Supplement to Mycologia Vol. 52(5) October 2001 Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America
-- In This Issue -- The Costa Rican National Fungal Inventory: A Large-Scale Collaborative Project Costa Rican Fungal Inventory ...... 1-4 Should Coprinus Type be Changed ...... 5 by Gregory M. Mueller and Milagro Mata The Colon in Scientific Authorities ...... 6 Questions or comments should be sent to Greg Mueller via Department of MSA Official Business Botany, THE FIELD MUSEUM, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, President’s Corner ...... 7-8 60605 or Email:
MSA Council Express Mail ...... 8 UNGI WERE CHOSEN to be included as a core component of the From the Editor ...... 8 Costa Rican National Inventory because of their great ecologi MSA Job Openings ...... 9 Fcal and economic importance. The National Inventory is being Annual Reports: Officers ...... 9-12 coordinated by the Costa Rican National Biodiversity Institute Annual Reports: Publications...... 12-14 (INBio) and is being supported by funds from The World Bank, the Annual Reports: Committees ...... 15-20 Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD), and the Annual Reports: Representatives..... 20-23 Dutch Government. The National Inventory encompasses rigorous Annual Reports: Assignments...... 24 surveys of fungi, plants, various insect groups, mollusks, and Forms nematodes. In addition to capturing diversity data, the National Inventory’s efforts are aimed at obtaining detailed information about Change of Address ...... 6 species distributions throughout the country and identifying those Endowment & Contributions ...... 33 features of the species’ natural history that can contribute to protect- Gift Membership ...... 35 ing them, using them, and managing them adequately. Society Membership ...... 36 Mycological News ...... 24-26 Mycologist’s Bookshelf ...... 27-31 Reviews: “From Ethnomycology to Fungal Biotechnology: Exploiting Fungi from Natural Resources for Novel Products;” “Molecules, Morphology and Classification: Towards Monophyletic Genera in The Ascomycetes.” Mycological Classifieds ...... 31-32 Mycology On-Line ...... 32 Sustaining Members ...... 34-35
~Important Dates ~ October 15: Deadline: Inoculum 52(6) June 22-29: MSA 2002, Corvallis OR
Editor: Donald G. Ruch Fig. 1. Participants in the 1st Fungal Workshop. 21-24 April1998, INBio, Costa Rica. 1st row left to right-- Kathie Hodge (Cornell), Maria Elena Department of Biology Naranjo (INBio), Sabine Huhndorf (Field Museum), Milagro Mata (INBio, Ball State University co-organizer), Nancy Weber (Oregon State U.). 2nd row left to right—Carlos Muncie, IN 47306-0440 Mario Rodríguez (INBio), Harrie Sipman (Botanic Garden and Botanical 765.285.8829 FA X 765.285.8804 Museum of Berlin), Loengrin Umaña (INBio), Greg Mueller (Field Museum, [email protected] co-organizer), Leif Ryvarden (U. Oslo). Not shown: Gro Gulden (Botanical Museum, Oslo), Julieta Carranza (U. Costa Rica), Armando Ruiz (National MSA Homepage: Museum of Costa Rica), and Priscila Chaverri (INBio, Costa Rica, currently http://msafungi.org Penn State U.). Photo by Gro Gulden. Costa Rica is a logical choice to The Fungal undertake a large-scale fungal inventory. Inventory has been It is one of the few Central American an international countries that have an active systematic project since its mycology program, thus allowing for inception and early excellent collaboration. It ranks as one of planning stages. the top 20 countries in biodiversity of The initial planning plants and animals. Within a relatively workshop for the small area, there are numerous ecosys- Fungal Inventory tems ranging from mangrove forests on was held at INBio the coasts to alpine vegetation in the April 21-24 1998. páramo. Much data are available on the Fourteen partici- ecology and species composition of pants from Costa plants and animals in the country Rica, Germany, providing comparative data for the Norway, and the resulting mycological information. U.S. were charged Because of the long-term commitment to with developing a the conservation of national parks and plan for including reserves, it is likely that the study sites fungi in the National will be available for future work and long- Inventory (Fig. 1). term studies. Finally, the National Their recommenda- Biodiversity Inventory of Costa Rica tions included: Fig. 2. Map of Costa Rica showing the location of the 5 Conserva- affords an unprecedented opportunity tion Areas that are included in the Fungal Inventory -- La Amistad- 1. Restrict the Caribe, La Amistad-Pacífico, Arenal-Tilarán, Osa, and Tempisque. for such an inventory by making groups of fungi available human and financial resources included in the Inventory. Because of potential availability of international and by providing a wider context and the great diversity of fungi, and the collaborators to participate in the audience for the resulting data. very different protocols and scientific Inventory. The Costa Rican National Fungal expertise necessary to sample and 2. Restrict the study area to be Inventory is one of the largest and most identify this diversity, the group surveyed. Because of the great ambitious inventories to be undertaken recognized that only a select group of diversity of habitats and the high in a tropical region. In addition to serving taxa could be included in the Inventory biodiversity of Costa Rica, the as a model for large-scale inventories, it at the onset. They recommended workshop participants agreed that it can serve as great example of interna- targeting macrofungi (agarics, poly- was necessary to restrict sampling to a tional collaboration. The project is only pores, gasteromycetes, corticoid fungi, manageable number of sites. They possible because of the active participa- large discomycetes, etc.), collectable recommended that the Fungal Inven- tion of the number of collaborators who microfungi (discomycetes, pyreno- tory focus on 5 Conservation Areas: have been working together to help set mycetes, loculoascomycetes, etc.), and La Amistad-Caribe, La Amistad- the project’s agenda, develop protocols, lichenized fungi for the Inventory. Pacífico, Arenal-Tilarán, Osa, and build in-country capacity, train students These taxonomic / ecological groups Tempisque (Fig. 2). These Conserva- and parataxonomists, undertake field- were chosen based on their ecological tion Areas were chosen because they work, identify material, and disseminate and economic importance, the potential encompass most of the country’s the resulting data. In addition to the core products that could be developed, the ecological zones, thereby enabling the grants to the National Inventory being taxonomic expertise of the mycological survey to capture a representative administered by INBio, grants from community in Costa Rica, and on the sample of the country’s fungal various sources to individual research- biodiversity. These ers, especially grants from NSF to Greg Conservation Areas were Mueller and Roy Halling for macrofungi also selected by the animal (DEB-9300798, DEB–9972018 and DEB– and plant inventories. 9972027) and to Sabine Huhndorf and 3. Develop standardized Fernando Fernández for microfungi protocols for each group (DEB-0072684), have been critically that incorporates both important by providing support for some opportunistic sampling of the international collaboration and and quantitative, plot- coordination necessary to further based, sampling methods. enhance the capacity of the Costa This will enable a thor- Rican mycological community to carry ough sampling of fungal out this ambitious project. Fig. 3. Fernando Fernández working with parataxonomists. 2 Fig. 5. A parataxonomist collecting Macrocybe titans from a leaf cutter ant nest in the Arenal Conservation Area.
Fig. 4. A parataxonomists measuring one of mollusks, and nematodes. Additionally, What does fungal distribution data tell the logs to be sampled as part of the protocol much is known regarding the diversity us about the formation and maintenance for qualitatively sampling fungi on woody and species composition of Costa Rican of Costa Rican forests? For example, do substrata. mammals, birds, butterflies, and other fungi show evidence of the “Great taxa.] American Interchange” following the diversity and generate data to enable How do fungal species diversity and closure of the Panamanian Portal 3+ comparisons among taxa and sites within species composition data compare million years before present as plant and Costa Rica and to data being generated in among different tropical ecosystems? animal species compositions do? other countries. -- tropical dry forests What are the fine scale biogeographic 4. Hire and train at least one -- lowland rain forests patterns seen in a diverse tropical parataxonomists in each Conservation -- mid-elevation cloud forests country – Pacific coast vs. Caribbean Area that will be dedicated to sampling -- montane forests dominated by coast, north vs. south, low-land versus fungi throughout the year. species of Quercus montane, etc.? A follow-up workshop was held November 1-4, 1999 to finalize protocols and to initiate the inventory. Since then, we have carried out several training courses for the parataxonomists and the parataxonomists, curators, students, and collaborators have been sampling the incredible diversity of fungi at each of the Conservation Areas (Figs. 3). The Fungal Inventory is designed to gather data to address many basic questions that remain unanswered for fungi. These include: How many species of fungi occur in a tropical megadiverse country? How many new species will be discovered Fig. 6. Participants in the workshop for collaborators of the macro- and microfungal inventory st through an intensive inventory? What are that was held in northwest Costa Rica from 10-17 July 2001. 1 row, left to right—Ruth Aldana their relationships to other taxa? [Many of Gómez (Field Museum/U. Illinois, Chicago), A. Esperanza Franco (Medellin, Colombia), Julieta Carranza (U. Costa Rica), Issac Lopez (INBio), Loengrin Umaña (INBio). 2nd row— these new species are being included in Jack Rogers (Washington State U.), Milagro Mata (INBio), Priscila Chaverri (Penn State U.), taxonomic revisions and monographs.] Armando Ruiz (National Museum of Costa Rica), Sara Long (USDA, Beltsville), Teresa How do species richness of the different Iturriaga (Simon Bolivar U., Venezuela), Sabine Huhndorf (Field Museum), Matthew DaRin groups of fungi compare across the sites? (Field Museum/U. Illinois, Chicago). Top row – Felipe San Martín (Ciudad Victoria, Mexico), Roy Halling (New York Botanical Garden), Karl-Henrik Larson (U. Gothenburg, Sweden), Leif How do species richness patterns of the Ryvarden (U. Oslo, Norway), Andrew Miller (Field Museum/U. Illinois, Chicago), Tracy fungi compare with other taxa? [The Fungal Scanlan (New York Botanical Garden), Fernando Fernández (Field Museum), Elia Sarmiento Inventory is being coordinated with inven- (U. Costa Rica), Greg Mueller (Field Museum). Photo by Greg Mueller. tories of plants, various insect groups, 3 captured (Fig. 4). The protocols being through helping with in country travel employed for each fungal group are logistics, obtaining collecting and export available at http://www.inbio.ac.cr/papers/ permits, etc. Collaborators provide critical gt_Hongos/en/taxon.htm. help to the Inventory in many ways Fungi are being sample year-round. A including the training of the Inventory’s well-trained fungal parataxonomist has been parataxonomists and students at the stationed in each Conservation Area whose University of Costa Rica, building capacity sole duty is to document the diversity of of INBio’s curators, identifying material in fungi in his/her Area. These the herbaria of INBio and University of parataxonomists spend 3-weeks of each Costa Rica, and disseminating results. month sampling fungi in their area (Fig. 5). The workshop for collaborators of the The 4th week is spent in INBio helping to macro- and microfungal inventory that was process their collections. Each held in northwest Costa Rica from July 10- Fig. 7. Working on specimens after a day in parataxonomist is equipped with a camera, 17, 2001 is a great example of ongoing the field. Tilarán, Costa Rica. laptop computer, stereomicroscope, dryer, international collaboration. The 20 partici- guides, etc. to enable them to document and pants consisted of mycologists and What are the fruiting phenologies for the process the specimens that they find. These students from Colombia, Costa Rica, various fungal groups in the different parataxonomists also serve as collecting Honduras, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, the tropical ecosystems? partners for international collaborating U.S., & Venezuela (Fig. 6). During the work- How host / substratum specific are the mycologists when they visit these areas. shop the group sampled & identified macro- various fungal groups included in the Having dedicated collectors in each area and micro fungi from areas previously inventory? ensures that we are fully sampling the under-collected (Figs. 7 & 8). In addition to How does this specificity influence the diversity of the area. They also are further documenting the fungi occurring in success or failure of land management generating fruiting phenology and life the Arenal and Palo Verde regions, the decisions? history data for the various groups of fungi participants generated well documented from each of the geographic regions/forest specimens that will serve as a valuable There are a number of aspects to the types included in the Inventory. Such data reference collection for further work in the Costa Rican National Fungal Inventory that are missing for most tropical regions. area, obtained specimens critical to their sets it apart from most other fungal research programs, and had a great time. inventories. These aspects are enabling this As mentioned at the start of this article, ambitious project to generate a highly the Fungal Inventory is part of an integrated To close, the Costa Rican Fungal useful and unique data set. program to understand, educate, and use a Inventory is off to a great start. Staff and country’s biological resources. The facilities are in place, protocols are estab- The coordinated inventory of distinct resulting data, therefore, will be broadly lished, interesting well-documented material groups of fungi, plants and various animal disseminated and used by wide group of is being collected, collaborative research is groups is generating comparable data sets. constituencies (researchers, educators, land occurring, and products are being pro- This will enable us to place the resulting managers, ecotourists, students, etc.). duced. The major challenges facing the fungal data into context with globally better inventory remain getting the collections known organisms, and provide an opportu- Lastly, the Fungal Inventory is incorporat- identified, the results published, and the nity to investigate whether or not various ing (depending on) a broad group of products developed in a reasonable time. groups of fungi display congruent diversity international collaborators. This mutually We encourage any one interested in being and distribution patterns. It will also enable beneficial collaboration is essential for the part of this project or in learning more about us to assess how these patterns for fungi success of the Inventory. Collaborators get it to contact us at
4 AN INFORMAL POLL FOR MSA MEMBERS: Should the Type of Coprinus be Changed? by Lorelei Norvell Questions or comments should be sent to Lorelei Norvell via Pacific Northwest Mycology Service, 6720 NW Skyline Blvd., Portland, OR, 97229 or Phone: 503-297-3296 or Email: [email protected]
ASED ON RECENT molecular studies published by Hopple & Vilgalys in B1999 (Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 13: 1-19), Redhead, Vilgalys, Moncalvo, Johnson & Hopple (2001. Taxon 50: 203-241) recently split the large and well- known agaric genus Coprinus Pers. taxonomically into four genera – and two families. Coprinus comatus, the universally recognized lectotype for Coprinus, and two other species are now recognized as belonging with Lepiota and Agaricus in the Agaricaceae. This transfer renders the younger name (Coprinaceae) synonymous and superfluous. Over 95% of the remain- ing former Coprinus species are now Coprinus atramentarius? treated with Psathyrella in a separate family, (Photo by Tom Volk.) for which the name Psathyrellaceae has been proposed. Except for C. comatus and Now Coprinopsis cinerea, that species close allies, all former Coprinus species would again become Coprinus cinereus if have now been distributed into the type of the genus were changed to C. Coprinopsis, Coprinellus and Parasola atramentarius. Currently, there is Coprinus comatus? within the Psathyrellaceae. considerable debate in both Europe and (Photo by Steve Trudell.) The International Association of Plant North America as to which solution is Send your thoughts to me via Email at Taxonomists (IAPT) Nomenclature least harmful: changing the genus name < [email protected] >. Please note Committee for Fungi is now entertaining of C. comatus, or changing the type of your preference by writing either a proposal (Taxon, 2001 August issue) to Coprinus. Although caught between “a “comatus for Coprinus type” or change the long-standing lectotype of rock and a hard place”, the IAPT “atramentarius for Coprinus type” in the the genus Coprinus from Coprinus Nomenclature Committee for Fungi must subject line (this will greatly aid final vote comatus to Coprinus atramentarius. make recommendations one way or the tallying). Learned dissertations, bitter Typification of the genus by C. other. recriminations, and rending of garments atramentarius would accomplish the In order to assist the fifteen interna- should be relegated to the body of the following: tional committee members in their message, which I promise to read deliberations, those with opinions should 1. At least 50% of the former coprini diligently. [Only one “vote” per person, contact an elected committee member would remain in the genus Coprinus. please!] directly. As the only MSA agaricologist 2. It would restore the name Coprinaceae currently on the Committee, I am Other MSA members currently on the to active use and place the name interested in hearing views from MSA IAPT Nomenclature Committee for Fungi Psathyrellaceae into synonymy. members and collating your responses. include Chairman Vincent Demoulin 3. It would force a change in genus name Which would you prefer: Coprinus (Belgium), Secretary Walter Gams for Coprinus comatus. comatus? Or Coprinus atramentarius? (Netherlands), Lee Crane (USA), Paul 4. It would establish a precedent for [You can’t have both! No matter what the Kirk (UK), Pavel Lizon (Slovak Repub- changing a type based on molecular final decision of the next International lic), Erast Parmasto (Estonia), Gary phylogenetic conflicts. Botanical Congress (IBC), the old genus Samuels (USA), and Trond Schumacher (Norway). A full membership roster and Coprinus comatus, or the “shaggy Coprinus will be split into several genera nomenclatural debates can be viewed at mane”, is among the best-known to reflect both morphological and genetic the Centraal Bureau voor Coprinus species, both commercially and considerations.] Schimmelcultures (CBS) site at: http:// among amateur/field mycologists. In the Ultimately, the majority decision made www.cbs.knaw.nl/Research/ scientific literature, however, Coprinus by the IBC will be binding, so now is a Nomenclature.htm. cinereus is cited much more frequently. good time to let your voices be heard. 5 A Colon “:” is not a Global Substitute for “ex” in Scientific Authorities by Scott Redhead, Associate Editor, Mycologia
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6 MSA BUSINESS
From the Prsident’s Corner ... our new three-year contract to publish Mycologia. We also met President’s Annual Report with Theresa Pickel, Director of August 8, 2001 Allen Marketing and Management, and renewed our contract on a year- Committee Assignments: to-year basis to handle the every- During the fall of 2000 many positions on committees were filled day business of our journal. We with members who replaced those who were rotating off of the also discussed and settled on a committees. The spirit of cooperation could not have been better, proposal for marketing Mycologia. and we are pleased to report that we have a group of excellent Our second objective was to people to assume the various roles on MSA committees. Mike explore thoroughly setting up a Tansey, Chair of the Education Committee, will continue with the possible silo at Allen press and the task of revising the Mycology Brochure. Jeff Stone has been an Allen Press-BioOne package that is excellent treasurer and will be very hard to replace. A special tribute being offered to libraries. Jim Ginns to Jim Anderson who has done an outstanding job as Chair of the Orson K. Miller, Jr. summarized these discussions, and Program Committee and will rotate off of that committee. We will President, MSA the proposal from John Slack at High miss him! Lauraine Hawkins, Chair of the Student Awards Wire Press was distributed to the Executive Committee. We have all Committee and Judi Ellzey Chair of the Endowment Committee benefitted from the information that enabled us to make an informed have carried major responsibilities for the Society in a most decision. Lastly, in June Treasurer Jeff Stone visited me in Idaho successful and professional manner, and we express our apprecia- where we discussed the financial situation and ways and means to tion to them. Jean Lodge, Chair of the Biodiversity Committee has implement our decision financially. After much discussion, Jeff led an active involved committee and her effort was greatly Stone very clearly summarized our conclusions concerning the best appreciated. A strong vote of thanks goes to all the committee approach for the MSA and communicated them to the Executive members who have come together to provide the effort and vision Council. The Executive Council’s chief concerns were that a to keep the Society such an active and vital organization. commitment to BioOne would not bring in sufficient income to Lastly, our various representatives to other organizations have support publication of Mycologia and that libraries subscribing to represented us well and we express our appreciation to all of them. the BioOne journal package in many cases would not continue to Publication of Mycologia: hard copy subscribe to the hard copy. Lastly, there were no figures on the This year Joan Bennett assumed the Editor-in-Chief position, and predicted income that we would obtain from BioOne to offset she has made a smooth transition from former EIC, David Griffin. potential losses. For those reasons, Executive Council recom- MSA has hired a full time editorial assistant making the job possible mended establishing a silo with High Wire Press at Stanford for a fully involved academic. Joan has certainly carried on the University, which was supported by a unanimous vote of Full tradition of high quality that we have all come to expect from Council. We will continue to have Allen Press produce the high Mycologia. We have also seen the transition to an illustrated cover quality hard-copy journal we can be proud of. Managing Editor for Mycologia. Cover Editor, Rick Howard, has consistantly Ginns is now drawing up a contract with High Wire Press that will produced attractive and interesting covers. It is also now possible, be presented to the entire Council for discussion and approval. We at the discretion of the EIC, to publish selected articles with color hope to conclude these negotiations and have Mycologia on-line in illustrations. Lastly, the contract with the Index Editor has been the very near future. extended for an additional year. Inoculum: Publication of Mycologia: electronic Don Ruch has now settled into his role as Editor and continued An an hoc Electronic Publications Committee was established the nicely turned out news letter which Lorelei Norvell handled so consisting of John Taylor Chair., Rytas Vilgalys, and Managing well as the Editor. The transition has been smooth and the input Editor Jim Ginns as Ex-officio member. This committee gathered from members continues to make this an interesting and informative much information. The Executive Council at the midwinter meeting publication. We all extend our thanks to Don and Lorelei for their had extensive discussions concerning on-line publication and the efforts. ways and means of doing this. We were concerned about the Award for Undergraduate Mycological Research: financial commitment as well as the loss of institutional subscribers. The new MSA award for undergraduate mycological research We contacted and obtained proposals for a silo at Allen Press, was implemented as a one-time event. Lauraine Hawkins, Chair of joining the Allen Press & BioOne group, and a silo at High Wire the Student Awards Committee, reported that there were ten very Press, Stanford University. I distributed these to the entire Executive strong applicants. The two awardees were Charles Hernick (Dr H Council and to the Finance Committee. Then in April Managing Corby Kistler, Advisor) and Nicholas Zitomer (Dr Dan Royse, Editor Jim Ginns and I traveled to Allen Press to meet with Guy Advisor). The awardees are encouraged to present their research at Dresser, Vice President for Operations at Allen Press, to negotiate 7 MSA BUSINESS con’t
President’s Report con’t the MSA meeting and to apply for a mentor research award. This Joint Commission on Common Names for Fungi: has been a very successful first year and consideration of continu- Last year in September a formal Joint Commission on Common ing this award will be on the agenda for the Council meeting later Names for Fungi was established jointly by MSA and NAMA, this month. (North American Mycological Association). This groundbreaking effort for North American mycology has as its objective to bring Meetings: about a stable system of common names for each fungus. Species MSA meets in Corvallis next year in June, 2002. We have applied new to science may receive a common name when published. Scott to the Asilomar Conference Center in California to meet jointly with Redhead, Lorelei Norvell, and Judy Roger were appointed to the the British Mycological Society in 2003. We should hear the Commission jointly by both MSA President Miller and NAMA decision from Asilomar between February and August of 2002 (18- President Stanley. Each president then named two additional 12 months prior to the meeting). The Possible dates are Aug 4-8, members to represent their respective organizations, with President June 30-July 4 or July 28-Aug 1. Plans for the 2004 MSA meeting Miller naming Walt Sundburg and Tom Volk and President Stanley (which could be held jointly with AIBS or APS or as a stand-alone) naming George Riner and Carol Dreiling. Commission members have not yet been finalized. I have made an initial communication to elected Scott Redhead to serve as Chair. Most European nations plan the 2005 joint meeting with MSA and MSJ (Mycological have a well-developed formal system of common names and we are Society of Japan) when I was in Japan last November. The Japa- looking forward to the effort on the part of the MSA/NAMA nese, under the leadership of President Harada, have approved the commission to initiate a similar system for North American mycolo- joint meeting and selected a committee to work with MSA. We have gists. We hope that such a system will bring to an end the an ad hoc committee composed of Maren Klich (Chair), Dennis confusion created by multiple common names for the same species. Desjardin, and David Hibbett that will coordinate with the Japanese team to work out the details of this meeting. Don Hemmes, Mycolo- Respectfully submitted, gist at University of Hawaii, Hilo has agreed to serve as MSA Orson K. Miller Jr. representative at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. Don has reserved President, Mycological Society of America space for the meeting to insure that the meeting site will be available. MSA Council Email Express FROM THE EDITOR ... After much consternation on my part and after receiving much Since June 15, Executive Council and Council have taken assistance from MSA Webmaster Tom Volk, I am glad to announce the following actions: that Inoculum is now On-Line in Adobe PDF format. It can be reach Email Council Poll 2001-11 – On July 18, Full Council from the MSA Home Page (http://msafungi.org). You can now see unanimously granted approval for President Orson Miller (and download) Inoculum as the editor see it. You might be and Managing Editor Jim Ginns to begin negotiations with surprised to know that the newsletter’s name and inoculation loop HighWire Press regarding online publication of Mycologia. are a beautiful blue. You can also see in glorious color any figures [Online publication will augment, not replace, current that were submitted in color. As an example, I would direct you to hardcopy publication. Both Executive and Full Council have examine the feature article “Ergot in Puerto Rico” by Angel Nieves- been reviewing several options since March. For more Rivera in Inoculum 52(4):1-2. Additionally, on-line copy will gener- information, see the President’s Corner in this issue.] ally be available before hard copy is mailed from Allen Press. Enjoy! -- Donald Ruch Email Council Poll 2001-12 – On Editor of Inoculum July 18, Full Council unanimously approved Dr. James White as a Embarrassing Additions, Omissions, Corrections new Mycologia Associate Editor. Through a secretarial oversight, the MSA Environmental Health Email Council Poll 2001-13 – & Medical Mycology Committee was inadvertently listed as part of On August 9, Executive Council the Ecology Committee in the past two 2000-01 rosters (Inoculum approved a one-time only use of 51(6):13 & 52(4):9). The 2000-01 Ecology Committee members were its membership list by the Ameri- Steven Bentivenga (Chair), Ignacio Chapela, Bitty Roy, and Mike can Society for Microbiology to Allen; The 2000-2001 Environmental Health & Medical Mycology aid in launching a new bimonthly Committee members were Estelle Levetin, Paul Szaniszlo, James Scott Redhead journal, Eukaryotic Cell. Scott, and Janet Gallup. The erstwhile Inoculum editor and present -- Lorelei Norvell Secretary (one and the same, alas, which explains A Lot) grovels, MSA Secretary and sincerely apologizes for any confusion this may have caused. -- Lorelei Norvell MSA Secretary 8 MSA BUSINESS con’t
MSA has Two Key Job Openings!
The Myclogical Society of America is searching for:
n A new Webmaster (Tom Volk would like to retire) and
n A new MSA Bulletin Board Manager (replacing Dick Korf, who would like to retire).
Both Tom
Dynamic individuals with talent for electronic communication are invited to step forward.
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Annual Reports: Officers
PRESIDENT The Mycological Society of America Tresaurer, 1995-1998; Member, Council and See From the President’s Corner, Brief Biographies of Candidates for Executive Council, 1995-1998; two term pages 7-8. Office - Summer, 2001 Associate Editor, MYCOLOGIA, 1994-1999; Councilor, Cell Biology/Physiology, 1993- VICE-PRESIDENT 1995; Member, ex officio, Finance Commit- VICE-PRESIDENT Richard J. Howard -- Current Position: tee, 1995-1998; Member, Finance Committee, The slate of candidates running for the Research Associate, DuPont Crop Genetics, 1999-2000; Chair, Sustaining membership offices of vice-president, treasurer and Wilmington, Delaware. Education: B.S. in Committee, 1989-1991; Member, ex officio, councilors in the areas of systematics/ Natural Sciences from the University of Awards Committee, 1989-1991; Member, ex evolution, cell biology/physiology, Wisconsin, 1974; M.S. in Plant Pathology officio, Mycologia Memoirs Board of ecology/pathology, and genetics/molecular from Cornell University, 1977; Ph.D. in Plant Editors, 1989-1991; Member, ex officio, biology is given below. Ballots will be Pathology from Cornell University, 1980. Endowment Committee, 1995-1998; Member, counted on August 19, 2001 and the results Research interests: Fungal cell biology as Ad hoc MYCOLOGIA Review Board, presented at the MSA Annual Meeting in related to plant pathogenesis -- including 1997,1998; Member, Ad hoc Committee on Salt Lake City. morphogenesis, infection structure Membership Services, 1999; Chair, Ad hoc Respectfully submitted, function, adhesion, mechanisms of host Committee on MYCOLOGIA Cover Design, John Taylor penetration, patterns of colonization and 1999-present; Cover Editor, MYCOLOGIA, MSA Vice-President. disease resistance. Prior service to MSA: 2000-2003; MSA member since 1983. 9 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Officers)
Mycological Awards: MSA Alexopoulos for Ecology/Pathology, 1999-2001, Chair, toral research at Purdue University, Prize, 1990. Phytopathology Committee, 1999; Member, 1992-1996. Research interests: Organiza- Carol A. Shearer -- Current Position: Phytopathology Committee, 1997-1998. tion, polarity and development of the Professor of Plant Biology and Curator of Mycological Awards: Research Fellowship, fungal cell wall and cytoskeleton using the Mycological Collection (ILL), University Alexander von Humbodt Foundation, 1983. molecular genetics and cell biology of Illinois. Education: B.S. in Education from techniques on the model systems of COUNCILOR, SYSTEMATICS/ Aspergillus nidulans and the pathogen the University of Maryland, 1963; M.S. in EVOLUTION Botany from the University of Maryland, Aspergillus fumigatus. Prior service to 1969; Ph.D. in Botany from the University of David S. Hibbett -- Current Position: MSA: Member, Committee for Student Maryland, 1971. Research interests: The Assistant Professor of Biology, Clark Prizes, 1997; Member, Long Range systematics, biodiversity, ecology and University, Worcester, Massachusetts. Planning Committee, 1999-2000, Ad hoc geographical distribution of freshwater Education: B.A. in Botany from the reviewer for MYCOLOGIA; MSA ascomycetes and mitosporic fungi. Prior University of Massachusetts; Ph.D. in Symposium Organizer, 2000. Mycologi- service to the MSA: Editorial Board of Botany from Duke University. Research cal awards: Burroughs Wellcome Fund MYCOLOGIA, 1981-1989; Councilor for interests: All aspects of the systematics Young Investigator Award in Patho- Systematics/Evolution, 1997-1999; Chair, and evolutionary biology of fungi, genic Molecular Mycology, 1997. Travel Awards Committee for IUMS, 1999; especially macroevolution in Robert W. Roberson -- Current Representative to, and current Chair of, the homobasidiomycetes, as studied by position: Associate Professor of Plant US National Committee for the Union of molecular phylogenetics, comparative Biology and Director of the Life Microbiological Societies, 2001; Member, developmental morphology, cytology, Sciences Electron Microscope Facility, US National committee for Diversitas. and paleomycology. Prior service to Arizona State University. Education: Mycological Awards: Fulbright Research MSA: Associate Editor, MYCOLOGIA B.S. in Biology and Education from the Award to study freshwater ascomycetes in (1998-2001), Awards Committee (1995- Stephen F. Austin State University, Chile, 1984. Editorial board member of 1998), Karling Annual Lecture Commit- Nacogdoches, Texas, 1979; M.S. in Mycological Research, 1998-2000; and tee (2000-present). Mycological Biology from the Stephen F. Austin Mycotaxon, 1999-2003. Awards: MSA Alexopoulos Prize for State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, Research, 2000. 1983; Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the TREASURER Jessie A. Micales -- Current Position: University of Georgia, 1989. Research Josephine Taylor -- Current Position: Project Leader, Center for Forest Interests: Use of basic and advanced Associate Professor of Biology, Stephen F. Mycology Research, Forest Products light and electron microscope methods Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. to better understand the roles of the Texas. Education: B.S. in Agriculture from Education: B.A. in Agronomy from the cytoskeleton in regulating cytoplasmic Stephen F. Austin Universtiy, 1985; Ph.D. in Deleware Valley College of Science and organization and dynamics during Plant Pathology from the University of Agriculture, Doylestown, Pennsylva- fungal cell growth and development. Georgia, 1990. Research interests: Host- nia; Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the Prior service to MSA: Associate Editor patho-gen interactions in fungal diseases of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State MYCOLOGIA, 2000-2002; MSA Awards plants. Prior service to MSA: Councilor for University, Blacksburg, Virginia. Committee, 1989-1993; MSA Sympo- Cell Biology/Physiology 1998-2000; Mentor Research interests: Biosystematics of sium Organizer and Chair, 1991 and Travel Awards Committee, 1996-2000; wood decay fungi with emphasis on the 2001. Mycological Awards: MSA Phytopathology Committee, 1995-1998. polypores, slash degradation, and Outstanding Student Presentation Mycological Awards: MSA Graduate identification of cultures of decay fungi. Awards to students: D. McDaniel, 1998, Fellowship 1989. Prior service to MSA: Program Commit- M. Vargas, 1992; MSA Outstanding James J. Worrall -- Current Position: tee, 2001-2003. Student Poster Awards to students: Forest Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, M.W. Harding, 1996, D. Lowry, 1995. Rocky Mountain Region. Education: B.S. in COUNCILOR, CELL BIOLOGY/ Biology the University of Alaska at PHYSIOLOGY COUNCILOR, ECOLOGY/ Fairbanks, 1976; M.S. in Plant Pathology Michelle Momany -- Current position: PATHOLOGY from the University of California at Berkeley, Assistant Professor, Department of Michael J. Wingfied -- Current Posi- 1978; PhD in Plant Pathology from the Botany, University of Georgia. Educa- tion: Director, Forestry and Agricultural University of California at Berkeley, 1982. tion: B.A. in Microbiology from the Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Research interests: Root diseases of Rocky University of Texas at Austin, 1985; University of Pretoria, South Africa. Mountain conifers and fungi causing decay Ph.D. in Microbiology from the Univer- Education: B.Sc. (Honors) University of of wood. Prior service to MSA: Councilor sity of Texas at Austin, 1992. Postdoc- Natal, Pietermaritizburg, South Africa, 10 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Officers)
1997; M.Sc. in Plant Pathology from the the University of California at Berkeley, Revised the MSA Secretary MOP University of Stellenbosch, 1979; Ph.D. 1987. Research interests: Nuclear and Guidelines. With Council members in Plant Pathology from the University cytoplasmic interactions, specifically, developed protocols for Council Email of Minnesota, 1983. Research interests: mitochondrial influences on aging in deliberations that have greatly facili- The taxonomy and ecology of fungi Podospora anserina and mitochondrial tated the often-unwieldy online that are pathogens of trees, with a inheritance and plasmids in Didymium discussion of Society concerns. The passionate interest in fungi that are iridis. Prior service to MSA: Member, MSA protocols will also be incorporated into associated with tree-infesting bark Awards Committee, 1997-1999; Chair, MSA the MOP. beetles including species of Awards Committee, 2000; Ad hoc reviewer Polled Council via Email on 13 Ophiostoma and Ceratocystis. Prior for MYCOLOGIA. Mycological Awards: concerns and submitted final Council service to MSA: Member since 1981. MSA Graduate Student Research Award, decisions to Editors Lorelei Norvell Mycological Awards: Hendrik Persoon Oral Presentation, 1985. (2000) and Don Ruch (2001) for publica- Gold Medal, Premier award of the Karen Hughes -- Current Position: tion in Inoculum. Executive or Full Southern African Society for Plant Professor of Botany at the University of Council voted to (i) approve travel & Pathology. Tennessee. Education: B.S. in Genetics salary expenses for former Mycologia Gerard C. Adams -- Current Position: from the University of Utah, 1962; M.S. in EIC Griffin’s Editorial Assistant Thomas Associate Professor of Botany and Genetics from the University of Utah, 1964, to train new EIC Bennett and Editorial Plant Pathology, Michigan State Ph.D. in Genetics from the Universty of Assistant Mary Langlois (Full – Aug University. Education: B.S. in Plant Utah, 1972. Research interests Basidi- 28); (ii) approve planning for a joint Pathology from the University of omycete biogeography and evolution at or MSA-Mycological Society of Japan California at Davis, 1975; M.S. in Plant below the species level, using a combina- meeting at the University of Hawaii Pathology from the University of tion of molecular techniques to identify (Hilo) in 2005 (Exec – Sep 25); (iii) California at Davis, 1978; Ph.D. in Plant allele differences between geographically approve granting $250 to a MSA Pathology from the University of separated populations and to recognize Biodiversity Committee representative California at Davis, 1981, Sabbaticals: geographical domains, estimate species for attendance of BMS-MSA IMC University of California at Berkeley, origins and infer migration patterns. Prior Biodiversity symposium in Oslo in 2002 1991; University of Pretoria, South service to MSA: MSA Member. (Full – Oct 4); (iv) stipulate that any Africa, 1999. Research interests: future request for symposium funds be Molecular phylogenetics of fungi presented for Executive Council SECRETARY causing diseases of trees, forests, and consideration at the midyear meeting nursery crops, including dogwood Verified address information of all (Exec – Mar 4); (v) approve an MSA anthracnose, beech bark disease and Councilors, Committee members, and contribution of $1000 to help underwrite confier needlecast. Monography of the Society representatives appointed by the 2002 IV Latin American Congress of Ascomycete family Valsaceae and the President Miller before publishing the Mycology (ALM) in Xalapa, Vera Cruz, coelomycete anamorphs in Cytospora. formal MSA Roster in Inoculum. Also Mexico in accord with the 1999 MSA- Prior service to MSA: MSA Phytopa- developed and periodically up-dated Email ALM agreement (Exec – Mar 6); (vi) thology Committee; Member, Sustain- batch lists for sending timely announce- approve Drs Paul Bayman and Nicholas ing Membership Committee; Organizer, ments or requests to MSA volunteers and Money as new Mycologia Associate Alexander Smith Foray, 1994. Mycologi- members. A corruption in the master Editors (Full – Apr 5); (vii) approve cal Awards: Outstanding Mentor Committee list, which meant that many spending up to $1000/year for a work- Award, R. E. McNair Opportunities for reminders apparently were not received study student to help Mycologia EIC Minorities in Science Research, 1997; from March through June, was discovered Joan Bennett and EA Mary Langlois Outstanding Contributor, Michigan and corrected in July. with clerical duties (Exec – Apr 10); Christmas Tree Association, 1996. In October Emailed welcome (or welcome (viii) not underwrite the September, back) letters to all Councilors, committee 2001, Kiev Medicinal Mushrooms COUNCILOR, GENETICS/ appointees, and representatives and sent conference because of anticipated MOLECULAR BIOLOGY pertinent guidelines from the Manual of budgetary limitations resulting from Margaret Silliker -- Current Position: Procedure (MOP) to officers, Councilors, hosting two MSA annual meetings in Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Committee Chairs, and Representatives. one fiscal year (Exec – Apr 13); (ix) DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. Requested input (repeatedly, and not with approve increasing the institutional Education: B.S. in Bioresource Sciences any rousing success) to aid President-Elect subscription rate for Mycologia from the University of California at Berkeley, Baroni in his on-going revision of the (beginning with Vol 94 in 2002) from 1980; Ph.D. in Botany and Mycology from outdated MOP. $144 US/Can to $160 and from $156 11 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Officers) outside US/Can to $172 (Full – Apr 24); (x) there were a few problems that needed to be Sent midyear reports to Executive Council approve Dr Wendy Untereiner as a new solved at the start. members prior to the 2001 Executive Council Mycologia Associate Editor (Full – May Compiled new member and emeritus meeting in Blacksburg, Virginia. Unable to 8); (xi) approve opening of negotiations by candidate lists supplied monthly by Linda attend the meeting because of unantici- President Orson Miller and ME Jim Ginns Hardwick. The Society at large will vote to pated medical problems, the Secretary with HighWire Press regarding online approve new and Emeritus members during sends heartfelt thanks to Hope Miller for publication of Mycologia (Full – Jul 18); the Annual Business meeting to be held on stepping in as scribe and sending the (xii) approve Dr James White as a new August 27, 2001, in Salt Lake City. In 2000- minutes to her for revision before publica- Mycologia Associate Editor (Full – Jul 2001, 85 new members petitioned to join the tion in the June Inoculum. 18); (xiii) approve a one-time only use of Society and seven members (Vernon Organized and Emailed the 32 Annual the MSA membership list by the American Ahmadjian, Peter Austwick, William C Reports sent by Officers, Chairs, and Society for Microbiology to aid in its launch Elsik, Michael C Hampson, Oswald Hilder, Representatives to Council members on of a new bimonthly journal (Exec – Aug 9). Elizabeth M O’Hern, and Marvin C August 14, one week before the 2001 MSA Responded to requests for MSA Williams) requested Emeritus status. Council Meeting. Also printed and membership information, redirected Informed the membership that, due to a organized reports, agendas, web publishing mycological and procedural questions to corruption of the MSA Online Directory, all materials, and new member and Emeritus the appropriate experts, and addressed entries or changes must henceforth be sent lists for the Council and Annual Business miscellaneous membership concerns. As to Linda Hardwick Meeting. Allen Marketing and Management (AMM)
Annual Reports: Publications Mycologia: Managing Editor concern because these funds are the major Indexing volume 93 - Glassman Indexing source of support for Mycologia. It is little Services of Ankeny, IA is under contract to In April President Miller and I spent 2 consolation that many of the scientific prepare the Author & Subject, Fungus Taxa days with the staff of Allen Press in journals are experiencing declines in and Host indexes. Lawrence, KS. Most aspects of the MSA’s revenue from institutional subscriptions. relationship with AP were discussed in J. Ginns, Managing Editor preparation for the renewing of contracts for Membership - There are currently 1218 printing and distributing Mycologia, and for members. The 7 year average is 1194 with Mycologia: Editor-in-Chief MSA’s member services package. The staff the range being 1262 in 2000 to 1166 in 1999. This is my first year as Editor-in-Chief of that AP now has in place are efficient and Distribution - Publication is on-time! Mycologia. It is a stimulating and demand- competent. Significant time was spent 1987 copies of Mycologia 93 (4) and 1233 ing job. I am honored to have been reviewing AP’s proposal for putting copies of Inoculum 52 (4) were mailed 20 entrusted with this responsibility, but also Mycologia on-line and insuring we July 2001. have to admit that it has been much harder understood the consequences of various Page charges - The trend of last year is than I expected. options. continuing in volume 93, that is nearly half The first activities of my term were Institutional subscribers - Currently there the papers are contributing page charges devoted to establishing a new office for are 781 institutional subscriptions. This is and, based upon issues 1-4, projected Mycologia. The Chair of my department at down from 802 in 2000 and 1067 in 1996, the income will be $20,000. Tulane University, Dr. Ken Muneoka (a peak year. The steady decrease is of developmental biologist who works with 12 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Publications) chick embryos) was supportive of the Correll, Larry Dunkle, David Hibbitt, Charles technical side of publishing. Special thanks venture, and provided a freshly painted Mims, Kerry O’Donnell, Stephen Peterson, go to Beverly Prescott, who has worked office adjacent to my laboratory dedicated Scott Redhead, Robert Robertson, closely with Mary Langlois by phone and to Mycologia. Last summer, Ms. Mary Christopher Schardl, Jan Stenlid , Jeffrey e-mail. Beverly’s competence and expertise Langlois was hired as the new Editorial Stone, and Albert Torzilli. Moreover, we make her a wonderful colleague. Assistant. Trained as a clinical microbiolo- welcome new Associate Editors Paul The managing Editor, James Ginns, does a gist and with over 15 years of experience in Bayman, Nicholas Money, Wendy wonderful job taking care of advertising, the laboratory – including work with fungi -- Untereiner, and James White for three year copyright, distribution, indexing, inventory, Ms. Langlois has been a quick study and is terms. I am joined by Mary Langlois in page charges and other matters relating to now the main point of contact between offering deep and heartfelt gratitude to each the “business” end of the journal. More- authors and editors, as well as the person in of them for their efforts. Quite simply, the over, MSA Officers and Council have been charge of manuscript processing. During journal could not function without them. quick in approving new Associate Editors the move of the editorial offices from The Advisory Board is a group that has and in approving office support for the Syracuse University to Tulane University, not done much since I became Editor-in- journal. Special thanks go to Secretary we were greatly helped by Dr. David Griffin, Chief. In fact, this editor is not entirely sure Lorelei Norvell, who is fast, efficient, and outgoing Editor-in-Chief, and Ms. Jessica what the function of the advisory board is, cheerful in all that she does, and to Thomas, the previous editorial assistant. and I apologize for not getting in touch with Treasurer Jeffrey Stone for his unwavering David and Jessica regularly provided them to keep them up to date on the status support as both Treasurer and an Associ- perceptive advice and gave “above-and- of the journal. Further, I feel guilty for not ate Editor. beyond” service during the months of utilizing their talents since they are an An important issue, not yet resolved, changeover. We are profoundly grateful for extremely distinguished group of mycolo- concerns electronic publication. There have their generosity with time and expertise. gists, namely: James Anderson, Gerald been well publicized efforts in the scientific Another thank you goes to Breck Baird, Bills, Thomas Bruns, Joan Henson, and community (the so-called Public Library of who since June 2001 has helped Mary Harvey Hoch. Science campaign) urging life scientists to Langlois with clerical activities. Manuscript flow remains steady and boycott journals that do not allow free on- One of the most visible and exciting new extremely good. For the 12 month period of line access to full text article within six moths developments to occur since I became July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001, there were 212 of publication and that do not deposit all Editor-in-Chief is the “new look” for papers received, and 84 carried over from content in repositories such as Mycologia, commencing with issue 1 of earlier submissions, for a total of 296 papers, PubMedCentral. MSA Council has been volume 93 for the Year 2001. I wish I could almost the same number as the preceding discussing the best way for Mycologia, a take the credit for this handsome transfor- fiscal year, when there were 306 papers small journal supported largely by member- mation, but I can’t. All the ground work was processed. Of the current batch of papers, ship dues and library subscriptions, to be already done when I came on board. 131 have been accepted and/or published, available on-line, and to cope with the Special praise for the attractive graphics and 53 have been rejected, and 6 have been demands of the Public Library of Science design goes to Rick Howard who oversaw withdrawn. The remaining 46 papers are campaign. John Taylor has studied possible the selection process for the new cover, and being carried over. strategies for Mycologia. Jim Ginns, has assumed the role of Cover Editor. The Managing Editor, and Orson Miller, current The 2001 volume of Mycologia is first three issues used images that had been MSA president visited Allen Press this numbered 93. To date, issues 1-4 are in pre-selected by Rick; we are now trying to spring to discusses electronic publishing print; 5 is in press; and 6 is in preparation, coordinate cover illustrations with articles with them. From the perspective of the and will be sent to Allen Press in early that appear in individual issues. Editor-in Chief it is important that we are not August. Issue 1 of volume 94 (2002) is required to process text and graphics files a The Associate Editors of Mycologia are already full. In summary, we are running second time for a new platform. These an extraordinary group. Since it is impos- ahead of schedule and have no shortage of functions require a great deal of time and sible for the Editor-in-Chief adequately to high quality papers in the queue. cover all areas of expertise, the high quality attention. For this reason, we hope to stay of our peer review is largely due to the The relationship with our publisher, Allen with the same platform used by Allen Press Associate Editors, each of who brings Press, is good. The Press has been so that the burden of technical work falls cutting edge knowledge of a particular unfailingly supportive of us, starting during with our publisher. Keeping Mycologia’s mycological sub-discipline. In 2001, David the first days of transition, and continuing material with our own publisher’s electronic Geiser, Steven Miller, and Daniel Wubah during the months of hard work that have system allows us better to take responsibil- completed terms of service and we thank ensued. We deeply appreciate their ity for corrections and to protect the them for their participation. Continuing as professionalism and courtesy in answering copyrights of our authors. our many questions concerning the Associate Editors are Lori Carris, James Finally, let me give my personal thanks 13 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Publications) to Mary Langlois for her extraordinary APS-SON-MSA Joint meeting; Midyear 01 (pages 8-10); Rogerson Book service to Mycologia. MSA is lucky to Reports (Ellzey–Endowment Commit- Auction (pages 11-26); shorter items by have such a mannerly, gifted, and dedicated tee, Ginns–Mycologia, Esteban– Slack (Greetings from APS), Ruch person working for our journal, and I am Sustaining Member Committee); shorter (Foray), Norvell (Council Email Ex- lucky to interact with her on a daily basis. items by Ruch (Foray), Norvell (Council press), Schaechter (Liaison with Respectfully submitted, Email Express), Rossman (Charles Amateur Mycological Clubs), Korf Joan W. Bennett Bacon Award), Stephenson (Mexican (Cautionary Tail), Lindsey and Editor-in-Chief Myxomycetes), Fogel (UM Herbarium Nakasone (Robert Gilbertson), student adds Alaskan Fungi and UM Herbarium congratulations (Miller–Mary Inoculum: Editor Moving), Howard (Mycologia Cover Catherine Aime, Geiser–Kelly Ivors, Art), Farr and Paul (Protocols for Rogers–Julia Kerrigan), Stephenson 1. 1,400 copies of Inoculum are Handling Fungal Cultures at SBML), (Stephenson in New Zealand), published by Allen Press six times a Blackwell (Fungus Flicks), Clark Blackwell (IMC 8), Crous (Phytopatho- year and mailed with Mycologia. (Valentine’s Day and Slime Molds), genic Fungi from South Africa Now During 2001, each issue contained a Summerell and Burgess (Fusarium Online), Erwin (Additional Fungus letter from MSA President Miller, and Workshop), Guzman (Latin American Flicks), Fogel (Report from Association all (except 52[4]) contained letters from Congress of Mycology), Pfister (Fungi of Systematic Collections), Zhou (Asia- editor Ruch. In addition, each issue on Lichens), Jeffrey (Tlaxcala 2001 Pacific International Mycological contained six regular sections compiled Mushroom Excursion). Conference), Methven (Sleeping Bear by Ruch (MSA Business, Mycological Dunes Mushrooms). News, Mycologist’s Bookshelf (pre- ~~Inoculum 52(3, May/June), 84 pared by John Zak), Mycology Online + pages, 11 photos, 1 drawing: One 2. Because a new editor took over Directory, Mycological Classifieds, feature by Stephenson (Myxomycetes Inoculum in 2001, deadlines have been th Mycological Calendar), two lists of New Zealand); four book reviews by moved forward to about the 10 of “even” (sustaining members, masthead), and Rossman (Lichens), Kurtzman (Mush- months, with the newsletter mailed by Allen th four forms (membership, gift member- room Science ... Edible Fungi), Vellinga Press around the 15 of “odd” months. ship, endowment & contributions, (North American Boletes ... Pored Pleas for copy are Emailed to approximately change of address). Issues 52(1) - 52(4) Mushrooms), Elsik (Synopsis of Fossil 110 MSA member about 2-3 weeks before also included: Fungi ...); Minutes of the Midyear deadline, with editorial cajolery generally Meeting of MSA Executive Council, incessant and ongoing. The membership ~~Inoculum 52(1, January/February), Miller; Midyear Report (Norvell– has responded well, and Inoculum now 24 pages, 4 photos: One feature by Inoculum); Final Report (Clark– received submissions from members and Nieves-Rivera (Psathyrellas); two book Mentor Travel Awards Committee and non-members from all over the world. Nearly reviews by Bennett (Fungal Morpho- Winners); MSA By-Laws (pages 11-16); 100% of submissions are via Email, greatly genesis) and Rossman (Hemp Diseases MSA Abstracts (pages 18-68); shorter easing the Editorial Burden. and Pests: Management and Biological items by Ruch (Foray), Norvell (Council Control); awards announcements and 3. The Editor regularly sends comple- Email Express), Blackwell (Henk’s mentary copies of Inoculum to NAMA call for nominations (pages 7-11); and Award), Oberwinkler (Mycological shorter items by Norvell (Council Email (North American Mycological Associa- Progress), O’Dell (Mushroom Genome tion) and authors of feature articles. In Express), Ruch (foray and Who is the ... Award), Crous (Samson in South Mycologist?), Hawkins (Undergraduate addition, the Editor sends a PDF file of Africa), participants of MASMC, three each issue of Inoculum to Tom Volk, Research Award Winners), Kropp upcoming mycological events (May– (Peripatetic Mycology), Porter MSA Web Master. These will soon be Australia Conference, Milanez– loaded on the MSA Home Page. (MASMC), Michel (Mexican Mush- Brazilian Congress, Volk–MMS hosting room Conference), Elad (WPRS NAMA), two summer workshops 4. The Editor strongly suggests that Phytopathogens Group), and Solomko (Baroni–Adirondacks, Methven– Committee Chairs and other Notables (Medicinal Mushrooms). Sleeping Bear Dunes). send really good photos of themselves to ~~Inoculum 52(2, March/April), 28 the Editor. Such an effort would greatly ~~Inoculum 52(4, July/August), 40 be appreciated by the membership. pages, 16 photos and 1 drawing: Two pages, 13 photos: Two features by features by Nieves-Rivera (Mycophagy Nieves-Rivera (Ergot) and Bennett 5. Allen Press and Beverly Prescott in West Indies), Ruch (MSA Foray 2000 (Update on the Genomics of Fungi); no have been consistently professional, and Slide from MSA Collection); one book reviews; annual report (Lodge– helpful, and courteous. book review by Jansonius (Synopsis of Biodiversity Committee); MSA Official Respectfully submitted, Fossil Fungi ...); an advertisement for Committees and Representatives: 2000- Donald G. Ruch, Editor 14 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Standing Committees)
Annual Reports: Standing Committees Education Committee Endowment Endowment Honor Roll that is published each year in Inoculum. At the suggestion of Three new members were appointed to The Endowment Committee has raised Linda Kohn, Esther McLaughlin began the committee: Merideth Blackwell, James $12,906.60 between August 1, 2000 and July planning for a telephone campaign where Bever, and Peggy Schultz. Don Ruch has 31, 2001, including $6,275.00 from donations students of mentors for the Travel Mentor been appointed as an ad hoc member of the and $6,631.60 from the MSA Auction 2000, Awards would each call four people and committee for the purpose of managing the tee-shirts, mushroom pins and cookbooks. request a donation of $250.00 each. She has MSA transparency collection. Appoint- The members of the Endowment Committee compiled a list of callers. She has resigned ment of an ad hoc member has been are Judi Ellzey, Chair; Karen Snetselaar, Don from the Endowment Committee. Katrina requested. Twenty-nine different mycology Hemmes and Jeff Stone, Ex-Officio. Mowrey, Allen Marketing and Manage- teaching videos were lent out (13 mailings). The number of contributors to the Travel ment, prepared a very attractive form that A newly hired mycologist who is teaching Mentor Awards, Research Awards, the was included in the fall mailings for mycology for the first time was given Uncommitted Endowment and Undergradu- membership dues. Orson and Judi included teaching material and advice. Several ate Fund was twenty-six. The current a letter with the Endowment form. The hundred copies of the mycology careers balances in the endowment funds are results were that nine people contributed to poster were distributed and a poster distributed as follows: Allen Marketing and Management with a session presentation about the poster was total of $700.00 donated. Of this $125.00 made at a mycology conference. Responses Alexopoulos Travel Fund = $4,510.00 was contributed for the new Undergraduate were made to 16 inquiries from MSA Barksdale-Raper Travel Fund=$3,995.11 Fund. We have ten out of thirteen travel members and members of the public. (These Bigelow Travel Fund = $11,926.00 mentor funds that are under $5,000.00. One included a request for information about Butler Travel Fund = $5,164.00 of our goals has been to raise each travel career and training opportunities for a fund to $5,000.00, so that it has enough “myceliologist”.) Discussions were started Denison Travel Fund =$6,250.00 endowment funds for awarding a travel with university counsel regarding copyright Fitzpatrick Travel Fund=$4,825.00 grant. Don Hemmes will be in charge of the issues involved in distributing copies of Fuller Travel Fund =$2,395.00 MSA Auction in 2001. slides from the transparency collection, with the goal of formulating a standardized Korf Travel Fund = $4,259.05 Respectfully submitted, procedure. The Executive Council approved Luttrell Travel Fund =$4,050.00 Judi Ellzey, Chair preparation of an educational brochure and Thiers Travel Fund = $3,595.00 MSA Endowment Fund Honor Roll allotted up to $1500 for this project. Printers’ for Donors Trappe Travel Fund =$1,300.00 estimates were obtained, outside financial August 1, 2000 - July 31, 2001 Uecker Travel Fund =$3,205.00 support was obtained, brochures from other Alexopoulos Prize Fund organizations were collected and reviewed, Wells Travel Fund = $2,800.00 J. T. Ellzey, M.L.Farr and ideas for design of a brochure were New Travel Award Fund $70,000.00 Alexopoulos Travel Fund developed. The revised goal for date of (To supplement current travel mentor funds). C.T.Rogerson completion of this project is now the 2002 Barksdale-Raper Travel Fund MSA annual meeting. An APS/MSA joint The balances for the research funds are as follows: C.T. Rogerson workshop at the 2001 annual meeting, Bigelow Travel Fund chaired by Carol Stiles, is focused on A.H. and H.V. Smith Fund =$24,997.89 M.E.Barr Bigelow, C.T. Rogerson teaching mycology. Martin-Baker Research Fund=$33,791.62 Butler Travel Fund -- Mike Tansey, Chair Myron Backus Award Fund= $16,800.00 C.T. Rogerson, E. Butler Education Committee Denison Travel Fund Alexopoulos Prize Fund= $16,574.83 C. T. Rogerson Electronic Communication and Uncommitted Endowment before Fitzpatrick Travel Fund Webpage Management Investment =29,512.95 C. T. Rogerson Fuller Travel Fund No report. Undergraduate Fund Contributions = $125.00 M. Fuller, C. T. Rogerson Korf Travel Fund I recommend that the Executive Council C.T. Rogerson encourage all officers, councilors and Luttrell Travel Fund committee chairs to donate to the endow- M. Klich, L. Norvell, F. and G. Carroll, ment funds and become members of the C. T. Rogerson, M. Palm 15 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Standing Committees)
Thiers Travel Fund Background information: The MSA- developing) countries by individual J. Blair, D. J. Lodge, J. M. Trappe, IAC Committee acts as an advocate for responses to questions sent to IAC E. J. Thiers, J. K. Stone, H. & O. Miller non-North American members and members. The IAC still wishes to foster C.T. Rogerson proposes initiatives that will lead to long- these relationships by establishing a Trappe Travel Fund term collaborations between MSA and hotline/information desk for scientists/ C. T. Rogerson other mycological associations and students who need research advice but do Uecker Travel Fund societies. It serves particularly to foster not know whom to contact on the MSA C. T. Rogerson, T. Gaither. M. Palm mycological expertise and to facilitate Bulletin Board. Wells Travel Fund interactions among MSA members in the 5. The IAC provides additional help in C.T. Rogerson, G. L. Samuels international community. MSA-IAC is obtaining publications or photocopies for Martin-Baker Research Fund composed of five members representing scientists with limited library access who O. Calvert, P. Dunn, T. Gaither each continent or major area. cannot obtain a publication by other means. M. L. Farr, C .J. K. Wang Committee members: Chair Teresa 6. IAC members, who maintain contact with Myron Backus Award Fund Iturriaga (1997-2001; Latin America; different mycological associations through- M. Christensen
do not success at first to establish members, who also happen to be ALM Nomenclature contact, try again. Any mycological members, should be considered for the Since my last report in Inoculum 51(5): 31, literature or supporting materials would be upcoming ALM Congress in 2002 in the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures appreciated. Mexico. has moved to Utrecht, but the email connec- b. Kevin Hyde (Asia & Oceania) The 4. Centralise and post information with tions have remained the same and a few Centre for research in fungal diversity has respect to the location of library holdings of requests for assistance with nomenclatorial published 6 books (see www.hku.hk/ relevant mycological sources in each problems have reached me here. On the ecology/booksales/) and continues to country on the MSA webpage. CBS website you will find not only the train students in China (1), Thailand (6), 5. Include the following information on discussion papers but since May also the Philippines (2) and Australia (1) as well as the MSA Webpage: most recent report of the Committee for many Hong Kong students. Kevin, • How to make mycological inventories of Fungi (published in Taxon 50: 269–272, presently on sabbatical in Thailand for 5 an area. 2001). Thus you will notice that Rhizocto- months, will attend MSA in Salt Lake City nia is now a conserved name with the • How to set up an agaric study plot. with 4 Thais and 3 Hong Kong students. conserved type, R. solani. • How to study wood-decomposing c. Teresa Iturriaga (Latin America): The A major development in nomenclature is fungi. IAC will help organize an Ascomycete the initiation of a discussion group, thanks -- Teresa Iturriaga, Chair Taxonomy Workshop to train students, to an initiative by David Hawksworth from researchers, and teachers at the IV Latin Mycologia Memoirs March 19, 2001, with the aim of investigat- American Mycological Congress in 2002. ing possibilities of eventually abolishing In this way the MSA and ALM continue During the last year there have been no Article 59, which, according to some to collaborate together, and to further ties new submissions of new manuscripts for mycologists, serves taxonomy badly. The set forth in the 1999 inter-society Mycologia Memoirs. One manuscript, group can be reached through email at agreement. Information: Meredith “Phaeocollybia Heim in the western United
Annual Reports: Rotating Committees Biodiversity including BMS, the Council of Biology writing. However, we believe that the Editors, and MSA. He has served on responses we got are quite representative See annual report in Inoculum 52(4):6. international commissions on food and useful. Environmental Health and microbiology, serves on several editorial The main activities reported were: Medical Mycology boards, and has been repeatedly honored with awards from both Australian and •Acting as scientific advisor to clubs The committee discussed the possibility international societies. His referees speak of •Giving courses designed for amateurs at of either sponsoring a symposium at the him as an excellent instructor, an engaging universities or public organizations 2001 annual MSA meeting or developing a speaker and one whose enthusiasm for his •Lecturing to amateur clubs series of articles for Inoculum. When we science has led to numerous international •Leading or participating in local forays learned of the Workshop on Fungi and collaborations. They also speak of John Pitt and fairs Indoor Air Quality, I spoke with the as a champion and mentor for young organizers about the possibility of some mycologists. •Acting at mycologists at yearly NAMA, input from our committee. However, I NEMF, and regional forays Birgit Nordbring-Hertz began her career in learned the workshop was already planned pharmacy, acquiring second degrees in •Fostering interactions with amateur with no interest in modifying the session. biology (BSc, MSc) in the mid 1950’s. From groups by graduate students We further discussed the idea of an article 1956 to 1974 she carried out research in •Writing articles for McIlvania (the yearly for Inoculum, the working title is “What various capacities and received a Ph.D from journal of the N. American Mycological Mycologists Should Know about Indoor Lund University in 1974. In 1975 she Assoc.), Mushroom-The Journal of Wild Fungal Contamination.” We plan to became Head of the Department of Mycology, and club newsletters continue working on this during the coming Microbial Ecology at Lund University and months with help from former members of •Serving a on the Joint MSA-NAMA was appointed Professor in 1987. From 1970 this committee. “Common Names” Commission until the present she has maintained an -- Estelle Levetin, Chair exciting program of research on the biology •Serving on diverse NAMA committees of nematode-trapping fungi, with 70 •Appearing on television and radio Honorary Membership publications as well as 6 films done in shows, including NPR’s “Science Friday” The Committee on Honorary Membership collaboration with the institute for Scientific •Facilitating the obtaining of permissions received two nominations for Honorary Film in Göttingen. Her referees stress the for forays in public lands Membership this year. We have reviewed creativity and originality of her research and •Creating and curating websites useful for the files for both candidates and have universally mention that she has trained a amateurs unanimously agreed to pass them on to number of graduate students and is Council for approval prior to a vote of the renowned for her willingness to assist •Participating in mycological email MSA membership at our annual meeting. students and colleagues. usernets The candidates are John Pitt and Birgit Respectfully submitted, We do not list individual activities Nordbring-Hertz. George Carroll, Chair because they are quite similar to those listed John Pitt has had a long and distin- in reports by this committee in recent years guished career with CSIRO in Australia in Liaison with Amateur Mycological (and we want to be known for our terse- ness). In general, the responses bespeak of the Division of Food Science and Technol- Clubs & Societies Committee ogy. His research interests lie in the area of continuation of the intense and meaningful food spoilage fungi, and he has published The main activity of the committee during interactions between professional mycolo- extensively (147 journal articles and book this period has been to gather information gists and amateur groups. We applaud this chapters as of last count) on the taxonomy from professional mycologists about their state of affairs. and physiology of Penicillium, Aspergil- involvement with amateurs. We sent an Some of the respondents mentioned an lus, and xerophiles and on the factors which informal request via email to 85 mycologists, impressive number of such activities, influence the production of mycotoxins. He selected from a list of unknown provenance. others listed only a few. Several of the has also written or edited a number of We received 19 answers, some brief, some respondents mentioned that amateurs books, most recently one with R.A. Samson quite lengthy. All but one of the respon- were of significant help to them in on the integration of traditional and dents has been involved in such activities. collecting specimens. Not mentioned, molecular methods in the taxonomy of This survey is incomplete because we are but assumed by us, is the enjoyment that Aspergillus and Penicillium. He is a aware of persons active in this field who professionals derive from being helpful member of eight professional societies, have not answered at the time of this to amateurs. 18 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Rotating Committees)
We conclude that the interaction of 5. Endowment Committee Chair Judi Ellzey H. E. Bigelow Award: Daniel L. L. professional with amateurs is in excellent informed the committee that 16 awards (1 Czederpiltz, University of Wisconsin, shape. Although this is anecdotal Alexopoulos, 1 Barksdale/Raper, 4 Bigelow, Ph.D., Glen Stanosz, The statistical information, it appears that a significant 1 Butler, 2 Denison, 1 Fitzpatrick, 1 Fuller, 1 comparison of species diversity among proportion of professional mycologists Korf, 1 Luttrell, 1 Thiers, 1 Uecker, 1 Wells) fungal communities. with expertise in the higher fungi have could be funded and the committee H. E. Bigelow Award: Steven Trudell, significant collaborations with amateur assigned the top 16 applicants to the University of Washington, Ph.D., Robert groups. These activities enhance and appropriate mentor. A list of the 16 winners Edmonds, Nitrogen isotope ratios in strengthen the participation of amateurs in of the 2001 Mentor Travel Awards is sporocarps of ectomycorrhizal fungi: field mycology, which follows a long appended. influence of phytogenetic and environ- established tradition. 6. All applicants and their major professors mental factors. In the future, we propose to survey who wrote supporting letters were E. E. Butler Award: Patrick Westfall, The amateur groups for their reaction to informed of the committee’s decision by University of Georgia, Ph.D. Michelle professionals hoping to elicit helpful mail and winners were encouraged to write Momany, the Aspergillus nidulans septin suggestions. letters of appreciation to mentors or their AspB localizes to areas of new growth pre- To emphasize what we are about, in survivors as has been done in previous and post-mitotically. years. recent years, we have been involved in W. C. Denison Award: Jenny Tan, 7. Award winners will be given biographical two major areas: University of California Berkeley, B.S., Tom sketches of their travel award mentors as •Gathering information about the Bruns, Examination of genet size of two they are recognized at the Business interactions between professionals and mycorrhizal fungi from the southern Sierra Meeting. amateurs Nevada: Gautieria monticola and Suillus •Suggesting and facilitating the Respectively submitted, (Gastrosuillus) suilloides using AFLP launching of the “Common Names” Jim Clark, Chair markers. Commission 2001 Mentor Travel Award W. C. Denison Award: Todd We are open to suggestions for doing Osmundson, Montana State Univer- other things as well. Winners sity, M.S., Cathy Cripps, Preliminary Respectfully submitted, The entry for each awardee includes: systematics and ecological observa- Elio Schaechter (chair) Name of mentor award, winner’s name, tions of rocky Mountain alpine species Judy Roger affiliation, degree in progress, major of Laccaria. Thomas Volk advisor, and title of presentation. Awards H. M. Fitzpatrick Award: Brett Couch, are listed alphabetically by name of the University of Toronto, Ph.D., Linda Mentor Travel Awards mentor. Kohn, A multilocus molecular marker On behalf of the MSA Mentor travel C.J. Alexopoulos Award: Rebecca system for studying population Awards Committee for the 2001 Salt Lake Bellings, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and subdivisions in the rice blast fungus, City meeting I offer the following report. State University,Ph.D., Orson Miller, The Magnaporthe grisea. 1. The 2001 committee consisted of Jim roll of naturally occurring ectomycorrhizae M. S. Fuller Award: Merlin White, Clark (Univ. Kentucky) as chair, Jose in revegetation of a trace metal stressed University of Kansas, Ph.D., Robert Herrera (Truman State Univ.) chair in 2002, site in southern Virginia. Lichtwardt, Exploring the relationships of Rosalind Lowen (N.Y. Botanical Garden), A. Barksdale/J. Raper Award: Travis gut fungi (Harpellales) using ribosomal and Greg Thorn (Univ. Western Ontario). Clark, University of Toronto, M.S., DNA. 2. Committee guidelines were revised and James Anderson, Adaptation in long R. P. Korf Award: Priscila Chaverri, ARS officially submitted to President - Elect term cultures of Schizophyllum Systematic Botany and Mycology Timothy J. Baroni. commune. Laboratory, Ph.D., Gary Samuels, 3. Requests for applications were H. E. Bigelow Award: Sarah Bergemann, Biocontrol species of Trichoderma have published in Inoculum 52(1) February 2001 University of Wyoming, Ph.D., Steven Hypocrea telomorphs with green with awards set at $500 and having an Miller, Phytogeography and population ascospores. April 1st deadline. biology of Russula brevipes. E. S. Luttrell Award: Ning Zhang, Louisi- 4. A total of 23 applications were received H. E. Bigelow Award: Martin Coetzee, ana State University, Ph.D., Meredith and were ranked by the committee using University of Pretoria, Ph.D., Brenda Blackwell, Population genetics of dog- the criteria established in the new Wingfield, Phylogeny of the southern wood anthracnose fungus (Discula guidelines. hemisphere Armillaria species. destructiva Relin). 19 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Representatives)
H. D. Thiers Award: Terry Henkel, Duke the preliminary list of candidates submitted Alexander H & Helen V Smith Research University, Ph.D. Rytas Vigalys, Dicymbe by the nomination committee. Award – Because there were no applicants forest as habitat islands for ectomycorrhizal Respectfully submitted, to study the Smith collections at the fungi in the Pakaraima mountains of Donald H. Pfister, Chair University of Michigan Herbarium, the Guyana. George Carroll Smith award will not be awarded this year. F. A. Uecker Award: Patrik Inderbitizin, James Ginns -- Joseph F Ammirati, Co-chair University of British Columbia, Ph.D., Mary Mary Palm Berbee, Aliquandostipitaceae Student Awards (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), a family Research Awards The following students have received with dimorphic ascomata and unusually Martin-Baker Award: The Committee has awards. wide hyphae. selected Dr. Omon Isikhuemhen, presently Priscila Chaverri - $2000 MSA Award. K. Wells Award: Daniel Henk, Duke at East Carolina University, to receive this Project: Systematics of Hypocrea University, Ph.D. Rytas Vigalys, Systematics year’s award from the Martin-Baker Species with Green Ascospores. of Septobasidium Pat. Endowment Fund. Dr. Isikhuemhen is Advisor: Gary Samuels. investigating the taxonomy, genetics, and Nominations biogeography of Pleurotus tuberrregium, P. Brandon Matheny - $2000 NAMA P. javanicus, and Lenzites squarrosulus, Award. Project:
Other reports were part of the morning’s engaged as an independent contractor the concept of interdependence of the agenda and they are summarized as follows: to do part-time work for AIBS on sciences. Thomas Lovejoy and Michael Ellen Paul (part-time AIBS Public Policy education issues. Ruggiero provided an update on the Representative): Paul is instrumental in Mary McKenna (AIBS Human Resources Integrated Taxonomic Information System coordinating and expressing the needs of Committee): McKenna encouraged the (ITIS) Program. This initiative focuses AIBS to the Congress. She reported on a promotion of more environmental careers on the development of a uniform number of activities of her office relating to among under-represented minorities and to system of unique digital identifiers for research funding, research policy, science link AIBS website with minority organiza- species and other biological units education and evolution. She solicited tions. whose purpose is to facilitate the ideas from the council as to the issues that efficient discovery, exchange and Richard O’Grady (Exec. Director): A draft of integrations of these data. Finally, are important to the member societies of an AIBS ethics statement was presented AIBS and, specifically, each society was Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) was and comments from the floor were wel- scheduled to speak but had to cancel. asked to submit 3 issues of concern. AIBS comed. The statement will be emended to would then approach the “Hill” with these incorporate several constructive sugges- -- Clark L. Ovrebo issues. I could not adequately speak for tions. [does MSA have an ethics state- MSA at the Council meeting so have ment?] American Mushroom Institute informed President Miller that MSA should The liaison relationship between MSA The afternoon session consisted of submit three topics in the area of public and AMI (The American Mushroom invited speakers. Their presentations issues/concerns that are important to MSA. Institute) was inaugurated with reciprocal are summarized below. A proposal has been made for AIBS to hire articles in Inoculum and Mushroom News. additional staff in the AIBS Public Policy Heather Joseph, President of BioOne. She The nature and role of the MSA was Office because Paul cannot handle provided an update on BioOne. BioOne is a described to the AMI membership, and vice everything alone. One or two full-time staff web-based aggregation of research versa. AMI members were invited to members are proposed. This would mean publications in the biological, ecological consider the MSA a resource for pursuing raising extra money to support the posi- and environmental sciences. It is being mycological issues of concern to the tions, $80,000 for one position, $150,000 for developed by AIBS and the Scholarly commercial mushroom industry. the two. Each member society of AIBS has Publishing and Academic Resources I received one forwarded query from a been asked to pay voluntarily an additional Coalition (SPARC), U. of Kansas, the Big 12 Russian mushroom grower via an MSA $1000-5000 per year, the amount based on Plus Libraries Consortium, and Allen Press. member, and responded. the size of a society’s membership to help Forty AIBS member societies have slated fund these positions. Commitments for the their journals for inclusion. Margaret Possibly as a result of the Liaison role, increased funding are due by 31 Aug 2001. Cavanaugh, NSF Director’s Office, AMI asked me to serve on an ad hoc Paul asked the various societies whether provided an update on the NSF Environ- committee reviewing draft proposed each had a public policy officer. A few mental Portfolio. NSF has established a national organic standards for mushrooms responded that they did. [how about high visibility, NSF-wide organizational and mushroom spawn, which I did. MSA?] Also in development is an AIBS focus for the environment and -- Rick Kerrigan Public Issues Council. biocomplexity. Gina Adams from Interna- Trish Morse (AIBS Education Committee): tional Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY) ATCC project spoke. IBOY is an initiative of Morse reported that 12 high school Biology The Scientific Advisory Council DIVERSITAS, an international program Texts had been reviewed by the committee (SAC) of the ATCC met on December 7, headquartered in Paris, in which scientists and the results have been published: “A 2000 at which time the following items across the world are joining forces to review of biological instructional materials were discussed: for secondary schools”, published by increase communication of important new AIBS, March 2001. The report is found information on biodiversity. Next, Martin BRC CONCEPT: The BRC (Biological online and is also available from AIBS. Apple spoke. He is president of the Council Resource Center), as presented by Drs. AIBS also continues its involvement of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP). George (Chief Scientific Officer) and Jong with AAAS Digital Libraries project CSSP consists of 175 disciplines, is a unified (Mycology), defines the ATCC as more called the Biosci Ed Net (BEN) force in representing the interests of all than just a repository for microbiological Colaborative. This is an NSF-funded scientific fields, and is a strong voice in cultures but also as a service provider and project to put educational, pedagogical support of science education. He reported knowledge manager that preserves and and curricular materials from the that NSF will not receive a budget increase distributes living materials, research tools biological societies and organizations for 2002 and that the budget for Physics (eg. genomes, plasmids, cDNA banks, test online. Cathy Lundmark has been programs will be decreased. He stressed kits) and associated information. Long term 21 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS (Representatives) goals include expanding ATCC’s data institutions are not willing to deposit items IMA management capabilities to meet the needs that may be of commercial value. The International Mycological generated by sequencing and microarray GRANTS & CONTRACTS: G&C has Association (IMA) has strong repre- technologies. grown to 21% of ATCC revenues in sentation from the MSA, with Dr. SAC RECOMMENDATIONS: The 2001. NIH funding accounts for 86-90% Meredith Blackwell
USA (1977); IMC 3, Tokyo, Japan (1983); American Society for Microbiology nominees must be from a country IMC 4, Regensberg, Germany (1990); IMC 5, (ASM) – 2 representatives other than the hosting country Vancouver, Canada (1994), IMC 6, Jerusa- American Phytopathological Society (USA). The USNC/IUMS will await lem, Israel (1998). (APS) – 1 representative calls for nominations for these Other international meetings. The Asian positions and submit these nomina- Society for Industrial Microbiology tions once requested. The MSA International Mycological Congress 2001 (SIM) – 1 representative (AIMC 2001) will be held in Tehran, Iran, 17- needs to put forth some names (2-3) 20 September 2001. For information contact Virology of nominees (mycologists from Dr. D. Ershad
Annual Reports: Assignments Joint Commission on Common Unfortunately several members have had William H. Weston, first president of the Names several personal crises related to health MSA, was written by the Historian for and/or family and these developments have Innoculum. Efforts were make to accumulate At the last annual Mycological Society of set back the progress by several months, documents related to the transfer of America (MSA) meeting in Vermont in for which the chair apologizes. It is Mycologia from the New York Botanical August a draft proposal for the establish- anticipated that the Commission will Garden to the Society. Official documents of ment of a Commission on Common become more active as the summer committees and officers should be sent to Mushroom Names for North America was progresses and can be in a position to the Historian for incorporation into the approved in principle. The same proposal contact clubs in the fall. archives. had previously been approved by the NAMA board of trustees at the annual Announcements about the formation of Respectfully submitted, North American Mycological Association the Commission, its mandate, rationale, and Donald H. Pfister foray in Beaumont, TX. MSA President make-up were published in the Mycophile Orson K. Miller and then-NAMA President 41(6): 1 & 10-11 (2000); Inoculum 51(5): 5-7 Foray Coordinator Allein Stanley met in September and (2000); and Mushroom the journal of wild The annual MSA foray will be held on together appointed members as outlined in mushrooming 18(4): 5, 7-8 (2000). Saturday, August 25, 2001, in the Uinta the mandate: Respectfully submitted, Mountains, Utah. It will be hosted by the Independent NAMA appointments were: Scott A. Redhead Mushroom Society of Utah. Details of the George Riner (2001-05) trip and the itinerary were published in Carol Dreiling (2001-04) Historian Inoculum 52(4):6. Joint MSA & NAMA appointments were: Activities involved primarily the collec- I recommend that MSA recognize The Scott Redhead (2001-06) [Chair for 2001] tion of MSA materials that document the Mushroom Society of Utah, and in Lorelei Norvell (2001-06) history of the organization. In the last year particular Ardeen Watts, the local represen- Judy Roger (2001-06) MSA officers were primarily the source of tative, for their/his efforts in making the documents. A material will be delivered to foray successful. Independent MSA appointments were: the official archives at the New York Respecfully submitted, Tom Volk (2001-2005) Botanical Garden in the fall. An article on Walt Sundberg (2001-04) Donald G. Ruch The members then elected a chair (S. Redhead) as was required. Correspondence via email was estab- MYCOLOGICAL NEWS lished and a dedicated WWW site, *club* on Yahoo was established to facilitate Austrian Mushroom Paintings Leopold Trattinnick (1764-1849) used communication, record transactions, and to We call to the attention of the mycological some of the paintings to illustrate his filter the correspondence from email traffic. community a collection of Austrian mycological writings and perhaps as However, after initiating the site not all mushroom paintings dating from the early guides for sets of wax models of fungi members found they could access it and it 1800’s. The paintings are by artists associ- sold between 1804 and 1808. Because the was abandoned. ated with the Vienna Porzellan-Manufaktur illustrations in Trattinnick’s published Tom Volk assigned a student to input and are part of a seven-volume set. The works were hand colored etchings, they common and over 1500 Latin names into an other six volumes are of flowering plants. vary considerably from copy to copy. Examining the original paintings in this MS Word file (in table form), from most The mushroom volume contains 144 collection should help resolve any major field guides used by English speaking numbered leaves of paintings. Inscribed in discrepancy. North America mushroomers, i.e., guides by each are the names of the mushroom and Peterson, Arora, Miller & Farr (itself a the artist. The artists whose names appear These works are in the Holden Arbor- compilation), Dorling (Laessoe & Lincoff), in this volume are Reinelli, Schmidt, etum, Kirtland, OH. The Curator of Rare Harper (another compilation), Kibby, Pegler, Buchberger, and Strenzel. Books, Dr. Stanley Johnston, has a list of the titles of the paintings he will make it and Konemann. The intent was to select a The paintings are in color and appear available by email on request. Write to small subset for distribution to clubs and at to be of high quality. The listing of these
National Council for Science and the Environment National Conference on Science, Policy and Environment (Note to MSA Members: The MSA participated in the meeting that led to the NCSE report described in this article through the participation of Al Torzilli.) On Earth Day 2001, the National Council Sustainability Science seeks to improve conference will seek to develop recommen- for Science and the Environment (NCSE) upon the substantial, but still limited, dations for the World Summit for Sustain- released a report reflecting the views of understanding of nature-society interac- able Development in September 2002. many of the nation’s leading environmental tions. It aims to provide a better under- Planned for December 6-7th the 2nd National scientists and decision-makers calling for standing of the complete dynamic interac- Conference on Science, Policy and major changes in the relationship between tions between human society and nature so Environment will be held at the Smithsonian science and environmental policy. The that the alarming trends towards increasing National Museum of Natural History and report emphasizes the need for “significant” vulnerability are reversed. Achieving the Renaissance Hotel, Washington DC. investment in new approaches to science sustainability will not only require changes The theme of the conference will be and for changes in governmental organiza- in scientific collaborations and mindsets, Sustainable Communities: Science and tion to address “serious voids” that impede but also changes in the institutions that Solutions. Highlights will include keynote efforts to acquire and translate scientific fund and communicate science. speaker, Donald Kennedy, current editor of knowledge. Science Magazine and former president of Collaboration and Communication between Stanford University, and the 2nd Annual The report, which offers specific recom- Scientists and Decision-Makers: mendations for improving the scientific John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on basis for environmental decision-making, is Underscored throughout the report is the Science and the Environment. based on deliberations by more than 450 contention that sound environmental For copies of the 2000 report and scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders decision-making is dependent on “an information on the 2001 conference, contact from a broad range of disciplines, interests, effective interface between scientists and David Blockstein at and locals. The group was convened late policymakers and the reliable and timely
In this issue we review From Ethnomycology to Fungal Biotechnology: Exploiting Fungi from Natural Resources for Novel Products by J Singh and KR. Aneja (eds) and Molecules, Morphology, and Classification:Towards Monophyletic Genera in the Ascomycetes. Studies in Mycology No. 45 by KA Siefert, W Gams, PW Crous, and GL Samuels (eds.) and feature books received from June through August 2001, and list previously featured books received since Octoberr 2000. Reviews aree needed for several new books if you have the time over the next several months. Please check the list, send me an Email at [email protected] and I will try to accommodate your request. John Zak, BOOK REVIEW EDITOR REVIEWS
ROM ETHNOMYCOLOGY TO Fungal Biotechnology: Exploit the uses of fungi by humans will find this book extremely useful. Fing Fungi from Natural Resources for Novel Products. -- Amy Rossman, Research Leader 1999. J Singh and KR. Aneja (eds). Kluwer Academic/ USDA-ARS Plenum Publishers, Order Department, PO Box 358, Accord Systematic BotANY & Mycology Laboratory Station, Hingham, MA 02018-0358, or PO Box 322, 3300 AH Rm 304, B011A Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 305 pp. Price: $125 US. 10300 Baltimore Avenue This book presents a treasure trove of information Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 about the uses of fungi in human activities. Divided into < amy@nt. ars-grin.gov > five sections, each of the 26 chapters is relatively compre- hensive with numerous references. The four chapters OLECULES, MORPHOLOGY, and Classification: Towards under Ethnomycology emphasize the uses of fungi in Monophyletic Genera in the Ascomycetes. Studies in Asian cultures as edible fungi and folk medicine. Two M Mycology No. 45. 2000. KA Siefert, W Gams, PW Crous, and tables summarize the fungi with their local names used by GL Samuels (eds.). Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, the tribal people of Madhya Pradesh (India) ranging from Baarn/Deft, The Netherlands, 232pp. Price: NLG 100. Bovista apedicellata for treating wounds to Phallus impudicus against typhoid. The largest section on If you thought “The Whole Fungus” (edited by B. Kendrick, Fungal Biotechnology covers uses from production of 1979) was useful, then you will find “Molecules, Morphology pharmaceuticals to fungi used as mycoherbicides and and Classification: Towards Monophyletic Genera in the thermophilic fungi as rapid decomposers of cellulose-rich Ascomycetes” a valuable source. This book is a compilation of media. Of particular interest is the chapter with tables several works presented in two symposia in 1999 (XVI Interna- referencing the current status of mycoherbicides commer- tional Botanical Congress in St. Louis, Missouri and the IX cialized around the world. Chapters on the “Use of fungi International Congress of Mycology in Sydney, Australia) that in the control of plant pathogens” and “Biological control addressed the controversial issue of pleomorphism (i.e. the of root-knot nematode by nematode-destroying fungi” in different forms that can be found in a fungal life cycle: the section on Biological Control complement those on anamorph, synanamorph, teleomorph) in Ascomycetes. This mycoherbicides to provide good coverage of biocontrol in book also attempts to organize fungal taxonomy and integrate general. The six chapters in the section on Mycorrhizal morphological and phylogenetic species concepts. Fungi have a pragmatic bent to them with one chapter The papers included in this book present and discuss summarizing the reported interactions between vesicular- relevant and controversial topics for systematists, such as the arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) and soil and root-borne importance of understanding and integrating anamorphs and plant pathogens and topics such as control of wilt teleomorphs, species concepts based on molecular and diseases using VAM fungi. The chapter on mycorrhizal morphological data, culture collections, usefulness of molecular root litter as biofertilizer has data of interest to those tools, and article 59 of the Code of Botanical Nomenclature working in sustainable agriculture. The final section on (dual classification). The book has 17 papers, seven of which Fungal Pests brings together four somewhat unrelated are about Hypocreales, three about Dothideales and the rest chapters, three on fungi associated with food. The final about other Ascomycetes (Capronia, Chaetosphaeria, the fascinating chapter discusses the geographic distribution polyphyletic Graphium and Phialophora, Neopetromyces and of Serpula lacrymans and relatives with an historical Ceratocystis). The introduction and the papers ‘How should perspective. Apparently seventeenth century British we look at anamorphs?” (K.A. Seifert and G.J. Samuels) and ships carrying timber from India to Europe used limestone “The philosophy and practicalities of amalgamating anamorph from Dover as ballast thus bringing together wood, chalk and teleomorph concepts” (P.F. Cannon and P.M. Kirk) provide and moisture and creating ideal conditions for dry rot. In a good foundation for the rest of the chapters because they summary the orientation of this book is refreshingly explain basic concepts and describe the nomenclatural, taxon- practical bridging the gap between the applications of omic, biological and evolutionary issues involved in anamorph- academic science to real-life problems in well-documented teleomorph connections and species concepts. A chapter comprehensive summaries. Those who are interested in worthy of noting in my opinion is “Phylogeny of Calonectria 27 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF con’t and selected hypocrealean genera with cylindrical fungi have only one name? Even though this book does not macroconidia” (Schoch et al.) because it demonstrates that the answer all these questions, it is taking us in the right direction morphological species concept can be correlated with phylog- by showing us how to use morphological and molecular tools eny. This paper supports the idea of “genus for genus” and to define species. The book would have been better if it “monophyletic genera”, the topics of the two symposia. included a wider spectrum of Ascomycetes and discussed more Another interesting chapter is “An evaluation of the use of ITS the issue of dual classification and nomenclature. sequences in the taxonomy of the Hypocreales” (E. Lieckfeldt -- Priscila Chaverri (NSF- PEET Program) and K.A. Seifert) because it argues the utility of a common USDA, ARS, molecular tool, ITS rDNA, for defining a species. Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory I recommend this book to mycologists who work with Rm. 304, B011A, BARC-West Ascomycetes that can be cultured and studied as a whole. 10300 Baltimore Ave. Ascomycetologists need an answer to the questions of How to Beltsville, Maryland 20705 define a species? Should we accept paraphyletic taxa? Should < [email protected] > a teleomorph have only one anamorph or viceversa? Should
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• The Amanita caesarea-Complex. bridge University Press, The Edinburgh proaches Series for additional information, Bibliotecheca Mycologica No 187. 2001. Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK, 267pp. price: $115 US. Review needed. www.cambridge.org, 262pp. Price: $95 G Guzman and F Ramirez-Guillen. J • Mushrooms of CapCod and the US. Review needed. Cramer in der Gebruder Borntraeger National Seashore. 2001. AR Bessette, Verlagsbuchhandlung, D-14129, Berlin, • Lichens of Antarctica and South AE Bessette, and WJ Neill. Syracuse Germany, 66pp, Price: Unknown. Review Georgia: A Guide to their Identifiaction University Press, 621 Skytop Rd, Suite needed. and Ecology. Studies in Polar Research. 110, Syracuse, NY 13244-5290, • A Dictionary of Plant Pathology 2nd 2001. DO Ovstedal and RL Lewis-Smith.
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• A Laboratory Guide To Common St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, • Aspergillus fumigatus: Biology, Penillium Species, 3rd ed. 2000. JI [email protected], 376 pp. Price: $54 US. Clinical Aspects and Molecular Pitt, Copies avialable from Dr. JI Pitt, Requested from publisher. Approaches to Pathogenicity. 1999. AA Food Science Australia, 16 Julius • Armillaria Root Rot: Biology and Brakhage, JB Jahn and A Schmidt Avenue, Riverside Corporate Park, Control of Honey Fungus. 2000. RT Fox (eds.). S Karger Publishers, Inc., 26 Delhi Road, PO Box 52, North Ryde (ed). Intercept Limited, PO Box 716, West Avon Road, POBox 529, NSW, 1670 Australia, Andover Hants, SP10 1YG, UK, Farmington, CT 06085, 222pp, Price: [email protected], [email protected], or Lavoisier $100 US. Review needed. 197 pp. Price: $65 US including Publishing Inc., c/o Springer Verlag • Atlas of Clinical Fungi, 2nd edition. shipping. Review in progress. Customer Service, PO Box 2485, 2000. GS de Hoog, J. Guarro, J. Gené • Advances in Verticillium: Research Secaucus, NJ 07096, orders@springer- and MJ Figueras. Centraalbureay voor and Disease Management. 2000. EC ny.com, 240 pp. Price: 47.50GBP and Schimmelcultures, Padualaan *, Utrecht, Tjamos, RC Rowe, JB Heale, DR Fravel $88US. Book in review. NL-3584 CT, The Netherlands, 1126 pp. (eds.). APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, Price: Not confirmed. Review in progress. 28 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF con’t
• Basic Biotechnology, 2nd edition. • The Deuteromycetes: Mitosporic Spring Street, New York NY. 292 pp. 2001. C Ratledge and B Kristiansen Fungi Classification and Generic Key. Review in this issue. (eds.), Cambridge University Press, The 2000. E Kiffer and M Morlet. Science • Fungal Associations, The Mycota Vol Eddinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 Publishers Inc. PO Box 699, Enfield, NH 9. 2000. B Hock (ed). Springer-Verlag 2RU, UK, 568 pp. Price: $45 US. Review 03748. The book is a translation of: Les New York, Inc, 175 Fifth Avenue, New needed. Deuteromycetes Classification et Cles York, NY 10010, textbooks@springer- d’Identification Generique. 1997. Text • Bio-Exploitation of Filamentous ny.com, 250 pp. Price: $159 US. (Hard- updated by the authors for the English Fungi. 2000. SB Pointing and KD Hyde cover). Requested from publisher. edition in 1999. 273 pp. Price: $85 US. (eds.), Fungal Diversity Press, The center Review in progress. • The Fungal Colony. 1999. NAR Gow, for Research in Fungal Diversity, GD Robson and GM Gadd (eds). Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, • Dictyostelium: Evolution, Cell Cambridge University Press, The Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Bioilogy, and the Development of Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, UK, CB2 The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Multicellularity. 2001. RH Kessin and J 2RU. 332 pp. Price: Hardback - $105 US. Road, Hong Kong SAR, China, Franke, Cambridge University Press, The Reviewed in Inoculum 51(5):42. [email protected], Price: $100 US. + Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 $16 for air mail. Requested from publisher. 2RU, UK. Price : $90.00 US. Review in • Fungal Protoplasts: A Biotechno- progress. logical Tool. 2000. D Lalithakumari, • Check List of Hong Kong Fungi. Science Publishers, Inc, PO Box 699, 2000. BS Lu, KD Hyde, WH Ho, JE • Dimorphism in Human Pathogenic Enfield NH 03748, [email protected], 184 Taylor, KM Tsui, MKM Wong, Y Zhou and Apathogenic Yeasts. 2000. JF Ernst pp. Price: $50 US. Review needed. and DQ Zhou (eds.), Fungal Diversity and A Schmidt (eds.). S Karger Publish- Press, The center for Research in Fungal ers, Inc., 26 West Avon Road, POBox 529, • Funghi Ipogei d’Europa. 2000. Diversity, Department of Ecology & Farmington, CT 06085, 246pp, Price: $109 Associazione Micologica Bresadola , Via Biodiversity, Kadoorie Biological US. Review needed. A. Volta, 46 - 38100 Trento, Italia. Book Sciences Building, The University of requested from publisher. • Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: Key Genera Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong in Profile. 1999. JWG Cairney and SM • Fungal Strategies of Wood Decay in SAR, China, [email protected], Chambers (eds.), Springer Verlag Trees. 2000. FWMR Schwarze , J Engels, 376 pp. Price: $20 US. + $8 for air mail. Customer Services, PO Box 2485, and C Mattheck. Springer-Verlag New Requested from publisher. Secaucus, NJ 07096. 370 pp. Review in York Inc, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY • Common Florida Mushrooms. 2000. J progress. 10010, [email protected], 220 pp. Kimbrough. University of Florida Price: $54 US. Book requested from • First Contribution to a Monograph of Institute of Food and Agricultural publisher. Septoria Species in India. 1999. J Sciences (IFAS), Building 116, PO Box Muthumary. Centre for Advanced • Fusarium: Paul E Nelson Memo- 110810, Gainesville, FL 32611-0810, Studies in Botany, University of Madras, rial Symposium. 2001. BA Summerell, J [email protected], 342 pp. Price: $20 Guindy Campus, Chennair 600 025, India, Lesilie, D Backhouse, WL Bryden, and US + shipping. Review needed. 117 pp. Price: $40 US. Reviewed in LW Burgess (eds.), APS Press, 3340 • Colletotrichum: Host Specificity, Inoculum 51(5): 41. Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121- Pathology, and Host-Pathogen Interac- 2097, [email protected], 408 pp. Price: • Flora Agaricina Neerlandica: tion. 2000. D Prusky, S Freeman, and M $59 US. Book requested from pub- Volume 4. Strophariaceae, Dickman (eds.). APS Press, 3340 Pilot lisher. Tricholomataceae. 2000. C Bas, THW Knob Road, St. Paul MN 55121-2097. Kuyper, NE Noordeloos, and EC • Genera of Ascomycetes from [email protected], or APS Press Europe Vellinga (eds.). AA Balkema Uitgevers Palms. 2000. KD Hyde, JE Taylor,J Branch Office, Brokestraat 47, B-3001, B.V., Postbus 1867, NL-3000 BR Frohlich (eds.). Fungal Diversity Press, Heverlee, Belgium, Rotterdam, Nederlands, The center for Research in Fungal [email protected], 448 pp. [email protected], 191 pp. Price: Hfl Diversity, Department of Ecology & Price: $99 US. Requested from publisher. 2.2. Review in progress. Biodiversity, Kadoorie Biological • Current Advances in Mycorrhizae Sciences Building, The University of • From Ethnomycology to Fungal Research. 2000. GK Podilla and DD Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Biotechnology: Exploiting Fungi from Douds, Jr (eds). APS Press, 3340 Pilot Kong SAR, China, Natural Resources for Novel Products. Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121. 214 pp. [email protected], Price: $100 1999. J Singh and KR Aneja (eds). [email protected]. Price: $38. Book re- US. + $16 for air mail. Requested from Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 233 quested from publisher. publisher. 29 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF con’t
• Gasteromycetes, I. Lycoperdales, Champaign, IL 61821. 187 pp. Price: 120 Delft, The Netherlands. 180 pp. Price: Nidulariales, Phallales, DM. Book requested from publisher. Hfl.85. Reviewed Inoculum 51(5): 40. Sclerodermatales, Tulostomatales. 1998. • Les Champignons Forestiers, • Mushroom Science XV, Science and FD Calonge. Vol 3. Flora Mycologica Recolte, Commercialisation et Conser- Cultivation of Edible Fungi. 2000. LJLD. Iberica, J Cramer. Distributor: E vation de la Resource (Conference Van Griensven (ed). AA Balkema, PO Box Schweizertbartüsche proceedings, articles in French and 1675, 3000 BR Rotterdam, Netherlands Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. English). 2000. JA Fortin and Y Piche
• Septoria on Cereals: A Study of bridge CB22RU, UK. 1139 pp. Price: $320 47, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium, Pathosystems. 1999. JA Lucus, P US Hardback. Review needed. [email protected], 8 laminated Bowyer, MH Anderson (eds). CABI , 3-hole punched cards. Price: $29 US. Publishing, 10 E 40th St, Suite 3203, New OF RELATED INTEREST.... Requested from publisher. York, NY. [email protected]. 353 pp. • Plant Galls of India., 2nd edition, 2000. Price: $100 US. Review needed. • Enfoques Contemporaneos para el Estudio de la Biodiversidad. 2001. HM MS Mani, Science Publishers, Inc, PO • Slayers, Saviors, Servants, and Sex: Hernandez, AN Garcia Aldrete, F Alvarez Box 699, Enfield NH 03748, An Expose of the Kingdom Fungi. 2001. D and M Ulloa (eds.), Instituto De Biologia, [email protected], 184pp. Price: $112 US. Moore. Springer Verlag Customer Service, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Book Available. PO Box 2485, Secaucus, NJ 07096, orders@ Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 • Standard Methods for Long-Term springer-ny.com. Price not confirmed. Book Mexico, DF, 413pp. The book is written in Ecological Research. 1999. P Robertson, requested from publishers. Spanish and contains a series of DC Coleman, C Bledsoe and P Sollins • Symbiosis: An Introduction to presentations that cover topic as diverse (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2001 Biological Associations, 2nd edition. 2000. S as “Molecular systematics and evolution Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513, 304 pp. Paracer and V Ahmadjian, Oxford Univer- of cultivated plants”, “Biodiversity and Price: $85 US. This volume is designed to sity Press, 2001 Evans Road, Cary, NC conservation of corals”, and the “World facilitate cross-site sysnthesis and 27513, 304 pp. Price: $35 US (Softcover). and regional diversity of mushrooms.” evaluation of ecosystem processes by Book requested from publisher. Contact Book Review Editor if inter- providing a comprehensive and stan- ested in this book. dardized set of protocols for measuring • Synopsis of Fossil Fungal Spores, • Mycological Reference Cards (Card soil abiotic and biotic components. Mycelia and Frutification. 2000. RM Chapters include discussions of soil Katgutkar and J Jansonius. Order from: 1: Fungal Phylogeny & The Fungal Holomorph Concept; Card 2: Ascomycota sampling, soil water, soil carbon pools, Vaughn M Bryant, Jr., Secretary AASP microbial biomass measurements, Foundation, c/o Palynology Laboratory, Map and Glossary; Card 3 Basidiomycota map and Glossary; Card 4: Deutertomycota decomposition, mycorrhizal assessments, Texas A&M University, College Station, and fine root turnover. TX 77843-4352, [email protected], Map and Glossary; Card 5: Zygomycota 423pp. Price: $33 US. Reviewed in map and Glossary; Card 6: Chytridiomycota • Structure and Function in Inoculum 52:74-75. Map and Glossary; Card 7: Oomycota map Agroecosystem Design and Manage- and Glossary: Card 8 Slime Mold Phyla map ment. 2001. M Shiyomi and H Koizumi • Yeasts: Characteristics and Identifi- and Glossary). 2000. Compiled by RK Noyd. (eds.). CRC Press LLC, 2000 NW cation. 3rd edition. 2000. JA Barnett, RW APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431, Payne, D Yarrow. Cambridge University MN 55121-2097. [email protected], or APS www.crcpress.com, 435 pp. Price: $65.00 US. Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cam- Press Europe Branch Office, Brokestraat MYCOLOGICAL CLASSIFIEDS
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