Supplement to Mycologia Vol. 52(6) December 2001 Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America
-- In This Issue -- Interactive Key, Descriptions & Illustrations Hypomycetes On-line ...... 1-2 for Hypomyces Now On-line ITS Reality ...... 2-3 http://nt.ars-grin.gov/taxadescriptions/hypomyces/ UFO Rings and Fungi ...... 3-6 MSA Official Business by David F. Farr President’s Corner ...... 6-7 Questions or comments should be sent to David Farr via USDA ARS, Syst. Bot. Council Email Express ...... 7 & Mycol. Lab., Room 304, Bldg. 011A, Beltsville, MD 20705 or email:
~ Important Dates ~ December 14: Deadline: Inoculum 53(1) January 31: Mentor Student Travel Forms February 15: Undergraduate Research Forms March 1: Graduate Fellowships and Research Awards Nominations March 15: MSA Distinctions Nominations June 22-26: MSA 2002, Corvallis, OR
Editor: Donald G. Ruch Department of Biology Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306-0440 USA 765.285.8829 FAX 765.285.8804 [email protected] MSA Homepage: http://msafungi.org The anamorph of Hypomyces chrysospermus. Photo from Dave Farr. illustrations, there is an introduction to Hypomyces, an illustrated glossary of the characters, literature references, distribution records and information on nomenclature. All the information for the key and descriptions is stored in a a MSAccess database, thus other groups of fungi could be displayed without any change in the web program. It is possible to remotely update much of the information on the site. Spore of the anamorph of Hypomyces Photographs can be added or replaced, chrysospermus. Photo from Dave Farr. descriptions can be modified etc without The anamorph of Hypomyces having to modify the web pages. enhanced by the inclusion of over 500 chrysospermus. Photo from Dave Farr. Additional details can be found in the photographs. Side-by-side compari- ‘About’ section on the web. We sons of multiple taxa can be made using Stewart, Department of Plant Pathology, welcome your comments! If you would a single character or all of the charac- Pennsylvania State University and Gary like to use this program with your data, ters. Comparisons can use illustrations Samuels, USDA-ARS, Systematic only, descriptions only, or both. There please contact us. Botany and Mycology Laboratory. The is also an option to list the characters The DELTA dataset was developed by web interface was developed by David separating two or more taxa. In Kadri Poldmaa as part of a NSF PEET Farr and Erin McCray at the Systematic addition to the key, descriptions and project DEB 9712308 awarded to Elwin Botany and Mycology Laboratory.
ITS Reality by Thomas D. Bruns Questions or comments should be sent to Tom Bruns via 111 Koshland Hall, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102 or email:
T THE RECENT MSA meetings in Chitinase subunits, and others. The Salt using alignments that border on fiction. Salt Lake city there seemed to be Lake City Meeting was a goodshow case Choosing the latter usually effects the Aconsiderable confusion about for some of these, and comparisons often deeper branches in the tree because the the value of internal transcribed spacer showed that they were more informative most similar sequences remain well region (ITS) sequence data for phyloge- than ITS at differentiating species and at aligned. netic analyses. The purpose of this producing well supported internal Lack of variation among very closely short note is to communicate my views branches. related species is the second major on the subject. In doing so I hope to Now lets take a critical look at ITS and problem. What? Lack of variation in clarify some of serious limitations of ITS, examine its limitations for phylogenetic ITS? Yes, this is a widely unappreciated but also to argue for its continuing value analysis. Alignment is the first and truth about ITS; very closely related in fungal systematics and ecology. foremost problem. Anyone who has species often have similar or identical Let’s start with a little history. The dealt with ITS sequences knows this. ITS sequences. Examples that come to popularity of ITS has much to do with The alignment problems with the spacers mind include: Heterobasidion annosum precedence and convenience. The first are based on the fact that insertions and S and P groups, various species in the primers for it were published in the White deletions are common. This effectively Armillaria mellea complex, and most et al. 1990, and for several years thereaf- narrows the range of ITS utility because Fusarium species groups. Many other ter it was the only highly variable more distantly related taxa can not be cases exist, but I picked these because universal region that could be amplified unambiguously aligned. In fact, it is rare the species borders are defined in part by without further primer design. As a that ITS sequences from different genera mating behavior and are supported by result it became the most common target can be well aligned. That means that the other molecular data. How should we for subgeneric phylogenetic analysis, phylogenetic range of ITS is narrow and deal with other cases where we have little and lack of ITS variation was often that outgroups are almost never close or no ITS variation and no other data? interpreted as evidence for enough to be alignable. Thus rooting of Cautiously! Lack of ITS variation does conspecificity. Over the past several ITS trees is rarely practical except at the not provide evidence of conspecificity. years many protein gene targets have midpoint. For data sets that extend It only means that taxa are closely become available such as EF1-alpha, outside the alignable range, one either related. A fairly safe statement is that Beta tubulin, RNA polymerases, ends up throwing out most of the data or they are in the same species group or 2 complex. environmental samples. In situations that will be more valuable than the trees Should we abandon ITS for other where all we have is the vegetative stage produced from them. For these reasons targets? No! An ITS phylogeny will of some fungus embedded in plant ITS is here to stay. remain valuable for several reasons. material or soil, the multicopy nature of So maybe ITS is good enough after all? First, it usually does an excellent job of ITS and its highly conserved primer sites Absolutely not, at least if your primary sorting out species groups, and it make it almost ideal. As the public goal is to produce a resolved subgeneric remains one of the easiest regions to databases swell with ITS sequences, the phylogeny and convince others of its amply and sequence across a broad value of the locus for identification merits. You will certainly need to range of fungi and sample types. In fact, increases. Anyone who has not yet run sequence additional loci, and there are no other highly variable region is as easy a BLAST search on an ITS spacer reason now several excellent options. We have to amply from minute or complex should try it; it’s the fastest way to find clearly entered the era of the multi-gene samples; this property can be credited to the close relatives of an unknown, but it phylogenies. This should be embraced its multicopy nature and highly con- is only as good as the taxon sample in and applauded. But let’s not abandon served priming sites. Second, (and here I the data base. For this reason it is very ITS in the process, and let’s not expect have to concede to some vested self- important for the fungal ITS sequence ITS or any other single locus to be the interest) it is quickly becoming the best data continue to grow. I would predict magic answer to the tough questions of target for identification of unknown that in the long run it is the raw ITS data what is a species or how are they related.
About the So-Called ‘UFO Rings’ and Fungi by Ángel M. Nieves-Rivera Questions or comments should be sent to Ángel via the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, P. O. Box 9013, Mayagüez, PR 00681-9013 or Email
“OH MY GOD! That’s no based almost entirely on nothing more weather balloon!” – Gulf Breeze than personal observation. Although UFO eyewitness. personal testimony is considered to be valid in any court-of-law; however, Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) applied sciences have a more rigorous phenomenon has existed since mankind standard to validate evidence. itself. Strange and unexplainable objects have been seen in the skies for millennia. For instance, take the “mysterious However, mankind has been making hovering lights” seen since 1950 to sense of the skies since prehistoric times. present in NWR Laguna Cartagena, a A ‘cascade’ of UFO cases has been lagoon located southwestern Puerto described over the years (Hynek 1972; Rico. Nowadays scientists know that the Steiger 1976; Hendry 1979; Klass 1986; lights may have a geophysical origin, Robiou-Lamarche 1979). Nowadays, with triggered by tectonic strains of a fault the advances of science in astronomy, combined with other geochemical/ meteorology, biology, among other fields physical variables, inducing a phenom- of applied sciences, the “flying saucer’s enon identical to the “earth lights” myth” is seen today with disdain by recorded worldwide by Strand (1984) and scientists for a simple reason: there is no Persinger & Derr (1989). Another example Puccinia sp. in grass blade. physical evidence for it. UFO cases are in Puerto Rico is the barren circular patches in cattle’s pastures. After careful Photo by JD Smith. examination of various rings, I noted a matter of hours! Sometimes, people see posthole-shaped depression at the what they want to see. The purpose of center of the circle, and a lot of hoved- this article is to provide a “down to animal tracks. By using common sense, earth” explanation to the phenomenon one can infer what really happened: a known as “UFO landing rings” or “UFO horse was tied up with a rope to the rings.” stake, and from that central point the UFO Rings.– When a UFO allegedly animal ate all the grass around, creating a interacts with the environment and nearly perfect circle. Then you move the leaves physical or tangible evidence this horse to another location and “voilà” . . . is called a “Close Encounter of the Red Thread by Laetisaria ficuformis. a UFO landing ring was created in a Photo by JD Smith. Second Kind” (or CE-2). This term was 3 able conditions -- favorable to the fungus -- such as stress, wounds, immunodeficiency, Chlorophyllum etc. (Alexander 1991; Agrios 1997). Fungal molybidites. diseases such as: Anthracnose and Basal Photo by Angel rot (Colletotrichum); Snow mold Nieves-Rivera. (Coprinus, Typhula); Red thread (Corticium, Laetisaria); Leaf spots, Blight, Foot rots and Melting-out (Curvularia, Drechslera); Blister smut (Entyloma); Powdery mildew (Erysiphe); Damping-off (Fusarium, Helminthosporium, Pythium, coined by the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek, an Condon (1968). He concludes, however, Rhizoctonia); Take-all or Ophiobolus patch astronomer who consulted with the US that the main problem with the UFO rings (Gaeumannomyces); Root and stem rots Air Force on Project Blue Book and a (CE-2) is the difficulty to establish as (Leptosphaeria, Ophiosphaerella, lecturer on UFOs for more than 20 years. factual the claims that the rings or Sclerotium); Rust (Puccinia); Brown patch According to Hynek (1972) this interac- imprints actually were made by an (Rhizoctonia); Dollar spot and Snow scald tion (what he called “physical trace extraordinary object or being. The (Sclerotinia); and Stripe smut (Ustilago) evidence”) can be with abiotic matter existence of an imprint of odd shape, commonly infects creeping bentgrass, (i.e., marks, holes or rings made on the circular area of crushed vegetation or a Kentucky bluegrass or Bermudagrass, ground), or with biotic matter, as when barren spot often can be established. Its among other turfgrasses (Couch 1995; plants (i.e., scorching or blighting), mere existence does not prove, however, Agrios 1997; Provey & Robinson, 2001; animals and humans are affected (i.e., that the markings were made by a strange Nieves-Rivera in press). The photos of burns, nausea, temporary paralysis). A being or vehicle (Condon 1968). diseased turfgrasses presented by Couch catalogue of more than a thousand cases Fungal Diseases.– The alleged UFO (1995), Evans (2000), Provey & Robinson in which the UFO was both seen and left rings I had personally seen can be (2001), and those of eyewitnesses of UFO physical traces have been compiled by explained away as hoaxes, meteorological rings (Fuller 1997; Howe 1999) are practi- private investigators (Hynek 1972; effects, or damages to plants caused by cally identical. Many of these fungal Steiger 1976; Hendry 1979; Fuller 1997; natural factors (abiotic and biotic). diseases form rings, spots, or circular Phillips 1999). Abiotic factors, such as chemical and formations similar to UFO rings. Curiously, UFO rings fits the general description physical soil effects on plant growth are the Powdery mildew caused by the fungus provided by Hynek (1972) as “either as extremely complicated, so that is difficult Erysiphe and the Damping-off of seedlings circular patch (or patches), uniformly to describe the effect of one isolated by Pythium produces a white powder or depressed, burned, or dehydrated, with factor and ignore the influence of others. filaments which covers the entire blade of an overall diameter of 9.1 m or more and Examples of abiotic factors include the grass, which remind me of the ‘Angel’s 0.3 to 0.9 m thick (the inner and outer mineral nutrition imbalances (Evans et hairs’. These hairs are cobwebs or filaments diameters of the ring differ by that al. 1991), soil alkalinity or acidity, which sublimate in a few seconds have amount, while the ring itself may be quite extreme temperatures, soil humidity fallen from the sky and are associated with large).” The most frequently reported imbalance, pollution, and over fertiliza- UFOs. diameters are six to 9.1 m (Hynek 1972). In tion (Alexander 1991). The most cases, the rings persist for weeks or examples of biotic factors months– sometimes years– and the are diseases, like those interior of the ring or the whole circle caused by insects, remains barren for three to six months nematodes, bacteria, (Hynek 1972; Howe 1999). Scientific fungi, and viruses (Agrios explanations to the origin and implica- 1997). tions of the UFO rings were reported by Take turfgrasses for example. Many rings or patches in turfgrasses are caused naturally by fungal (and/or other microorgan- isms) diseases, which are strikingly similar to “unexplainable” UFO rings or crop rings. Fungi, which naturally occur in Marasmius oreades fairy ring. topsoil, may become a plant Marasmius oreades basidiocarps. Photo by IR Evans. disease under certain favor- Photo by IR Evans. 4 Fairy Rings.– Also, fairy rings have chronicler Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo Curiously, the same F. septica and slime been confused with UFO rings. Fairy in 1526 (Glawe & Solberg 1989). mold Enteridium lycoperdon are named rings are fungus rings, generally Fernández de Oviedo reported how “caca de luna” or ‘Moon’s excrement’ produced by mushrooms (some 60 Spanish soldiers “attached bits of by the locals in the state of Veracruz in recorded species), and very frequently luminous rotten wood to their helmets” in Mexico (Nieves-Rivera in press). Slime occur in grass, grasslands, and woods order to stay together while making molds, in general, are decomposers that (Hawksworth et al. 1995). It is a fungus nighttime raids (Glawe & Solberg 1989). I cover low-lying plants with plasmodium mycelial growth in which the fungus personally have the opportunity to see and fructification without “infecting” originating in a central spot spreads this curious phenomenon in the Big Tree them, for example, Diachea thomasii and outward in an ever-widening ring. Fairy trail at the Caribbean National Forest El Physarum cinerea. For those who rings are not created by gnomes, goblins, Yunque in Puerto Rico. This might be an encounter slime molds in turfgrasses and or astral entities as suggested by explanation to the ghostly green-bluish other plants in your yard, “my recommen- Fernández (2001). lights, the glow-in-the-dark (“foxfire” in dation would be to avoid using fungi- US), or apparitions seen at night in the cides, mow the lawn, and put your fears According to Hawksworth et al. (1995) forests by the locals since immemorial to rest!” (Nieves-Rivera 2000). there are three types of fairy rings: (1) times and precursors of many folk tales In conclusion, true fungi (plant those in which the development of the and legends (Nieves-Rivera in press). fruitbodies has no effect on the vegeta- pathogenic microfungi, mushrooms) and Could bioluminescent mycelium be fungal-like organisms (slime molds) offer tion, i.e., Chlorophyllum molybdites (see responsible for the glowing effects in the photos in Fernández 2001); (2) those in an interesting and not too obvious UFO case of the 1970’s– the Delphos explanation to some of the UFO landing which there is increased growth of the sighting? For further details of this case vegetation, i.e., Calvatia cyathiformis, ring cases (catalogued as CE-2), espe- please refer to Klass (1986) and Howe cially for the untrained eye. Future the fruitbodies of which are at the outer (1999). edge of the ring, Lycoperdon gemmatum; eyewitness accounts of CE-2 should be and (3) those in which the vegetation is Slime Molds.– In 1973, in a small taken seriously, but every effort should damaged, sometimes so badly as to have suburb of Dallas (Texas), was terrorized be made to obtain tangible evidence. Not an effect on its value, i.e., Agaricus by a moving bright yellow blob of an all CE-2 cases are easily explained, but praerimosus and Marasmius oreades. undetermined organism crawling into from what I had seen, there is nothing Rings of the third type are frequently house lawns turfgrasses. This yellow “unearthly” about them. Current made up of outer and inner rings in which blob known as plasmodium was evidence suggests that most UFO the growth of the vegetation is strong immediately mistaken as an alien entity landing rings are cases of mistaken with a ring of dead or badly damaged in the form of microbes that had started identity or willful deception. vegetation between (Hawksworth et al. an invasion of Earth (Sharnoff 1991; References 1995). Nieves-Rivera in press). The news kept Agrios GN. 1997. Plant pathology. Academic spellbound the attention of many US Press, CA. Bioluminescent Fungi.– Among CE-2 citizens and encircled the nation, similar cases I have had the opportunity to see Alexander M. 1991. Introduction to soil to Orson Wells classical radio transmis- microbiology. Krieger Publishing Co., FL. and/or read about, include tales about sion of an alien invasion on Halloween glowing marks on the ground, “phospho- Condon EU. 1968. Final report of the Eve 1938. Fortunately, mycologists scientific study of unidentified flying rescent patches,” or “ghostly lights” in quickly dismiss any EBE (Extraterrestrial objects. E. P. Dutton Co., Inc. and The the forests. Fungi are capable of light up Biological Entity) hypothesis and Colorado Associated University Press, NY & CO. the woods. Bioluminescent mycelium, identify the blobs as part of a slime spores, and fruitbodies of some mush- Couch HB. 1995. Diseases in turfgrasses. mold or myxomycete. The slime mold Krieger Publishing Co., FL. room species (i.e., Armillaria, Mycena, responsible for the invasion of Evans IR. 2000. Major diseases of turfgrasses Omphalotus, Panellus) which usually turfgrasses was the Scrambled-egg growth in wood, soil, and leaf litter. The in Western Canada. Alberta Agriculture, slime, Fuligo septica. Food, and Rural Development. mushrooms produce a non-pulsing light,
MSA BUSINESS
From the President’s Corner .... Dear Friends and Colleagues: As I sit here and think about this past summer’s joint meeting with the American Phytopathological Society and the Society of Nematologists in Salt Lake City, mostly pleasant memories stir through my recollections. Salt Lake City is a wonderfully scenic city and the people who live and work there were genuinely gracious and accommodating. I am especially grateful to the Program Committee (Drs. Keith Egger, Susan Kaminskyj, Jessie Micales) and especially Dr. Jim Anderson, the Chair of that Committee, for their diligent work at putting together an invigorating scientific venue. All other hard working committee members who contributed to the success of these meetings are also very much appreciated with special recognition going to members of the following committees: Endowment, Karling Annual Lecture, Honorary Membership, Mentor Student Travel Awards, Mycological Society Distinc- Tim Baroni, President, MSA tions Awards, Research Awards and Student Awards. I would also include in this list our MSA Foray Coordinator, Dr. Don Giving awards is such a special part of what our Society does Ruch, and the local foray coordinator, Prof. Ardean Watts. Our best, beyond all the good solid science produced by our society is successful because of the many unselfish hours our members. I was very pleased to see two clearly deserving members and friends contribute. colleagues receive our Distinguished Mycologist awards this If you missed the Karling Annual Lecture this year, you year, Drs. Jim Kimbrough and Bob Shoemaker. I was equally missed the opportunity to hear one of the 2001 Nobel Prize happy that Dr. D. Jean Lodge was selected as an MSA Fellow. winners in Physiology or Medicine, Dr. Leland H. Hartwell, talk The Society will be taking a slightly different direction with about his research. Dr. Hartwell delivered a stimulating lecture selecting MSA Fellows in the future, I hope all will be pleased on “Natural genetic variation – a hidden resource” which was with the outcome. Our two new Honorary Members this year very well attended by all three societies. Besides all of the great are Drs. Birgitt Nordbring-Hertz (Sweden) and John Pitt papers presented at this meeting, another stimulating event was (Australia). Both of these outstanding mycologists were very the MSA Workshop – Deep Hypha, organized by Drs. appreciative of being selected by our Society to join the ranks Meredith Blackwell, Joey Spatafora and John Taylor. They of the MSA’s Honorary Membership. The Martin-Baker Award have promised us another such session at the upcoming went to Dr. Oman (Omoanghe) Isikhuemhen, I am sure that meetings this coming summer in Corvallis. brought a big smile to Oman’s face. The MSA Graduate 6 MSA BUSINESS con’t President’s Corner con’t Fellowships were received by Priscila Chaverri and Zhihong bring us in line with dues paid by other societies of our size Zhong, while Brandon Matheny was awarded the NAMA publishing their own high quality journals. Another new item Memorial Fellowship. Andrew Miller took home the Myron will be a special one time Young Investigators and Graduate Backus Award. Two Undergraduate Awards were made this Student Foreign Travel Awards program for this coming past year (November, 2000), one to Charles Alan Hernick and summer. These awards are designed to supplement travel to one the other to Nicholas Zitomer. Providing undergraduate awards of the three major international meetings being held in 2002: the is an important new endeavor by our Society and we are hoping International Mycological Congress 7 in Oslo, the International to continue this practice by developing a new Undergraduate Union of Microbiological Societies in France, and the Latin Research Fund in our endowment portfolio. Please consider American Mycological Congress in Xalapa). If you are inter- donating generously to this new fund, do not forget, future ested, the guidelines are in this issue of Inoculum. mycologists start out as undergraduates. As always, it is Dr. Jeff Stone stepped down as Treasurer this August and Dr. encouraging and gratifying to see so many of our young Jim Worrall took over the financial reins. Jeff played a key and promising graduate students receive Mentor Travel Awards, 16 innovative role as Treasurer, his opinion in all matters, including this year. These individuals provided us with some interesting financial, was incisive and well respected among the Council. and exciting new discoveries in their fields of interest. The Thank you again Jeff for your steadfast commitment to Society owes a special thanks to all those who serve on the providing quality service to the Society. Awards Committees, and especially to the chairs of these committees: Dr. Jim Clark (Mentor Travel), Dr. Lauraine I would personally like to welcome all the new Officers, Hawkins (Student Graduate), Dr. Arthur Welden (Research) Councilors and Committee members who have agreed to work and Dr. Ian Ross (MSA Distinctions). for the MSA, thank you so much for stepping up and making a commitment to serve your Society. I think you will find the Please take the time and make the effort to nominate a experience to be a rewarding one. deserving person for one of the many awards we bestow on our members. It is a rewarding experience to support someone you On one final note, just a few weeks ago a very terrible event th believe is worthy of receiving recognition for all they have done occurred on the 11 of September. It is so exceedingly difficult as mentors, teachers and scientists. to get those images and emotions out of my mind and I suspect most of you feel the same. I just wanted all of our members to There will be few new important events coming along this know that we, I mean specifically those of us who are U.S. year. Probably the most important will be the imminent move to citizens, received words of sympathy and compassion from a an electronic version of Mycologia. We should see our journal wide variety of colleagues and societies from across the globe. go online very soon now, hopefully in January of 2002. With Their kindness and thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated. that increased expense, which all of our research indicates is -- Timothy J. 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MSA Council Email Express and Inoculum immediately after Allen Press processes their applications. Since August 1, the following eleven people Since September 12, 2001, MSA Executive and General have applied for MSA first-time membership: Gloria Abad, Councils have taken the following actions: David W Clark, Geoffrey A Clark, Diana Davis, Peter Gay, Joseph Heitman, Carrie Email Council Poll 2001b-01 – On 13 September, General LaPaire, Seonju Lee, Kathy Council unanimously approved the Karling Committee slate McLean, Mani Skaria as presented by Chair Stephen Peterson and directed him to , and Stephen Wilson contact potential 2002 Karling Lecture speakers in the order ; this number decided upon by the Committee. does not include any who joined at our annual meeting who will be Email Council Poll 2001b-02 – On 4 October, Executive noted in the next issue. During Council unanimously approved support for travel, room, and that time four former members — board for Mycologia Editorial Assistant Mary Langlois to Chester Cooper, Trevor Lumley, attend the “Digital Workflow Seminar” hosted by Allen Press Trevor Quimio, and Stephen in Lawrence. Rehner — also rejoined the Society. Welcome, New Members! Although candidates for MSA -- Lorelei Norvell membership cannot vote until formally approved at the Lorelei in Salt Lake City. MSA Secretary annual general business meeting, they do receive Mycologia (Photo by Don Ruch) 7 MSA BUSINESS con’t
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The Mycological Society of America will provide up to $4000 to assist students and young investigators who will be presenting papers or posters at the Latin American Congress of Mycology (ALM IV) in Xalapa, the International Mycological Congress (IMC VII) in Oslo, and the joint meetings if the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) in Paris in 2002. Funds available: A maximum of 8 awards of $500 will be available. Application deadline: Applications must be post-marked no later than 31 January, 2002. Applications submitted by fax or e-mail will not be considered. Applicants will be informed of the success or failure of their request before 31 March 2002. Requirements: Applicants must (1) be a MSA student member or a MSA member who received their PhD after 1 January 1992, and (2) present a paper or poster at ALM in Xalapa, IMC VII in Oslo or IUMS in Paris. Preference will be given to applicants without additional sources of funding. Documents required (four copies): (1) a copy of the abstract of the paper or poster submitted (please note which and indicate the congress you plan to attend), (2) a curriculum vita that includes your telephone number and, if available, an e- mail address, (3) a letter of support from your major professor addressing your abilities (MSA student members) OR a letter that describes your current position, how this award will further your research and why financial support is re- quested (MSA young investigators), and (4) a list of all other sources of financial support including matching funds available from your institution or supervisor. To apply: Send four copies of all documents listed above to Dr. Wendy A. Untereiner, Chair, MSA Student and Young Investigator Foreign Travel Awards Committee, Department of Botany, Brandon University, 270-18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9 Canada. Phone 204-727-9603; fax 204-728-7346; email < [email protected] >. -- Wendy A. Untereiner, Chair MSA Student and Young Investigator Foreign Travel Awards Committee
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Mycological Society of America 2002 Awards Announcements and Call for Nominations
MSA Distinctions For over 20 years the Mycological Society of America has been recognizing excellence in research, teaching and service among its membership by awarding honors of distinction such as the Distinguished Mycologist Award, the Alexopoulos Prize, and the William H. Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching. Please help us to recognize and honor our distinguished colleagues and mentors by submitting nominations for these awards to the Distinctions Committee. Note: The Distinctions Committee is responsible for evaluating nominees and selecting recipients of the Distinguished Mycologist Award, the Alexopoulos Prize, and the William H. Weston Teaching Award. Committee members are not eligible to nominate or be nominated for these awards. Members of the Distinctions Committee: Dr. Jack D. Rogers, Chair -- Dept. Plant Pathology, Washing- Dr. Ronald H. Peterson -- Dept. of Botany, University of ton State University, P.O. Box 646430, Pullman, WA USA 99164- Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA 37916. Phone: 423.974.6217. 6430. Phone: 509.335.9541. Fax: 509.335.9581. Email: Fax: 423.974.0978. Email: [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Scott Redhead -- Eastern Cereal & Oilseed Research Dr. Brent Heath -- Dept. of Biology, York University, 4700 Centre, Biological Resources, Research Branch, Agriculture Keele St., Toronta, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. Phone: & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 06C, Canada. 416.736.5511. Fax: 416.736.5698. Email: [email protected] Phone: 613.759.1384. Fax: 613.759.1599. Email: [email protected] Dr. Gregory M. Mueller -- Dept. of Botany, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL, USA 60605-2496. Phone: 312.665.7840. Fax: 312.665.7158. Email: [email protected]
Distinguished Mycologist Award Note: The Chairperson of the Distinctions Apply to: The Distinctions Committee Awarded annually to an individual Committee will appoint ad hoc committee (addresses above). who has been outstanding in his or her members in place of committee members Note: The award consists of a plaque mycological career. This is one of the whose major professor may be nominated and a monetary award derived from the highest awards to be bestowed by the for the award. The committee may choose annual interest on the principle depos- MSA and is intended to mark a distin- to make more than one award or no award in ited in the MSA Alexopoulos Fund. guished career. Nominees for this award a given year, if it is appropriate. Presentation Presentation of the award will take place will be evaluated on the basis of quality, of the award, a plaque, will take place at the at the awards ceremony at the annual originality, and quantity of their awards ceremony at the annual meeting of meeting of the MSA. The recipient will published research, and on the basis of the MSA. The recipient will be notified in be notified in time to plan to attend the service to the MSA or to the field of time to plan to attend the presentation. The presentation. The name of the winner of mycology in general. name of the winners of the award will be the award will be published in Inoculum. published in Inoculum. Application Deadline: 15 March 2002. William H. Weston Award for The current guidelines can be found Alexopoulos Prize Excellence in Teaching in Inoculum 51(1):8 or on the MSA Awarded annually to an outstanding Awarded annually to an outstanding Homepage
Student Awards Committee Members of the MSA Awards Committee Joseph W. Spatafora, Chair — Dept. of Botany & Plant Jamie L. Platt — Dept.of Plant & Microbial Biology, 321 Pathology, Oregon State University, 2082 Cordley Hall, Koshland Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. Corvallis, OR 97331. Phone: (541)737-5304. Fax: (541)737- Phone: (510)642-8441. Fax: (510)642-4995. Email: 3573. Email: [email protected] [email protected] Francois M. Lutzoni — Dept. of Biology, Duke University, Wendy A. Untereiner — Brandon University, Botany Dept., Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708. Phone: (919)660-7261. Fax: Rm. 3-9 J.R. Brodie Science Centre Brandon, Manitoba, R7A (919)660-7293. Email:[email protected] 6A9, Canada. Phone: (204)727-9603. Fax: (204)728-7346. Email: [email protected]
MSA Graduate Fellowships Restrictions: (1) Applicants must be student members of the MSA; (2) Applicants must be candidates for the Ph.D. and Two MSA Graduate Fellowships of $2,000 each, one additional resident during the tenure of the fellowship in a university in $2,000 award (the Memorial NAMA Fellowship), and one $1000 the United States or Canada; (3) Previous MSA Fellows are not award (the Backus Award) are awarded annually to promising eligible; (4) The NAMA Fellowship comes with the stipulation graduate students in mycology. Applicants are evaluated on the that the awardee prepare an article for McIlvainea. basis of their scholastic merit, research ability, and promise shown as a mycologist. The Fellowship stipends are intended as supple- Documents required (four copies): mentary grants and may be used by the recipients in any way to (1) A curriculum vitae that includes a paragraph concerning the further their graduate studies. They are awarded in addition to any student’s training in preparation for the proposed work. (2) A fellowship or assistantship support from other sources. detailed plan of study. The text of the proposal should be no longer than five pages, single-spaced including figures and Funds available: Three awards of $2,000 each and one of $1000. tables. See below for suggestions. (3) Two letters of recommen- Application deadline: 1 March 2002. dation, one of which is from the student’s advisor. (4) Graduate 10 MSA BUSINESS -- Student Awards con’t school transcripts showing courses MSA Graduate Research Prizes your best undergraduate students to taken, grades received, student Social Two MSA Graduate Research Prizes of apply for one of these awards, which Security number and Student ID number. $100 each are awarded annually to the are directed at undergraduate research Xerox copies are acceptable if signed by two best research papers in mycology projects supervised by MSA members. the advisor. Due to the great variation in presented orally by graduate students at Up to four awards of $500 US each will computer hardware and software in use, the annual MSA meeting. Two MSA be made in late March 2002. Applica- no material will be accepted by email or in Graduate Research Prizes of $100 each are tions — due Feb. 15, 2002 — should attachments. Send all materials to us on awarded annually to the best student include (1) a description of the paper. posters in mycology, presented by graduate proposed independent research project Suggestions for the Plan of Study: students at the annual MSA meeting. of not more than two, double-spaced (1) Use a one paragraph abstract at the pages, (2) undergraduate transcripts, Requirements: (1) The applicant must and (3) two letters of recommendation, beginning. (2) An introduction should be a member of the MSA. (2) Persons explain what you want to do and why it is one of which will be from the MSA eligible for a Graduate Research Prize are member supervising the research. interesting/important. (3) A methods M.Sdc. or Ph.D. candidates or those section should convince the reader that the who have been awarded the degree Send copies of the complete applica- project is feasible. (4) A discussion section within one year of the annual meeting. tion package (proposal, transcript, and should explain results and significance. (5) (3) Previous recipients of either category recommendation letters) to each of the Be concise and clear. Use doubling spacing of Graduate Research Prize are not four members of the Awards Commit- between paragraphs to make reading easier. eligible for a second award. tee: Drs. Joseph Spatafora (chair), Use section headings to make the organiza- Wendy Untereiner, Jamie Platt, and tion easier to follow. Remember that the How to apply: An individual should Francois Lutzoni (addresses above). committee members reviewing the proposal apply for consideration for a Graduate NOTE that only students supervised probably work in areas of mycology Research Prize by so indicating on the by MSA members are eligible. different that your own. 2002 Abstract Form for the MSA meeting. The award, provided with the Apply to: Prepare four copies of the Application may be made for either, but intention of supporting the proposed completed application and send one not for both, categories of Graduate research, will be paid to the supervisor copy to each of the four members of the Research Prizes. A student can apply for for disbursement as student and Awards Committee listed above. Each and receive both the Graduate Fellowship supervisor see fit. Student awardees copy of the completed application should and a Graduate Research Prize. Include will be encouraged to present their include all four types of information Social Security number and Student I.D. research results at the annual MSA listed above. number on the Abstract Form. meeting and to apply for mentor travel Please mail your materials in a timely Evaluation: The Student Awards Commit- grant support. fashion so that all materials ARE tee will evaluate applicants on the basis of RECEIVED by all committee members by significance of the work, creativity, appropri- Martin-Baker Endowment the deadline date. Remember we are ateness of the methods, clarity of the Fund working with an abbreviated annual presentation, and validity of conclusions. meeting calendar year! An effort will be made to send at least two An award to a recent (within the members of the committee to each oral past five years) PhD mycologist based Note: The chairperson will appoint an ad presentations and for all members to view on proposed research and past hoc member to replace any committee the poster competition. Ad hoc members of research record. member who has a student applying for a the Awards Committee will be appointed by fellowship or who otherwise feels a conflict Funds available: $2000 (not necessarily the Chair to avoid a conflict of interest or to to be awarded as a lump sum). of interest. The winning applicants will be facilitate the judging. These prizes will be Application deadline: 1 March, 2002. notified upon selection (usually within fours announced at the Awards ceremony at the weeks of the closing date for applications) Social/Auction session of the meeting. Documents required: Six copies of so that they may plan to attend the awards (1) curriculum vitae, with publication presentation at the annual meeting. Those MSA Undergraduate list and alternative support sources applicants not notified within this time were and (2) research proposal not to exceed not selected as awardess, but all applicants Mycological Research Award three single-spaced pages. will be notified of their status. The stipends In its first offering last year, the MSA Apply to: Send six copies of curricu- are awarded after confirmation of university Undergraduate Research Award was a lum vitae and research proposal to Dr. registration. wonderful success. Please encourage Arthur L Welden, 7826 Willow St, New 11 MSA BUSINESS -- Student Awards concl’d
Orleans LA 70118. Phone: 504.861.7413. to have the potential recipient(s) work Butler, W.C. Denison, H.M. Fitzpatrick, M.S. Email: [email protected] there must be obtained before the grant Fuller, R.P. Korf, E.S. Luttrell, J.P. Raper, H.D. –– Arthur Welden, Co-Chair is awarded. Thiers, F.A. Uecker, and K. Wells. Research Awards Committee Additional Matters: In the event there are Funds available: Awards consists of no suitable applications requesting the $500 and a ticket to the MSA Breakfast/ Alexander H. & Helen V. Smith utilization of Alex’s collection’s for floristic Business Meeting. In 2001 there were 16 Research Fund or monographic studies, the Awards awards. Committee, at its discretion, may award Purpose: The primary purpose of the Application deadline: Received by grants to support field work on the fleshy fund shall be to encourage the study of January 31, 2002 (early applications fungi of North America, or for other types of specimens of macrofungi, fleshy appreciated). studies on the fleshy macrofungi of North Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes, America. If support for a field project is Requirments: Applicants (1) must be collected by Alexander H. Smith and his awarded to an applicant, duplicate/ MSA student members or past student associates. These collections, and representative collections resulting from the members who have been awarded a materials relating to them, are currently field work are to be deposited at the Masters or Ph.D. degree within one year deposited at the University of Michigan University of Michigan Herbarium. Prior of the annual meeting, and (2) must be Herbarium. The Fund will distribute arrangement should be made with the presenting a paper or poster at the grants-in-aid to cover all or a significant Director of the Herbarium. meeting. Previous recipients may apply part of the expense of visiting the again; if applicant numbers are higher Recipients of these grants-in-aid are Herbarium and working with the collec- than the number of awards available, asked to provide the University of tions and materials relating to them. preference will be given to those who Michigan Herbarium with copies of any Criteria for Awarding Grants: Grants have won the award less than two times. publications which result from this may be made available to members of the support. A summary of activity should Documents required: (four copies): (1) Mycological Society of America who are be forwarded to the Awards Committee in Abstract (indicate whether it is a paper or working actively on the taxonomy or a timely manner. a poster). (2) Curriculum vita: provide floristics of the fleshy fungi, with the telephone number and, if available, fax In compliance with Internal Revenue main emphasis on supporting high and email addresses, and include Service Regulations, the grant recipient quality research. Professional and trained information on any past Mentor Travel must submit all original receipts of expendi- “amateur” (i.e. para-professional) Award(s). (3) If matching funds are tures of grant funds to the Treasurer of the mycologists are eligible and are encour- available from the applicant’s institution, MSA. The receipt of documented expendi- aged to submit proposals. The individual provide an address the committee can tures by the Treasurer may be necessary should be at a point in their studies use to officially verify the receipt of the before complete funding of the proposal will where having full access to Alex’s award. (4) A letter of support from the be made. material would advance the applicant’s applicant’s major professor addressing work. These grants are not intended for Application deadline: 1 March 2002. the student’s abilities and potential and preliminary studies of possible lines of To Apply: Submit application to Dr. briefly summarizing the student’s current investigations. Kerry O’Donnell, NCAUR-USDA-ARS, research. To assist the judging committee Methods of Choosing Recipients: 1815 University Street, Peoria, IL 61604- in making Mentor “assignments” to Applications for a grant should include: 3999. Phone: 309.681.6383. Email: award winners, inclusions of comments (1) a proposal indicating how the study [email protected] regarding which mentor(s) would be of Alex’s specimens and manuscripts –– Kerry O’Donnell, Co-Chair most appropriate for the student are would advance the applicant’s work, (2) Research Awards Committee welcomed but not required. an estimated budget to cover all or part To apply: Send four copies of all four of the anticipated expenses (e.g. travel, Mentor Student Travel Awards documents listed above to the Committee per diem, copying, etc.) and (3) a current Chair: Dr. José Herrera, Division of curriculum vitae. For the 2002 MSA Annual Meeting, Science, Truman State University, Recipients will be chosen by an awards June 22-26 in Corvallis, Oregon. Kirksville, Missouri, 63501 USA. Phone: committee designated by the President of Funds awarded to: Student members of 660.785.4616. Fax: 660.785.4045. Email: the Mycological Society of America. In MSA who are presenting a paper/poster [email protected] addition, the agreement of the Director of in the 2002 Annual Meeting. The mentor For more information please visit the the University of Michigan Herbarium (or awards are in the names of some of our MSA web site < http:// its successor as custodian for Alex’s famous mycological forebears: C.J. www.erin.utoronto. ca/~w3msa/ specimens and materials relating to them) Alexopoulos, A. Barksdale, H. Bigelow, E. awards.html#ment >. 12 MSA BUSINESS -- Council Meeting Minutes
Mycological Society of America Annual Council Meeting Friday, August 24, 2001 Sundance Room, Marriott Downtown, Salt Lake City, UT • 1. The annual MSA Council meeting was • 4. Secretary Lorelei Norvell presented Botanical Garden and that we are currently in called to order on Friday, August 24, in the her report (Inoculum 52-5; also ap- very good financial shape. He anticipates Sundance Room of the Marriott Down- pended), which was approved by Council. that the future may not continue to be as town in Salt Lake City at 8:28 am by She itemized the thirteen items approved rosy, primarily because of anticipated President Orson K Miller, Jr. All MSA by Executive or General Council by Email temporary budget deficits that will arise out Council members were present (Drs Tim polls since the 2000 general meeting. She of the initiation of online publishing of Baroni, George Carroll, Iris Charvat, noted that having Allen Marketing & Mycologia. He feels that the Society’s Rick Kerrigan, Linda Kohn, Jean Lodge, Management (AMM) process new unusually robust surpluses over the past Orson Miller, Lorelei Norvell, Karen membership applications and claims was years have enabled the MSA financial Snetselaar, Joey Spatafora, Jeff Stone, extremely helpful. A few problems did result reserves to continue to grow; the Society John Taylor, Wendy Untereiner, Rytas from AMM’s handling Emeritus requests, currently has assets of over a half million Vilgalys, and Jim Worrall). Drs Jack however, so she asked that the responsibility dollars. Rogers (MSA Distinctions Committee) for verifying length of membership and Treasurer Stone has contracted with and Scott Redhead (Joint Commission for retirement be returned to the Secretary. Bryan Capitano Web Consulting [877- Common Mushroom Names in North Hereafter, AMM Association Manager America) also attended the late afternoon Linda Hardwick will forward all Emeritus 252-9634; cell 541-760-6288; session. requests to the Secretary who will then
artificially “expensive” and may result in MOTION (approved unanimously): indices, and the Secretary will advise the a temporary shortfall. Regular member- Rytas Vilgalys moved, and Tim Baroni Endowment Committee Chair accord- ship is down slightly, probably as a seconded, that Council accept the ingly. result of the Vermont “stand-alone” Finance Committee report. President Miller presented the reports of meeting, but Councilor Karen • Managing Editor Jim Ginns and Snetselaar noted that participating with 8. President Miller presented the Editor-in-Chief Joan Bennett APS and SON at this year’s larger Endowment Committee report for (Inoculum 52-5; also appended). He meeting might well encourage more new Chair Judi Ellzey (Inoculum 52-5; noted that EIC Bennett and Editorial memberships. also appended), who was unable to Assistant Mary Langlois will be MOTION (approved — 9 for, 5 against): attend the meeting. Although Esther attending an Allen Press editorial seminar. Jeff Stone moved, and George Carroll McLaughlin did contact several Council approved the new look for seconded, that the rate for additional family Society members to solicit endow- Mycologia and observed that the quality members in the family membership category ment contributions, she had to resign of papers remains high. Noting the be reduced from $40/year to $20/year. (Vice- absence of both Managing Editor and the from the Committee due to time President Shearer will place this By-Laws Editor-in-chief at a meeting when online constraints. Noting that polling the entire change on the spring ballot for consideration publication is under discussion, Council membership for donations is a time- by the membership at large.) advised that the EIC (or EIC assistant) be consuming and often thankless task, Past encouraged to meet annually with the Finally, Treasurer Stone noted that President Linda Kohn recommended that Editorial Board (composed of the five- President Miller signed a marketing ‘clade-dedicated’ phone trees be member Editorial Advisory Committee contract between AMM and MSA and instituted, in which one of a professor’s and all Associate Editors) at all future commented that requesting endowments genealogical descendents volunteer to annual meetings. President Miller on the 2001 renewal envelopes may have contact other members of that suggested that a formal description of the increased endowment contributions. professor’s ‘clade’ to encourage endow- Editorial Assistant be included in the President Miller circulated a flyer ment donations. Kohn volunteered to call MOP along with the duties of the Editor- intended for distribution as part of the members of the Korf lineage, and the in-Chief and Editorial Board. Council marketing contract that sets forth the Secretary will contact the Endowment urged the EIC to consult with the advantages and costs of joining MSA as Committee to suggest that other clade Editorial Advisory Committee regarding regular or institutional subscribers. volunteers be recruited. Associate Editor appointments, author MOTION (approved unanimously): John • 9. [Publications] Much discussion guidelines, and editorial policies. Taylor moved, and Rytas Vilgalys seconded, centered on the upcoming negotiations MOTION (approved unanimously): Linda that Council accept the Treasurer’s Report. with HighWire Press re online publica- Kohn moved, and Jeff Stone seconded, that tion of Mycologia, approved by Council • 7. Finance Committee Chair Orson henceforth the Society support mid-year via Email on July 16. Online publication, Miller presented the Finance Committee Executive Council meeting attendance by which has been discussed in Council for a Inoculum the Managing Editor, who will deliver a Report (see 52-5; also number of years and which is regarded mid-year report and be available to answer appended). He noted that while the essential for the Society journal to questions. market is down and the mutual funds compete with other hard-copy and owned by the Society have – not “paperless” scientific journals, should Council commended Don Ruch for his unexpectedly – declined slightly due finally become a reality sometime in first year as Inoculum Editor (report in to the current economic “dip”, the 2002. Council discussed ways to ensure Inoculum 52-5; also appended), noting MSA investment portfolio is sound that initial start-up costs do not seriously that the newsletter continues to serve the and still considerably ahead of initial threaten Society coffers and noted Society well. investments. Chair Miller noted that favorably that under the proposed Council considered a report by Mary HighWire agreement, institutional Palm Hernández (report appended) the Society’s 2000-2001 estimated payments will go directly to MSA. annual income from interest (from concerning the recent decrease in Council also perused the HighWire draft institutional subscriptions. Some bonds, money market, and mutual proposal faxed to Salt Lake by Managing institutional subscribers may have been funds) totaled $23,000. He also Editor Jim Ginns. Initially only volumes lost when MSA left the New York strongly encouraged anyone wishing published by Allen Press (1998 and Botanical Garden to publish Mycologia to serve on the Finance Committee to following) will be available on-line, as through Allen Press in 1998, but it contact him. Jeff Stone noted that earlier Mycologia volumes are owned by appears most were been lost during the many of the funds are low because the New York Botanical Garden. recent Blackwell-Swets merger, a more is spent annually on fund Councilor Jean Lodge suggested that the subscription service agency. Treasurer Society consider also placing online the Stone noted that all but ~200 (out of 797) scholarships than is gained through two Mycologia indices, which the Society interest, so that the Society must institutional subscriptions are handled by does own; Council viewed favorably such agencies. He also noted that having have continuing or increased Linda Kohn and Iris Charvat’s suggestion the HighWire Director of Marketing on contributions from more members. to set up an ‘’Index Fund’ to scan the board after Mycologia is placed online 14 MSA BUSINESS -- Council Meeting Minutes con’t
may help counteract the general decline in the MSA 2005 joint meeting with the in 2002 travel support for MSA member journal subscriptions at libraries suffering Mycological Society of Japan. Local graduate students and young investigators budgetary problems. President-Elect Representative Don Hemmes has who will be participating at IMCVII in Baroni suggested that MSA members already scheduled tentative reservations Oslo, IUMS in Paris, or ALM in Xalapa. need to become more proactive in for early August with the University of [Council defined a “young investigator” as protecting Mycologia subscriptions at Hawaii in Hilo. Council recommended someone having received a PhD within ten their home institutions, and President that the Committee look into possible years of the support request.] Miller suggested that a special insert be NSF support for international meetings. Finally, Council entertained a request for placed in Inoculum asking MSA members Council adjourned for lunch at 12:15 and underwriting attendance by an American to contact librarians and other subscrib- reconvened for the afternoon session at mycologist at the 3rd Asia-Pacific ers. Mary Palm Hernández will continue 12:59 pm. International Mycological Conference on to investigate the situation and will report • Biodiversity and Biotechnology (AMC- back to Council. 11. Other 2002 Mycological Meetings — Secretary Norvell noted that Council III) to be held November 4-8 in Kunming, Electronic Communication and had already approved $1000 MSA China. Treasurer Stone noted that we had Webpage Management Chair Linda support to ALM for the May 13-17 previously allocated $2,000 to AMC II, Kohn noted that MSA Webmaster Tom 2002 IV Latin American Congress of but that 2002 will be an ‘expensive’ year. Volk and MSA Bulletin Board manager Mycology in Xalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. MOTION (approved — 13 for, 2 against): Richard Korf are both resigning. Council Councilor Lodge noted that she and John Taylor moved, and Iris Charvat thanked both for long and excellent President-Elect Baroni are organizing a seconded, that MSA allocate up to $1,000 service and requested that anyone symposium. interested in serving as either Webmaster to the organizers of AMC III (the Asian- or Bulletin Board Manager contact the President Miller, reporting for MSA’s Pacific International Mycological Confer- ECWM Committee, MSA President, or IUMS (International Union of Microbio- ence) for the purpose of attracting American MSA Secretary as soon as possible. logical Societies) Representative Carol mycologists to their November 2002 Shearer, noted that the 2002 IUMS • meeting. 10. Future MSA meetings — Councilor meeting will be held July 29-Aug 3 in • 12. MSA Undergraduate Award — Joey Spatafora noted plans are Paris, France. Council recommended that President Miller (for Student Awards underway for the upcoming ‘stand-alone’ Jim Anderson, John Taylor, and Tom Committee Chair Lauraine Hawkins) 2002 meeting at Oregon State University White be named to serve on the 2005 noted that MSA Undergraduate Awards (Corvallis) in June, and Jeff Stone IUMS San Francisco Meeting Organizing ($500 each) were given to Charles Alan observed that — unlike at the Salt Palace Committee. — all lectures WILL have PowerPoint Hernick and Nicholas Zitomer in capability, comfortable meeting rooms, MOTION (approved unanimously): Lorelei November 2000. Council, noting that and available dorm rooms. Council Norvell moved, and Jeff Stone seconded, such an award was long overdue, approved the list of annual lecture that MSA pay the new annual dues as unanimously commended Strategic candidates forwarded by the Karling levied by IUMS (an annual increase Planning Committee member Karen Lecture Committee and advised the from $400 to $1280). Snetselaar for suggesting funding the Secretary to forward Council recommen- Discussion then moved to the 7th new MSA undergraduate awards. dations to Chair Steven Peterson. International Mycological Congress MOTION (approved unanimously): John Orson Miller reported that in 2003 the (IMC-VII) scheduled for August 12-18 in Taylor moved, and George Carroll seconded, Society would meet with the British Oslo, Norway. Although up to $1500 that MSA use current operating funds to Mycological Society at the Asilomar has already allocated for the BMS/MSA provide for up to four $500 scholarships to Conference Center near Monterey, reception, President-Elect Baroni MSA-member supervised undergraduates. requested flexibility in adjusting the final California; meeting dates will be MOTION (approved unanimously): Jeff amount. The Biodiversity Committee has published in Inoculum as soon as Stone moved, and George Carroll seconded, been granted another $250 to support its Asilomar has finalized its 2003 calendar. that $10,000 from the uncommitted presence at the IMC Biodiversity Council suggested that the Program endowment be set aside as a restricted fund symposium. Jean Lodge volunteered to Committee prepare for 500 attendees. for the purpose of underwriting future investigate an MSA charter flight to Oslo. Undergraduate Research awards. Rytas Vilgalys reported on a potential Council noted that providing student late July/early August meeting in support for attendance to so many Linda Kohn, Karen Snetselaar, and Asheville, North Carolina for MSA 2004. affiliated society meetings in 2002 is a John Taylor each pledged $100 to help [Later in the meeting, Vilgalys suggested problem and eventually reached the start up this new Undergraduate that MSA might consider meeting with consensus that Mentor Student Travel Research Fund. [It is understood that the North American Mycological Awards be reserved for student travel to Council’s intent in setting aside $10,000 Association.] the annual Society meeting in Corvallis. for undergraduate awards was that interest from the new fund should be The MSA-MSJ ad hoc Committee MOTION (approved — 14 for, 1 against): used to supplant, not supplement, the (Maren Klich, Chair; Dennis Joey Spatafora moved, and Linda Kohn funds allocated from the operating budget Desjardin; David Hibbett) is planning seconded, that MSA allocate up to $4,000 for undergraduate awards, and that 15 MSA BUSINESS -- Council Meeting Minutes concl’d
operating funds be used only to make Honorary Membership Committee cal age or have entered retirement.” (Vice- up the balance of undergraduate awards selection of Dr. John Pitt (Australia) and President Shearer will place this By- not met by interest earned from the Dr Birgitt Nordbring-Hertz (Sweden) as Laws change on the spring ballot for Endowment Fund.]. MSA Honorary Members. consideration by the membership at large.) • 13. MSA Mentor Student Travel and Pending approval by the membership at • 17. Public Policy Concerns — Council Student Graduate Awards — the annual business meeting, President- did not approve voluntarily increasing President Miller (for Mentor Student Elect Baroni will send congratulatory the Society’s AIBS dues as requested by Travel Awards Chair Jim Clark and letters to Drs Pitt and Nordbring-Hertz that association. Responding to requests Student Graduate Awards Committee welcoming them as MSA Honorary for MSA stands on various issues (as Chair Lauraine Hawkins) drew the Members. noted by MSA representatives AIBS, attention of Council to the student • 16. MSA Distinctions — MSA ATCC, NSCA, and IUMS inter al.), travel and graduate awards committee Distinctions Committee member Jack Council turned its attention to public reports. Sixteen students (selected from Rogers (for Chair Ian Ross) announced policy issues. 23 applicants) received $500 Mentor Dr D Jean Lodge (MSA Fellow), and Dr MOTION (approved unanimously): Awards (Alexopoulos — Rebecca James Kimbrough and Dr Robert Lorelei Norvell moved, and Tim Baroni Billings; Barksdale-Raper — Travis Shoemaker (Distinguished Mycologist) seconded, that the incoming MSA Clark; Bigelow — Sarah Bergemann, as recipients of the 2001 MSA Distinc- President appoint a Public Responsibility Martin Coetzee, Daniel Czederpiltz, tions awards. No Alexopoulos or Officer charged with keeping MSA Steven Trudell; Butler —Patrick Weston Teaching Award winners were members informed regarding public policy Westfall, Denison — Todd selected. Noting that there were either no issues important to the Society and with Osmundson, Jenny Tan; Fitzpatrick or too few candidates nominated for advising MSA Representatives to affiliated — Brett Couch; Fuller — Merlin these prestigious awards, Council societies and associations as to the White; Korf — Priscila Chaverri; reiterated its belief that the Society has Society’s position when appropriate. Luttrell — Ning Zhang; Thiers — numerous competent and able members Terry Henkel; Uecker — Patrick Linda Kohn volunteered to serve who merit consideration for MSA jointly with Mary Palm Hernández in Inderbitizin; Wells — Daniel Henk). Distinctions and recommended that There were four graduate student award such a capacity. President Elect Baroni MSA members be urged to submit noted that he will sign the NSCA winners (MSA Graduate Fellowships — nominations for all MSA Distinctions Priscila Chaverri, Zhihong Zhong; initiative asking for deletion of a Senate awards. Council addressed Committee resolution on HR-1 that singles out NAMA Memorial Fellowship — concerns regarding the guidelines passed Brandon Matheny; Myron Backus biological evolution as a “controversial by the 1999-2000 MSA Council at the theory”. Award — Andrew Miller). With the Vermont 2000 annual meeting. The • student undergraduate awards and four following three motions were approved: 18. Joint Commission on Common presentation awards [later announced at Mushroom Names for North America the August 28 MSA Social/Auction], MOTION (approved unanimously): Linda — Chair Scott Redhead gave a brief students received MSA scholarships Kohn moved, and George Carroll seconded, overview the Commission’s first year: totaling $8,400 and travel support that the MSA Distinctions Committee be MSA and NAMA presidents jointly totaling $8,000. increased from the current four (4) appointed seven Commission members members to five (5). (Vice-President • who elected him as Chair, the feasibility 14. MSA Research Awards — Shearer will place this By-Laws change President Miller (for Research Awards of a chat group on Yahoo was investi- on the spring ballot for consideration by gated and abandoned, member Tom Volk Committee Co-chair Arthur Welden) the membership at large.) announced that Dr Omon coordinated the transcription of several (Omoanghe) Isikhuemhen received MOTION (approved unanimously): Linda thousand common names from field the 2001 Martin-Baker Award. Noting Kohn moved, and George Carroll seconded, guides onto a temporary Excel spread- that no one applied for the AH & HV that incoming President Baroni appoint an sheet, and plans are underway to send Smith Research Award in time for the ad hoc committee of three former presi- preliminary lists of common mushroom 2001 deadline, Council recommended dents to revise MSA Fellow criteria, names to societies for input. greater publicity to encourage more consult with Council via Email, and • 19. Adjournment — President Miller members to apply for the Research implement the new guidelines in a revised adjourned the meeting at 5:05pm and Awards. selection process for the 2002 MSA invited all those present to a social hour Fellow awards. • 15. MSA Honorary Members — in the Presidential Suite. Honorary Member Committee Chair MOTION (approved unanimously): Jim Respectfully submitted, George Carroll presented the Worrall moved, and Jeff Stone seconded, Lorelei L Norvell, Secretary Honorary Member Committee’s that the criteria for the Distinguished candidates to Council for consideration. Mycologist Award include: “Candidates for this award must be at least 20 years MOTION (approved unanimously): post-PhD but do not necessarily have to Rytas Vilgalys moved, and John Taylor have attained either a particular chronologi- seconded, that MSA Council approve the 16 MSA BUSINESS -- Annual Business Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the Mycological Society of America Annual Business Meeting Monday, August 27, 2001 Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT • 1. President Orson K Miller, Jr, called current assets totaling slightly over Lane Tredway, Zheng Wang. the 2001 annual MSA business meeting $500,000 (up from $450,000 three years The membership approved selection of Dr. to order at 7:42 am. Noting that over ago), MSA continues to thrive. John Pitt (CSIRO — Division of Food 2000 people had registered for the joint Treasurer Stone noted that although Science and Technology Australia) and Dr APS-MSA-SON meeting, he thanked online publication of Mycologia will Professor Birgitt Nordbring-Hertz (Head APS meeting organizers and APS necessitate spending some financial of the Department of Microbial Ecology, Liaison Faye Labatt for their efforts in reserves for set-up costs, in the long run Lund University, Sweden) as MSA the Society’s behalf. He announced (i) the Society will benefit. He also noted Honorary Members. that meeting-goers should send in post- that he has found it a pleasure and a · 5. Don Hemmes, reporting for the meeting evaluations online; (ii) locations privilege to work with all those who Endowment Committee, noted that last of the Karling Lecture, MSA Committee work so hard for the Society. year’s endowment donations came to Reception, and MSA Social & Auction, The membership voted to accept all new $12,956 (approximately half from and (iii) that Inoculum is now online in member candidates: Brazil — Jose de donations and half from the 2000 MSA PDF format with full-color photos. Ribamar Aousa Rocha; Canada — Russell Auction and T-shirt sails. He urged that President Miller also (i) introduced Tweddell, Caroline Walker, Ilungo Xavier, Society members give generously to boost those sitting at the head table (Past Lisette Xavier, Jianping Xu; China — the Mentor Awards to $5,000 for next President Kohn, President-Elect Baroni, Theresa Kwong; India — JC Vaidya; Iraq year. Vice-President Taylor, Secretary — Abdullah Al-Saadoon; Italy — Marco Norvell, Treasurer Stone, Program Floriani, Rosana Maziero; Japan — · 6. Secretary Norvell presented highlights Committee Chair Anderson); (ii) Takayuki Ishizaki, Takahito Kobayashi, from the Friday, August 24, 2001 General commended Jeff Stone for three-years Koukichi Maruyama, Toshiro Masai, Council meeting (see Council minutes). of excellent service as Treasurer, (iii) Hayato Masuya; Norway — Arne · 7. President Miller acknowledged past thanked all who had worked so hard for Hermansen; Spain — Miguel Torrejon Society award winners and service by the Society over the past years, and (iv) Herrero, Victor Rico; Switzerland — Dirk asking former Alexopoulos, MSA thanked 2001 Program Chair Jim Redecker; Thailand — Bussaban Boonsom, Fellow, Weston Teaching Award Anderson and his committee (Keith Saisamorn Lumyong, Wipornpan Photita; winners, Distinguished Mycologists, Egger, Jessie Micales, Susan United Kingdom — Vasso Mavroidis, and MSA Presidents to stand. Kaminskyj) for all their hard work in Elizabeth Pryce-Miller; United States — Y · 8. Student Mentor Travel Award coordinating the meeting. G Agasi, James L Baker, Eric Boehm, Joerg Committee Chair Jim Clark presented The membership approved former Secretary Boellmann, Thomas E Chase, Martin the Mentor Travel Awards: Alexopoulos Maren Klich’s minutes of the 2000 MSA Chiguer, Eliane Coss, Bakhtiar Dargalt, — Rebecca Billings; Barksdale-Raper Annual Business meeting as printed in Guillermo Fuentes Davila, Sarah Dodd, — Travis Clark; Bigelow — Sarah Inoculum 51(5):24. Greg Douhan, Meizhu Du, Deborah Fravel, Bergemann, Martin Coetzee, Daniel Tim Friesen, Admir Giachini, Cyd · 2. Vice-President John Taylor Czederpiltz, Steven Trudell; Butler Hamilton, Linda Hanson, Monica Hughes, presented the ballot results (from 353 —Patrick Westfall, Denison — Todd Lena Jonsson, Peter Kennedy, Stephen votes cast). Those elected were: Carol Osmundson, Jenny Tan; Fitzpatrick Kennedy, Donald Klein, Don Lareau, A Shearer, Vice-President; James J — Brett Couch; Fuller — Merlin Xiaorong Lin, Amy Lindahl, Sandra Worrall, Treasurer; Robert W. White; Korf — Priscila Chaverri; Maldonado-Ramirez, Jim Ray Managbanag, Roberson, Councilor for Cell Biology/ Luttrell — Ning Zhang; Thiers — Scott Mangan, Stacy Physiology; Gerard C Adams, McDaniel, Terence Councilor for Ecology/Pathology; McGonicle, Christina Karen Hughes, Councilor for Genetics/ Moon, Todd Molecular Biology; David S Hibbett, Osmundson, Edwin Councilor for Systematics/Evolution. Partridge, Anita · 3. Secretary Lorelei Norvell presented Phillips, Rudy Pina, highlights from her annual report. Bethany Rader, The membership voted to grant Emeritus Huzefa Raja, Noah Membership status to Vernon Ahmadjian, Rosenzweig, Peter Austwick, William C Elsik, Michael Mafmudije Selimi, C Hampson, Oswald Hilber, Elizabeth M Richard Shefferson, O’Hern, and Marvin C Williams. Dennis Shevlin, Jenny Tan, Lee Taylor, Jason · 4. Treasurer Jeff Stone presented his Thacker, Matt Trappe, annual report. With 1226 members and MSA officers at the annual business meeting. 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Terry Henkel; Uecker — Patrick Arthur Weldon, announced Dr “visited by ethereal voices from above.” Inderbitizin; Wells — Daniel Henk). Omoanghe (Omon) S Isikhuemhen … Dr Jose Ruiz-Herrara extended an He also asked Mentor Student Travel as recipient of the 2001 Martin-Baker invitation to Society members to attend the Award winners who had not already Research Award 8th Fungal Biology Conference scheduled done so be certain to volunteer for T- · 11. MSA Distinctions Committee Chair for December 2-6, 2002, in Guanajuato, shirt sales at the MSA booth in the Ian Ross presented three MSA Mexico. … Dr Robert Samson issued a convention center exhibition hall. Distinctions awards: MSA Fellow — D formal invitation to attend the July 29- · 9. Student Awards Committee Chair Jean Lodge and Distinguished Mycologist August 3, 2002 meeting of the Lauraine Hawkins announced Charles — Robert A Shoemaker and James International Union of Microbiological Alan Hernick and Nicholas Zitomer as Kimbrough. All three recipients made Societies in Paris, France. the first recipients of the 2000-2001 MSA brief comments acknowledging their · 13. Outgoing President Orson Miller Undergraduate Awards and presented the mentors and colleagues and thanking the turned over the presidential gavel to following Graduate Student Awards: MSA Society for the awards. 2001-2002 President Tim Baroni. Graduate Fellowships — Priscila · 12. New Business. Noting that MSA President Baroni presented certificates Chaverri, Zhihong Zhong; NAMA 2002 (June 22-26, Oregon State of appreciation to Jeff Stone in Memorial Fellowship — Brandon University, Corvallis) would not present recognition for his service as Treasurer Matheny; Myron Backus Award — “the same old stuff”, Jeff Stone during the past three years and to Andrew Miller. She also noted that the promised that the next annual meeting Orson Miller in recognition of his four winners of the oral and poster would be cheaper, held in “cozy and tenure as 2001-2002 President. The presentation awards would be announced pleasant” surroundings, and — alluding meeting was adjourned by President at the Tuesday night MSA Social and to the competing lecture that had Baroni at 8:40 am. Auction. descended from Salt Palace overhead Respectfully submitted, · 10. President Miller, acting for speakers throughout the course of the Lorelei Norvell Research Awards Committee Chair business meeting — unlikely to be MSA Secretary MSA 2001 – 2002 Official Roster
Executive Council Robert W Roberson, Councilor American Type Culture Collection Timothy J Baroni, President (2001-02) Cell Biology/Physiology (2001-03) Appointment pending (2001-04)
David M Geiser (2001-06) Electronic Communication and Appointment pending
Scott A Redhead (2001-06) ATTC MSA representative, ex officio Phytopathology
Judy Roger (2001-06)# MSA 2004 Meeting Planning David Geiser
YEAR 2002: CALL FOR PAPERS
The Annual Meeting of the MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
will be held on June 23-26
in CORVALLIS, OREGON
The Society cordially invites those who are participating in a symposium or who wish to present a paper or poster to visit the MSA abstract submission web site: http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~janderso/msa/
To be listed on the program each contributed paper, poster and symposium presentation must be submitted separately, and an abstract must accompany each submission.
Graduate students must indicate whether they wish to be considered for a prize for the oral presentation or poster that is most outstanding in mycological content and manner of presentation. Complete instructions and full abstract searches are available on the web site. Submission Deadline is March 1, 2002 Late submissions will not be accepted due to the tight publication schedule.
Questions should be directed to Keith Egger
Foray Lists Requested!! CALL FOR FUNGI collected during the 2001 MSA Foray in Utah!! In order to compile the list of fungi collected during the annual foray, please send me the list of fungi that you collected in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. The compiled list will be printed in A handful of the days collections. Inoculum and given to the Mushroom (Photo by Don Ruch) Society of America and the US Park The scenery on the foray was breathtaking. Here is the view of the Uinta’s that Service. I would prefer your submission Thanks for your assistance and quick participants had during lunch. via email, but you can submit lists by response. (Photo by Don Ruch) any of the following means: – Don Ruch EMAIL: [email protected] MSA 2001 Foray Coordinator PHONE: 765-285-8829 FAX: 765-285-8804 22 MSA BUSINESS -- 2001 MSA Distinctions
From the Editor .... body of the email often has to be Thursday before to submit copy, cleaned of extraneous symbols, especially feature articles. As my first year as editor comes to a brackets, etc. for use. I know that – Donald G. Ruch close, I wish to thank everyone who submitting copy as attachments takes a has sent copy to be included in few minutes more of your time, but Inoculum. As I requested at the remember as editor I receive 50 to 100 Embarassing Additions, beginning of my tenure, most individu- files for each issue. I do greatly Omissions, and Corrections als carefully edited their copy before appreciate your assistance. sending it to me. I greatly appreciate Dr. Oswald Hilber’s name was your efforts as it make my job as editor I would also like to thank Lorelei misspelled in the Secretary’s Report much3 easier. Please continue the good Norvell, MSA Secretary and former published in Inoculum 52(5). The work. Nearly every item to be included editor of Inoculum. I have asked her so Secretary apologizes for the mistake in Inoculum this year came electroni- many questions concerning the newslet- and would like to take this opportunity cally. Electronic submission also make ter over the past year that the adjective to acknowledge that all seven candi- the work of the editor much10+ easier. I “plethora” is inadequate. Much of the dates were accepted formally as MSA do have one suggestion however. It success of this year’s volume of Inocu- Emeritus Members during the MSA saves me a lot of time if you submit lum goes to Lorelei. Thanks. General Business meeting in Salt Lake your copy as attachments in (see minutes of the meeting, this issue). Finally, the deadline for the next issue WordPerfect, MS Word or Rich Text is Friday, December 14, 2001. How- -- Lorelei Norvell Files (.rtf) files. Copy submitted in the ever, please don’t wait until the Secretary MSA 2001 MSA AWARDS
MSA DISTINCTIONS 2001 Distinguished Mycologist – James W Kimbrough We cannot here begin to list all his accomplishments at the University of Florida, nor his list of graduate students from many parts of the world who came to him for the outstanding teaching they would receive. Suffice to say that his ‘cut to the bone” resume takes up over 20 pages! He is one of the most decorated teachers at the University of Florida, having received many teaching and graduate student supervision awards, and is a past recipient of the Weston Award from the Mycological Society of America. His course on “Molds, Mildews, Mush- rooms and Man” which started with 7 students in 1994 has a current enrollment of over 280 students. He has recently pub- lished a book entitled “Common Florida Mushrooms,” which Dr. James (Jim) Kimbrough and wife Jane at the annual meeting in realized his long-term Salt Lake City. ambition to bring (Photo supplied by Orson Miller) information about After an enviable undergraduate career at Mississippi State Florida mushrooms University, Jim went on to a stellar performance at Cornell together in one place. University. After his PhD with Richard Korf, he filled the brand He has worked tirelessly new position in mycology at the University of Florida=s to collect and classify department of Plant Pathology, where he has remained through fungi of the entire state thick and thin ever since. of Florida and the 23 MSA BUSINESS -- 2001 MSA Distinctions con’t
Southeastern United States and the fungal collections of the homobasidiomy-cetes and together revealed the importance FLAS herbarium have been well maintained and catalogued of these structures for inferring relationships among fungi. under his supervision. His publication record includes over In addition to all this activity, Jim Kimbrough has had a long 160 refereed papers and over 100 other types of publications history of service to the Mycological Society of America and has that have contributed significantly to our knowledge of served not only on many committees of the Society, but also as fungal ultrastructure, systematics and evolution, and, as one Councilor, Secretary-Treasurer, Vice President and President. person commented, few can match his mind-boggling record of research publications, nor the breadth and innovative He has been categorized by virtually all who know him as concepts that these contain. Among his major contributions an outstanding mycologist by every account and a tribute to are his insights into septal ultrastructural construction in the the profession and to the Mycological Society of America, he ascomycetes that complemented similar work on hetero- and is indeed a mycologist’s mycologist.
2001 Distinguished Mycologist – Robert A Shoemaker
ascomycete taxonomy and many ascomycete systematists have adopted his format of description. His papers comprise an extraordinarily valuable resource for both mycologists and plant pathologists. The generosity he demonstrates in helping other mycologists and their students with vexing taxonomic problems has been a signature contribution to the field of ascomycete systematics. He has excelled in working out the life-histories of species in many genera and he has been unselfish in sharing his knowledge with others and has been particularly helpful to students. He served in an editorial capacity as well as contribut- ing extensively to both the Canadian Plant Disease Survey and Fungi Canadensis. Even though he did not hold a teaching position, it is obvious from the many references in the support- ing letters that he has had considerable impact as a mentor and advisor to many students who sought his help – they always received it. He has had a major impact on Canadian mycology and through that on mycology in general. As leader of the world- Dr. Robert Shoemaker at the annual meeting in Salt Lake City. renowned group of mycologists in Ottawa, including S. J. Hughes, Donald Barr, Mildred Nobles, D.B.O. Saville, Luella (Photo by Scott Redhead) Weresub, Dave Malloch, Jim Ginns, and others he established He has dedicated his entire career to furthering our knowl- the Mycology Section of the Research Branch of Agriculture edge of the fungi, especially the ascomycetes. He has ad- Canada in Ottawa as a world class institution with the National vanced our basic understanding of this difficult group and has Mycological Herbarium one of the most important mycological made tremendous contributions at all taxonomic levels. His herbaria in North America. “He is considered a born leader and publications on the Leptosphaeria complex represent mile- has the in-depth knowledge that we all wish to attain in our own stones in our knowledge of this group. He has served on the fields.” council of MSA and has been active for many years in the “He has always society. been quiet, With over 100 research publications in which he tackled meticulous, numerous difficult genera in the Pleosporales that included a unassuming, and thorough evaluation of their sexual and asexual states and yet has produced when you consider that some of these papers are the equivalent exquisite research of major monographs, often over 100 pages long, you realize the that stands the test massive amount of work involved with scrupulous documenta- of time.” tion and outstanding illustrations that will make these mono- graphs stand the test of time. His very thorough descriptions of ascomycete species set a high standard for the field of 24 MSA BUSINESS -- 2001 MSA Distinctions
2001 MSA Fellow – Jean D Lodge but she is a highly influential ecologist who is recognized world wide for her studies and analyses of tropical ecosys- tems - demonstrating how productive and active she is in her work and the broad knowledge she has in basidiomycete systematics and in ecology. She has been very active in the Mycological Society where she has served on the Editorial board of Mycologia, Chair of the Editorial board of Mycological Memoirs, Chair of the ad hoc Biodiversity Committee of MSA, Official Liaison for Fungal Biodiversity and Conservation in the MSA. She helped to organize the 1998 MSA annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the two pre-meeting workshops on Asco- mycetes and Basidiomycetes. Last summer she helped to organize the symposium on Phytogeography of the Carib- Dr. Jean Lodge with her advisor and coleague Dr. Larry Grand. bean Basin. She is a member of the IUCN special group for the Conservation of Endangered Fungi, Caribbean Region, (Photo by Orson Miller) and has been very active in other organizations such as the Association for Tropical Biology, the Ecological Society of Jean received her PhD at North Carolina State University America, The British Mycological Society, where she has where her doctoral work and subsequent research at the taken part in several symposia and has forged a bridge University of Puerto Rico demonstrated without a doubt that between the American Mycological community and the she was destined to be one of the outstanding investigators British one. This was recognized several years ago when she in tropical mycological ecology. was invited to sit on the BMS biodiversity committee during She has made numerous invited presentations at national joint deliberations of MSA and BMS on formulating a meetings and invited lectures in Japan, Mexico and England. biodiversity statement which was rigorous and explanatory Although her duties in the Forest service are mainly research, enough to present to politicians – thanks to her energies, this she has proven to be a great mentor. She has been involved proposal was driven through to completion. She has welded in teaching workshops, and, as an adjunct Professor at the links with many tropical mycologists around the world. University of Puerto Rico has been supervisor for 6 graduate She is a very energetic, enthusiastic, dedicated, caring and students and a member of 4 other graduate committees, has friendly. And to quote one supporter – That is Jean, a shy given guest lectures and has taught the laboratory sections yet demonstrative individual, passionate about her subject – of several courses. She enjoys interacting with students and the world is a better and more knowledgeable place for her has stimulated them to become interested in mycology. One activities. of her main goals is to encourage future mycologists to study a variety of questions concerning tropical fungi and she works hard at doing just that. As one writer said, “the success she has had in her dual career as mycologist and ecologist and the reputation she has earned serves as an important example to young women interested in pursuing careers in biology.” She is noted among her colleagues and students as one who has the ability to take complex ecologi- cal ideas and make them palatable. She has been working with the USDA-Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory in Puerto Rico since 1992 and has been the lead PI, with Tim Baroni, of the NSF project, Basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles, that has as a main objective the preparation of monographs and taxonomic keys in both English and Spanish – the amount of new information generated by this work has had a tremendous impact on the knowledge of Basidiomycete diversity in the Caribbean and surrounding areas. Not only is she an expert in mycology,
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MSA Research Award 2001 Martin-Baker Endowment Award – Omoanghe Isikhuemhen The Research Awards Committee selected Omoanghe (Omon) Isikhuemhen, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, to receive funds from the Martin-Baker Endowment fund. Dr. Isikhuemhen intends to use the award to support his studies on tropical edible and medicinal mushrooms, as well as, the application of recombinant DNA technology in screening fungi and other microbes for medically important compounds. For further information about this fascinating project, see < www.ecu.edu/biology >. (Information provided by Dr. Omon Isikhuemhen.) The Martin-Baker Endowment Award is granted to a recently awarded PhD mycologist based on proposed research and past research record.
2001 MSA Graduate Fellows and Myron P Backus Awards Tom Volk Tom Tom Volk Tom MSA Graduate Fellows Chaverri (left) and Zhong (right) NAMA - Chuck Barrows and Backus Award Winner Miller (center). Fellow Matheny 2001 MSA Graduate Fellow 2001 NAMA - Chuck Barrows Fellow Priscila Chaverri P. Brandon Matheny Priscila Chaverri’s dissertation research is entitled P. Brandon Matheny is a doctoral student at the University Systematics of Hypocrea species with green ascospores. of Washington in Seattle. His graduate advisor is Joe Priscila’s advisor is Gary Samuels. Priscila is working out of Ammirati and his research project is to investigate the the USDA-ARS facility in Beltsville, MD. phylogeny of Inocybe.
2001 MSA Graduate Fellow 2001 MSA Myron P. Backus Award Zhihong Zhong Andrew Miller Zhihong Zhong is working with Donald Pfister at Harvard Andrew Miller is studying the systematics of the University. Her doctoral research is on “Phylogenetic and Lasiospaeriaceae (Sordariales, Ascomycetes). His PhD work is biogeographic studies of Leotia species”. through The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago under the supervision of Sabine Huhndorf and Gregory Mueller. 26 MSA BUSINESS -- 2001 Student Awards con’t
2001 MSA Graduate Research Prizes Oral Presentations Poster Presentations Andy Miller (Botany Department, The Field Museum, Chicago Travis Clark (Department of Botany, University of Toronto, and University of Illinois, Urbana). Co-author Sabine M Mississauga, Ontario). Co-author James B Anderson. Huhndorf. The use of multi-gene phylogenies and morphology Adaptation in long-term cultures of Schizophyllum in establishing species boundaries in the Lasiosphaeria ovina commune. (Lasiosphaeriaceae, Sordariales, Ascomycetes) species complex. Elizabeth Lewis (Plant Pathology Department, Rutgers Patrick Westfall (Department of Botany, University of University, New Brunswick, NJ). Co-authors TA Lewis, R Georgia, Athens ). Co-author Michelle Momany. The Aspergil- Sullivan and JB White Jr. Characterization of an extracellular, lus nidulans septin AspB localizes to areas of new growth pre- cellulosome enclosed endogluconase purified from and post-mitotically. Chaunopycnis spp.
MSA Student Research Prizewinners Miller, Clark, Westfall, and Lewis.
MSA Graduate Research Prizes of $100 each are awarded annually to (i) the two best research papers in mycology presented orally by graduate students at the annual MSA meeting and (ii) the two best student posters in mycology presented by graduate students at the annual MSA meeting.
2001 MSA Mentor Travel Awards Awards are listed alphabetically by name of mentor. The degree in progress, advisor, affiliation, and title of presentation follow the winner’s name.
Alexopoulos Award Martin Coetzee - PhD [Brenda localizes to areas of new growth pre- Rebecca Bellings - PhD [Orson Miller, Wingfield, advisor]. Department of and post-mitotically. Microbiology, University of Pretoria. advisor]. Department of Biology, Denison Awards Virginia Polytechnic Institution and Phylogeny of the southern hemisphere Jenny Tan - BS [Tom Bruns, advisor]. State University. The roll of naturally Armillaria species. Department of Plant and Microbial occurring ectomycorrhizae in revegeta- Daniel L. L. Czederpiltz - PhD [Glen Biology, University of California at tion of a trace metal stressed site in Stanosz, advisor]. Department of Plant Berkeley. Examination of genet size of southern Virginia. Pathology, University of Wisconsin. two mycorrhizal fungi from the The statistical comparison of species southern Sierra Nevada: Gautieria Barkdale/Raper Award diversity among fugal communities. Travis Clark - MS [James Anderson, monticola and Suillus (Gastrosuillus) advisor]. Department of Botany, Steven Trudell - PhD [Robert Edmonds, suilloides using AFLP markers. University of Toronto at Mississauga. advisor]. Ecosystems Science Division, Todd Osmundson - MS [Cathy Cripps, Adaptation in long term cultures of College of Forest Resources, University advisor]. Plant Science Department, Schizophyllum commune. of Washington. Nitrogen isotope ratios Montana State University. Preliminary in sporocarps of ectomycorrhizal systematics and ecological observa- Bigelow Awards fungi: influence of phytogenetic and tions of Rocky Mountain alpine Sarah Bergemann - PhD [Steven Miller, environmental factors. species of Laccaria. advisor]. Botany Department, Univer- Butler Award sity of Wyoming. Phytogeography and Fitzpatrick Award population biology of Russula Patrick Westfall - PhD [Michelle Brett Couch - PhD {Linda Kohn, brevipes. Momany, advisor]. Department of advisor]. Department of Botany, Univer- Botany, University of Georgia. The sity of Toronto at Mississauga. A Aspergillus nidulans septin AspB multilocus molecular marker system for 27 MSA BUSINESS -- 2001 Student Awards and Honorary Membership Mentor Travel Awards concl’d studing population subdivisions in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea.
Fuller Award Merlin White - PhD [Robert Lichtwardt, advisor]. Department of Botany, Univer- sity of Kansas. Exploring the relation- ships of the gut fungi (Harpellales) using ribosomal DNA.
Korf Award Priscila Chaverri - PhD [Gary Samuels, advisor]. ARS Systematic Botany and Volk Tom Mycology Laboratory, USDA. Bio-control species of Trichoderma have Hypocrea 2001 Mentor Travel Award Winners. 1)Tan; 2)Bellings; 3) Czederpiltz; 4) Zhang; telomorphs with green ascospores. 5) Chaverri; 6) Osmundson; 7) Henkel; 8) Couch; 9) Henk; 10) White; 11) Clark; 12) Truedell; 13) Coetzee; 14) Westfall; 15) Bergemann. Inderbitizin not shown. Luttrell Award Ning Zhang - PhD [Meredith Blackwell, islands for ectomycorrhizal funfi in the Wells Award advisor]. Plant Biology, Louisiana State Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Daniel Henk - PhD (Rytas Vigalys, University. Population genetics of advisor]. Botany Department, Duke Uecker Award dogwood anthracnose fungus (Discula University. Systematics of destructiva Relin). Patrik Inderbitizin - PhD [Mary Berbee, Septobasidium Pat. advisor]. Department of Botany, Univer- Thiers Award sity of British Columbia. Aliquando- Terry Henkel - PhD [Rytas Vigalys, stipitaceae (Dothideomycetes, advisor]. Botany Department, Duke Ascomycota), a family with dimorphic University. Dicymbe forest as habitat ascomata and unusually wide hyphae. 2001 MSA Honorary Members 2001 MSA Undergraduate Birgitt Nordbring-Hertz John Pitt Research Awards Nicholas Zitomer Nicholas worked with Dr. Dan Royse, on the project, Development of concentrated D- fractions from Grifola for effective- ness against Photo by Tom Volk. metastasis of liver carcinoma. Charles Hernick Charles worked with Dr. H Corby Kistler on the project, Does Fusarium graminearum outcross in nature? Dr. Nordbring-Hertz is Head of the Department of Microbial Ecology, Lund Dr. Pitt works at CSIRO, Division of University, Sweden. Food Science and Technology, Australia.
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IMC7 Grants Steve Stephenson Visiting Fellow at the University of Otago The IMC7 Organizing Committee has describes your current position, how this the pleasure of to offer a limited number of award will further your research and why Steve Stephenson, Professor of grants for all, or part, of the cost of IMC7 financial support is requested; and (4) a list Biology at Fairmont State College, has congress participation for persons who of all other sources of financial support received an appointment as the William would not otherwise be able to attend. including matching funds available from Evans Visiting Fellow at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, for the Who can apply? IMC7 grants will be aimed your institution or supervisor. period of mid-May to mid-June of next mostly towards supporting the participation To apply: Send 2 copies of all documents year. The William Evans Fellowship was of students or young scientist from listed above to established in 1946 for the promotion and developing countries listed on the IMC7 IMC7 Congress Secretariat encouragement of learning. Appointments website http://www.uio.no/conferences/ P.O. Box 24 Blindern, are made on the basis of recommendations imc7/index.html, a list provided by the N-0314 Oslo, of an advisory committee representing all Organization for Economic Co-operation Norway areas of the university, and only a single and Development (OECD). How to proceed: Applicants will be individual is selected on each occasion. Funds available: The amount awarded to informed of the success or failure of The University of Otago is the oldest as each successful IMC7 grant applicant has their request before 15 March 2002. If well as one of the largest and most highly not been decided, as this will depend on the successful, you will need to pay your regarded universities in New Zealand. total amount of funding available, which is registration, travel, and other expenses Steve will be attached to the Department of also unknown at this time. in advance and will then be refunded in Botany during his appointment but also will Application deadline: Applications must be Oslo upon your arrival. We urge all be giving lectures and seminars in several post-marked no later than 31 January applicants to register themselves as other academic units of the University. In 2002. Applications submitted by fax or e- soon as possible and before May 1, addition, he will help develop a series of mail will not be considered. 2002 with the official IMC7 registration honors projects to be carried out by future Documents required: (1) a copy of the form. The registration form will be made graduate and undergraduate students at the abstract of the poster submitted; available shortly. university and also will have an opportunity (2) a curriculum vita that includes your -- Dr. Jonathan E. Colman to conduct some field research in Fiordland complete address, telephone number and e- IMC7 Congress Secretariat National Park in extreme southern New mail address; (3) a letter of support from EMAIL [email protected] Zealand. your advisory professor or supervisor PHONE +47 22 85 46 28 -- Steve Stephenson addressing your abilities OR a letter that Robert Fogel is Appointed the Ever Wonder How to Prepare and deposit voucher specimens for Wehmeyer Professor and Deposit Voucher Specimens fungi, go to www.nt.ars-grin.gov. The Regents of the University of -- Amy Y. Rossman for Fungi? Michigan have appointed Robert Fogel Amy @nt.ars-grin.gov The U.S. National Fungus Collections the Lewis E. and Elaine Prince Wehmeyer as part of the USDA-ARS System- Professor in Fungal Taxonomy. atic Botany & Mycology Labora- -- Robert Fogel tory has added a new section to [email protected] their Web site. Under U.S. National Fungus Collections there is an Change of Emai Address entire set of instructions on how to deposit voucher specimens of both Jan Jansonius living and dried fungi. Included are As of September 1, my new home email links to the major fungal culture address is < [email protected] >. collections, illustrations of how to -- Jan Jansonius dry and/or press fungal specimens, details of collection data to be Lorelei Norvell included with a culture/specimen MSA Secretary Lorelei Norvell’s new email and a printable specimen deposition Dehydrator and plant press. address is < [email protected] >. form. For details on how to prepare (Photo supplied by Amy Rossman) -- Lorelei L Norvell 29 MYCOLOGICAL NEWS con’t
OBITUARIES Dr. Clark T. Rogerson Dr. Clark T. Rogerson, Senior Curator Emeritus at The New York Botanical Garden, died on Friday, September 7, 2001, in Ogden, Utah, at the age of 82. He was the world’s authority on fungicolous fungi, especially Hypomyces (Ascomycetes, Hypocreales). His greatest delight was identifying asco- mycetous fungi found on what most of us would consider fire tinder that he collected in Utah during the summer and brought back to New York in the fall. He was a field biologist who was undaunted in his love for collecting fungi by New York City as he made frequent lunch time tours through the forested grounds of the New York Botanical Garden. He would search for fungi alone or with an entourage of graduate students, post doctoral fellows, Garden colleagues and/ or interested visitors. Often these rambles turned up new or rare species. His knowledge, and reprint collection, of the literature of taxonomic mycology was immense. Corny as it sounds, it is true that Clark Rogerson never saw a fungus Clark welcomed interactions with oversaw the publication of several hefty that he didn’t like. amateur mycologists who found many monographs on fungi, mainly agarics. Clark was born on 2 October 1918 in specimens of Hypomyces useful in his Clark received the Distinguished Service Ogden, Utah. He attended Weber Junior research on this genus. As the only Award from the MSA in 1981. Over the College and received a bachelor of science professional mycologist in the New York years Dr. Rogerson has been among the degree from Utah State University in 1940. City area at the time, Clark was instru- most generous donors to the Mentor Travel He was drafted into the Army in 1942 and mental in establishing the New York award funds of the MSA, often spreading served as a technical sergeant with a Mycological Association and the his contributions among the funds to build medical unit in the Pacific Theatre, where he Connecticut-Westchester Mycological up those under funded awards. earned a bronze star and survived two air Association (COMA). In appreciation Clark was open and supportive with plane crashes. During the war he collected the COMA group named its annual foray graduate students, postdoctorals and butterflies, fungi, and plants that he sent to for him. Dr. Rogerson was intimately others, and he generously gave of his specialists at Cornell University and the involved with the Mycological Society of great knowledge and time to anybody Smithsonian Institution. He received a PhD America, serving as President (1968/69), who cared to ask. He was our link to in mycology from Cornell in 1950 under Vice President and Historian. In 1973 he earlier generations of mycologists and H.M. Fitzpatrick. From 1950-1958 he was assumed the role of Secretary/Treasurer often shared with us stories of their lives assistant and associate professor of botany when Alma Barksdale was unable to and antics. Although he never traveled at Kansas State University before moving continue due to illness. He was the outside of the USA after WW II, he was to the New York Botanical Garden in Managing Editor of Mycologia (1960-70) well known around the world. His life was 1959. At that time he was the only and Mycological Memoirs for many dedicated to Mycology. We will miss cryptogamic botanist at the Garden, in years as well as Editor-in-Chief of Clark Rogerson. charge of ferns and bryophytes as well Mycologia (1960-65). As editor of the -- Gary Samuels as the fungi, until the mid 1960’s, when a Memoirs and Flora Neotropica series of USDA-ARS Systematic Botany and bryologist was hired. the New York Botanical Garden he Mycology Lab 30 MYCOLOGICAL NEWS con’t
Obituaries con’t Dr. Henry Stempen Dr. Henry Stempen of Glenside, Pennsylvania died March 29, 2001 at the age of 76 after a long illness that started in 1980. Dr. Stempen was Professor Emeritus from Rutgers University. Dr. Stempen graduated in 1945 with a BS Degree in Bacteriology from the University of the Sciences of Philadelphia (formerly Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science). He continued his studies in Microbiology and received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951. Dr. Stempen’s latest position was Professor of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Camden, from 1962 to 1988. He also served as chairman of he Biology Department for a period of time. He taught Biology, Microbiology, Mycology, Nursing Microbiology. Before moving to Rutgers he was Associate Professor of Microbiology His other interests were , water colors, Dr. Stempen will be sorely missed by at the Thomas Jefferson University Medical photography (of wild flowers, and micro- his family, friends, colleagues and former College in the Department of Microbiology scopic specimens)field trips, music, opera. students. He gave much of himself to from 1950 to 1962. He is survived by his wife, Alice, also a others. Dr. Stempen started his research on Large microbiologist, and children, Susan, -- Henry R. Beilstein, PhD Bodies while at Penn, continuing at Peter, Paul, Jennifer. Director of Publicity Rutgers. Later he became interested in slime East Pennsylvania Branch, ASM molds. In 1994 Dr. Stempen co-authored a book with Dr. Steven Stephenson entitled, “Myxomycetes – a Handbook of Slime Upcoming Mycolgical Events Molds.“ All of the drawings in this book information write to < mailto:bioagro@ were made by Dr. Stempen. Biotecnología Habana 2002 “Agro-Biotech in the New cigb.edu.cu > or visit our web site at Dr. Stempen was named by the alumni Millennium” < http://bioagro.cigb.edu.cu/ >. of Rutgers as “Teacher of the Year.” Henry November 24-29 -- Carlos Borroto was warm, sympathetic, and helpful to his President students, and was well-liked by everyone The 2002 edition of Biotecnología that came in contact with him. Habana will be devoted to the application Mid-Atlantic States of the Biotech to plants and animals. It Henry joined the National Society for will be the best place to be in 2002 to see, Mycology Conference American Bacteriologists (now Microbi- hear and discuss the latest in Animal and ologists) in the early 50’s and continued The USDA-ARS Systematic Botany Plant Biotechnology. The five-day and Mycology Laboratory is pleased to his membership until his death. Likewise, conference features some of the world’s he was a member of the Eastern Pennsyl- host the Mid-Atlantic States Mycology top researchers and specialists, key Conference (MASMC) to be held on vania Branch of the ASM. He was a business and investment leaders. longtime member of Sigma Xi, American April 20-21, 2002 in Beltsville, Maryland. Symposia and main topics will include The two-day meeting will include a day Association for the Advancement of animal cloning and mammary gland Science and the Mycological Society of of paper presentations and posters transgenesis, aquatic organisms biotech- followed by a dinner and featured America. He was also a member of the nology, cattle tick control, biosafety in guild of National Science Illustrators. speaker. The second day is reserved for GMO and bioproducts, transgenesis in collecting in the surrounding area. The Dr. Stempen was very artistic. He drew plants, functional genomics in plants, morels should be out! the Logo of the Eastern Pennsylvania Agro-Bio products, plants as bioreactors, -- Amy Y. Rossman Branch of the Society for Microbiology. and probiotics and prebiotics. For more 31 MYCOLOGICAL NEWS con’t
AIBS 53rd Annual Meeting MSA Karling Lecturer Leland H. Hartwell Wins Register Now for the American Nobel Prize in Medicine Institute of Biological Sciences 53rd Leland H. Hartwell, director of the Annual Meeting, “Evolution: Under- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research standing Life on Earth.” Center in Seattle, was a co-recipient of 22-24 March 2002 the 2001 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his Key Bridge Marriott Hotel study of the cell cycle. Dr. Hartwell was 1401 Lee Highway honored for experiments that began in Arlington VA 22209 1970. Working with baker’s yeast, he Researcher, Educators, and Students: discovered more than 100 genes The 2002 AIBS annual meeting, involved in controlling the cell cycle. “Evolution: Understanding Life on Dr. Hartwell was this year’s Karling Earth,” presents an excellent opportunity Lecturer delivering a fascinating for biologists to share the latest develop- presentation entitled, “Natural genetic ments in evolution research and educa- variation – A hidden resource.” tion. Attendees will hear distinguished plenary speakers present synthesizing (Photo supplied by Kristen Woodward, lectures from the forefront of their fields, Media Relations Manager, Fred Hutchinson then will join those speakers and other Cancer Research Center.) equally notable scholars in informal discussion groups. The rest of the meeting’s program includes a session on online resources for research and Change in Policy at BAFC education; a session on the central role of organismal biology; contributed The Curator of BAFC wishes to inform the mycological community that a posters; a diversity scholars competition; substantial portion of its Melanoleuca collections were sent on loan on May 3rd, and a presentation by Darwin scholar 1984 and renewed on August 15, 1986 to a Mr. Jacques Pfister of the Botanical and stage performer Richard Milner of his Institute, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, and that to date both the collec- popular musical, “Charles Darwin: Live tions and Mr. Pfister have disappeared. A claim made on Dec. 4th, 1994 to the and in Concert.” Director of the Institute, Dr. H. Clémençon, did not produce any results, other than Speakers and discussion leaders the promised of future inquiries, which so far have been to no avail. include Francisco Ayala, Rodger Bybee, As a consequence of this misdemeanor in handling loans, the Curator of BAFC Joel Cracraft, Niles Eldredge, Douglas has decided to impose new loan rules, and that as from Oct. 1st, 2001, all loans Futuyma, Peter and Rosemary Grant, requested from the BAFC Herbarium must be handled through the official Curator Alison Jolly, John Jungck, Joe Levine, of the Institution requesting the loan. This will, at least, add some degree of Paula Mabee, Kenneth Miller, Loren responsibility which some purported mycological researchers seem to lack in the Rieseberg, Eugenie Scott. Topics handling of valuable herbarium specimens. include: evolutionary mechanisms and -- Jorge E. Wright, PhD patterns, replication studies, genomics [email protected] and development, conservation and population biology, formal education K- 16, public education, anti- evolution, public policy Change of Address and politics, and faith- Send all corrections of directory information, including e-mail addresses, directly to Allen Press based issues. Mycological Society of America Vox 800.627.0629 (US and Canada) Register now at Attn: Linda Hardwick, Association Manager or 785.843.1221 www.aibs.org, or call 703- PO Box 1897 [810 E 10thSt] Fax 785.843.1274 790-1745. Lawrence, KS 66044-8897 Email [email protected] -- Casey E. Krol Communications Repre- Note: Members may also submit directory corrections via the form included in the MSA directory sentative via the MSA Home Page: http://www.msafungi.org [email protected]. 32 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF
In this issue we review “The Deuteromycetes, Mitosporic Fungi. Classification and Generic Keys” by E Kiffer and M Morelet, feature books received from August through October 2001, and list previously featured books received since October 2000. Reviews are 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 Since this will be the last Bookshelf for this year I would like to say THANK YOU to all of my colleagues that have participated in the book review process and to Don Ruch as editor of Inoculum for all of his efforts in assisting me in the book review process.. John Zak, BOOK REVIEW EDITOR REVIEWS
HE DEUTEROMYCETES, MITOSPORIC FUNGI. Classification Each table is followed by one or more plates, showing line T and Generic Keys. 2000. E. Kiffer and M. Morelet. drawings of a representative species of each genus. Science Publishers, Inc., P. O. Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748. Chapter titles are as follows: Chapter II, Arthrosporae 273 pp. Price: $85 US. and Meristem Arthrosporae; Chapter III, Blastosporae, This work, a translation of “Les Deuteromycetes”, sensu lato; Chapter IV, Aleuriosporae and originally published n 1997 in French, is a courageous Monoblastosporae; Chapter V, Annellophorae and attempt at producing in a relative brief book, a synthe- Annelloblastosporae; Chapter VI, Sympodulosporae; sized treatment of most of the known conidial fungi, Chapter VII, Acroblastosporae; Chapter VIII, historically placed in the Coelomycetes, the Botryoblastosporae; Chapter IX, Porosporae; Chapter X, Hyphomycetes, and the Agonomycetes (Mycelia sterilia). Phialosporae; Chapter XI, Annellide; Chapter XII, The authors accept the view that the anamorphic fungi Basauxic Deuteromycetes; Chapter XIII, Mycelia Sterilia. (Deuteromycetes) represent a morphological continuum, The book is tightly written, much of the information which should not be divided into classes and orders, as presented as keys and tables. The illustrations are all line has been the traditional approach, and that such arbitrary drawings (no photographs), and although small, they are division tends to obscure similar modes of conidium accurate and well done. The bibliography is brief, ontogeny rather than to emphasize it. considering the amount of literature available for this The authors “adopt a hybrid taxonomy, taking what group, and only a few publications later than the mid- appears to be useful” from Saccardo’s classification, i.e., eighties are listed. References cited in the tables, how- the grouping of conidiophores, conidium form ever, are up to date. (amerospore, etc.), septation, and coloration; from This book will be useful to all serious students of the Hughes and his successors, the mode of conidium Deuteromycetes. It is a very concise statement of current ontogeny and the morphology of the conidiogenous cell; classification trends for this group of fungi, and contains and from the Kananaskis Conference, the concepts of many excellent drawings interpreting electron micrographs blastic and thallic conidium ontogeny. The recently of wall and conidium development. In its economy of introduced term, “conidioma”, is adopted for grouped discussion, it resembles the “Dictionary of The Fungi”; conidiophores. These concepts follow closely the the basic information is there, but one may need to go to classification of the Deuteromycetes summarized by ancillary sources for a full understanding of some topics. Hawksworth et al. in “The Dictionary of the Fungi”, 8th Having this much information available within the covers Edition (1995). of one book is a great advantage. The work is introduced by an informative Foreward One can evaluate the usefulness of a book as a tool for written by Gregory Hennebert, who outlines briefly and identification only by living with it and applying it to concisely the history of the taxonomy of the identification problems, which I have not had opportunity Deuteromycetes. For those unacquainted with the to do. However, because this book incorporates into one subject, Hennebert quickly brings the reader “up to classification scheme fungi that in the past have been speed”. The book consists of thirteen chapters, a separated into three or more classes, as well a several bibliography, a section on abbreviations used, a very orders and families, it should prove very useful for useful glossary, and an Index of Taxa. Chapter I contains identification to the genus level. Because it is such a thirty-eight pages, and lays out the taxonomic plan good statement of current taxonomic trends in the adopted. Each of the remaining chapters is devoted to a Deuteromycetes, I would recommend it to all serious special group, distinguished by mode of conidium students of this group. ontogeny, and follows more or less the following pattern: -- Roger D. Goos a brief discussion of terminology peculiar to the group, a Department of Biological Sciences key to the fungi included, a table (or tables) listing the University of Rhode Island genera included, and information regarding geographic Kingston, R.I. 02881-0816 distribution, mode of life, teleomorphs and references.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER 2001 § Cell Biology of Plant and Fungal Tip centro Studi Micrologici dall’ Associazione Of Related Interest .... Growth. 2001. A Geitmann, M Cresti, and I Micologica Bresadola, PO Box 296, 36100 § B Heath (eds). NATO Science Series I. Life Vicenza, Italy, 714 pp. Price: unknown. Editors Note: Dr. Robert Lichtwart and Behavioural Sciences, IOS Press, Review in progresss. has informed me that: The Revised Edition of the Trichomycestes: Fungal Nieuwe Hemweg 6B, 1013 BG Amsterdam, § Lichens of North America. 2001. Associates of Arthrodpods is available Netherlands, www.iospress.nl, 241pp, Price: IM Brodo, SD Sharnoff, and S Sharnoff. unknown. Review needed. to anyone at the following website: Yale University Press, P.O.Box 209040, www.nhm.ukans.edu/~fungi. Review in § Funghi Ipogei d’Europa. 2000. A New Haven, CT 06520, 795pp. Price: $70 progress. Montechhhi and M sarasini. Fondazione US. Review needed. PREVIOUSLY LISTED BOOKS FROM OCTOBER 2000 § A Laboratory Guide To Common West Avon Road, PO Box 529, Institute of Food and Agricultural Penillium Species, 3rd ed. 2000. JI Pitt, Farmington, CT 06085, 222pp, Price: Sciences (IFAS), Building 116, PO Box Copies available from Dr. JI Pitt, Food $100 US. Review in progress. 110810, Gainesville, FL 32611-0810, Science Australia, 16 Julius Avenue, § Atlas of Clinical Fungi, 2nd edition. [email protected], 342 pp. Price: Riverside Corporate Park, Delhi Road, PO 2000. GS de Hoog, J. Guarro, J. Gené and MJ $20 US + shipping. Review needed. Box 52, North Ryde NSW, 1670 Australia, Figueras. Centraalbureay voor Schimmel- § Colletotrichum: Host Specificity, [email protected], 197 cultures, Padualaan *, Utrecht, NL-3584 CT, Pathology, and Host-Pathogen Interac- pp. Price: $65 US including shipping. The Netherlands, 1126 pp. Price: Not tion. 2000. D Prusky, S Freeman, and M Review in progress. confirmed. Review in progress. Dickman (eds.). APS Press, 3340 Pilot § Advances in Verticillium: Research § Basic Biotechnology, 2nd edition. 2001. C Knob Road, St. Paul MN 55121-2097. and Disease Management. 2000. EC Ratledge and B Kristiansen (eds.), Cam- [email protected], or APS Press Europe Tjamos, RC Rowe, JB Heale, DR Fravel bridge University Press, The Eddinburgh Branch Office, Brokestraat 47, B-3001, (eds.). APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK, 568 pp. Heverlee, Belgium, Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, Price: $45 US. Review needed. [email protected], 448 pp. [email protected], 376 pp. Price: $54 US. Price: $99 US. Requested from publisher. § Bio-Exploitation of Filamentous Requested from publisher. § Fungi. 2000. SB Pointing and KD Hyde Current Advances in Mycorrhizae § The Amanita caesarea-Complex. (eds.), Fungal Diversity Press, The center Research. 2000. GK Podilla and DD Bibliotecheca Mycologica No 187. 2001. for Research in Fungal Diversity, Douds, Jr (eds). APS Press, 3340 Pilot G Guzman and F Ramirez-Guillen. J Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121. 214 pp. Cramer in der Gebruder Borntraeger Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, [email protected]. Price: $38. Book Verlagsbuchhandlung, D-14129, Berlin, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam requested from publisher. Germany, 66pp, Price: Unknown. Road, Hong Kong SAR, China, § The Deuteromycetes: Mitosporic Reviewer needed. [email protected], Price: $100 US. + Fungi Classification and Generic Key. § Armillaria Root Rot: Biology and $16 for air mail. Requested from publisher. 2000. E Kiffer and M Morlet. Science Control of Honey Fungus. 2000. RT Fox § Check List of Hong Kong Fungi. Publishers Inc. PO Box 699, Enfield, NH (ed). Intercept Limited, PO Box 716, 2000. BS Lu, KD Hyde, WH Ho, JE 03748. The book is a translation of: Les Andover Hants, SP10 1YG, UK, Taylor, KM Tsui, MKM Wong, Y Zhou Deuteromycetes Classification et Cles [email protected], or Lavoisier and DQ Zhou (eds.), Fungal Diversity d’Identification Generique. 1997. Text Publishing Inc., c/o Springer Verlag Press, The center for Research in Fungal updated by the authors for the English Customer Service, PO Box 2485, Diversity, Department of Ecology & edition in 1999. 273 pp. Price: $85 US. Secaucus, NJ 07096, orders@springer- Biodiversity, Kadoorie Biological Reviewed in this issue. ny.com, 240 pp. Price: 47.50GBP and Sciences Building, The University of § Dictyostelium: Evolution, Cell $88US. Book in review. Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Bioilogy, and the Development of § Aspergillus fumigatus: Biology, SAR, China, [email protected], Multicellularity. 2001. RH Kessin and J Clinical Aspects and Molecular 376 pp. Price: $20 US. + $8 for air mail. Franke, Cambridge University Press, Approaches to Pathogenicity. 1999. AA Requested from publisher. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge Brakhage, JB Jahn and A Schmidt § Common Florida Mushrooms. 2000. J CB2 2RU, UK. Price : $90.00 US. (eds.). S Karger Publishers, Inc., 26 Kimbrough. University of Florida Review in progress. 34 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF con’t
§ A Dictionary of Plant Pathology 2nd § Fungal Conservation: issues and § Genera of Bionnectriaceae, edition. 2001. P Holliday. Cambridge Solutions. 2001. D More, MM Nauta, Hypocreaceae and Nectriaceae University Press, The Edinburgh Building, SE Evans, and M Rotheroe (eds.), (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes) (Studies Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK, www.cambridge Cambridge University Press, The in Mycology No 42). 1999. AY Rossman, .org, 536pp. Price: Hardback - $120 US, Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 GJ Samuels, CT Rogerson, R Lowen. Paperback - $45 US. Review needed. 2RU, UK, www.cambridge.org, 262pp. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, § Dimorphism in Human Pathogenic Price: $95 US. Review in progress. Baarn/Delft, The Netherlands. 248 pp. Price: and Apathogenic Yeasts. 2000. JF Ernst § Fungal Protoplasts: A Biotechno- Hfl 95. Review in Inoculum 51(3): 75. and A Schmidt (eds.). S Karger Publish- logical Tool. 2000. D Lalithakumari, § Hemp Diseases and Pests: Manage- ers, Inc., 26 West Avon Road, POBox 529, Science Publishers, Inc, PO Box 699, ment and Biological Control. 2000. JM Farmington, CT 06085, 246pp, Price: $109 Enfield NH 03748, [email protected], 184 McPartland, RC Clarke, DP Watson. US. Review needed. pp. Price: $50 US. Review needed. CABI Publishing: Wallingford, Oxon, § Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: Key Genera in § Funghi Ipogei d’Europa. 2000. OX10 8DE, UK. 251 pp. Price: Hard- Profile. 1999. JWG Cairney and SM Associazione Micologica Bresadola , back - $90 US. Reviewed in Inoculum Chambers (eds.), Springer Verlag Customer Via A. Volta, 46 - 38100 Trento, Italia 52(1):15-16. Services, PO Box 2485, Secaucus, NJ 07096. Book requested from publisher. § Illustrated Dictionary of Mycology. 370 pp. Review in progress. § Fungal Strategies of Wood Decay in 2000. M Ulloa and RT Hanlin. APS § First Contribution to a Monograph Trees. 2000. FWMR Schwarze , J Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul of Septoria Species in India. 1999. J Engels, and C Mattheck. Springer- MN 55121-2097. [email protected], or Muthumary. Centre for Advanced Verlag New York Inc, 175 Fifth Ave., APS Press Europe Branch Office, Studies in Botany, University of New York, NY 10010, link@springer- Brokestraat 47, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium, Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennair 600 ny.com, 220 pp. Price: $54 US. Book [email protected], 448 pp. Price: 025, India, 117 pp. Price: $40 US. • requested from publisher. $99 US. Requested from publisher. § Reviewed in Inoculum 51(5): 41. § Fusarium: Paul E Nelson Memo- Illustrated Genera of Trichomyces: § Flora Agaricina Neerlandica: rial Symposium. 2001. BA Summerell, J Fungal Symbionts of Insects and Other Volume 4. Strophariaceae, Lesilie, D Backhouse, WL Bryden, and Arthropods. 2000. JK Misra and RW Tricholomataceae. 2000. C Bas, THW LW Burgess (eds.), APS Press, 3340 Lichtwardt. Science Publishers, Inc., PO Kuyper, NE Noordeloos, and EC Vellinga Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121- Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748, (eds.). AA Balkema Uitgevers B.V., 2097, [email protected], 408 pp. Price: [email protected]. 155 pp. Price: $30 US. Postbus 1867, NL-3000 BR Rotterdam, $59 US. Book requested from publisher. Review needed. § Nederlands, [email protected], 191 pp. § Genera of Ascomycetes from Laboulbeniales, I. Laboulbenia. Price: Hfl 2.2. Review in progress. Palms. 2000. KD Hyde, JE Taylor,J 1998. S Santamaria. Vol. 4. Flora § From Ethnomycology to Fungal Frohlich (eds.). Fungal Diversity Press, Mycologica Iberica, J Cramer. Distribu- Biotechnology: Exploiting Fungi from The center for Research in Fungal tor: E. Schweizertbartüsche Natural Resources for Novel Products. Diversity, Department of Ecology & Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. 1999. J Singh and KR Aneja (eds). Biodiversity, Kadoorie Biological Obermiller), Johannesstr.3A, D-70176, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, Sciences Building, The University of Stuttgart, Germany, or Balogh Scientific 233 Spring Street, New York NY. 292 pp. Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Books, 1911 North Duncan Road, Reviewed in Inoculum 52(5): 27. SAR, China, [email protected], Champaign, IL 61821. 187 pp. Price: 120 DM. Book requested from publisher. § Fungal Associations, The Mycota Vol Price: $100 US. + $16 for air mail. Re- § 9. 2000. B Hock (ed). Springer-Verlag quested from publisher. Les Champignons Forestiers, New York, Inc, 175 Fifth Avenue, New § Gasteromycetes, I. Lycoperdales, Recolte, Commercialisation et Conser- York, NY 10010, textbooks@springer- Nidulariales, Phallales, Sclerodermatales, vation de la Resource (Conference ny.com, 250 pp. Price: $159 US. (Hard- Tulostomatales. 1998. FD Calonge. Vol 3. proceedings, articles in French and cover). Requested from publisher. Flora Mycologica Iberica, J Cramer. English). 2000. JA Fortin and Y Piche (eds.), CRBF, Universite Laval, Quebec, § Distributor: E Schweizertbartüsche The Fungal Colony. 1999. NAR Gow, Canada, G1K 7P4. 119 pp. Review needed. GD Robson and GM Gadd (eds). Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nagele u. § Cambridge University Press, The Obermiller), Johannesstr. 3A, D-70176, Lichens. W. Purvis. 2000. Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, UK, Stuttgart, Germany, OR Balogh Scientific Smithsonian Institution Press, Wash- CB2 2RU. 332 pp. Price: Hardback - $105 Books, 1911 North Duncan Road, ington, DC. 112 pp. Price: $14.95 US. US. Reviewed in Inoculum 51(5):42. Champaign, IL 61821 USA. 272 pp. Price: Available through the Smithsonian 140 DM. Book requested from publisher. Institution Press Warehouse at 1-800-782- 35 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF con’t
4612 or at amazon.com or borders.com. § Mushroom Science XV, Science [email protected], Price: $100 US. + Reviewed in Inoculum 52 (3): 72. and Cultivation of Edible Fungi. 2000. $16 for air mail. Requested from publisher. § Lichens of Antarctica and South LJLD. Van Griensven (ed). AA Balkema, § The Rainbow Beneath my Feet: A Georgia: A Guide to their Identification PO Box 1675, 3000 BR Rotterdam, Mushroom Dyer’s Field Guide. 2001. AR and Ecology. Studies in Polar Research. Netherlands
Mexico, DF, 413pp. The book is written in and Glossary: Card 8 Slime Mold Phyla map Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513, 304 pp. Spanish and contains a series of and Glossary). 2000. Compiled by RK Noyd. Price: $85 US. This volume is designed to presentations that cover topic as diverse APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul facilitate cross-site sysnthesis and as “Molecular systematics and evolution MN 55121-2097. [email protected], or APS evaluation of ecosystem processes by of cultivated plants”, “Biodiversity and Press Europe Branch Office, Brokestraat 47, providing a comprehensive and standard- conservation of corals”, and the “World B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium, ized set of protocols for measuring soil and regional diversity of mushrooms.” [email protected], 8 laminated , abiotic and biotic components. Chapters Contact Book Review Editor if inter- 3-hole punched cards. Price: $29 US. include discussions of soil sampling, soil ested in this book. Requested from publisher. water, soil carbon pools, microbial biomass § Mycological Reference Cards (Card 1: § Plant Galls of India., 2nd edition, 2000. measurements, decomposition, mycorrhizal Fungal Phylogeny & The Fungal MS Mani, Science Publishers, Inc, PO Box assessments, and fine root turnover. Holomorph Concept; Card 2: Ascomycota 699, Enfield NH 03748, [email protected], § Structure and Function in Map and Glossary; Card 3 Basidiomycota 184pp. Price: $112 US. Book Available. Agroecosystem Design and Manage- map and Glossary; Card 4: Deutertomycota § Standard Methods for Long-Term ment. 2001. M Shiyomi and H Koizumi Map and Glossary; Card 5: Zygomycota Ecological Research. 1999. P Robertson, (eds.). CRC Press LLC, 2000 NW Corpor- map and Glossary; Card 6: Chytridiomycota DC Coleman, C Bledsoe and P Sollins ate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431, Map and Glossary; Card 7: Oomycota map (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2001 www.crcpress.com, 435 pp. Price: $65.00 US. MYCOLOGICAL CLASSIFIEDS
Myxomycetes Reprints Needed Gelasinospora and Coniochaetidium colored plates. Folio, pp. x, 120, original for Review Article resemble Podospora rather than Neuro- green buckram, Cambridge, 1929. spora in their mode of ascus develop- Edition of 500. Reserve: $800. I would welcome reprints on the ment (Raju and Perkins, 2000, Fungal Cover scuffed, corners lightly bent, Systematics and Ecology of Myxomy- Genetics Biology 30:213-221). It would be of cetes from 1970 to the present. I have spine marked with “#17” in ink and with interest to examine four-spored traces of a small label, traces of library been invited to prepare a review paper on pseudohomothallic species in other genera. the systematics and ecology of Myxo- label inside front cover, 6 library stamps mycetes that includes recent advances in We are interested in extending our study (inside front cover, on facing page with molecular systematics. Please send reprints by examining ascus development in other “#17” again, on title page, on page x, on to Harold W. Keller, Department of Biology, fungi that have four-spored linear asci. final blank page and inside back cover), Central Missouri State University, We’d very much appreciate information on signatures breaking loose, plate 22 Warrensburg, MO 64093 or send e-mails to other Pyrenomycetes or Discomycetes that detached, 1.5 inch tear close to spine on < [email protected] >. answer this description, and if possible, plate 59, 0.5 inch tear close to spine on directions for obtaining cultures. E-mail: plate 85 and on page 91. Light bleeding -- Harold W. Keller < [email protected] >; surface mail: from text on some plates. Some bleeding 660-543-4823 Department of Biological Sciences, from overlaying in storage (i.e. before Stanford University, CA 94305-5020. binding) affecting plates: 10, 11, 15, 21, Wanted: Four-spored -- N. B. Raju and David Perkins 25, 33, 35, 49, 59, 62, 63, 64, 70, 72, 77, 78, Euascomycetes [email protected] 79, 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 97, 101, 102, 103. Programming of ascus development to In 1930 Kauffman wrote in his review produce four binucleate ascospores that Rare Books for Sale in Science: With the exception of the are heterkaryotic for mating type is The Mycological Society of San Icones of Boudier, where the scientific accomplished in strikingly different ways Francisco owns two rare and valuable training of a mycologist was to a in Neurospora tetrasperma compared to books which it wants to sell in order to remarkable degree linked with the talent Podospora anserina. This implies that acquire more practical books for its of a real artist in the same man, no the four-spored ‘pseudohomothallic’ library. illustrations of mushrooms have condition evolved independently in appeared which remotely approach the Icones these two genera (see Raju and Perkins, 1. Farlow, William Gilson. beauty and scientific accuracy of the Farlowianae, illustrations of the 1994, Developmental Biology 15:104- plates in the volume before us. It is larger fungi of eastern North America. 118). Four-spored species of furthermore, the first extensive collec- Descriptive text by E.A. Burt. 103 37 MYCOLOGICAL CLASSIFIEDS con’t tion of colored plates of American Mycological Goods and Qualifications: BA/BS in botany, biology, agarics to be conceived, executed and Services zoology, or other related field and 2 years published in the country. working experience in molecular laboratory; Mold testing and identification services. An exhibition celebrating the “Cre- higher degree in molecular systematics or Identification and contamination control for molecular biology/evolution preferred. ation of Icones Farlowianae” contin- indoor air quality including home and ues through 2001 at Harvard Requires extensive practical experience and building mold test kits, food technology, high proficiency with various molecular University’s Cabot Science Library, One spawn technology, plant diseases. ASTM Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA. A techniques, including DNA extraction & Mil-Spec testing for aerospace, con- methods (preferably with plants or fungi), fascinating on-line account - the source trolled environments and environmental for Kauffman’s quotation -is at < http:// PCR based techniques, automated DNA engineering. 10% discount for regular sequencing, cloning, and AFLPs. Experi- www.herbaria.harvard.edu/Libraries/ and sustaining MSA members. Email Farlowexhibit/creation.html >. ence with editing and aligning DNA ([email protected]); Voice mail sequence data and phylogenetic and 2. Wasson, R. Gordon. Soma: Divine 541.929.5984; Surface mail Abbey Lane population genetic analyses of molecular Mushroom of Immortality . NY: Laboratory LLC, PO Box 1665, Philomath, data is preferred. The individual should be Harcourt Brace & World, 1968. First OR 97370 USA. For more information see mature, hardworking, and conscientious, Edition. 12 x 8 in. With Wendy Doniger www.pioneer.net/~microbe/abbeylab.html. and will occasionally be required to work O’Flaherty. Half morocco in original -- Steven E. Carpenter some evening or weekend hours. Salary slipcase. Printed by Giovanni Abbey Lane Laboratory, LLC based on qualifications and experience. Mardersteig at Stamperia Valdonega, Deadline: Open until filled. Proposed Hire Verona, number 613 of 680 copies. Position Available: Date: 25 October 2001. To apply, send a Reserve: $900. Lab Manager/Associate in resume and three letters of reference to Drs. Slipcase lightly scuffed, book as new. Research, Fran ois Lutzoni and Kathleen Pryer, Department of Biology, Duke University, This book sold for $200 in 1968; an Molecular Systematics, equivalent amount today would be over Durham, NC 27708. Phone: 919-660-7261 or - $1000.00 (see http://woodrow.mpls Duke University 7380; e-mail: < [email protected] > or < .frb.fed.us/economy/calc/ [email protected] >. A new shared molecular systematics -- Francois Lutzoni, PhD cpihome.html). Since then Wasson’s lab conducting research on fungi books have become collectors’ items. (lichens) and early land plants (ferns) in Postdoctoral Research Position The procedure for the sale is to the Department of Biology, Duke Fairmont State College submit an offer before midnight on 1 University seeks a full-time lab manager/ January 2002. When bidding ends and associate in research. The successful A postdoctoral research position to study the reserve is met, the book will be sold applicant will assist in the management molecular systematics and population to the highest bidder. In case of a tie, a and day-to-day operations of the shared structure in myxomycetes is available random draw will be made. Shipping will lab facility to support the molecular beginning January 2002, in the Department be extra at cost. The books are first research needs of two scientists and their of Biology at Fairmont State College in being offered to the mycological postdoctoral research associates and West Virginia. This two-year position is community but when a reserve is not graduate students. Lab manager funded by a grant from the National Science met I will try to sell a book in other responsibilities will include ordering Foundation. The individual selected must ways. If I still fail I may decide around chemicals and supplies, maintaining have a PhD in Molecular Biology, Microbi- February 2002 to revisit the auction and inventories, managing budgets, maintain- ology, or Mycology and at least some accept an existing offer below the ing equipment and coordinating repair, laboratory experience in applying the tech- reserve. Don’t hesitate to ask for more overseeing lab use, working effectively niques of molecular biology to the study of information, or to request photographs. with lab personnel and mediating microorganisms. Opportunities will exist for fieldwork in the Neotropics. Interested Please send offers to John Lennie, personnel issues, training new personnel individuals should contact Steve 861 Keeler Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94708- and students in current lab procedures, Stephenson, Department of Biology, 1323 or [email protected]. and ensuring laboratory safety. 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Position Available: areas, we especially seek applicants letters of recommendation to: Beth C. Plant Evolutionary Biology who are using state-of-the-art ap- Mullin, Chair, Plant Evolutionary University of Tennessee, proaches to address evolutionary Biologist Search Committee, Depart- questions in the areas of plant-microbe ment of Botany, University of Tennes- Knoxville interactions, phycology or mycology. see, Knoxville, TN 37996-1100. Screen- Department of Botany, The University Supervision of graduate students and ing of applications will begin December of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks a Plant success in obtaining external research 3, 2001. Biologist for a tenure-track Assistant support are expected. Teaching duties The University of Tennessee is an EEO/ Professor appointment to begin August will include participation in core biology AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA 1, 2002. A Ph.D. and postdoctoral and in departmental undergraduate institution in the provision of its education experience in plant biology or a related teaching as well as graduate teaching in and employment programs and services. area, as well as a commitment to the area of their specialty. Applicants -- Karen W. Hughes excellence in teaching and research are should submit a complete CV, a brief [email protected] required. Though not limited to these summary of research interests and three 865-974-2256 MYCOLOGY ON-LINE
Interactive Key, Descriptions & Illustrations for Hypomyces Now On-line http://nt.ars-grin.gov/taxadescriptions/hypomyces/ See the detailed description of this fascinating new website on pages 1-2 in this issue of Inoculum.
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ASCOMYCOTA – NEW CLASSIFICATION (51-5) MYCOSEARCH WEB DIRECTORY/SEARCH ENGINE *ING (INDEX NOMINUM GENERICORUM) DATABASE http://194.131.255.3/cabipages/Names/ (51-5) (52-5) FundicNew.asp http://www.mycosearch.com http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/ing/ ASOCIACION LATINOAMERICANA DE MICOLOGIA ingForm.cfm MYCOTAXON (51-4) (51-5) INOCULUM (51-6) http://www.mycotaxon.com http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/alm/ http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3msa/ MUSHROOM WORLD [NEW KOREAN/ENGLISH inoc2-00.htm BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SYSTEMATIC MYCOLOGY (51-6) SITE IN 2001] (51-6) http://194.131.255.3/cabipages/BSM/bsm.htm INTERACTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FUNGI www.mushworld.com (52-1) CORTBASE (51-3) NAMA POISON CASE REGISTRY (51-4) http://www.rbgmelb.org.au/fungi/ http://www.systbot.gu.se/database/cortbase/ http://www.sph.umich.edu/~kwcee/mpcr cortbase.html INTERACTIVE KEY, DESCRIPTIONS & ILLUSTRA- NORTHWEST LICHENOLOGISTS (NWL) (51-4) EUROPEAN POWDERY MILDEWS (52-2) TIONS FOR HYPOMYCES (52-6) http://www.proaxis.com/~mccune/ http://.nt.ars-grin.gov http://nt.ars-grin.gov/taxadescriptions/ nwl.htm FRIENDS OF THE FARLOW (51-4) hypomyces/ PATHOGENIC FUNGI FROM SOUTH AFRICA http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu/fof/ MICHIGAN FUNGUS COLLECTIONS (51-2) friends.html (52-4, page 29) http://www.herb.lsa.umich.edu/index.htm http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/ southafrica GOOGLE: NIFTIEST GENERAL SEARCH ENGINE (51-6) MSA BULLETIN BOARD (51-5) or http://www.saspp.co.za/ WWW.GOOGLE.COM http://msafungi.org/bulletinboard/ HADRIANUS JUNIUS STINKHORNS (52-2) SCIENCEJOBS.COM (51-4) MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS (52-3) http://www.collectivesource.com/ http://www.sciencejobs.com http://www.botanik.biologie.uni- hadrianus muenchen.de/botsyst/mycpro.html WEB MSA (51-6) IMC7 (51-3) http://msafungi.org http://lsb380.plbio.lsu.edu/ima/index.htm 39 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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