8ffiphasizes specific things which can be' done in the teaching lab= oratory at the first year level of mycological sophisticationo Every individual Who feels tr$t he has an especially effective method of teaching some facet of mycology in the laboratory should at this point accept the challenge to communicate his 1d.11ingness t.o coopel~at.e in the projecto Dre Stevens n address from June 20 until mid~August 196L is: Minnemast Program..')Uni'\te:r'sity of Minnesota, Himleapolis :5:5, Ninno After mid=Al1gust he will be at. his permanent address ~ Department of BotarW:I George Washington University, 't-fashington, Do G. 20006" XXe NEHSOF GENERALINTEREST Alaskan Fungi ---==-An~i=annota.ted check=list for 1963 of additions and corrections to the 1vells=Ken~ton Herbari:mIJ.,?Anchorage:" i.s available from VG LG v.[ells.9 327 Fifth Avenue,\>Anchorage.9 Alaska~ American 1)'28 aalture Collection ~-Theen'c.ir8ATCC fac:iTityand staff no'Hare in operation at their ne'H building in a suburb of '~-J&,shingtom 12301 Parklavm Drive.9 Rockville, JYId. 208520 Dedic:at,ion :;,:;:ti'li'ities on Ivlay1=2,\>1964.9 included three half=day sessions of a s:vm= posi'Umg Staldl:i'ty:LA Dy:namicMicrobial Systemso Mycological Society members who par= ticipated in the 6JTmposiurrLwere Dro Co Wo E~~ons", who convened the session on bacteria~ fungi~ and protozoa, Dro So He Hutner,\l who discussed !iSuitability of l'1icrobes for Use in Standard Procedures!!, and Dro Eo Ge Simmonsl)who read a paper liThe Theoretical Basis foT' the Classif'icC'ttion of llicroorganismsu 5 Dro Roger Do Goos recently has joined the ATCCstaff as Curator of Fungi,\> in 'Which positio!i. he 'tvill be responsible for both the research and service functions of the my= eology groupo Dr" Goos formerly was w'ith the National Institutes of Health, Bethesdas Hd" Aquatic ¥~crobio10gy NSlfflletter =-~=The~first issue~oraneWs'letter under this title appeared in December 1963 under the editorship of Dr. So P. Meyers~ Institute of Marine Science~ University of ~ti~ni~ :r-liam:i., Flae This new"Blet,ter originates from the Committee on AquatJ.c Hicrobiology of the A.me:r··J..i:.anSocde~GYof Microbiologyo Dre Heyers may be contacted on matters of news ccntTtbu.tions and Subscriptions. ,~~-~ ~ The foray recorder of the Society submits a :request for lists of coD.actions made during the l'o.:cdueJ CoX'vG.1.1.is.9and Amherst forays" Address to Dr5 v-iino Bridge Cooks,9 1135 1t1ilshixB Court, Cincirma:t.i 309 Ohioo ~ 18 - ~- to Genera of Higher F1.mgi - -r lithoJ)rintea book~et of this title,'by Alexander He Smith and Robert Lo Shaffer, will be available in early June 196L for $3000 per copy from The University of Michigan Biological Station,9 Arm Arbor.? :f'JIichiganh8104a The keys contain mostly discomycetes, jelly fungi,\)thelephores,\) coral fungi,\)hydnums,9 polypores, agarics,? boletes, and gasteromyceteso Marine Fungi --- ~1~swer questions of several colleagues about delayed publication of "leones fungorum marisit by Jan and Erika Kohlmeyer (J 0 Cramer, publisher, \ieinhe:im) we wish to assure that the first fascicle win come out this spring •. 1'he second fascicle will follow shortly .• The second edition of the "Synoptic plates of higher marine fungi!! by J. and E .•Kohlmeyer with determination keys and illustrations will be printed this summer .•1V (Je Kohlmeyer) Medical ~ol:pg.y pirectory Dr" John A •.Schmitt has issued a four=page mimeo list of itDepartments Offering Advanced Degrees with Thesis Research in Medical Mycolog~o Each entry includes insti• tution and department$ address,9 and major professors •. Copies may be obtained on request to Dr" Schmitt at Depte of Botany and Plant Pathology.? Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avee,9 Columbus.? Ohio 432100 XXIo NEVJS FROH OR ABOUT lvIEMBERS Dr •.J•. Ao von Arx has been' appointed Director of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmel• cultures,9 Baarn,9 The Netherlands. Revo Dr" J•.=N ..Bauchet; remains at·the disposal of members wishing to study the natural decomposition of Basidiomycetes •. He calls attention to the fact that the fil• trat-es of -these natural decompositions (with or without plain water) seem to be extremely interesting in the field of antibiotics and'that very likely they !lcreent un milieu d<1fa• vorable A 1a diffusion de virus"tt (4450 Sto Hubert St •., I10ntreal 34.9 Canada) Dr" \ilinoBridge Cooke is no' less spectacular in a red shirt than is Fusarium ~sporum on a purple background. Photograp~of these two subjects formed the cover page of the Cincinnati Sunday Pictorial Enquirer for Jan" 5~ 1964b The accompanying story illustrated' and commented on the kinds of fungi encountered in Dr" CookeRs laboratory at the Rotto A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Centero Dro John L •.Cunningham spent three' months last summer at Purdue in the Arthur Herbariurn studying the cro'WlTI"Ustcomplex" The work was sponsored by Dr ..George B •. CumrrdLns'and vm,s supported by NSF under the College Teachers Summer Research Participation ProgramaDr •.Cunningham 1~S granted $2000 in support of the continued work at his home institution9 University of To1edoo Edmund Schofield (Clark University~ WorcesterJ Mass.) participated from Octo 1963 until March 1964 in the U •.S" Antarctic Research Program, 1-vorkingat both Hallett and McMurdo- Stations 0 Over 2500 isolates of Antarctic lichen fungi were prepared, other iso• lation wor1c covered lichen algae, yeasts~ molds, and bacteria, and mosses and free living algae" Prof a Wm" H .. (Cap) 1,'I[estonis recovering slowly and surely following some late-April lung s'UrgeT"J0 Tissue removed was not malignant,9 and the prognosis is excellent" Nrs .. Weston reports that Profo Weston is in excellent spiritso Visits are not encouraged yet because of danger of infection" Dro Jorge Eo Wrightrrs 1964 graduate level first-semester course in mycology (Uni• versity of Beunos Aires) encountered a population explosion through the inclusion of 13 = 19 = students of the international curriculum in plant pathology~ oX"ganized by the INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnolog{a Agropecuaria) under the auspices of the OAS and the Rockefeller Fomldationo The course had been intended for the Southern Cone cOlUltries of Sou'th America" nIL VISITHTG SCIENTISTS Dr .•Vernon' Abmadjian.9 Clark University, Worcester, Hass .•, visited the M,ycology Lab .•of the Dept" of Biology, Yale University, last November and presented a lecture to the Developmental Biology Seminar on the grOi'l.-rthand development of lichen components. Dr .•Ho 1. Barnett, West Virginia University, presented an illustrated lecture on ttMycoparasitismlt at Pennsylvania State University,? Harch 18, 1964. Profo AQ Chaves Batista~ University of Recife, Brazils recently has visited both the Instituto Spegazzini and the University of Buenos Aires" During his stay at the University he had an opportunity to discuss research activities with Drs. R" Singer and Jo E. Wright" Columbia University Depto of Botany has had as recent visitors Dr. G. Gerisch' (Germ8.1TJ).9Dr ()Kerstin Gezelius (Si-Jeden)JJ and Dr,. John R ••Raper, Harvard University .• Dr ..Raper presented ·a-seminar paper on !!Mutations affecting incompatibility in ~~hizophyllumo 11 The Communicable Disease Center (Atlanta, Ga .•) ffilJcologygroup of Dr ••L" Ajello has had a ".,risitby Dr .•Heinz Seeliger, Hygiena=Institut der Universitiit Bon ..Yl"Germany, Whose field of interest is the serology of fungus diseases. Prof 0 Dr .•To' Dominik and the Katedra Ochrony RoSlin, Szczecin, Poland, has had visits by Dr .•Go D .•Bmren (Adelaide, Australia) and R. Schaeffer (Besan9on, France). Dr" Lucille K .•Georg,9 Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Ga", spoke on nSome problems in laboratoI;J identification of microaerophilic and anaerobic Actinomyces!! during a seminar presented April 15, 196~, to the Department of Bacteriology~ University of Georgia,9 Athens, Ga~ Dro J Q ~Ja1.tonGroves, Plant Research Institute, Otta1rm.,ant., has been a working visitor with Dr~ Io M. Lamb at the Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. He 1vaS directing his work to'~rd Scleroderris and related genera .• Dr~ J. La IJowe~ N. Y" State Univ. College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y., included the Dept. of Biology, lJniversity of Costa Rica, San Pedro, in his South American Polyporaceae itll~erary. Takushi Obata, plant pathologist in the Research Section, Yokohama Plant Protection Station, Japan, visited the Hyattsville, Md .•, headquarters office of the USDA Plant Quar• antine Division Feb. 24=26, 1964 •• r1To Obata's visit included discussions 1rdth Willis H. ~fuee1er on matt£rs of plant disease identification" In 1962 he had served as interpreter during a visit of ~~. Wheeler in Japan. The Plant Research Institute$} ottawa, Ont., and in particular Dr. J. lit> Grove's Nycology Section~ reports several visitors and lectures. Dr .•Go irJ" Mart.in, University of Iowa., I01rJaCity, delivered a lecture on tiThe nature of fungi and their relation to other organismsiito a seminar of the Research Branch on April 23 .• Dr .•P. H. Gregory, Rothamsteadj) Eng1and,9 visited the l"lycologySection April 9~10 and addressed a dinner meeting of the Eastern Ontario regional group of the C~Dadian Phytopathological Society on the subject of !!Farmers 11UlglI• Other recent visitors to the Section have been Dr. Lorene Kennedy, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Miss Narjorie Christiansen, Cornell = 20 ~ University;) Ithaea, N~ Y".; Dr. Dorothy F'orvJ8,rdo>Univers:Lty of 'l'oronto~ Ont", l~ .• H. A. H" I'lallace:; Research Station, 1tJhmipeg))Han", Dr. Y" Hiratsuka and Dr'~A•. Nolnar, Forest Pathology Lab0 :; Victoria~, B" C~,;Dr" Heyer,')1ouvai..'1))Belgium; and Drs.. Schenk and Sloat'weg.:;Bulb Research Institute$ Li888, The Netherlands. Dr" C. RobinOl·l.:;Depto' of Bacteriology & Immunology;;Universi-vJ of "VJesternOntario IJIedical School.? London,')Onto, delivered a lecture' at the University of Alberta'.:; Edrn.onton, and showed a cinefilm of IIHitosis in FungiIt to Dr" Keeping1s group in the Depto of Genetics. Dr" Ian Kt> Ross,:!formerly of Yale Universj.tYJJ spoke on "Pure culture and development of l·trxomycetes!lduring a visit to Dr" Vo Ah!uadjian and the Dept" of Biology, Clark Uni• versitY;l Iforcester, Masso Dr" J" P••van der Halt.:; Head of the l"iicrobiological Research Group.:;South African Council for Scient:Lfic and Indust.rial Research;l Pretoria, 'visi ted Dr" L" J••irlickerham and others of the Fermentation Labora"tory" Northern Regional Research Laboratory" Peoria, Il1? in Harch 19640 His yarticular interests are in yeasts2) especially Brettanomyces., Dr" Kenneth Wells, Dept" of Bota:qr$ University of California)) Da.vis, is spending a year studying tropical jelly fungi as a g-u.estin the laboratoI"'j' of Dro 00 Fidalgo, Instituto de Bot~nic.a.:>Silo Paulo, Brazil" The Yale University School of ForestrY9 NewHaven) COill103has had recent visits by Dr. Theodore Co Scheffer (natural durabili'GY of wood), Uo So Forest Products Lab., Madison, Ifis", cilldby Dro Erik Bjorkman (MJcorrhiza in forest trees, deterioration of pulpwood in storage), Royal College of Forestry» Stockholm) Sweden" XXIII" HONORS"DIDREES;:;PRONOTIONS5' nrITITATIONAI,LECTUHES Dr" So Gaylen B-.cadley,Dept" of l'-'Iicrobiology.vUniversii{y of Ninnesota" participa.ted in an invitational s;Y'111POSiUlII!tCurrent Research in IvIedica1:Hycology" during the iViay196i! armual meeting of the American Society for ¥rl.crobiolog"lJ,liashington, Do C.• Other partic• ipants were Charlotte Co Campbell, convener, Phyllis Stockdale.? Sarl1uelSalvin, and J. J. Procknovl" Prof" Ellis Bo Cowling~Yale University School of ForestrYJ presented lectures on liBiocherrdstr Dr.• SolomonGoldsteinJ Biology Dept.J Brooklyn College) lectured April 10.:; 1964, at the Botany Depto;) Brotm University, on "Biolog;;r of a primitive marine fungus -• morphology &. metabolism!!o Dr" Nor:ris Ao Gordon,?No Yo state Department of HealthJ Albany? presented an invi• tational paper HStudies in Dermatophilusl! on April 17, 196u,.9 before t.he graduate seminar of the Institute of Hicrobiology;) New-BT'"'uns'H:\.ck;)N. J'e Profo 1'" 1'10 Johnson~ Jr.;) Dept" of BotanY2Du.keUniversitYi Has a speaker in the symposi'UIilon the estuarj.ne mic:roflora held at the Estuarine Conference, Jekyll Island, Georgia $ 2 April 196bo Dr•. Leon R.o Kneebone))Depto of Botar,y f'.'of:. Plant Pathology J PennS"'JlvaniaState Uni• versity, 1·;rasa recent guest lecturer to the mushroomi..Yldustryof Engla.nd" His inv:l.ta,• tj.onal tour included a public address to the :rrushroomGrm-JersAssociation in London on Hay 7:1 196L. Prof" Richard F" Korf, Depto of Plant Fatholov!.~ Cornell Universit;'l~ presented invitational lect'ures in "the Dept" of BotaITJat Duke University and at the Ulllve:esit'3l' of North Ca.rolina during April on the theme ItTheDiscomycetes in modern ta..'''wnom;yll" <= 21 ~ Profo G. We Martin9 Dept. of Botany9 University of Io,·m" received a D. Sc. (hon.)" from Rutgers University in June 1963. Dro Royall Te Moore, Electron Microscope Lab., University of California, Berkeley, presented a paper "Ultrastructure and its application to fungal relationshipstt as part of a symposium.? IISpecial Problems in the Study of Fungi'~ sponsored by the \{estern Society of Naturalists at St.ockton9 Calif.;J 28 Deco 1963. Profo John R. Raper, Biological Laboratories" Harvard University, has been elected to membership in the National Acaderr:ryof Sciences" The Academy made this announcement in a news release listing 35 research scientists elected in April 1964. Dro Rolf Singer, University of Buenos Aires)) Argentina, lectured at Recife, Brazil, during the first "Reunion de :t-licologosllheld on the occasion of the lOth Anniversary of the Institute de Micelogia, Universidade do Recife •. Dr. Thomas Sproston, Dept. of Botany.? University of Vermont, spoke at the Boyce Thompson Institute May 1, 1964, on liThe influence of certain natural products on fungal reproduction~1 • XXIV. J>1SAAFFILIATED SOCIETIES The Boston ,!1Y'cologic~ Club BULLETDI usually is accompanied by one or two supple• ments. Recent ones have been on !I~1ushroomGro'Wing in Japanll, bJ Hans E. Gruen; ftThoreau in Fungiland II j) by Sybil A. S. Curtis, and an issue of lI}fushroom Recipes 1964 II•• The Boston club maintains headquarters at the Farlow Herbarium on the Harvard University campus. Le Cercle des Mycologues Amateurs de Quebec recently extended life membership in the socie~y~M:-Pierre Masson in recognition of devoted service. Dr. Jacques Rousseau, Universite Laval)) QuebecJ v~s a guest of the society 3 March 196L, at which time he de• livered a lecture 11J\. Travers l'Ungava" based on material and data collected on the Ungava Peninsula of northeastern Quebec. - tIme C~cile Lachance currently is President of the group. No recent communications have been received from The Oregon Hycological Society. The President's l1E~BLETTER of The Mycological Society of San Francisco is a monthly record of meetingsJ announcements, comments on mycological publications and films of in• terest to the a~mateur, and notes concerning lectures by guests~ Recent speakers have been Dr. Gerlind Eger on nproblems of HushroomProductionll, Dr. Nelvin S. Fuller on uMarine Fu..'1gil!.?and DrG Harry D. Thiel'S on "California Boleteslt• The New York Mycological Society, which holds its vanter meetings at the New York Academ~f~ciences7-included in its 1964 lecture series a showing of slides by A. S. Bailie" "Henry Da'V-idThoreau-=Amateur V.iYcologist1iby \'If. S. Thomas, ttlndeterminacy: A Collection of Hushroom Storiesl1 by J" Cage, and 111finterin the Woods" by Dr. R. vI. Cr m·jley" Field trips under the leadership of Guy G. Nearing are held each Sunday from Nay 10 through November 22. The People-to=People Committee on Fungi continues its monthly publicat~on of THE NYCOPHILE for its memberso~ Recent issue8gO"into methods of drying flesh§.~~hotographic techniques, literature for the amateur, and govern.>nental legislation related to nature conservation. The annual convention of the Corrmdttee will be held August 16=18, 196L, at the University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, Mich., with forays under the direction of Dr. R. L" Shaffer of the University of l1ichigan staff.. The annual I!Fungi Foto!! contest will be held at this meeting and there Hill be a presentation of the HAnnual Av-JB.rdfor Contributions to Amateur l1ycologyH 0 MYCOLOGICAL SOCIErY OF AMERICA Vol. XV, No" 1 (Supplement) NEWSLETTER-=SUPP~~JT June 1964 Abstracts of papers on the program of the Mycological Society of America~ Annual Meeting Augus'G 23=28.\)1964.9 held in conjunction with the American Institute of Biological Sci• ences at the University of Colorado.\)Boulder, Colorado" NOTE: The MSA NE'WSLETTER and this Abstract Supplement are limited in distribution to the membership of the Society" They do not meet the criteria of formal publica• tion as they are not available to the general scientific community" For this reason issue of an abstract in the NEWSLETTER can not be construed to constitute priority of publication of information" Information in abstracts should not be quoted in print without the specific approval of the author(s) of the abstract" ==0=0-0== ADAMS.9 A" M" (Horticultural Experiment Station, Vineland, Ontario) Air-borne yeasts from horticultural soils" Air=borne yeasts were trapped on agar surfaces of petri~fates on stands l~ inches high from fruit and vegetable sites in Niagara region during four growing seasons and occasionally in winter" Yeast isolates were screened for several characteristics and for potential usefulness in the ~vine industry" Air-borne fungi on plates outnumbered yeasts about 20~1" The majority ofyeas'ts belonged to the Crypto• coccaceae and were mainly Torulopsis, Cryptococcus and Kloeckera" Ascigerous yeasts seldom were ,trapped" Saccharomyces species were obtained more often at or after fruit harvests, rarely at other times" Of 968 isolates screened, 7~ or 9% were of potential commercial value for wine or other beverage production" ALDRICH.\)Henry C", and George C" CARROLL (University of Texas, Austin, Texas) Ultra• structure of septa in themerosporangiferous Mucorales" BAKER.\)James A" (Plant Quarantine Division, ARS.\)USDA, El Paso, Texas) Plant disease identification and foreign plant quarantineo Plant disease identifiers of the Plant Quarantine Division are assigned to larger ports of entry in the United States" These identifiers assist specialists of the Uo S" Department of Agriculture in Hyattsville~ Maryland~ in the identification of intercepted plant diseaseso They also recommend treatments for plant diseases in accordance with plant quarantine entry requirements" They train plant quarantine personnel in the detection of plant diseases to maintain a continued high quality inspection service for imported plant ma.terialo Thousands of lots of diseased plant material are interc~pted each year from aircraft~ shipsJ trucks~ autos J and the maiL CAMPBELL~ W" Ao~ and M" E" GALLEGLY (U"So Forest Service$ Athens.\)Ga", and West Virginia University, Morgantovffi9 \\1'" Va,,) An interesting Phytophthora species from eastern Tennesseeo In an effort to det,ermine the distribution limits of Phytophtp.ora cilli'1amonliRands in -- forest soils in the Southeast, soil samples have been collected under a wide variety of soil and site conditions and assayed for Po cinnamomi by the apple technique" Samples from an old growth hardt-mod and coniferous stand L"'1 the Cherokee National l•...•orest of east= ern Tennessee yielded a Phytophthora species vdth cultural and morphological characters closely related to P" boehmeriae SavJada and Po heveae Thompson" Since Phytophthora spe= cies other than p" cinnamomi have been uncommon in forest soils in the SoutheastJ efforts are continuing to determine the taxonomic position and hosts for the Tennessee isolate~ DARBY.')Richard T"$ Bonnie Jo HrJi9 and Emory G" SD1HONS (U"S" Army Natick Laboratories.~ Natick, Mass,,) Isolation, activity and identification of fungi from jet fuels. As part of a study of microorganisms associated with the sludging of jet fuels.')several hundred strains of fungi "Here isolated from points along the fuel lines and the storage tanks at a large militaI"lJfuel depot" The fungi 1~rereisolated "on=sitel! using both millipore fil~, tration and sample dilution techniques and a variety of media" Screening for activity i yielded approximately 50 isolates having val~ing ability to utilize jet fuel for growth in a fuel=sal ts system" Active strains -~'I}ereobtained from both the fuel phase and the underlying associated water phaseo Best growth was obtained with several forms of Cladosporium) especially C" resinae fo avellaneumo Other genera, typical soil formsJ included amongothers Altern~\spergillusJ CephalosporiumJ Fusarillffij Fusidiumj Humicola" Paecilomycesjl P~ium" StysanusJ ancrurocr~~" --~~=. -~-_._- DAVIDSON~Ross H.• (College of F'orestry & Range t'lanagement;;Colorado State University, Fort Collins~ Colco) Somepeculiar color variations in Ceratocystis species" In 1955 Ceratocystis bicolor (Davidson 8z liells) Davidson was described as having white perithe= cia -vath blac~ 0 Since then specimens have been· collected ha-ving considerable variation in pigmentation from light brown necks to no brown or dark coloro Another species has been encountered with similar absence of dark. color and one pure albino spe• cies has been studied" DUP..RELL,pL" ~io (Colorado State University.\1 Fort Collins", Colorado) S'tructure of dark fungus spores" Spores of several dematiaceous fungi from soils of Death Valley are st,udiedas to fine structure of the walls and the light screening effect of the pigment in the wallo ELLISj) J 0 J" j) and C" W"HESSELTllIE(Northern Regional Research Laboratory:; Peoria:; ill,,) The genus Absidiag globose=spored species" Three species of Absidia having globose sporangiospores are des'cribed from culture, namely:; Ao glauca:; A"coeruleaJ and a new spe• cies:; A" californica" They 1-JereShOliflllto be closely'-related by- a comp8.risonof their characterIsticS-and by interspec~ic mating reactions of certain strainso Three species, Ao septata:; A~ reflexa:; and .Ao scabra:; must still be recognized:; even though there are no cul-t-ur-e-,s-inexistence and appar-e-n-t-ly~·theywere each reported but once" FISCHER.\)George Id" (11ashingt/onState University:; Pullman) l'Jashingtor..) The romance of the smut fung~" Fifteenth Annual Lecture" GOCHENAUR:;S" E" (University of Wisconsin,\>l>1adisoT1sWisconsin) The myco~colo.gy:of a Salix nigra=Populus deltoides communityin southern Wisconsin" In a survey of the micro= fungal populations in the "soils of five Salix nigra=Populus deltoides forests in southern Wisconsin,9 500 isolates per stand 1-1ereobtained~by the dilution plate method" The domi• nant microfungi in these populationsJ) Trichoderma viride, Hormodendrumcladosporioides, Gliocladium roseumJ)Uucor hiemalis.9 Coniothyrium spo I, l10rtierella minutissima.9 and ~rum: thomiiJ) accounted forLl per cent Of the 2.9500 isolates but only 405 per cent of too ~5"SP8cies" The frequency of these and other taxa within each stand ap= peared to be determined by the percentage of sites which exhibited a !~pioneerii environ= ment" Within the upland=lowland forest continuum in southern vlisconsin) the soil micro= fungal populations from the willow=cottomlood stands were most similar to those obtained by other workers from the closely related wet=mesic maple=e1m~ashcommunityand least similar to ones isolated from the dry bur oak forests~ GOLDS1'EllI,9Solomon))and Louis MORIBER(Brooklyn College,9 BrooklynJ)NewYork) Cytology of ~yst6ch~rJaceous .~~io Routine cytochemical staining techniques were used in studying logari tbmic phase cells of Thraustochytri'lli"!lroseum and T" aureum" 'rhe results obtained were-similar to those reported for Blastocladiella (TurIan and Cantinoj Cytologia 25 ~1010 1960,,)0 Thalli are strongly basophilic due to high concentrations of ribonucleic acid as revealed by aceto=orcein/ribonuclease staining" Nuclei l~re found to be dis= tributed toward the periphery" of sporangia and chromatin material ~GS arranged in ring= like patterns" HANKS£,David L"£1 and A" S" SUSSHAN(University of IiJ:ichigan~AnnArbor" l'Tichigan) Treha= lose accumulation in Neurospora crassa" The non=reducing disaccharide: trehalose.9~s--• found in all stages of the life cycle of Neurosppra crassa" Thoughthe level is highest in the developing and dormant ascospores, there is signif~icant accumulation within the conidia and vegetative mycelium,\>that of the latter2 apparently.9 being depender.t upon ii growth rate" Conidia9 produced primarily during rapid nwcelial grovJth~ have a higher concentration than the mycelium from \.vhichthey emerge" Trehalose was determined using the specific enz~~e trehalase~ acid hydrolysis~ assays for the determination of reducing sugar and thin layer chromatography" HESSELTINEs Co W" (Northern Regional Research Laboratory~ Peoria~ Illinois) A millen= nium of fungis foods. and fermentation" Presidential Address" HIRATSUKA,9 Yasuyuki (Forest Entomology & Pathology Laboratorys Victorias B" Co) Life hiat,ory of a hemlock rust)) Uraecium holl\rayL JEFFR.EY,9Robena C" f) and Ross '\rI" DAVIDSON (College of ForestI"J & Range Ivlanagement9 Colorado State University.9 Fort Collinss Colo,,) Studies on Ceratocystis and Europhiura ascospore stages of Leptographium-=Verticicladiella" Field and laboratory studies in recent years have shown imperfect fungi in the Leptographium ~ Verticicladiella group to be widespread and abundant sapvmod stainers" ~Perfect states have been determined in the genera Ceratocystis and Europhium but often do not develop readily in culture" They frequently form on stained sapvJOod or inner bark surfaces of beetle=infested conifers" Fruiting has also been obtained on autoclaved sapwood and illner bark inoculated with pure cultures and in some cases on malt agar medium" KTI1BROUGHj) James (Cornell Universitys Ithaca,\)N" y,,) Development and taxono~ Trichobolus zukalii" A developmental and taxonomic study Has undertaken on Trichobolus zukalii (Heim,,) comb" nov" (~Thelebolus zukalii Heimerl)" Special emphasis vJaS placed upon=sexuality,9 mechanisms of fertilizatIOn)) and the development of structural features" Critical morphological. and microcheTIlical analyses of the m2xure and developing structures 'weremade~ and these findings were evaluated in establishing the proper taxonomic status of the genus and species" Pure single=spore cultures were obtained and used in cytolog= ieal studies" Structural and microchemical comparison of the type of the genus Thelebolus, To stercoreus Tode» and of other species of Pseudoascoboleae revealed the uniqueness of 1> zukaliio The genus Trichobolus is proposed for the setose members of Theleb_ol~<> KIMBROUGH~ James~ and Richard Po KORF (Cornell University, Ithaca;; N" y,,) A proposal for reclassification of the Pseudoascoboleae" Structural and microchemical analyses were made on selected genera of the Pseudoascoboleae (Thelebolus~ Ryparobius~ Ascozonus, Thecotheus~ Ascophanus9 and Lasiobolus)o Some of the genera are polytypic and a reeval~ uation of characters of generic significance is greatly needed" It is necessa~J to split, merges emend)) and sometimes to eliminate genera in order to show true relationships among the species" KOCH» William J" (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.9 No C,,) Observations of two olpidiaceous aquatic Phycomycetes" Olpidium saccatum Sorokin, gro~nni'in a desmid, - sta:urafit-rum.9is reported for thesecond time from the Americas" Its unusual method of 1C>rming resting spores (sporangia) and some features of motile cell activity are de~ scribed" Also, a neif species;; representing an undescribed genus, is reported" It is a parasi te of the gametangia of the filamentous desmids lIyalothec~, and it does not grovJ in the vegetative cells or in the zygotes of the hosto' The zoosporangia and zoospores (Jl tti~-pa;r-asitoe a:l'-oe'bimilaT t\) t\}\)s'e 'Vi': 01"DidiWi\,9 't~t its 'lI\~tht;y;,1. 0,f <3;yt0~B..W.;J (}I>lB..~mQ.ga.m.;J) is nel-!to the Olpidiaceae" The contents of a small, 'limned thallus (male g8.!lletangium) pass through a short tube into a larger receptive thallus (female gametangi1J11l)" In this species the entire receptive thallus then matures into a spiny-walled resting sporangium (spore).9 to ~Thich adheres the empty male gametangiurll" Hethod of cytogamy as a taxonomic criterion is discussed" mns» Harold L",9 and George To JOHNSON (University of Arkansas)) Fayetteville,:} Arko) GrovJth and oJ0Jgen=uptake responses of Cunninghamella echinulata on eVBTI=chain fatty acids" At alkiline-pHis {~"o and 7,,2) the long= (Cl~==C18) and short=chain (C2~~C8) fatty acids served as sole sources of carbon for Cunninghamella echinulata~ whereas laurate and caprate were not utilized" Or~y caprate failed to provide for grov~h at pH 605o~illen the initial iii pH was Imvered to 5,,5J caprate served for gro'Wth~ as did all longer even-chain acids and· acetates but butyrate~ caproate) and caprate ~~re not utilized" Oxygen=uptake responses of£" ~ch~ulata on the even=chain fatty acids (C2~=C18) vrere9 in general$> s~~ilar to the growth responses. HOHever $>laurate and caprate vIere inhibi tOr'J at all pHi s tested (8 ••0.\) 7e2~ 6,,59 and 5,,5) and myristate was stimulatory only at pH 5,,50 The short=chain acids (C2==C8) yielded oxygen uptakes above endogenous levels at alkaline pHis (800 and 7.2) but were inhibitory at acidic pH values (6~5 and 5",). In additions palmitate.\)which never failed to' serve as a gr01vth substrate9 gave uptakes slightly below the endogenous level at pH 8 ••00 Analyses of the growth and respiratory data indicate that the non=dis= sociated acid is the inhibitory molecular species in the case of the short=chain acids (C2==C8) and that the degree of inhibition increases with carbon-chain lengtho In so• lutions of the longer=chain compoun~s (CIO=ClS)) the conjugate base appears to be the inhibitory molecule) and the degree, of inhibition decreases as the chain lengtll increases" lJ'JI.,r'"{\fJIN) Richard 1-1.. (University of North Dakota School of Nedicine9 Grand Forks, NoD,,) Ap appara'i:Jusfor the p£ocurement ofmycelitml=free spore masses" Initial success has been attained in securing spore preparations free from mycelial components by the use of a spe• cial apparatus designed by the author" TvTO al1..11llinumrings (outside diameter lbo rrnnand inside diameter 100 mm) were constructed to hold three different layers over the open por• tion of the rings ~ The bottom layer nearest the liquj.d Sabouraud mediuJl1consisted of nylon bolting cloth over the firstring~ The second layer utilized a stainless steel sieve disc 'Which supported the third iayer of bronze screen" Both cloth and screen were stretched and the second ring bolted to the layers and first ring by eight ~dng nuts" The completed 1mHi was placed in a 2, x 1,0 mm Petri dish and sterilized by the autoclave method" Sabouraud broth ·(-vasadded up to the bottom of the nylon cloth layer .• Fungus in~ oculates "(,Jereadded to the broth or inoculated on top of the nylon cloth. Harvesting was accomplished by the Klapper flask method9 NCKNIGHT;; Kent H" (Brigham Young University", Provo) Utah) The techniques of mushroom illustration" - MCKNIGHT;; Kent E.", and David 1" HANYS (Brigham Young University.? Provo, Utah, and Uni= versity of Michigan", Ann Arbor,? Mich.,) Iodine reaction and spore arrangement in classi= fication of Saccobolus. Walls of asci and paraphyses of Saccobolus stain blue in Melzeris solUtlOnwith a re~on which differs from that characteristic of the Pezizaceae but is similar to some species of Ascobolus and Discina apiculata" Staining of the excipulum and the ascus protoplasm of some species in iodine and arrangement of spores in the ascus are useful characters for separation of species in Ascoboluso }i'r!;NCE;JMargaret J 0;; and Ao Co HILDEBRANDT (University. of Wiscons:l11s Hadison;) Wiso) Rose leaflet ~usceptibil~J in vitro to powdery mildew infection9 Biological specialization=• of rose powdery rnildew was studied with detached leaflets floating on 4% sucrose solution in petri dishes and inoculated with conidia of Sphaerotheca pannosa 0vallro) L~vo Leaf= lets of Fusilier;; Christopher StoneJ and Red Garnette were very susceptible,jJ and those of Pink Garnette and Chry~ler Imperial were moderately susceptibleo Queen Elizabeth, Helen Traube19 Red Wings;) Red Pinocchio) Gold Cup, Goldilocks.? Golden Fleece, and Hargo Kos'ter leaflets were mod8rately resistant •• Either surface of the ],.eafcould be infected" Ger= mina'tion of conidia from greenhouse plants w'as 101..J and erratic)) but it was consistently higher on leaf surfaces than on glass slideso Thex'e were no great differences in spore germination on rose leaflets susceptible or resistant to mildelv or on non~host leaves <> The percentage of germinated spores which produced mycelium initially was not correlated with the final deg'ree of infection" Leaflets of Rosa rugosa in petri dishes could not, be infected on their upper surfaces) but the lowersurfaces were readily infected" This species also carried the perfect stage of the fungus.\)otherwise not commonly found" The effect of storage conditions of cleistothecia on ascospore formation and germinabili~r was tested over a 7=month period" Stored cleistothecia produced ascospores and initiated infection of leaflets E! ~ of ~" rugosa and rose variety FusiIJ_er" ~rrLLER.\)Charles E" (University of Maine.\>Orono~ }mine) Observations on some aquatic Phycomycetes" iv MlLtEK.9·O'.r'sonKo.9 Jr" (Forestry Sciences LaboratoI"".f.9HoscO\,,~, Idaho) N.;r.corrhizalfor= mation in the Gomphidiaceae~ The genus Chroogomphus is typified by amyloid tissue in the sporophoreo In addition", the hyphae of the mycelial mat surrounding the buttons and radiating through the d11ff have been found to be clamped and amyloid" Rootlets in the mycelialmats of two species of Chroogomphus have been sectioned and found to contain a typical ectotrophic mycorrhizal Sheatho The sheath also contains clamped arr~loid hyphaeo The tracheids in the stele have bordered pits of the kind found in the genus ~o NELSON!) Ao Co (University of '\t.Jisconsin.;>1-1adison,9Wis,,) Developmental morphology of Drepanopeziza salicis and its ir~erfect stage Gloeosporium=saliciso Drepanopeziza salicis incites willow leaf spot, h01~ver.9 the perfect stage bas rarely, if ever, been collected in North America" This disease has been known for more than a century, yet host=parasite relationships and developmental morphology of the pathogen have never been elucidated" The organism invades the host ~J direct penetration, the infected epidermal cells become filled vdth mycelium" Haustoria and intercellular mycelium are present in the mesophyll tissueo During the summer conidia are produced in epiphyllous.9 subcuticular acervalio Later in the season spermatia are produced in similar structures, and the per= feet stage is initiated with the formation of minute pseudoparenchymatous stromata be= neath the upper leaf epidermis9 within which ascogonial coils formo A trichogynous ex= tension of the coil grows upward and passes through a stoma in the upper epidermis" Spermatia are typically associated.~dth this structureo Maturation of the ascocarp is completed in the springo The ascogonia give rise to ascogenous cells from ~mich croziers and asci form directlyo O~HERN!) Elizabeth M" (George Washington University School of MedicineJ WashingtonJ D" Co) ~tological observations on Circinella umbellat~o TEW39 Leonard Lo!) and 1>To Fo \.J:HITTTIJGHAH(University of ~;Tisconsin2JNadisonJ Wiso) Efficiency of glucose utilization by an acenaphthene=tolerant strain of Penicillium chrysogenumQ It had been preViOUSly reported that acenaphtheneB a hydrocarbon exhioiting fungistatic activity /~o1vardmany fungi.\!stimulated growth of an acenaphthene=tolerant strain of .!:O ,ch:r;[sogenumwhen it was cultured on an agar substrate.\)whereas it inhibited growth when cultured iIlshake=flaskso The present investigation utilized a modified standing culture technique to facilitate comparisons with shake=flask cultures" Although the hydrocarbon decreased growth in both types of culturess the depression in shake~ flasks exceeded that in the surface cultures" At least a portion of the inhibition could be attributed to a decrease in the efficiency with which the fungus converted glucose into mycelial dry matter" THIERS!) Har.~ Do (San Francisco State College.\!San Francisco)) Califo) Boletes of the Gulf Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States" The summers of 1958 through 19bO Were spent s1.1rvey:ingthe bolete flora of the gulf co"astal plain of the southeastern Uni oniy t1ve! -'speciesSJ one of ,,:hichis ne'tvo TRIERS.;>Harry D" (San Francisco state College.? San Francisco9 Califo) Fruit2!:g patt~ of fleshy fungi in the coastal areas of northern Californiao The climate of the coastal region -of northern California is remarkably co'nstant year after yearo The dry summer is followed by a rainy season beginning in October and extending to April or Nayo Temperatures v also follow essentially the same -pattern each year, rGaching a maXimum of approxi.mat~1.y ~ ~ 80° in the summer and a minimum of 300 in winter,. This area supports an extremely large and varied fleshy fungus flora.\)and extensive collecting has been carried on here since 19600 A study of collection records reveals distinct fruiting patterns in several genera. The boletes fruit immediately following the initial rains, reach a peak in variety and abundance by mid=November and practically disappear by January 1,. They do not reappear in March or April although moisture and temperature conditions are favorable. Some agarics reach a peak along with the boletes,\> others peak later, but all genera disappear almost entirely by February and do not reappear until the following fall •• Many species fruit regularly every season but others are highly sporadic and have been found only during a single seasono VOLZ.9 Po Ao.\)and Eo So BENEKE (Michigan State University, East Lansing, l1ichigan) Sensitivity of Achlya species to carcinostatic compounds. Three aquatic Phycomycetes were selected for developing a rapid assay system for detecting antitumor agents. A total of 36 t'UIllor=inhibitingchemicals were tested with the aquatic systems and were found· to be· some'tvhatcomparable in inhibitory effect t 0 the results obtained in the various tumor assay ~stems in animals in a number of cases. vIANG))Hwa L"2 and Co W. HESSELTINE (Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, 1110) Studies on the extracellular proteolytic enzymes of Rhizopus oligosporus. Two proteo• lytic enzyme systems have been observed in the culture filtrates of ~~zopus oligosporusa One has optimum pH at 3,,0.?)the other has opti.m'UIllpH at 5 •.5 •. Both enzyme systems have maximum activities at 50-550 and are fairly stable at pH 300-6000 Production of the en• zymes was found to be maximum after 72 to 96 hrs of incubation and subsequently decreased rapidly,. Higher proteolytic activitJT was noted in the culture filtrates of the organism grown in wheat flour medi'UI1lthan in that of soybean flour" Data suggest that the forma= tion of the enzyme systems appears to be inhibited by soybean extracts. \ \'EIJER.\)D"Lo (UniverSity of Alberta)) Edmonton, Altao) The correlation bet"ieen radio- sensitivity of conidia of Neurospora crassa and their karyokinetic stage. The radiosen• sitivity of conidia of Neurospora crassa has been assessed in terms of conidial kill fol• lowing irradiation with 109000 R at different time intervals after commencement of incu• bation (300 C) on a shaker. Samples were also removed and stained (Feulgen) for cytolog• ic~l observations of the karyokinetic stages under aerobic conditions. It was found that a rise in conidial radiosensitivity coincided with the appearance of ring and filament phases as described by Weijer, et ales 19630 Since strand separation occurs during late ring phase.?)the increase in radIOsensitivity indicates that the duplication of genetic material involves the filament and early ring phases •• WENGER.\)Carlton J•• (\.vestVirginia Universitys MorgantoWIl,9W. Va ••) Effects of light and darkness on sporulation by Syzygites megalocarpuso Syzygites megalocarpus did not form sporangia when cultures were placed in continuous light or continuous darkness. This fungus did not produce sporangia when cultures were transferred from continuous darkness to continuous light, however, it produced sporangia when cultures were transferred from cont:i.nuouslight to continuous darkness,. This indicates that light inhibits some process necessary for formation of sporangia. w"ILSON.9Ro 1,10,9 and Eo S ••BENEKE (Michigan State University, East Lansing.9 Nichigan) Some aspects of the germination of basidiospores of Calvatia giganteao Previous reports have shown that the presence of a growing yeast,? Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, is a major factor :i~the germinationI of basidiospores of _C. ~gigantea._ Current investigations have been carried out to further elucidate this interaction. Along ~~th attempts to demon= strate this interrelat:i.onship, various nutritional and environmental factors have been explained •• Such factors as diffusibility.9 the time of interaction, and other species of yeast enhancing germination also have been considered •• Several known stimulators of spore germination also have been tested and sho~~ to be ineffective .• vi