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ROGER D. SOiW ISSN 0541 - 4938 Mycological Society of America NEWSLETTER Volume 41 No. 1 April 1990 SUSTAINING MEMBERS. OF THE MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Th,e Society is very grateful for the support of its Sustaining Members. These members are lieted below; patronize them and let their representatives know of our appreciation whenever possible. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO., LEDERLE LABORATORIES, Pearl River, .New York 10965. AMYCEL, INC. (Monterey Mushrooms, Inc .) -- Producers of quality Ayaricus and exotic mushroom spawn -- 553 Mission Vineyard Road, P.O. Box 1260, San Juan Bautista, California 95045. ANALYTAB PRODUCTS, 200 Express Street, Plainview, New York 11803 -- Complete line of products for the microbiology laboratory, including identification, susceptibility, instrumentation, and a new line of diagnostic virology tests. BELCCO GLASS, INC., P.O. Box B, Edrudo Road, Vineland, New Jersey 08360 -- Specializing in biological glassware and equipment. BUCKMAN LABORATORIES, INC. -- Specialists in industrial microorganism control since L945 -- 1256 N. McLean Blvd., Memphis, Tennessee 38108. CAMSCO PRODUCE COMPANY, INC. -- An affiliate of Campbell Soup Company , producer and marketer of high-quality Agaricus mushrooms, exotic m~lshrooms, and other fresh produce products -- P.O. Box 169, Blandon, Pennsylvania 19510. CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY COMPANY -- Serving science education since 1927 -- 2700 York Road, Burlington, North Carolina 27215. (919) 584-0381, TLX 574-354 . DIFCO LABORATORIES -- The complete line of microbiological reagents and media -- P.O. Box 331058, Detroit, Michigan 48232-7058. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, INC., Central Research and Development Department, Wilmington, DE 19880-0328 FUNGI PERFECT1 -- Innovators in the demestication of wild edible fungi -- Paul Starnets, President, P.O. Box 7634, Olympia, Washington 98507. Phone (206) 426-9292; Fax (206) 426-9377 GENENCOR, INC., 180 Kimball Way, S. San Francisco, CA 94080 HERBARIUM SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., P.O. Box 883003, San Francisco, California 94188. (415) 584-7000. HOECHST-ROUSSEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Dr. Beatrice B. Abrams, Route 202-206, Sommerville, New Jersey 08876. HOFFMANN-LAROCHE, INC., Research Division, Nutley, New Jersey 07110. (201) 235-5000; N.Y .C. (212) 695-1400. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA -- World leader in antimycotic research -- 40 Kingsbridge Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854. THE R. W. JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE -- A Research and Development Management group for JOHNSON & JOHNSON pharmaceutical companies -- LaJolla, California; Raritan, New Jersey; Spring House, Pennsylvania; Toronto, Canada; Zurich, Switzerland. Mycological Society of America NEWSLETTER Volume 41, No. 1; April, 1990 Terrence M. Hammill, Editor Department of Biology SUNY College at Oswego Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 341-2768 (Laboratory) (315) 341-3031 (Department Off ice) (315) 342-3074 (Home Answering Machine) TABLE OF CONTENTS Sustaining Members --------------------- Table of Contents ...................... Editor's Comments ---------------------- Abstracts of Papers and Posters -------- Additional Authors of Abstracts -------- Changes of Address and/or Phone Number - Forthcoming Events --------------------- Mycological Services Available --------- Fungi Wanted --------------------------- Publications and Computer Programs for Give-Away, Sale, or Exchange ----- New Books by Members ------------------- Publications Needed -------------------- Vacancies for Mycologists -------------- Assistantships and Fellowships --------- Employment Desired --------------------- Major Honors, Awards, and Promotions --- Changes in Affiliation or Status ------- Notes and Comments --------------------- COVER ILLUSTRATION: Wucor ntucedo. Mature sporangium. Magnification bar = 20 micrometers; X 900. Micrograph by T.M.H. Editor's Comments April, 1990 First announce-: David J. McLaughlin, Department of Botany, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, is the new Editor-in-Chief of Mvcolouia, succeeding Ron Petersen ; Kudos clearly are in order for the outstanding job done by Ron Petersen and his staff at the University of Tennessee. Good luck, Dave! Thanks for the kind comments from several of the MSA members who sent them to me after the October, 1989, issue came out. With this second issue prepared here at SUNY-Oswego, I wish to acknowledge the assistance of three undergraduate students who provided much logistical help for both issues, seniors -- Jennifer Collart and Monica Converse (paid with Newsletter support funds) -- and the frosh, Melissa Matolchi (a work-study student assigned to my laboratory). Those three spent many hours labelling, stuffing, sorting, bagging, handling, and doing other kinds of dog-body labor, and I could not have done without their help! I also want to thank June Johnston, Director of SUNY-Oswego Publications, and her assistant, Jody Longeill, for their valuable advice and quality work. The Newsletter was something of a new challenge for them and their staff, and I think the results have been excelleht. There are a couple of minor changes in the blue Newsletter Questionnaire (corrected typographical errors, a rearrangement of some items, and a new item -- New research projects). I think I have it about right, but suggestions for change are welcomed. There are three inserts: A. The MA Newsletter Questionnaire (blue) B. The Ernployee/Employer Data Form (green -- new address for Bob Pohlad) C. An MSA Newsletter Survey (yellow) I arranged the Abstracts of Papers and Posters presented at the Annual Meeting of MSA immediately following these comments. The Abstracts are listed alphabetically by the first author; additional authors are listed alphabetically following the listing of Abstracts (pages 46-48). The remaining pages (49-68) are from the MSA Newsletter Questionnaires returned since the October issue, 1989. Since I typed those pages where typing was needed, any errors are my fault, and I apologize in advance. It has been a pleasure preparing the past two issues. However, since I am not sure whether those two issues have been able to meet the needs of the membership, I have included a survey as an aid to preparation of future issues. Please respond. I want'to make the Newsletter as good as it can be (within my limitations), and you can help. Also, if you have suitable items (artwork, anecdotes, etc.) which can function as page fillers when there is a need, please forward them to me. Best wishes; I hope to see you at the meeting in Madison. Sincerely, 7&mLL.e Terrence M. Hammill, Editor MSA Newsletter Abstracts of Papers and Posters S. K. ABOULLiJl, A'L.!~.XL-SAUJCX 8. A-ISSh -Z. -Q. AN, J. W. HENDRIX, D. E. HERSXMAN, Liology depertment, Collep? of Science, and G. T. HENSON. Department of Plant . University of dasi*uh, 3asrd1, IMQ. Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington iff ect of ternpereture, relztive humieity and 40546. inf loreccence extract on the mycelial growth Endogonaceous mycorrhizal community mZ conieicl geminetion cf I..euf:inelle associated with soybean as affected by crop ---!iccett&e Ctrv., tile caus~lp~:ti.,oel: of rotation and soil fumigation. infloreecene rot Cisease of date palm. Propagules of mycorrhizal fungi in a Western The infiorescence rot disease caused by Kentucky field highly productive for soybean Laufiinella scaettae iu the most important and previously planted for two years to diseese three tin^ cbout 30 nfllions date corn, milo, fescue, or soybean were pclm trees in Iraq. The temperature range determined by HPN bioassay before and after for .the mycelial growth, conidial germimtion fumigation with 67% methyl bromide-33% and conidial germ tube length was between chloropicrin and throughout a season in the 10 and 3C C. The optimum temperature for production of a crop of soybeans. Twenty the mycelial growth, geninetion of conitia species of Endogonaceae, mostly Glomus auG gem tube length was occurred at 20 C. species, were found. In soybean plots, soil Best mycelial growth and conidial production fumigation eliminated most propagules in the occu~redat r.h , vrhile best conidial upper 15 cm of soil; but after production of germination occurred at 95% r.h. Tissue a crop of scybeans, populations of total extract obt~inedfrom inflorescence of propaqules recovered to prefumiqation i'bidraai, Zahdl and Khikri cultivars numbers and were higher than populations in enhances conidial germination xhile extract non-fumigated soil. Soil from plots grown obtainee from inf lorescene of 1;hcnmi continuously to soybean had fewer species and lower populations of propagules of cultiver snowed inhibitoq effect. Glomus spp. than plots rotated with the other three crops; however, populations of Giuas~oraspp. were high in continuous soybean plots. Populations and number of M.F.ALI FN. C.F. FRIESE. E.B. ALLEN, and LM. SHULTZ, Dept of species were higher in fescue plots than in Biology, Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State the others. Colonization of roots did not University. San Diego, CA 92182-0057 and Dept of Biology, become extensive until about eight weeks Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5305. after planting, about the time plants VA rnycorrhizal fungi associated with entered the reproductive phases. tridentata across Western North America. VA mycorrhizal fungi associated with a single subspecies of plant. Basin Big Sagebrush, were collected over the entire range of its distribution during the growin6 season of 1989. Sites sampled D. A. ANDERS and J. C. ZAK Ecology Research Group, range@from Baja California.
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    Laboulbeniomycetes, Enigmatic Fungi With a Turbulent Taxonomic History☆ Danny Haelewaters, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States; Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Universidad Autónoma ̌ de Chiriquí, David, Panama; and University of South Bohemia, Ceské Budejovice,̌ Czech Republic Michał Gorczak, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland Patricia Kaishian, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States and State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, United States André De Kesel, Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium Meredith Blackwell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States r 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Roland Thaxter to the Present: Synergy Among Mycologists, Entomologists, Parasitologists Laboulbeniales were discovered in the middle of the 19th century, rather late in mycological history (Anonymous, 1849; Rouget, 1850; Robin, 1852, 1853; Mayr, 1853). After their discovery and eventually their recognition as fungi, occasional reports increased species numbers and broadened host ranges and geographical distributions; however, it was not until the fundamental work of Thaxter (1896, 1908, 1924, 1926, 1931), who made numerous collections but also acquired infected insects from correspondents, that the Laboulbeniales became better known among mycologists and entomologists. Thaxter set the stage for progress by describing a remarkable number of taxa: 103 genera and 1260 species. Fewer than 25 species of Pyxidiophora in the Pyxidiophorales are known. Many have been collected rarely, often described from single collections and never encountered again. They probably are more common and diverse than known collections indicate, but their rapid development in hidden habitats and difficulty of cultivation make species of Pyxidiophora easily overlooked and, thus, underreported (Blackwell and Malloch, 1989a,b; Malloch and Blackwell, 1993; Jacobs et al., 2005; Gams and Arnold, 2007).