Supplement to Mycologia Vol. 53(4) August 2002 Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America
-- In This Issue -- Fungal Protein For Human Use by Karl Leo Braun and Gustavo Viniegra Fungal Protein for Human Use ...... 1-2 Questions or comments should be sent to Karl Leo Braun at 5460 Ballentine MSA Official Business ...... 2-15 Pike, Springfield, OH 45502 or email:
Email Council Poll 2002-12 – On Bugni, Donald M Campanella, Sano May 21, Executive Council approved Etsuzo, Miguel A Gamboa, Niles J purchase of a Pagemaker upgrade for Hasselquist, Beatrice Henricot, Inoculum Editor Don Ruch. Jonathan A Van Hoose, Todd R Leftwich, Teo J Lemek, Brenda E Additional Notes: McCracken, Caroline Mohammed, Jeri Welcome, New Members! Although L Parrent, Mark Tibbett, and Louise A. candidates for MSA membership White. MSA also welcomes new cannot vote until formally approved at sustaining members Fungal & Decay the annual general business meeting, Diagnostics, LLC (agent, Dr Harold they do receive Mycologia and Burdsall, Jr; Wisconsin). Inoculum immediately after Allen Press -- Lorelei Norvell processes their applications. During MSA Secretary April and May, the following people have applied for MSA first-time membership: Stephan C Briere, Tim S. Ron Exeter
MEMORIALS A donation has been received for the uncommitted endowment funds in memory of Chester Ray Benjamin, given by Frances and Arthur Welden. A donation has been received for the Rogerson fund in memory of Clark T. Rogerson, given by Margaret Barr Bigelow.
Attention MSA Members!! MSA Online Membership Directory -- Important Information
Due to the implementation of our new database, I was unaware there would be changes on the mailing labels when I sent out the yellow insert. This has caused confusion on reading the mail sheet to determine your member number. To the right is an example of the new labels and how to determine your member number from this:
You can locate your member number, directly above your name from the numbers listed above. Please OMIT the first TWO leading zeros (some members account number may begin with a zero, so please omit only the first two). The next 6 digits will be your member number. Example: 00012345 6000005211MYCOINOCMEMDFA12/31/2002. My account number would be 012345.If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- Linda Hardwick Association Manager 785-843-1235 ext. 210
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Annual Reports: Officers
PRESIDENT ANNUAL REPORT Executive Council’s recommended for publication in each issue of proposed dues increases (see above) Inoculum. The Society at large will See “From the President’s Corner,” on the annual spring ballot (Full vote to approve new and Emeritus page 2. Council); (ix) approve the list of five members during the Annual Business MSA members selected by the Ad Hoc meeting to be held on June 25, 2002, 2001-02 SECRETARY Committee on MSA Mid-Career in Corvallis, Oregon. Since August, ANNUAL REPORT Fellows for recognition at the MSA 2001, approximately 137 new members Since the February 2002 mid-year report, 2002 annual meeting in Corvallis petitioned to join the Society and ten the Secretary: (Executive); (x) approve travel and members (Donald Ahearn, Joseph Mycologia Sent minutes of the midyear Executive lodging support to Editor- Butler, Gwendolyn Caldwell, Ralph Council meeting in Cortland, New York to in-Chief Joan Bennett to attend the Kurtzman, David Largent, Anthony Executive Council and Managing Editor 2002 MSA Annual Council meeting in Liberta, Larry Don Robertson, Ian (xi) Ginns for approval before sending to Corvallis, Oregon (Executive); Ross, Robert Ulrich) requested electronic only Editor Don Ruch for publication in establish an subscrip- Emeritus status. Inoculum. Motions approved by Council tion option for Mycologia institutional Received with sadness notice of the at the midyear meeting include (i) that subscribers, to be set at $160 effective death of long-standing MSA member, (xii) MSA use the mail ballot until such time as in 2003 (Full Council); and Past-President, Weston & Distin- MSA can conduct an election on a secure approved purchase of a Pagemaker guished Mycologist Dr Clark website; (ii) that annual membership dues upgrade for Inoculum Editor Don Ruch Rogerson (1918-2001). (Executive). Earlier Council Email be increased as follows: Individual, Responded to requests for MSA decisions made during 2001-2002 Family, & Affiliated Society memberships membership information, redirected include: (i) approval of the Karling from $80 to $92, Student, Associate, & mycological and procedural questions Committee slate as presented by Chair Emeritus-subscriber memberships from to the appropriate experts, and Stephen Peterson; (ii) approval of $40 to $46, Sustaining membership from addressed miscellaneous membership supporting Mycologia Editorial $250 to $278, and Life membership from concerns. As noted at mid-year, the Assistant Mary Langlois’ attendance $1000 to $1500. [Vice-President Shearer Internet has transformed MSA of an Allen Press “Digital Workflow placed these proposed changes to business into a daily secretarial Seminar” in Lawrence, Kansas; (iii) Bylaws Article II-B on the ballot after obligation, and the Secretary received approval of Gary Samuels as a 2002- Email approval by Full Council.]; (iii) that or sent a total of 2100 Emails during 2004 Mycologia Associate Editor; (iv) annual institutional subscriber rates be the past ten months (from September approval of David Geiser as the 2001- increased to $175 (domestic) and $190 1, 2001, to June 21, 2002). Mycologia (foreign); (iv) that the credit card limit for 2006 appointee to the Editorial Advisory Committee; (v) Seven weeks before the annual meeting the Treasurer be increased from $5,000 to requested agenda items, MOP $20,000; (v) that MSA move $6,000 from approval of Richard Kerrigan as a 2002- Mycologia (vi) (Manual of Procedure) suggestions, the unnamed travel endowment fund into 2004 Associate Editor; approval of the MSA Mid-Career and annual reports from all Officers, the Martin-Baker Research Endowment Committee Chairs, and Representa- Fund; (vi) that the Editor-in-Chief, in Fellows Award guidelines as set forth ad hoc tives, with reminders sent to malinger- consultation with the Editorial Advisory by the MSA Fellows Award (vii) ers four, three, two, and one week Committee and after nominee approval by committee; and the decision not to recommend or underwrite group travel before the meeting. 45 out of 50 Full Council, appoint sufficient new officers and committees responded. Associate Editors to bring the total options or charters for 2002 foreign travel to extra-MSA conferences. The agenda, final 2001-2002 MSA number up to 18; and (vii) that a July 30- roster, and annual reports were In February, April, and June sent August 4 meeting date be approved for compiled for the June 22 Council summaries of Council Email decisions the 2005 joint MSA/MSJ meeting in Hilo, meeting and Emeritus lists prepared and names of candidates for MSA Hawaii. for presentation at the Annual membership and Emeritus status to Polled Council during 2001-2002 via Email Business Meeting. Editor Don Ruch for publication in on 12 concerns and submitted final Inoculum. Respectfully submitted, Council decisions to Inoculum Editor -- Lorelei L Norvell Compiled new member, life member, Don Ruch. Since February, Executive or Secretary honorary, and emeritus candidate lists Full Council voted to (viii) place the Mycological Society of America supplied monthly by Linda Hardwick 5 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS con’t
REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT By-Laws put forward by the MSA received; the results follow. David 2001-02 Council and Executive Council were McLaughlin was elected Vice President, included on the ballot. Ballots were Sabine Huhndorf was elected Councilor I attended the mid-year Executive mailed to the membership at the end of for Systematics/Evolution, Faye Murrin Council Meeting in Cortland, New York March with a voting deadline of May was elected Councilor for Cell Biology/ on February 23, 2002; the minutes of 31, 2002. The Vice President and four Physiology, David Rizzo was elected that meeting are included among the members of the Mycological Society of Councilor for Ecology/Pathology and year-end reports. With suggestions America counted the ballots on June 3, Michelle Momany was elected Coun- from the Nominating Committee and 2002. The four assisting members were: cilor for Genetics/Molecular Biology. nominations from the membership at- Jenni Anderson, Jinx Campbell, Huzefa All amendments were approved. large, I prepared a slate of candidates Raja and John-Paul Schmit. Three Respectfully submitted, with accompanying biographical hundred and seventy ballots were information. Five amendments to the -- Carol Shearer
Annual Reports: Publications
MYCOLOGIA: MANAGING EDITOR and $172 for foreign subscriptions. In these contributions. My sincere thanks 2003 the fees will be $175 for US and $190 to everyone who has helped support our Distribution: Publication of Mycologia for other countries. journal. is on schedule! 1898 copies of the March/April issue of volume 94 were Managing editor’s expenses: In 2002 Since the beginning of the year, there mailed March 15, 2002. about $140.00 has been spent mainly on has been considerable turn over in the postage and phone calls. This does not roster of Associate Editors. By the end On-line version: The big event of the include attendance at the Executive meeting of Calendar Year 2001, the following year has been the March launch of in Cortland. In addition, most photocopying Associate Editors had come to the end of Mycologia on-line by HighWire Press at is available at no cost to MSA. their terms in office: James Correll, David www.mycologia.org. Access to on-line Geiser, David Hibbett, Steven Miller, Mycologia is free to the public until 31 Membership directory: The new Jeffrey Stone, and Daniel Wubah. We are December 2002 and an advertising directory will be mailed about mid July grateful to them for their years of service. campaign is under way to encourage use with Mycologia 94(4). Eight membership Midyear, Paul Bayman (University of of the site. At present only the issues of categories are recognized. They are, with Puerto Rico, San Juan), Nicholas Money volume 94 (2002) are on the site. The the number of individuals in parentheses, (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio), and Jim plan is to make available volumes 91 Member (916), Student (165), Life (60), White (Rutgers University, New through 93 on the site. The cost of Emeritus (122), Associate (46), Family (8), Brunswick, New Jersey) became new loading the back issues has been Sustaining (23) and Honorary (22). Associate Editors. In late September, the included in the budget. Queries: In 2001 about 300 e-mails, Editorial Advisory Committee was Page Charges: All authors are asked to letters and phone calls were sent/made queried for additional nominations (The pay page charges, but payment is on Mycologia related business, such as Editorial Advisory Committee has the optional. Charges are set at $40 per page questions of copyright, page charges, following members: Jim Anderson, and this rate has been in effect for galleys, sale of MSA mailing list, Gerald Bills, Tom Bruns, Joan Henson, several years. Based upon the positive promotions proposed for publication in and Harvey Hoch.) With their guidance, response of authors in issues 1-3 of the journal, Medline proposal, and three additional new Associate Editors volume 94, revenue from page charges in members comments and complaints. have been added to the roster: Richard 2002 will be about $15,000. Respectfully Submitted, Kerrigan (Sylvan, Inc., Kitanning, Indexing: Glassman Indexing Services of -- J. Ginns Pennsylvania), Gary Samuels (USDA, Ankney, IA, indexed volumes 92 and 93, Beltsville, Maryland) and Karin Snetselaar MYCOLOGIA: EDITOR-IN-CHIEF and is under contract to prepare the (St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Author & Subject, Fungus Taxa and The Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia Pennsylvania). Welcome aboard! Host indexes for volume 94. oversees a remarkable volunteer effort. In addition to nominations for new Because of the support of our Associate Institutional subscriptions: As of May members, the Advisory Committee was Editors, Editorial Advisory Committee there were 751 institutional subscribers, asked for advice considering start and and reviewers, hundreds of manuscripts down from 781 at this time in 2001. The stop dates for terms. All Associate are processed each year. The job of 2002 fees are $160 for US and Canada, Editors serve three-year terms. However, Editor would not be possible without 6 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS con’t when I became Editor-in-Chief, the The most visible recent development The 2001 volume of Mycologia was starting and stopping dates for these for Mycologia is that we became number 93, and contained 1268 pages. terms were variable. For example, some available on-line with High Wire Press. The 2002 volume of Mycologia is served February 1 to January 31; others Credit for managing this new develop- numbered 94. To date, issues 1-4 are in from September 1 to August 31, etc. Since ment goes to the special MSA ad hoc print; 5 will be sent to Allen Press in mid the Associate Editors are listed on the committee under the leadership of Jim June , 2002. Issue 6 of volume 94 is inside cover of each issue of Mycologia, it Ginns, Managing Editor. Negotiations already full, and we are well on the way necessitated a constant revision of the with High Wire Press for electronic to filling Issue 1 of Volume 95. Thus, as roster. Moreover, I found it confusing to publication of Mycologia were success- we reported last year, we are running keep track of the exact dates when individu- fully completed last year. Allen Press ahead of schedule and have no shortage als cycled off. So I asked for — and now transmits our edited files to High of high quality papers in the queue. received — the blessings of the Advisory Wire Press, and then (for a fee) High Wire Mary Langlois is doing an excellent job Board to change the terms to calendar year takes care of publishing the electronic as Editorial Assistant. She faced some appointments. After some discussion back version of the journal. personal losses this year, yet she met all and forth, and some negotiations with each The single most pressing need facing deadlines involved with getting the of the Associate Editors to extend or Mycologia concerns the manuscript journal out on time. Her professionalism shorten their terms by a few months, the management program. The current soft has been remarkable and she has my new system was put in place. Lorelei ware is called RMTS and was put in place deepest respect for her ability to work Norvell, Secretary, was very helpful during during David McLaughlin’s time as under pressure and for her commitment this transition. Now all Associate Editors Editor-in-Chief. The company that to Mycologia. will begin their terms on January 1st, and produced and supported the soft ware Our relationship with Allen Press complete their terms three years later on went out of business this year. We need continues to be positive. Mary Langlois December 31st. Associate Editors can still to upgrade before the system crashes. It and I give special thanks to Linda be renewed for one term. is almost certainly time to switch to an Hardwick and Beverly Prescott for their Associate Editors are essential to the electronic manuscript management and dependable help on matters small and review process because they represent tracking system. Allen Press is offering large. We also thank the members of different areas of expertise. However, an attractive system, and there are also MSA Council who have been supportive several areas of expertise are robust versions available from “Scholar of the needs of our journal. Most of all, underrepresented, and the workload of One” and “Rapid Review.” Allen Press we thank the Associate Editors and the Editors is unevenly distributed. We are will present a demonstration of their many reviewers who contribute their especially in need of Associate Editors and/ system at the Council meeting in expertise and time to Mycologia. or reviewers who can handle papers about Corvallis. There are many advantages myxomycetes and medical mycology. For to electronic manuscript management; Respectfully submitted, this reason, I requested permission to nevertheless, we recognize that adopting -- Joan W. Bennett increase the number of Associate Editors to this kind of new system will have Editor-in-Chief 18. At the spring Council meeting, this budgetary ramifications. Moreover, request was granted. The new Associate there will no doubt be many glitches and INOCULUM: EDITOR Editors will be appointed this fall; a roster of technical problems associated with the 1. 1,400 copies of Inoculum are published candidates will be solicited and discussed transition. by Allen Press six times a year and mailed during the Editorial Board meeting in at the Manuscript flow continues to be with Mycologia. Since my last report (see Annual MSA Meeting in Corvallis, strong. For the calendar year 2001, 97 Inoculum 52[5]:14), five issues of Oregon, on June 24, 2002. papers were carried over and 200 were Inoculum have been published (52[5-6] The biggest problem facing the received for a total of 297 papers. Of and 53[1-3]). Each issue, with the journal continues to be the time it takes these, 163 were accepted; 89 were exception of 53(1), contained a letter from to get certain manuscripts reviewed. In rejected; 20 are still in review; 22 are in the MSA president, e.g., 52(5) from some cases, reviewers are slow in revision; and 4 were withdrawn. For the President Miller, the rest from President returning papers. In other cases, calendar year 2002, 44 papers are being Baroni. In addition, each issue usually Associate Editors have not been carried over and 77 have been received contained six regular sections compiled appropriately responsible. With a as of June 10, 2002. Of the papers by Ruch (MSA Business, Mycological volunteer “workforce” it is difficult to received in 2002, 3 have been accepted, News, Mycologist’s Bookshelf (prepared control these vagaries. The authors 10 rejected, 47 are in review, 10 are in by John Zak), Mycology Online + Direc- who have faced unusual delays have revision and 1 has been withdrawn. tory, Mycological Classifieds, Mycological my personal apologies. Calender), two lists (sustaining members, 7 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS con’t masthead), and four forms (membership, ~~ Inoculum 53(1, February, 2002), 20 Smokies), Fogel (UM Herbarium Finished gift membership, endowment & contribu- pages, 17 photos: Two feature articles by Moving), Baroni (Baroni Receives tions, change of address). One new Miller (Strange New Fungus Among Us) Teaching Award), obituaries (Graham feature of Inoculum is the placement of and Keller (Range Extension for Fern). Gooday, Gene Smalley, and Chester R. important announcements in large gray Shorter items were by Norvell (Email Benjamin), and Farr (MASMC). background boxes. Issues 52(5-6) and Express), Ruch (2002 MSA Foray), 2. Deadlines for copy are on the 15th of 53(1-3) also included: Okuda (Bennett Visits Japan), Blackwell even months, with the newsletter mailed ~~ Inoculum 52(5, October, 2001), 36 (Moss Dies), Lynch (Phaff Receives by Allen Press around the 15th of odd pages, 14 photos: Three feature articles Award of Distinction), and Ginns (New months. Pleas for copy are emailed by Mueller (Costa Rican Fungal Membership Directory). currently to approximately 110 MSA Inventory), Norvell (Should the Type of ~~ Inoculum 53(2, April, 2002), 32 members about 2-3 weeks before Coprinus be Changed?), and Redhead pages, 27 photos: Three feature articles deadline, with editorial cajolery generally (The Colon in Scientific Authorities); two by Keller and Skrabal (New Myxo- incessant and ongoing. The membership book reviews Rossman (From mycete in Smoky Mountains), Volk has responded well, and Inoculum Ethnomycology to Fungal Biotechnol- (Humongous Fungus – Ten Years Later), continues to receive submissions from ogy ....) and Chaverri (Molecules, and Nieves-Rivera and Darrah (Myxo- members and non-members from all over the Morphology, and Classification ...); mycetes and Protostelids in Puerto Rico); world. Over 95% of submissions are via annual reports of MSA offices (9-12), two book reviews by Blanton email, greatly easing the editorial burden. publications (12-14), standing committees (Dictyostelium: Evolution, Cell Biology 3. The Editor regularly sends complemen- (15-17), rotating committees (18-20), ...) and Geiser (Laboratory Guide to tary copies of Inoculum to NAMA representatives (20-23), and assignments Common Penicillium Species); and (North American Mycological Associa- (24). Shorter items were by Norvell (Email midyear reports (12-13). Shorter items tion) and authors of feature articles. In Express), Ruch (From the Editor), were by Norvell (Email Express), Ruch addition, the Editor sends a PDF of each Schaechter and Pfister (Austrian (2002 MSA Foray), Ruch (The Editor’s issue of Inoculum to Roy Halling, MSA Mushroom Paintings), Kohn (NCSE Corner), Anderson (Weresub Award for Web Master, which are immediately Conference on Science, Policy and Students of Mycology), Heath (Real Find loaded on the MSA Home Page. In Environment), Zook (International of the Century), and IMC7 Organizing addition, the Editor sends PDF copies of Symbiosis Society), Ruch (IUMS Committee (IMC7: Excited Anticipation each issue to each MSA officer. Meeting), Samuels (Samuels in Yaounde, Towards August in Oslo). Cameroon and More). 4. The Editor strongly suggests that ~~ Inoculum 53(3, June, 2002), 72 Committee Chairs, Officers, and other ~~ Inoculum 52(6, December, 2001), 44 pages, 17 photos: Two feature articles by Notables send really good photos of pages, 34 photos: Three feature articles Braun (Interview with Dr. William Dudley themselves to the Editor. Such as effort by Farr (Interactive Key for Hypomyces), Gray) and Rossman (Flora W. Patterson); would greatly be appreciated by the Bruns (ITS Reality), and Nieves-Rivera Iturriaga (Atlas of Clinical Fungi); membership. (UFO Rings and Fungi); one book review Norvell (Minutes of the Mid-Year by Goos (Deuteromycetes, Mitosporic Executive Council Meeting); midyear 5. Allen Press and Beverly Prescott have Fungi ...); the MSA 2002 Awards reports (17-18); and MSA 2002 Abstracts been consistently professional, helpful, Announcements and Call for Nomina- (19-60). Shorter items were by Norvell and courteous. tions (9-12); MSA Annual Council (Email Express), Ruch (2002 Foray), Respectfully submitted, Meeting by Norvell (13-16), Minutes of Stephenson (Visiting Russian Mycolo- -- Donald G. Ruch MSA Annual Business Meeting by gist), Stephenson (Myxo Blitz in the Editor Norvell (17-18); MSA 2001-02 Official Roster (18-21); and 2001 MSA Award Annual Reports: Standing Committees Winners (23-28). Shorter items were by Norvell (Email Express), Ruch (Foray ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE mitted endowment; and $7780 from the Lists Requested), Ruch (From the Editor), MSA Auction 2001, tee-shirts, mush- The Endowment Committee with the Colman (IMC7 Grants), Stephenson room pins and cookbooks. The assistance of Amy Rossman and Gary (Stephenson at University of Otago), members of the Endowment Committee Samuels has raised $35,030.81 between Rossman (How to Prepare and Deposit are Judi Ellzey, Chair; Karen Snetselaar, August 1, 2001 and June 15, 2002, Voucher Specimens), obituaries (Clark T. Don Hemmes, Jo Taylor, and Thomas including $2,720 for mentor travel Rogerson and Henry Stempen), and Harrington. funds; $1,840 for research awards; Ruch (MSA Karling Lecturer Wins Nobel $22,690.81 for donations to the uncom- Prize). (Continued next page) 8 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS con’t
The current balances in the endowment also recommended that no new named changed email address: funds are distributed as follows: mentor travel fund be activated until
Annual Reports: Rotating Committees
AWARDS COMMITTEE: manager (Roy Halling) to update the MSA Awards are listed in alphabetically by MSA DISTINCTIONS web page < http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/ name of the mentor. ~w3msa/awards.html# >. The chair The 2001-2002 Awards Committed was C.J. Alexopoulos Award: updated the information concerning the Nicholas C. Zitomer, University of composed of Jack D. Rogers, Chairman, student travel awards and E-mailed the Greg Mueller, Brent Heath, Ronald Wisconsin, LaCrosse, M.S. Thomas J. html file to the web manager. The chair Volk, Isolation and identification of Petersen, and Scott Redhead. On request respectfully suggests that this task be of the Awards Committee the composi- novel compounds and antibiotics included in the chair’s responsibilities from Basidiomycota fruiting bodies. tion was increased from four members to in the manual of operations. five members, assuring that a tie vote H.E. Bigelow Award: would not occur. President Baroni 5. A total of 7 applications were Nicholas B. Simpson, Louisiana Tech appointed Scott Redhead as the fifth received and were ranked by the University, M.S. Wes Colgan, The member. It is noteworthy that the committee using the criteria established use of mtATP-6, mtSSU and nucLSU selection of the Fellow awardee was in the new manual of operations. genes to test for a rational arrange- removed from the Awards Committee by 6. Endowment Chair Judi Ellzey informed the ment of the order Phallales. Council. Jack Rogers’ term on the chair of the committee that 6 awards (1 H.E. Bigelow Award: Committee terminates after the Corvallis Alexopoulos, 2 Bigelow, 1 Butler, 1 Denison Amanda Brimer, Louisiana Tech meeting. Brent Heath will be Chairman of and 1 Fitzpatrick) should be funded and the University, B.S. Wes Colgan, the Committed for 2002-2003. committee assigned the top 6 applicants to Monophyly of the Mesophelliaceae. appropriate mentor awards. The seventh The principal duty of the Committee is E.E. Butler Award: to select awardees from among nomina- application arrived several weeks late and most of the committee felt it should not be Sean E. Westmoreland, University of tions from the membership. One awardee Wisconsin, LaCrosse, M.S. Thomas J. was selected for each of the following funded. A list of the 6 winners of the 2002 travel awards is appended. Volk, A morphological, pigment and awards: Distinguished Mycologist, Wm. molecular study of Hydnellum H Weston Distinguished Teacher, and 7. Award winners were notified initially by (Basidiomycota, Thelephoraceae). Alexopoulos Prize. E-mail, then letters were sent to all appli- cants and to their major professors who W.C. Denison Award: -- Jack Rogers, Chair Shelby R. Kenney, Louisiana Tech [email protected] wrote supporting letters. Three students (Brimer, Kenney, and Simpson), provided University, B.S. Wes Colgan, addresses for notification of the award so Monophyly of the Mesophelliaceae. AWARDS COMMITTEE: that they could secure matching funds. The H.M. Fitzpatrick Award: MENTOR STUDENT TRAVEL committee chair wrote letters verifying the Cindy K. Cordery, Arizona State On behalf of the MSA Mentor travel award for each of these students. Award University, Ph.D. R.W. Roberson, Awards Committee for the 2002 Corvallis winners were encouraged to write letters of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis meeting, I offer the following report: appreciation to mentors or their survivors (if (Chytridiales) infection process in 1. The 2002 committee consisted of Jose known) as has been done in previous years. Bufo boreas boreas (Boreal Toad). Herrera (Truman State University) as 8. Award winners will be given bio- chair, Charles W. Bacon (USDA, graphical sketches of their travel award NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE Athens, GA), Rosalind Lowen (New mentors as they are recognized at the The committee conducted business via York Botanical Garden), and Greg Thorn Business Meeting. email. Names of candidates for the office of (University of Western Ontario). Respectfully submitted, Vice-president, and Councilors for Cell 2. Rosalind Lowen is scheduled to be -- Jose Herrera, Chair Biology/Physiology, Genetics/Molecular the committee’s next chair (2003) as 2002 Mentor Travel Awards Committee Biology, Systematics/Evolution, and established in previous revisions to the Ecology/Pathology were assembled and committee guidelines. 2002 Student Mentor Travel subjected to a series of votes. The Committee’s final slate of nominees for the 3. Requests for applications were Award Winners MSA ballot was forwarded to the Vice published in Inoculum 52(6) December The entry for each award included: President at the end of January. Thus 2001 with awards set at $500 and having Name of mentor award, winner’s name, completing the duties of the Committee in a 31 January 2002 deadline. affiliation, degree in progress, major respect of the 2002 elections. 4. 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AWARDS COMMITTEE: evident in the outstanding papers based in the beginning single-handedly is HONORARY MEMBERSHIP on his Ph.D. thesis, ‘On graminicolous shown by the recent addition of 6 pyrenomycetes from Fennoscandia’ associates as editors of the ‘MYCONET.’ The committee considered nominations (Arkiv för Botanik 1967), that are still Recently, Ove also published a list of all and it is with great pleasure that we ask widely used and cited. A later keystone SSU rDNA sequences from Ascomycota Council to approve of and to submit for a publication was ‘The families of submitted to GenBank, a most useful tool vote by the membership at the business bitunicate ascomycetes,’ published in for many mycologists. His classification meeting the name of Ove E. Eriksson of Opera Botanica (1981). This 220-page system has been adopted by GenBank Umeå University, Sweden. work documents and describes the type and the 9th edition of the ‘Dictionary of Nominated by Brigitte and Jan species, points out evolutionary relation- the Fungi.’ Kohlmeyer, Ove Eriksson is a leading ships and includes many original drawings “I have no doubt that he will come to expert in the phylogeny and systematics and scanning electron micrographs. be remembered by future generations as of the Ascomycota. He was elected In 1982, Professor Eriksson started the the key figure in modernizing our views Professor at Umeå University in 1999. journal ‘Systema Ascomycetum’, later of ascomycete classification.” (David Ove Eriksson is renowned for critical edited in cooperation with D. L. Hawksworth) microscopic work, seeing and reinterpret- Hawksworth. This periodical has been His supporters speak of him as most ing afresh details others have missed. the most important outlet for taxonomic unassuming, but always at great pains to But he has moved ethusiastically with information on ascomycetes. In 1997, help other researchers wherever he can, the times, and his more recent research Eriksson founded the Internet journal and Ove is well-known as a most careful fully embraces molecular phylogenetics. ‘MYCONET,’ an easily accessible source and constructive reviewer of papers. He has authored over 100 research of updates on ascomycete classification. The magnitude of the work he performed Respectfully Submitted, papers. His critical microscopic work was -- Jim Ginns, Chair Annual Report: Affiliates and Assignments
COMMISSION ON COMMON direction of Scott Redhead, this table was variations on common names (and Latin MUSHROOM NAMES FOR NORTH converted to the database formats, names) that occur from guide to guide. MicroSoft Access and dBase revealing Sometimes names are merely variations AMERICA duplications and other irregularities in the on themes, where differences consist of Members original list that were corrected. The simply a change in capitalization or the Joint MSA & NAMA appointments: subsequent record containing 6274 unique presence or absence of a hyphen. In just Scott Redhead (2001-2006) combinations of Common-Name+Latin- this single genus, there is also no [re-appointed Chair for 2002] Name +Reference that can now be manipu- consistency in common names regarding Lorelei Norvell (2001-2006) lated together or independently was then the use of “Amanita” versus “agaric”. Judy Roger (2001-2006) distributed to all Commission members. At The Commission must decide whether to the same time, members were sent the standardize all, go with overwhelming Independent MSA appointments: reference used by the USDA for standardiz- popular opinion on one or another book, Tom Volk (2001-2005) ing flowering plant names (Kartesz, JT & or start from scratch. Walt Sundberg (2001-2004) Thiertet, JW 1991. Common names for Amanita alba White Ringless Amanita Independent NAMA appointments: vascular plants: guidelines for use and Amanita aspera Rough Amanita George Riner (2001-2005) application. Sida 14(3): 421-434). Commis- Amanita aspera Warted Amanita Carol Dreiling (2001-2004) sion members are now debating how best to Amanita aspera Western Yellow Veil As noted in our previous report, during obtain feedback from MSA and NAMA Amanita aspera Yellow-Veiled Amanita 2001 under the guidance of Tom Volk, over members on selected groups of species or Amanita baccata Sand Amanita 1500 Latin names (with common names) genera. The project is daunting because of Amanita battarea Yellow-brown Grisette were typed into an MS Word file (in table the number of names involved. Current Amanita brunnescens Brown Amanita form), from eight major field guides used by thinking within the Commission leads us to Amanita brunnescens Browning North America mushroomers i.e., guides by believe it would best be done using a web Amanita Peterson, Arora, Miller & Farr (itself a site. Now that the base list is in database Amanita brunnescens Brownish Amanita compilation), Dorling (Laessoe & Lincoff), format, changes are easily made and linked. Amanita brunnescens Cleft-Foot Harper (another compilation), Kibby, Pegler, The following is a sample listing of a Amanita and Konemann. This year, under the showy genus, Amanita, and the many Amanita brunnescens Cleft-foot Amanita 11 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS con’t
Amanita brunnescens Cleft-foot Amanita flavoconia Yellow Patches Amanita pantherina Panthercap Deathcap Amanita flavoconia Yellow Wart Amanita pantherina The Panther Amanita brunnescens The Cleft-foot Amanita flavoconia Yellow Warted Amanita pantherina The Panther Cap Amanita Amanita Amanita parcivolvata False Caesar’s [none of the following A. caesarea are Amanita flavorubescens Yellow Blusher Mushroom correctly scientifically named] Amanita francheti Warty Deathcap Amanita parcivolvata Flimsy Veil Amanita caesarea American Amanita Amanita frostiana Frost’s Amanita Amanita parcivolvata Slight-Volvate Amanita caesarea American Caesar’s Amanita fulva Fulvous Vaginata Amanita Mushroom Amanita fulva Tawny Amanita Amanita peckiana Glue Cap Amanita caesarea Caesar’s Amanita Amanita fulva Tawny Grisette Amanita phalloides Deadly Amanita Amanita caesarea Caesar’s Mushroom Amanita fulva Tawny Ringless Amanita Amanita phalloides Death Angel Amanita caesarea Orange Amanita Amanita gemmata Crenulate Amanita Amanita phalloides Death Cap Amanita caesarea Orange Yellow Amanita gemmata Gemmed Agaric Amanita phalloides Death Cap Amanita Amanita Amanita gemmata Gemmed Amanita Amanita phalloides Death Cup Amanita caesarea Royal Agaric Amanita gemmata Jeweled Deathcap Amanita phalloides Deathcap Amanita calyptrata Coccoli Amanita gemmata Jonquil Amanita Amanita phalloides Destroying Angel Amanita calyptrata Coccora Amanita hemibapha Eastern Caesar’s Amanita phalloides Poison Amanita Amanita calyptrata Coccora Mushroom Mushroom Amanita polypyramis Many Warts Amanita calyptrata Hooded Grisette Amanita inaurata Gilded Grisette Amanita porphyra Booted Amanita Amanita calyptroderma Capped Amanita inaurata Gray Amanita Amanita porphyra Brown-capped Mushroom Amanita inaurata Gray Amanitopsis Amanita Amanita calyptroderma Coccora Amanita inaurata Strangulated Amanita Amanita porphyra Fresh-Skinned Amanita calyptroderma White-Veiled Amanita inaurata Strangulated Amanita Amanita Amanitopsis Amanita porphyra Gray-Brown Amanita Amanita ceciliae Scaly Grisette Amanita inaurata Warty Grisette Amanita porphyra Gray-veil Amanita Amanita chlorinosma Chlorine Amanita Amanita junquillea Jonquil Amanita Amanita porphyra Porphyry Deathcap Amanita chlorinosma Chlorine Lepidella Amanita magniverrucata Pine Cone Amanita porphyra Porphyry False Amanita cinereoconia Gray Dust Amanita Death-cap Amanita cinereopannosa Rag-veil Amanita muscaria var. formosa Fly Amanita porphyra Purple-Brown Amanita Agaric Amanita Amanita citrina Citron Amanita Amanita muscaria var. formosa Yellow Amanita proxima Close Amanita Amanita citrina Delicate Amanita Orange Fly Agaric Amanita ravenelii Pinecone Lepidella Amanita citrina False Death Cap Amanita muscaria var. formosa Yellow- Amanita rhopalopus Club Foot Amanita citrina False Deathcap orange Fly Agaric Amanita rubescens Blusher Amanita citrina Napkin Amanita Amanita muscaria var. muscaria False Amanita rubescens Blushing Amanita Amanita citrina var. alba White False Orange Amanita rubescens Blushing Venenarius Death Cap Amanita muscaria var. muscaria False Amanita rubescens Reddish Amanita Amanita cokeri Coker’s Amanita Orange Amanita Amanita rubescens The Blusher Amanita cokeri Solitary Lepidella Amanita muscaria var. muscaria Fly Amanita silvicola Western Woodland Amanita constricta Constricted Grisette Agaric Amanita Amanita cothurnata Booted Amanita Amanita muscaria var. muscaria Fly Amanita silvicola Woodland Amanita Amanita crocea Orange Grisette Amanita Amanita silvicola Woodland Lepidella Amanita crocea Saffron Grisette Amanita muscaria var. muscaria Fly- Amanita smithiana Smith’s Amanita Amanita daucipes Turnip-Bulb Lepidella Poison Amanita Amanita smithiana Toxic Lepidella Amanita echinocephala Warty Amanita Amanita muscaria var. muscaria Orange Amanita Amanita eliae Fries’ Amanita Yellow Fly Agaric Amanita solitaria Carved Amanita Amanita excelsa Tall Amanita Amanita ocreata Death Angel Amanita solitaria Solitary Amanita Amanita farinosa Mealy Agaric Amanita ocreata Destroying Angel Amanita solitaria Warted Amanita Amanita farinosa Mealy Cap Amanita onusta Loaded Lepidella Amanita sp. Anonymous Amanita Amanita farinosa Powder-Cap Amanita Amanita ovoidea Ovoid Amanita Amanita spissa False Panther Cap Amanita farinosa Powder-cap Amanita Amanita pachycolea Western Grisette Amanita spissa Stout Agaric Amanita farinosa Powdered Amanita Amanita pantherina Panther Amanita spissa Stout-Stalked Amanita Amanita flavoconia Yellow Amanita Amanita pantherina Panther Amanita Amanita spissa Stout-stalked Amanita 12 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS con’t
Amanita spreta Hated Amanita Amanita vaginata var. alba White Amanita virosa White Angel Amanita spreta Scorned Amanita Grisette Amanita volvata Large-Sheathed Amanita strobiliformis Fir Cone Amanita Amanita vaginata var. vaginata Grisette Amanitopsis Amanita strobiliformis Pine Cone Amanita velosa Orange Amanita Amanita volvata Volvate Amanita Amanita Amanita velosa Orange Spring Amanita Amanita volvata Volvate Amanitopsis Amanita tephrea Gray Lepidella Amanita velosa Springtime Amanita Amanita wellsii Salmon Amanita Amanita vaginata Conspicuously Veiled Amanita verna Destroying Angel As can be seen, progress will be slow Vagin Amanita verna Fool’s Mushroom but manageable. Amanita vaginata Gray Ringless Amanita verna Spring Amanita Amanita Amanita verna White Death Cap Respectfully submitted, Amanita vaginata Grisette Amanita verna White Death Cup -- Scott A. Redhead Amanita vaginata Ringless Amanita Amanita virosa Destroying Angel Amanita vaginata Shaethed Amanita Amanita virosa Poisonous Amanita Amanita vaginata Sheathed Amanita virosa The Blusher Amanitopsis Amanita virosa White Amanita
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STUDENT AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR wish to thank all of the young mycolo- commit more than one year in advance. FOREIGN TRAVEL AWARDS gists who participated in this competi- Numerous sites are available nearby for tion, Linda Hardwick for verifying the the annual foray, which will be led by During the annual meeting of Council membership status of applicants, Larry Grand. These meetings will also in Salt Lake City in 2001, it was decided Jonathon Colman, Ellen Farr and Roy include participation by several amateur that the MSA would disburse up to Halling for their assistance in advertising mycologist groups including NAMA $4,000 in travel support in for graduate these awards, and Tim Baroni, Lorelei and the Asheville Mushroom Club. We students and young investigators (i.e., Norvell and James Worrall for assisting are still discussing the nature of those who received their PhDs within the the Committee Chair. participation by amateur mycologists past ten years) participating at IMC VII in with the MSA, but several options Oslo, IUMS in Paris or ALM in Xalapa. Respectfully submitted, -- Wendy A. Untereiner, Chair include joint MSA/NAMA workshops, This competition was advertised widely and possibly a joint-sponsored with announcements appearing in symposium. Inoculum as well as on the MSA, IMC LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE: VII and IUMS webpages. The Selection The Asheville area is ideally located Committee (Dennis Desjardin, Wendy 2004 ANNUAL MEETING for a mid-summer meeting, with access Untereiner and Rytas Vilgalys) reviewed UNC-ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA to many excellent natural areas and attractions including the Smokies, 24 qualifying applications and selected This ad hoc planning committee Biltmore Estate, and various restau- eight award recipients. includes Rytas Vilgalys, Larry Grand, rants, shops, and entertainment venues. Dennis Drehmel and D. Jean Lodge. In Student Award Recipients: Doc Watson, Billy Graham, and Eric spring 2001, after Larry Grand and Patrik Inderbitzin (IMC) Rudolph have also indicated they will Dennis Drehmel visited several Tim James (IMC) try their best to make it to the MSA possible venues in western North Andrew Miller (IMC) social, since they live in the area. Carolina, UNC-Asheville was deter- Valerie Reeb (IMC) mined to be a most optimal site for the Several pre-meeting workshops are Post-PhD Award Recipients: 2004 MSA meetings. The UNC-A planned, these will be integrated with Sharon Cantrell (ALM) campus is located about a mile from the ongoing fungal All-Taxon-Biologi- cal-Inventory (ATBI) in nearby Great Karin Jacobs (IMC) downtown Asheville, with dormitory Smoky Mountains National Park. The Jolanta Miadlikowska (IMC) housing and a variety of meeting National Parks Service has already Brian Shaw (IMC) rooms, lecture halls, and lab space (for some workshops and foray). Reason- agreed to make their facilities available The members of the Selection Commit- ably priced motels and a national forest for some of these workshops. The tee were extremely impressed with the campground are also close by. A firm workshops will bring together taxo- quality of the abstracts and the letters of reservation will need to be made next nomic experts of various fungal groups support for graduate students. They year, since UNC-A does not usually together with students and enlightened 13 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS con’t amateur mycologists interested in Annual Reports: Representatives contributing to the ongoing ATBI efforts. Jean Lodge and Larry Grand will AIBS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING and support institutions creating a announce more detailed plans in the 25 MARCH 2002, WASHINGTON, DC regional ‘footprint;’ collectively: a future about the workshops. President Gene Likens called the virtual lab accessed by hundreds of Respectfully Submitted, meeting to order at 9 am and asked for scientists for research to obtain a -- Rytas Vilgalys approval of the agenda items and also predictive understanding of the [email protected] the apprval of 2001 minutes. He environment.” Each observatory is to announced that the theme of the 2003 cost about $20 million and two proto- AIBS annual meeting will be entitled “ type observatories are being planned. Collins solicited advice and recommen- LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE: Bioethics for a Changing World.” This would likely be a one-day meeting held dations for where to set up these 2005 ANNUAL MEETING on a Saturday, March 22, 2003, and the facilities and what types of measure- MSA/MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF Council meeting would be held on the ments are to be recorded. Mary JAPAN (MSJ) JOINT MEETING next day (Sunday). The exact dates McKenna of the Minority Affairs Committee reported that 40% of the The planning committee consists of have yet to be announced. Likens Ph.D.s in biology go to women; there MSA members Dennis Desjardin, David reported that the meeting just held on are more women than men earning B.S. Hibbett and Maren Klich as well as MSJ evolution was a great success. Presi- or M.S. degrees in biology; 80% of the members Yoshitaka Ono, Akira Suzuki dent-elect Gary Hartshorn solicited B.S. biology degrees earn by African- and Takao Horikoshi and our Local ideas for the theme of the 2004 meeting. Americans are women. Does MSA have Arrangements chair, Don Hemmes. We Executive Director Richard O’Grady a minority affairs committee? Patricia have met via email several times to reported that 45 of the 86 member Morse, Education Committee chair conduct the preliminary planning for societies of AIBS were present at the reported that her committee is working the 2005 meeting. The joint meeting will Council Meeting. To help publicize on the creation of an AIBS undergradu- be held at the University of Hawaii, AIBS and recruit members, O’Grady ate Biology degree framework. Hilo, July 30-August 5, 2005. Both suggested that each member society hotel and dormitory housing will be give AIBS a free half-page add in its Respectfully Submitted, available. The meeting is being orga- journal or newsletter. MSA might -- Clark L. Ovrebo nized to maximize both scientific and consider this if it already has not been [email protected] social exchange with our sister society. done. Ellen Paul and Adrienne Froelich Virtually all of the sessions will be joint of the AIBS Public Policy office each REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE sessions. Symposia jointly chaired by gave a brief report. To inform and one MSA and one MJS member will be educate members of Congress and their TO THE US NATIONAL COMMITTEE encouraged. Pre-meeting scientific staffs, the office will be starting a new FOR THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF forays and workshops will be held for program entitled “AIBS Biology MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES those interested in specific groups of Classroom on the Hill.” Paul reported fungi. A number of social events are that the teaching of evolution in Ohio is The U.S. National Committee for the also being planned, including a luau under attack and that AIBS is involved International Union of Microbiological and a visit to Volcanos National Park in give advice on the issues. Paul also Societies (IUMS) met on November 9, 2001 (perhaps we should call it our first reported that if any member society and April 15, 2002. A proposal to NSF for ‘pyro-mycete foray’). We encourage wants to speak with congressional continued financial support of the Commit- members to contact us with ideas for representatives, AIBS is available to tee was approved. Requests for two scientific sessions and workshop assist in arranging meetings. Scott meetings a year instead of one and for NSF topics. Collins from NSF spoke on NEON to pay the dues to IUMS for individual (National Ecological Observatory societies represented by the Committee Respectfully Submitted, Network). The following is taken from a were included in the proposal. Both of these -- Maren Klich, MSA Chair brochure that he distributed: “This is a requests were approved which puts our program to establish a continent-wide committee in line with similar NAS commit- research network consisting of geo- tees with regard to these matters. graphically distributed observatories, The major topics discussed by the linked via state of the art communica- Committee were the upcoming meeting of tions; each observatory will consist of a IUMS in Paris (July 18-August 2, 2002) and consortium of instrumented field sites the forthcoming IUMS meeting in San 14 MSA BUSINESS -- ANNUAL REPORTS concl’d
Francisco (July 24-29, 2005). Since the U.S. and Virology. So far the representative for From the Editor . . . . National Committee for IUMS will be mycology are: Jim Anderson, John Taylor responsible for developing and overseeing and Tom White (MSA); Marc Cubeta Opps!!! the program and assisting in the coordina- (APS); Arturo Casadevall and Paula tion of many aspects of the San Francisco Sundstrom (ASM); and Joan Bennett The last issue of Inoculum ran a feature Meeting, current committee members were (SIM). A request for an overall Program article entitled “Flora W. Patterson, First asked to extend their time of service on the Chair for the Mycology Congress has been Women Myclogist at USDA” (Inoculum Committee through the summer of 2005. In communicated to the MSA. The NOC will 53[3]:5-9). The editor inadvertently left off addition, four committee members will meet with the IUMS Committee this fall to the author of the article, Dr. Amy Rossman, attend the Paris Meeting as observers to begin planning for the San Francisco Syst. Botany Mycology Lab, Beltsveille, become familiar with organizational matters, Meeting. Maryland. The editor wishes to express to advertise the upcoming San Francisco his sincere apology to Amy and hopes The Committee considered two additional the following makes up for the mistake. Meeting and to issue the formal invitation matters. Applicants for ASM Travel Grants -- Donald G. Ruch to the Congresses to attend the 2005 for the Paris Meeting were ranked and Editor meeting in San Francisco. The theme awardees selected. The Committee chosen by the Committee for the upcoming discussed the possibility of requesting meeting is “Microbes in a Changing financial support from NSF for a series of World”. A logo will be selected at the fall workshops on various microbiological 2002 committee meeting. topics to be held in developing countries. We established a National Organizing Input on this topic from MSA members is Committee (NOC) for the San Francisco requested, as the matter will be discussed meeting. The NOC is comprised of further at the Committee’s fall meeting. representatives from all the societies Respectfully submitted, represented on the U.S. National Committee -- Carol Shearer, Chair to IUMS and is organized according to the U.S. National Committee for IUMS three congresses: Bacteriology, Mycology Amy Rossman, Author
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Photographic Record of Marine Martinez, DE Davidson, J Ginns, D 2003 at the latest. Any left over will be Mycologists Malloch, BH Lamore, TS Bisalputra, DC destroyed so as to make way for the car! Walker, J Hibbits. -- Gareth Jones For the past few years we have been Thank you, compiling a photographic record of mycolo- -- Gareth Jones and Lai Pang gists who have worked with marine fungi. Identification Manual for Fungi To date we have some 120 and these were Reprints of Marine Fungi from Utility Poles in the Eastern displayed in three posters at the 8th Inter- United States national Marine and Freshwater Mycology Since I retired from the University of Symposium in Egypt, July, 2001. However, a Portsmouth I have a storage problem The Identification Manual for Fungi number have eluded us (or are camera shy!) with a mass of personal reprints on from Utility Poles in the Eastern United and we are anxious to obtain photographs marine fungi (my papers). They are States by C.J.K. Wang and R.A. Zabel of the following. So if you have one, or can currently in the garage and this will is NOT out-of-print. It can be ordered pout us in contact with those listed, please have to be cleared when I return to by calling ATCC at 1-800-638-6597 e-mail us on < [email protected] >. Portsmouth in July, 2002. If any one asking for customer Service. The Item would like a set of these (or indeed Zoosporic fungi: Helen Vischniac, S Number is 334-x. It costs $30 plus shipping. know of any one that would appreciate Goldstein, M Belsky, Frank Perkins, FY -- CJK Wang, PhD a complete set) then please e-mail me on Kazama, MS Fuller, CE Bland, HH Ho [email protected] < [email protected] >. The complete Higher marine fungi: D Ritichie, Nils set runs to some 300 papers so some Fries, G Feldman, F Moreau, HG Gold, help with the postage would be Rolph Siepmann, L Malacalza, A appreciated. They will be sent out early 15 MYCOLOGICAL NEWS con’t
Tree Canopy Myxomycetes: Outstanding Scholar and Thesis Award This research project began with a Myxomycetes were studied in relation to the Graduate Thesis Award. Nominees grant from the National Science their association with certain tree were selected by a committee in the Foundation Biotic Surveys and species (Acer rubrum, Fraxinus College of Arts and Sciences; final Inventories Program to investigate the americana, Liriodendron tulipifera and selections were made by a University- tree canopy biodiversity (myxomycetes, Pinus strobus) and height of occurrence wide committee. Kenny Snell repre- macrofungi, mosses, liverworts and in the canopy. The double rope climbing sented the Department of Biology as the lichens) in the park. Additional support technique was used to collect bark winner of both awards. He received two from Discover Life in America has samples at three-meter intervals to the plaques with his name engraved on enabled the research team to include tops of the tree species. Bark samples them and also cash awards in a special tardigrades, molluscs, and insects. One were cultured in the laboratory using the Graduate Awards Reception. His thesis of the objectives of this project was to moist chamber technique. Results will be presented at the Fourth Interna- involve undergraduate and graduate suggest that the myxomycete commu- tional Congress on Systematics and students, a multidisciplinary research nity composition among these tree Ecology of Myxomycetes in August, team of volunteers and park interns. Six species is similar, but occurrence and 2002 as part of the Symposium on “Tree student climbers from Central Missouri abundance of certain myxomycete Canopy Biodiversity of Myxomycetes State University climbed a total of 240 species are related to differences in pH. and Corticolous Myxomyetes” to be trees representing 35 different tree species No variation in species richness was held in Meise, Belgium. I will remember during two-three week periods in June, detected at different heights in the his athleticism in climbing trees, his July and August of calendar years 2000 canopy, and most species were obtained leadership skills in working with all of and 2001. Kenneth L. Snell (Kenny) was at all heights, up to 24 meters. This is the the undergraduate student projects, his the graduate student and project leader first study to characterize myxomycete due diligence in the many hours scanning who was in charge of all phases of the communities of tree canopies. Eighty-four moist chambers to record the myxomycete field and laboratory research. myxomycete species were identified, species data, his computer expertise in Kenny recently completed his including 30 species not previously known organizing our tree canopy database, but graduate master’s thesis entitled to occur in the park. most of all, his night excursions where he “Vertical Distribution and Assemblages Kenny was nominated for the Reid taught me how to collect myxomycete of Corticolous Myxomycetes on Five Hemphill Outstanding Scholar Award fruiting bodies with a flashlight. Tree Species in the Great Smoky based on scholarship, research and -- Harold W. Keller, PhD Mountains National Park”. Corticolous citizenship. His thesis was nominated for [email protected]
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OBITUARIES Professor Richard K. Benjamin from his appointment in 1952 as Mycolo- the University of São Paulo, and was gist and Asst. Prof. of Botany to Prof. of founder and director of the Institute of Dr.. Richard K. Benjamin, Professor of Botany (1962) and Prof. of Botany Tropical Medicine of São Paulo, and the Mycology Emeritus, was born nearly 80 Emeritus (1989), though many institu- Faculty of Medicine of São Paulo. He years ago on 9 April 1922 in Argenta, Ill. tions including Harvard have tried to hire was appointed Honoris Causa Professor From age 7 he was reared in Champaign, him away from Claremont. He has taught by the Federal University of Ceará, and Ill, where he attended primary and mycology to many of our graduate the National University of Northeastern secondary schools and graduated from students and has trained 4 mycologists, Argentina. He was also ex-Secretary of Champaign Sr. High School in June 1940. Clifford J. Anastasiou, Gerald L. Benny, Hygiene of São Paulo Municipality, ex- His studies at the University of Illinois, Donald H. ford, and Bruce Tucker. He has President of the Association of Medicine Urbana were interrupted by World War II, been editor of Mycologia and for many of São Paulo, the Brazilian Society of when he served in the Army from June, years of our Aliso and has published 62 Tropical Medicine, and the Brazilian 1943, to Sept. 1946, as Sgt. to Capt. in important papers in mycology including Society of Allergy and Immunopathol- artillery, infantry, and military police in extensive, superbly illustrated (with his ogy. He was granted several prizes and mainland, USA, Philippine Islands and own drawings) monographs and recognitions for his long and fruitful Japan. He returned to the University of revisions of the Mucorales and career. He published as well many papers Illinois in 1946 to take his B.S. in chemis- Laboulbeniales. He has described and and books, all of them very important. try in 1947, his M.S. in botany 1949, and named numerous taxa from orders and During the General Assembly of the Ph.D. in Botany in 1951. He married Ethel families down to genera and species. At ALM, to be held in the IV Latin-American Mae Picard (now deceased) in least 3 genera and 7 species have been Congress of Micology it was planned to Champaign in 1946, and they had two named for R.K. Benjamin. appoint Dr. Da Silva honorary member of children, Jane Ellen (Wentzel) of Boise, the ALM, considering his important Idaho and Richard Henry of Lakeside -- Mary Langlois academic, scientific and cultural contribu- Calif., both born in Champaigne. Dick has Tulane University tions. We propose to appoint him now as 5 grandchildren. Professor Carlos Da Silva a posthumous tribute. The managing Ben, as known to his friends, is one of board of the ALM present our condo- the world’s most distinguished mycolo- With deep sorrow we regret to lence for such a lamentable lost for Latin- gists. He belongs or belonged to many communicate that on April 23, illustrious American mycology. national and international societies, mycologist Dr. Carlos Da Silva passed -- Gaston Guzman, PhD including Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, away. Dr. Da Silva was a distinguished President of the Asociacion Botanical Society of America (serving as member of the ALM. He was born in 1915 Latinoamericana de Micologia Chairman of the Microbiological Section in Guaratingueta, São Paulo, Brazil, and [email protected] in 1955), Mycological Society of America since very young he was interested on where he rose through all the official medical mycology. He held high offices in ranks to president in 1965 and editor-in- chief of Mycologia (1970–1975), and Mycologists on the Move fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and Linnean Society of Professor E. B. Gareth Jones For information only: My UK address remains Nantgaredig, 33B St. Edwards London. Prestigious awards include Change of working address: Road, SOUTHSEA, HANTS, PO5 3DH, National Research Council Fellow in Biotec has relocated to a new science ENGLAND, UK. Phone: 44-2392-613-090; Botany, Harvard University (1951–1952), park outside Bangkok. So please use the FAX: 44-2392-613-090; Mobile: 01-9244-7542. New York Botanical Garden Award for following address for me in future. Thank Outstanding Contributions to the you. Travel arrangements for the remainder Fundamental Aspects of Botany (1963 of 2002: National Center for Genetic Engineer- for studies on Merosporangiferous 7th July to 15th September at my UK ing and Biotechnology (Biotec), 113 Mucorales), and Distinguished Mycolo- address. Phaholyothin Road, Klong 1, Klong gist Award from Mycological Society of 23rd September to 14th December at Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand. America (1993). BIOTEC, Thailand. Phone: 66-2564-6700, ext. 3548; FAX: 66- After his stint at Harvard, Ben’s entire 14th December to January 2003 at my UK 2564-6701-6705; Mobile: 01-423-3232; academic career has been at the Rancho address. email: [email protected]. Santa Ana Botanic and CGS (now CGU) -- E. B. Gareth Jones 17 MYCOLOGICAL NEWS con’t (Mycologists on the move con’t) Dick Korf has Changed Systematics of the Saprolegniaceae is On-Line Email Address Terry W. 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In this issue we review Lichens of Antarctica and South Georgia: A Guide to their Identification and Ecology by DO Øvstedal and RI Lewis Smith, feature books received from April through June 2002, and list previously featured books received since October 2001. Reviews are needed for several 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 as soon as possible. Please keep in mind that books are listed even though they may not have been received from the publisher as of yet. John Zak, BOOK REVIEW EDITOR REVIEW
ICHENS OF ANTARCTICA and South Georgia. A Guide to inaccessible British Antarctic Survey “Scientific Report.” LTheir Identification and Ecology. 2001. DO Øvstedal and Redón’s work (available in Spanish only) is also rather limited RI Lewis Smith. Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh in scope with collections from a very limited area, with a nomencla- Building, Cambridge, CB2 2RU, UK. 411pp. Price: $100 US ture described by the authors of the present book as “inadequate.” Lichens of Antarctica and South Georgia is therefore the I once encountered the sentiment, put forth by a prominent first comprehensive and reliable treatment of the subject. researcher of microbial adaptation to low temperatures, that “Antarctica is a continent with an ecology dominated by Antarctica is an unfamiliar and mysterious place to most microorganisms.” With it’s flora consisting of only two people – unfortunate, when you consider that it is as large as flowering plants, along with about 150 mosses and about 260 the United States and half of Canada, sequesters 70% of the lichens – not to mention unknown numbers of microscopic world’s fresh water, and has an on world climate. Further- soil fungi and bacteria – I was rather taken with the supposi- more, it is far more complex a biogeographical region than tion and found a way to work it into my Ph.D. thesis. But what most people might imagine, which probably amounts to Ron Lewis Smith, ever the practical and attentive scientist images of barren snowscapes (if I had a nickel for every time (and leading authority on Antarctic ecosystems), sited a lack someone said to me “I didn’t know anything grew down of actual data to support the statement and suggested I there…”!). Helpfully, the short introductory chapters of the remove it. I acquiesced, relegating the statement to a sound book include a concise and comprehensive summary of the bite for introductory remarks at seminars and talks. In any three major climatic and biogeographical zones within the case, never mind that both the author of the original notion Antarctic region, along with accompanying maps and tables. and Dr. Lewis Smith participated in my thesis defense: the Most of the book, however, addresses identification and offending statement had been safely removed and thus a taxonomy, with keys to the genera and keys to species within relatively amicable oral defense proceeded without incident. genera. The authors have taken care to secure herbarium It is with that same attention to detail that Dr. Lewis Smith, specimens from all major Antarctic collections around the along with D.O. Øvstedal, approach their volume on Lichens world, although a great majority of the specimens examined of Antarctica and South Georgia – a Guide to their Identifi- are from the British Antarctic Survey herbarium (international cation and Ecology. Although a book likely to have great code: AAS) where Dr. Lewis Smith has spent most of his appeal to only a narrow audience, it nevertheless fills an career. A total of 427 taxa are described (41 of which remain informational niche that has, essentially, remained empty ever unidentified), of which 380 occur in the Antarctic biome. This since lichenological studies in Antarctica began in earnest includes 264 taxa occurring in the maritime Antarctic zone and over 50 years ago. Until now, the only treatments of Antarc- 88 occurring in the harsher continental Antarctic zone. Each tic lichens were C.W. Dodge’s Lichen Flora of the Antarctic species description also includes a brief account of habitat Continent and Adjacent Islands (1973), D.C. Lindsay’s 1974 and ecology, worldwide distribution, specimens examined, work on the Macrolichens of South Georgia and J.F. Redón’s and other relevant comments. There are 49 black and white manual Liquenes Antarticos (1985). However, Dodge’s work photographs accompanying the descriptions, along with a has largely been discredited for inaccurate and perhaps rather separate section of 104 color plates with additional close-ups sloppy taxonomy while Lindsay’s work is limited to the as well as a number of photographs useful for showing lichens of South Georgia and exists only as a relatively overall habitat. (These color shots are certainly adequate, 20 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF con’t but hard to be objective about following the publication of would’ve been lost to obscurity in the early mad dash for fame Brodo’s Lichens of North America!). The book is thoroughly and territorial conquest (for those interested, the first record of referenced and includes an eight page glossary at the end. a lichen from the Antarctic region was by Torrey in 1823 - a Lichens, of course, are perhaps the only macroscopic specimen of Usnea aurantiaco-atra (reported as Usnea organisms able to tolerate the most extreme environments on fasciata) collected by Captain Napier of the US Sealing earth. For example, at the southernmost extreme of exposed land Expedition of 1821-21 in the South Shetland Islands). on earth (at approximately 87° South), the terrestrial environ- The authors regard their work simply as a “new starting ment comes as close as possible to being sterile. However, two point” for lichenological study in Antarctica, and expect the species of lichen, growing in a single habitat, have been found number of taxa to increase substantially as new areas are visited at this southernmost extreme even while microbiological by lichenologists (speculating that as many as 100 new names investigations of the surrounding mineral soil, aside from might someday be added to the current list). However, I am sure infrequent bacteria and algae, was shown to be practically they are simply being polite: being somewhat familiar with the devoid of life. The book would therefore not have been rather meager community of mycologists and lichenologists complete without addressing the unique ecology of these working in this isolated biome, my guess is that this book is organisms. This was duly addressed with the inclusion of likely to remain, for the foreseeable future, as complete a relevant information about their southernmost distribution description of Antarctic lichen flora as we are ever likely to see. (including a table listing lichens found south of 80° S) as well as -- Rick Weinstein a table listing occurrence of species at high (greater than 2000m) Dept. of Botany altitude. University of Tennessee The book is peppered with various anecdotal stories of Knoxville, TN 37919 interest. This includes a brief history of lichenology in [email protected] Antarctica – a subject the details of which I’d have thought
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED APRIL THROUGH JUNE 2002 § Mushrooms of Hawaii: An Identification Guide. 2002. DE § Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments. Hemmes and DE Desjardin, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA 2001. B Flannigan, RA Samson, and JD Miller (eds.), Taylor& 94707, [email protected], 224 pp. Price: $40 US. Review Francis, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE, 490 pp. Price: needed. Unknown. Review needed.
PREVIOUSLY LISTED BOOKS FROM OCTOBER 2001 § A Laboratory Guide To Common Penillium Species, 3rd § Basic Biotechnology, 2nd edition. 2001. C Ratledge and B ed. 2000. JI Pitt, Copies available from Dr. JI Pitt, Food Science Kristiansen (eds.), Cambridge University Press, The Australia, 16 Julius Avenue, Riverside Corporate Park, Delhi Eddinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK, 568 pp. Price: Road, PO Box 52, North Ryde NSW, 1670 Australia, $45 US. Review needed. [email protected], 197 pp. Price: $65 US § Bio-Exploitation of Filamentous Fungi. 2000. SB Pointing including shipping. Review in Inoculum 53 (2):19-20. and KD Hyde (eds.), Fungal Diversity Press, The center for § Advances in Verticillium: Research and Disease Research in Fungal Diversity, Department of Ecology & Management. 2000. EC Tjamos, RC Rowe, JB Heale, DR Biodiversity, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, The Fravel (eds.), APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, 55121-2097, [email protected], 376 pp. Price: $54 US. Re- China, [email protected], Price: $100 US. + $16 for air quested from publisher. mail. Requested from publisher. § The Amanita caesarea-Complex. Bibliotecheca § Candida and Candidiasis. 2001. RA Calderone (ed). ASM Mycologica No 187. 2001. G Guzman and F Ramirez-Guillen. J Press. PO Box 605, Herdon, VA 2017, [email protected], Cramer in der Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, D- 472 pp. Price: $100 US. Review needed. 14129, Berlin, Germany, 66pp. Price: Unknown. Reviewer needed. § Cell Biology of Plant and Fungal Tip Growth. 2001. A § Atlas of Clinical Fungi, 2nd edition. 2000. GS de Hoog, J. Geitmann, M Cresti, and I B Heath (eds). NATO Science Guarro, J. Gené and MJ Figueras. Centraalbureay voor Series I. Life and Behavioural Sciences, IOS Press, Nieuwe Schimmelcultures, Padualaan *, Utrecht, NL-3584 CT, The Hemweg 6B, 1013 BG Amsterdam, Netherlands, Netherlands, 1126 pp. Price: $95.00 Euro. Review in Inoculum www.iospress.nl, 241pp. Price: unknown. Review needed. 53(3):63 -64. 21 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF con’t
§ Check List of Hong Kong Fungi. § Dictyostelium: Evolution, Cell § Fungal Protoplasts: A Biotechno- 2000. BS Lu, KD Hyde, WH Ho, JE Bioilogy, and the Development of logical Tool. 2000. D Lalithakumari, Taylor, KM Tsui, MKM Wong, Y Zhou Multicellularity. 2001. RH Kessin and J Science Publishers, Inc, PO Box 699, and DQ Zhou (eds.), Fungal Diversity Franke, Cambridge University Press, Enfield NH 03748, [email protected], 184 Press, The center for Research in The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge pp. Price: $50 US. Review needed. Fungal Diversity, Department of CB2 2RU, UK. Price : $90.00 US. § Ecology & Biodiversity, Kadoorie Review in Inoculum 53(2): 18-19. Fungal Strategies of Wood Decay Biological Sciences Building, The in Trees. 2000. FWMR Schwarze , J § nd University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam A Dictionary of Plant Pathology, 2 Engels, and C Mattheck. Springer- Road, Hong Kong SAR, China, edition. 2001. P Holliday. Cambridge Verlag New York Inc, 175 Fifth Ave., [email protected], 376 pp. Price: University Press, The Edinburgh New York, NY 10010, link@springer- $20 US. + $8 for air mail. Requested from Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK, ny.com, 220 pp. Price: $54 US. Book publisher. www.cambridge.org, 536pp. Price: requested from publisher. Hardback - $120 US, Paperback - $45 § § Common Florida Mushrooms. 2000. US. Review needed. Funghi Ipogei d’Europa. 2000. A J Kimbrough. University of Florida Montechhhi and M sarasini. Institute of Food and Agricultural § Dimorphism in Human Pathogenic Fondazione centro Studi Micrologici Sciences (IFAS), Building 116, PO Box and Apathogenic Yeasts. 2000. JF Ernst dall’ Associazione Micologica 110810, Gainesville, FL 32611-0810, and A Schmidt (eds.). S Karger Publish- Bresadola, PO Box 296, 36100 Vicenza, [email protected], 342 pp. Price: ers, Inc., 26 West Avon Road, POBox Italy, 714 pp. Price: unknown. Review $20 US + shipping. Review needed. 529, Farmington, CT 06085, 246pp. Price: in progress. $109 US. Review needed. § Colletotrichum: Host Specificity, § Funghi Ipogei d’Europa. 2000. Pathology, and Host-Pathogen Interaction. § Flora Agaricina Neerlandica: Associazione Micologica Bresadola , 2000. D Prusky, S Freeman, and M Dickman Volume 4. Strophariaceae, Via A. Volta, 46 - 38100 Trento, Italia (eds.). APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Tricholomataceae. 2000. C Bas, THW Book requested from publisher. Paul MN 55121-2097. [email protected], or Kuyper, NE Noordeloos, and EC § APS Press Europe Branch Office, Vellinga (eds.). AA Balkema Uitgevers Fungi as Biocontrol Agents: Brokestraat 47, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium, B.V., Postbus 1867, NL-3000 BR Progress, Problems, and Potential. [email protected], 448 pp. Price: Rotterdam, Nederlands, 2001. T Butt, C Jackson, and N Magan $99 US. Requested from publisher. [email protected], 191 pp. Price: Hfl (eds.). CABI Bioscience, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9TY, UK. 416 pp. § Current Advances in Mycorrhizae 2.2. Review in progress. Price not confirmed. Review in Research. 2000. GK Podilla and DD § Fungal Associations, The Mycota progress. Douds, Jr (eds). APS Press, 3340 Pilot Vol 9. 2000. B Hock (ed). Springer- Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121. 214 pp. § Verlag New York, Inc, 175 Fifth Avenue, Fungi in Bioremediation. 2001. GM [email protected]. Price: $38. Book New York, NY 10010, Gadd (ed.), Cambridge University Press, requested from publisher. [email protected], 250 pp. The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge § The Deuteromycetes: Mitosporic Price: $159 US. (Hardcover). Requested CB2 2RU, UK, www.cambridge.org. Fungi Classification and Generic Key. from publisher. Price: $120 US. Review needed. 2000. E Kiffer and M Morlet. Science § Fusarium: Paul E Nelson Memo- Publishers Inc. PO Box 699, Enfield, NH § Fungal Conservation: Issues and Solutions. 2001. D More, MM Nauta, rial Symposium. 2001. BA Summerell, J 03748. The book is a translation of: Les Lesilie, D Backhouse, WL Bryden, and Deuteromycetes Classification et Cles SE Evans, and M Rotheroe (eds.), Cambridge University Press, The LW Burgess (eds.), APS Press, 3340 d’Identification Generique. 1997. Text Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121- updated by the authors for the English Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK, www.cambridge.org, 262pp. 2097, [email protected], 408 pp. Price: edition in 1999. 273 pp. Price: $85 US. $59 US. Book requested from publisher. Reviewed in Inoculum vol 52(6):33. Price: $95 US. Review in progress. § § Dictionary of the Fungi, 9th edition. § Fungal Pathogenesis: Principles Genera of Ascomycetes from 2001. PM Kirk, PF Cannon, JC David, and Clinical Applications. 2002. RA Palms. 2000. KD Hyde, JE Taylor,J and JA Stalpers (eds.). CABI Bio- Calderone, and RL Cihlar (eds.). Marcel Frohlich (eds.). Fungal Diversity Press, science, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey, Dekker, Inc., 270n Madison Ave., New The center for Research in Fungal TW20 9TY, UK, www.cabi.org, 655 pp. York, NY. 10016, http://www.dekker.com, Diversity, Department of Ecology & Price not confirmed. Review in 762 pp. Price: $195 US. Review in Biodiversity, Kadoorie Biological progress. progress. Sciences Building, The University of 22 THE MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF con’t
Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong § Lichens of North America. 2001. Netherlands
§ Palm Microfungi. 2000. J Frolich and Oxford University Press, 2001 Evans OF RELATED INTEREST.... KD Hyde (eds.), Fungal Diversity Press, Road, Cary, NC 27513, 304 pp. Price: $35 § Enfoques Contemporaneos para el The center for Research in Fungal Diversity, US (Softcover). Book requested from Estudio de la Biodiversidad. 2001. HM Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, publisher. Hernandez, AN Garcia Aldrete, F Alvarez Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, The § and M Ulloa (eds.), Instituto De Biologia, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Synopsis of Fossil Fungal Spores, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Hong Kong SAR, China, Mycelia and Fructification. 2000. RM Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico, [email protected], Price: $100 US. + Katgutkar and J Jansonius. Order from: DF, 413pp. The book is written in Spanish $16 for air mail. Requested from publisher. Vaughn M Bryant, Jr., Secretary AASP Foundation, c/o Palynology Laboratory, and contains a series of presentations that § The Rainbow Beneath my Feet: A Texas A&M University, College Station, cover topic as diverse as “Molecular Mushroom Dyer’s Field Guide. 2001. AR TX 77843-4352, [email protected], systematics and evolution of cultivated Bessette and AE Bessette. Syracuse 423pp. Price: $33 US. Reviewed in plants”, “Biodiversity and conservation of University Press, 621 Skytop Rd, Suite Inoculum 52 (3):74-75. corals”, and the “World and regional 110, Syracuse, NY 13244-5290, diversity of mushrooms.” Contact Book § sumweb.syr.edu/su_press/, 176pp. Tropical Mycology: Volume 1. Review Editor if interested in this book. Macromycetes. 2001. R Watling (ed). Price: Unknown. Review needed. § CABI Bioscience, Bakeham Lane, Structure and Function in § Slayers, Saviors, Servants, and Egham, Surrey, TW20 9TY, UK. 208 pp. Agroecosystem Design and Management. Sex: An Expose of the Kingdom Fungi. Price not confirmed. Review needed. 2001. M Shiyomi and H Koizumi (eds.). CRC 2001. D Moore. Springer Verlag Cus- Press LLC, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca § tomer Service, PO Box 2485, Secaucus, Yeasts: Characteristics and Raton, FL 33431, www.crcpress.com, 435 rd NJ 07096, [email protected]. Identification. 3 edition. 2000. JA pp. Price: $65.00 US. Price not confirmed. Book requested Barnett, RW Payne, D Yarrow. Cam- § Editors Note: Dr. Robert Lichtwart has from publishers. bridge University Press, The Edinburgh informed me that: The Revised Edition of the Building, Cambridge CB22RU, UK. 1139 Trichomycestes: Fungal Associates of § Symbiosis: An Introduction to pp. Price: $320 US Hardback. Review Arthrodpods is available to anyone at the nd Biological Associations, 2 edition. needed. following website: www.nhm.ukans.edu/ 2000. S Paracer and V Ahmadjian, ∼fungi. Review in progress. MYCOLOGICAL CLASSIFIEDS
Mold Testing and Identification A Strain of Mucor mucosa Fungal Biodiversity Services Needed Post-Doctoral Position Identification and contamination We are looking for information on a University of Stellenbosch, control for Indoor air quality, Food strain of Mucor mucosa which was South Africa technology, Insectaries, Spawn studied by Professor Gosio in Rome A post-doctoral position is available in technology, Plant diseases. ASTM & around 1900. This is in reference to the mycology laboratory of the Depart- Mil-Spec fungal resistance materials production of trimethylarsine (Gosio’s ment of Plant Pathology, University of testing for aerospace, controlled guess) by the fungus. Would anyone Stellenbosch, South Africa, for a environments and environmental have a culture of this ancient strain? motivated candidate who is interested in engineering. 10% discount for regular Any advice would be much appreciated. the systematics and biodiversity of the and sustaining MSA members. Email: Please contact Elena Polishchuk at fungi in the Cape Floral Kingdom of the
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25 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Event dates and descriptions precede event locations (italic boldface), contacts (plain font), and Email/Websites (bold face, no brackets). Those wishing to list upcoming mycological courses, workshops, conventions, symposia, and forays in the Calendar should submit material formatted as shown below and include complete postal/electronic addresses.
rd th 2002 (July 27 - August 1). International Union 2002 (November 4-8). 3 Asia-Pacific 2003 (January 28-30). 9 International of Micorbiology Societies (IUM). International Mycological Conference Fusarium Workshop. DETAILS: Inoculum 52(5): 26. on Biodiversity and Biotechnology DETAILS: Inoculum 52(2): 16 Paris, FRANCE Kunming, Yunnan, CHINA Sydney, AUSTRALIA http://www.iums-paris-2002.com/ Dr. Dequn Zhou, Secretary Brett Summerell th 2002 (August 4-9). 4 International Congress Southwest Forestry College Royal Botanic Gardens on Systematics & Ecology of Myxomycetes Kunming, Yunnan, China 650224 Mrs Macquaries Rd. DETAILS: Inoculum 53(1):15 Phone: ++86-871-3862737 Sydney, New South Wales, 2000, Australia Brussels, BELGIUM [email protected] +61 2 9231 8189 FAX +61 2 9241 1135 J. Rammeloo, PhD [email protected] 2002 (November 24-29). Biotecnologia Director, National Botanic Garden of Belgium Habana 2002. “Agro-Biotech in the 2003 (July 27 - 31). 2003 MSA Annual President of the ICSEM-4 Congress New Mellennium.” Meeting. Secretariat, Domein van Bouchout DETAILS: Inoculum 52(6):31. Pacific Grove, CALIFORNIA B-1860 Meise, Belgium Havana,CUBA [email protected] 2003 (August 10-15). Fourth International Carlos Borrot, President Conference on Mycorrhizae (ICOM 4) th 2002 (August 11-17). 7 International mailto:[email protected] DETAILS: Inoculum 53(4):19. Mycological Congress (IMC VII) http://bioagro.cigb.edu.cu Montréal, QUÉBEC DETAILS Second Circular: Inoculum 53(1):15. Phones: 53-7-218008, 53-7-218466 Yolande Dalpé Oslo, NORWAY ECORC / AAC Leif Ryvarden, Botany Dept 2002 (December 1-5). VIII International Ottawa K1A OC6 Canada Biological Institute Fungal Biology Conference. 613-759-1381 (phone) Box 1045 DETAILS: Inoculum 53(4):18-19. [email protected] http://www.congresbcu.com/icom4 Blindern, N-0316 Norway Guanajuato, GTO, MEXICO 47.22854623 FAX 47.22856717 Jesus Aguirre and Jose Ruiz-Herrera 2003 (August 17-23). Fourth International [email protected] VIII IFBC Symbiosis Congress. http://www.uio.no/conferences/imc7/ Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios DETAILS: Inoculum 53(3):61 Avanzados del IPN Halifax, NOVA SCOTIA 2002 (October 10 -13). NAMA Annual Unidad Irapuato David Richardson Foray. Apartado Postal 629 902-420-5493 (phone) [email protected] DETAILS: Inoculum 53(2):16. Irapuato, GTO http://people.bu.edu/dzook/ Diamond Lake, OREGON 36500, Mexico Judy Rogers +52 (462) 623-9653 (phone) 2004. MSA Annual Meeting. namyco.org [email protected] Asheville, NORTH CAROLINA Phyllis Cole www.ira.cinvestav.mx/cr-even/fungal.htm [email protected] 2005. MSA Annual Meeting. HAWAII MYCOLOGY ON-LINE
Systematics of the Saprolegniaceae is On-Line http://www.ilumina-dlib.org
Terry W. Johnson, Jr., Roland L. Seymour, and David E. Padgett are pleased to announce the on-line publication of their Treatise entitled Biology and Systematics of the Saprolegniaceae. This work includes a critical interpretation of world literature (in all languages) dealing with all aspects of watermold morphology, physiology, and ecology (30 Chapters) as well as a comprehensive revision of the systematics (with keys and extensive illustrations) for all genera and species (20 Chapters). In excess of 2800 reference are cited. This Treatise is made available (on or before 1 August 2002) to the scientific community at no cost and can be accessed on-line using the URL http://www.ilumina-dlib.org. Select “advanced search” (bottom of first screen). In the advanced search screen enter the contributor name “Padgett” in the “search for” window, check “Book” in the “Learning Resource Type” section, then click on “submit” at the bottom of the same screen. -- David E. Padgett, PhD
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The Australasian Mycological Society Website for Introductory Fungal Biology http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/mycology/default.htm
The Australasian Mycological Society has a Website for Introductory Fungal Biology. The resource materials on this website can be accessed in several ways. COURSES: go to specific units available in the School of Biological Sciences and develop answers to questions for that curriculum. CONTENTS: browse through the information by selecting a topic in contents and use the hyperlinks to the GLOSSARY for definitions and further information. This second approach is much like reading a book, with illustrations. SEARCH: use the search facility to seek specific information. At present, the amount of information available is limited, and you may like to seek further information by reading some of the suggested references. These references are only available in good research libraries such as at The University of Sydney. Whatever else, enjoy yourself, develop an approach that suits your style of learning and join with us in understanding these amazing, economically important and wonderful organisms. [Peter McGee, Chair, Educational Working Party, Australasian Mycological Society]
MYCOLOGY ON-LINE DIRECTORY Below is an alphabetical list of websites featured in Inoculum during the past twelve months. Those wishing to add sites to this directory or to edit addresses should Email
ASCOMYCOTA – NEW CLASSIFICATION (51-5) IMC7 (51-3) MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS (52-3) http://194.131.255.3/cabipages/Names/ http://lsb380.plbio.lsu.edu/ima/index.htm http://www.botanik.biologie.uni- FundicNew.asp muenchen.de/botsyst/mycpro.html ING (INDEX NOMINUM GENERICORUM) DATABASE ASOCIACION LATINOAMERICANA DE MICOLOGIA (52-5) MYCOSEARCH WEB DIRECTORY/SEARCH ENGINE (51-5) http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/ing/ (51-5) http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/alm/ ingForm.cfm http://www.mycosearch.com
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