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Mycological Society of America MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ..•••.•.... 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.
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