Vol. 46(2) May 1995 ISSN 0541-4938 Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America

Species 2000 Initiative Species 2000: Indexing the World's Known Species is a new program launched by the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) at its General Assembly in September 1994. It will operate in collaboration with CODATA (ICSU Commit- tee on Data for Science and Technology) and IUMS (International Union of Mi- crobiological Societies), as well as interacting with the existing DIVERSITAS and Bionomenclature programs of IUBS. In This Issue Species 2000 has the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, MSA Official Business ...... 2 animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global MSA Annual Meeting ...... 2 biodiversity. The names of these species provide the crucial link both in the com- Student Awards ...... 2 munication of biodiversity information and in accessing the data of pure and ap- MSA Photo Contest ...... 2 plied biological disciplines. The objective is to facilitate the creation of global Letter from MSA President 3 master species databases, by augmenting existing taxonomic databases and where MSA Auction ...... 4 appropriate establishing new systems. Minutes of MSA The output will be an important element in the information needed for the im- Executive Council ...... 4 plementation of the on Biological Diversity, providing support for the Mycology Online ...... 8 preparation of surveys and inventory of biodiversity, and a common medium for Mycological News ...... 8 global communication about biotic resources, their utility and conservation. Calendar of Events ...... 9 Book Reviews ...... 10 Implementation of Species 2000 will involve: 1) forming a federation of exist- Mycological Classifieds ...... 1 1 ing taxonomic databases; 2) establishing a user access framework and common gateway to member databases using electronic (e.g., Internet) and non-electronic media; 3) stimulating the establishment of global master species databases for all groups of organisms by accelerating the completion of existing systems and devel- oping new ones; 4) working to an ultimate goal of providing a computer-based index of all known species; 5) developing procedures both to maintain the data- Important Dates bases and to update the taxonomy; and 6.) cooperating with international nomen- June 1 - Deadline for next clatural authorities in stabilizing nomenclature. The Species 2000 program will Inoculum. thus provide a clearing house for taxonomic data on the world's known species. June 30 - MSA Annual Meeting, deadline for early registration. Global master species databases, as envisaged here, are those which: cover a August 6-1 0 - MSA Meeting group of organisms worldwide; include structured information for all lcnown spe- with AIBS in San Diego, CA cies in the group, in particular names and synonyms; provide links to any species- relevant information such as common names, descriptions, images, hosts or sub- strates, geographical or ecological distribution, threats, uses, chemical or molecular data, germplasm sources and identification aids; and subject records for each spe- cies to expert taxonomic scrutiny, with regard to the distinctness and appropriate position of the species within a consistent taxonomic hierarchy. Species 2000 seeks as members of the federation holders of taxonomic data- bases. Taxonomic databases contain data relevant to specified taxa, designated by scientific names and including synonyms; they need not be worldwide in coverage or primarily taxonomic in purpose. The Species 2000 program will Schalk, Secretary (ETI, University of Nigel Stork (Liaison with IUBS DI- develop rapidly during 1995. Funding Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Simon VERSITAS Program) proposals will be made, contacts es- Duffield, Project planning.(University For further information contact : tablished with prospective members of Southampton, UK); Lois Blaine Species 2000 Secretariat, Biology De- and a discussion meeting will be held (ATCC, American Type Culture Col- partment, University of Southampton, for both the users and holders of exist- lection, USA); Mike Boulter (Plant Southampton, SO16 7PX, UK. Tel: ing taxonomic databases. Fossil Record, University of East +44 1703 592444. Fax: +44 1703 London, UK); Werner Greuter Initial Steering Committee: Frank 594269. . (Liaison with IUBS Bionomenclature Bisby, Chair (ILDIS, University of Program); David Hawksworth Southampton, UK); Chris Thompson, (President, IUBS); Larry Speers Vice Chair (BIOTA, U.S.D.A. Sys- (Agriculture Canada, Canada); and tematic Entomology Lab, USA); Peter MSA Official Business

Annual Meeting Update ect and an explanation of how this generic matting). On back of photo award will further their researchlstudy; supply photographer's name, affilia- MSA Breakfast and, 4) A letter of support from their tion, fungal species, details of photog- The MSA BreakfastlBusiness major professor. Send application in raphy, and magnification. Participants Meeting was accidently omitted from triplicate by 15 May 1995 to the Chair may enter up to three photos in each AIBSMSA-conference registration of the Travel Awards Committee: Dr. of the following categories: packet. The MSA Breakfast is sched- Walter Sundberg, Department of Plant Mushrooms and fungi in the field. uled for Wednesday, August 9, and Biology Mail Code 6509, Southern Fungi under the light microscope (all the cost of tickets is $1 3.00. Registra- Illinois University at Carbondale, Car- types, fluorescence etc.). tion fliers for this event will be sent by bondale, IL 62901-6509. Transmission electron micrographs AIBS to all MSA members. [John Klironomos. Phone: 6 19-594- of fungi. 4460. Fax: 619-594-5676. Early applications appreciated! Scanning electron micrographs of ] fungi. Mycologists at work. Accommodations Options Mycological comedy. Call For Applications: John Klironomos and Sharon Harney Mentor Student Travel (local arrangements, San Diego State The photos will be displayed dur- Awards for 1995 MSA University) have sent the following ing the Annual Meeting and partici- Annual Meeting list of within easy walking pants will vote on the most popular The Mycological Society of America distance of the Town and Country entries in several categories. Appro- has designated funds to be used for (meeting headquarters): priate prizes will be awarded to the travel awards for MSA student mem- winners. (Selected photos will be bers who are participants in the 1995 Days , 619-297-8800, $50-55. available for the MSA auction.) Annual Meeting. Contributions from Budget Inn, 619-692-1288, $35-50. Please notify Don Hemmes, Biol- individual members have been re- Inn, 619-291-5720, $85. ogy Department, University of Hawaii ceived for this purpose. Twelve Men- Quality , 6 19-298-828 1, $60- at Hilo, Hilo, HI 96720. tor Student Travel Awards of $1 50 150. each will be granted. The mentor Seven Seas , 6 19-291- or Fred Spiegel, Department of Botany awards will be in the names of some 1300, $60-70. and Bacteriology, University of Ar- of our famous forebears: C. J. Al- Vagabond Inn, 6 19-297-169 1, $55- kansas, Fayetteville, AR 7270 1 exopoulos, H. Bigelow, E. Butler, W. 65. of intent C. Denison, M. Fuller, R. P. Korf, E. to participate. S. Luttrell, H. Thiers, and K. Wells. MSA Photo Display and Applicants must be MSA mem- Contest bers. Applications should include the Bring micrographs and photos (8x 10 following: 1) Abstract of paper or format) mounted on poster board to poster; 2) Curriculum vita; 3) A one- the 1995 San Diego Meeting (no page description of the research proj- frames or glass please, we will supply Mycologia Reviewers Needed April 11, 1995 Thanks to all who have responded to the request for reviewer profile in- Dear MSA members, formation to facilitate the manuscript reviewing process for Mycologia. Never dull! That's life here in Beltsville for your current President. I would More are needed. Obtaining quality like to keep you informed regarding details of the MSA Annual Meeting with reviews from qualified reviewers in a AIBS in San Diego and other MSA activities. timely fashion is critical to the contin- First, twelve Mentor Student Travel Awards will be available to students this ued success of Mycologia, and a well- year for travel to the MSA Annual Meeting. The details are outlined elsewhere in developed database of willing people this Inoculum. In addition, a notice of these awards is included with the ballot will facilitate this. Please consider mailing to ensure that all students are aware of these funds. Applications should volunteering your service to the Soci- be sent to Walt Sundberg by May 15. ety and take a few minutes to fill out Second, the traditional MSA Breakfast will be part of the Annual Meeting in the form on page 16 of Inoculum San Diego and will take place on Wednesday, August 9. AIBS will be sending 46(1). Send it to me by post, fax or e- information to you in a separate mailing with an opportunity to purchase tickets mail. for the MSA Breakfast along with your registration for the AIBS meeting. David H. Griffin In regard to the program for the upcoming MSA Meeting, Rytas Vilgalys, Department of Environmental and Program Chair, with John Klironomos and Mike Allen, Local Arrangements, are Forest Biology, 350 Illick Hall, Col- putting together an exciting event. The session about which I am most familiar is lege of Environmental Science and the discussion group on the use of fungi in sustainable development that brings Forestry, One Forestry Drive, Syra- together mycologists from Canada, the , and Mexico. Organized by cuse, NY 132 10-2788. Ignacio Chapela and Mary Palm, this is intended as a true brain-storming discus- sion with opportunity for input from invited participants and attendees. As one example of this concept, Ignacio Chapela is working with people in Oaxaca, Members, Mexico, who are financially successful in harvesting wild edible mushrooms for Your Help Is Needed the export market and desire to sustainably manage these biological resources. As Sales of the Index to Vols. 59-80 of you can imagine, this topic is a hot one because the fungi lend themselves so well Mycologia have been slow. Fewer to potential use without damage to their native habitat and are untapped as a bio- than 150 of the nearly 1200 Institu- logical resource. tional (mainly library) Subscribers On another subject, the distribution of back issues of Mycologia ground to a have purchased a copy. Your help is halt when we were notified that the cost to assemble and ship sets to each foreign needed. Please ask your librarian if a institution is $359.19. Individually this isn't an outrageous sum, but for all thirty copy has been purchased and if not institutions desiring Mycologia this adds up to more than the MSA can dedicate bring the order form found on the in- for this project. If you have the energy, ideas andlor knowledge of a potential side back cover of Mycologia 86(1) to source from which funds to cover these mailing costs could be obtained, please the librarian and strongly request the write me an e-mail message. purchase of the Index. This benefits Sending the Inoculum with the journal is working well and Ellen Farr has MSA immensely because $70 of the done an outstanding job in presenting a newsletter that is functional and pleasing $82 price comes back to the Society. in appearance. With six issues per year comes an opportunity for YOU to write That money will help recoup the an article on a topic of mycological interest. If you need encouragement or are money spent by the Society to compile unsure of the appropriateness of your ideas, write me an e-mail message. You can and print the Index and, once those submit information and opinions, book reviews and notices, at anytime. Send funds are recovered, will be used for these to Ellen Farr, preferably via e-mail. future publication efforts of many I hear snippets of good news on the mycological front, jobs for mycologists kinds. Talk to your librarian. here, new funding there. These signs may be the results of everyone who has worked to educate others about the importance of fungi. I remain optimistic that Mary Palm interest in mycology and appreciation of fungi is increasing!

Amy Y. Rossman, President Mycological Society of America 1 MSAAuction

Yes, Virginia, there is an MSA Santa Claus, who can give travel awards and prize money, because of the funds raised by the MSA Auction and T-shirt sales. The Auction comes at a time when we need to be getting teaching materials ready for the fall term. Therefore, our auction wish list contains many items that would be useful for teaching. Also, note that these items cost very little to supply. They rely on your special knowledge of certain fungi and your inge- nuity in packaging them. Other items that have sold well in the past are photographs, mushroom kitsch, T- shirts, sets of reprints, and books. The following "Auction Wish List" is a direct appeal to return something to the MSA and to help in the development of the next generation of mycologists. A set of teaching specimens of common rusts. A set of specimens illustrating the major groups of ascomycetes. A few collections of Cordyceps or something spectacular on insects. A set of presentation slides from last year's meeting (or this year's) with notes on the subject. Photographic slides of slime molds illustrating microscopic structures. A set of identified corticioid fungi to illustrate major families. A collection of downey mildews to illustrate diversity of sporangiophores. Original drawing or photographs from your thesis. Unusual types of substrates for moist chamber. Teaching notes or a laboratory exercise. Any of those loculoascomycetes with names on them. A selection of ascomycetes showing a variety of ascus dehiscence types. Your latest unpublished cladogram illustrating exciting fungal relationships. A tape of a special lecture on fungi. Parodies with fungal themes sung by your entire lab group. Selected basidiomycete specimens illustrating different basidium types. Cultures of unusually good fungi for lab demonstrations. Note again that these contributions, except for your effort, cost very little. We feel that this is an excel- lent way for graduate students to begin to contribute to the MSA. Several mycologists might cooperate by e-mail to make this easier if a certain organism is rare in one region. However, if you plan to include plant pathogens, abide by the quarantine rules.

Pleas send items to Dr. John Klironomos, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 921 82-0057. You may also take things with you to San Diego. Whatever you decide to contribute, please let Meredith Blackwell know so that an auction catalog may be prepared. Her e-mail address is . Fax: 504-388-8459. Address: Depart- ment of Plant Biology, L.S.U., Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

Minutes 2. President Rossman presented her members and officers, who were thanked MSA Executive Council report, summarizing her activities and for their efforts on behalf of the Society. Mid-Year Meeting highlighting important topics for the B. President Rossman has been working Executive Council and Council to with Ken Cochrane on the new NAMA 18 February 1995 consider. Award, a graduate fellowship to be Beltsville, Maryland awarded, with MSA Awards, at the MSA A. Letters were sent to all new committee Annual Meetings. The $1,000 award will 1. The meeting was called to order by members and also to all retiring committee President Rossman at 8:45 a.m. follow the same guidelines as the MSA Graduate Fellowship with the additional G. President Rossman has been working officer for the Society for some MSA requirement that the awardee write an with Editor Farr on implementing the Endowment Fund monies. The in- article for Mcllvainea. While plans were transition of the editorship of Inoculum. vestment program is a conservative made too late to offer the award in 1994, it H. The Call-fobpapers for the 1995 San one, combining Mutual Funds and will be awarded at the MSA meeting at Diego meeting has been coordinated by Federal Notes, and is expected to San Diego in 1995. Francois Lutzoni at Duke University. provide a much better return than we C. Back issues of Mycologia. There are are currently getting. A summary of 3. Vice President Ginns reported that now 15,000 items in storage at the Allen the investment plan will be provided 46 nominations have been received for Press. At Beltsville there are additional by Chairman Miller for the MSA An- the following offices: Vice President, items that complement the inventory at the nual Report. Allen Press. President Rossman, Mary Treasurer, and Councilors in all cate- Palm, and Gary Samuels have been as- gories. A proposal from George Carroll, sembling sets of back issues at Beltsville. Chair of the Endowment Fund was Charles Mims, Chair of the Nomi- The objective is to send these complete or discussed. This was a request for a nations Committee, has provided a almost complete sets to the approximately transfer of $12,000 from the General slate of candidates selected by the 50 institutions in developing countries that Endowment to supplement some Committee. Vice President Ginns will have requested them. Richard Howard has mentor travel endowments and tally the nominations and compile a compiled a list of institutions requesting through this, to increase the annual slate of candidates from the nomina- the sets and has determined how to ship to award from $100 to $150. Several them. President Rossman requested tions by the membership. Ballots will Executive Council members expressed authorization to hire an assistant to com- be mailed to the membership in April. misgivings about transferring monies plete the assembly of sets at Beltsville; this One difficulty with the nominations from flexible to inflexible accounts, was not resolved at this meeting but from the membership is that individu- spending principal rather than tailor- Council will be polled on approving this als with the most nominations for ing award payouts to income from expenditure. The plan is to coordinate Councilor may have been nominated interest, and creating new travel en- shipment of the sets with the Allen Press, in more than one category and may who estimate their charge at $359 per set dowments at such a rapid pace. The not hold the most nominations in any for shipping and assembly. Shipment will proposal was not accepted. The Ex- one category. be by m-bag. ecutive Council approved the transfer Funding the shipment of these sets was 4. Treasurer Baroni reported that to of $2,000 from the General Endow- discussed. A total of 60 sets (30 from Al- date, 900 members have renewed. At ment for 1995 to the Awards Commit- len Press, 30 from Beltsville) are expected the request of Karen Hickey, who tee to be used toward 13 Mentor to be shipped, mainly to India and Central handles membership services at Allen Travel Awards at $1 50 each. Also, the and South America. Past-President Pe- Press, the Executive Committee ap- Executive Council approved a new tersen will investigate organizational proved moving the current November procedure for funding for Mentor sources of funding. Support through dona- 30 deadline for membership renewals Travel Awards which will be added to tions was also discussed; a proposal that forward to December 3 1 for 1995 and the Manual of Operations. From 1996 donors could check off a box on their future years. Members are encouraged forward, the Finance Committee and membership forms indicating that a set is to pay dues by December 3 1 and are the Endowment Committee will report to be sent off and then pay for that ship- reminded that a $10.00 late fee is re- to the Executive Council prior to the ment as a donation was considered. Do- nors could be paired to specific institutions quired for renewal after that date. Mid-year Meeting as follows. Based and the "sponsorship" list published in The request of incoming Mycolo- on Society income, as reported by Inoculum. gia Editor-in Chief, David Griffin, for Finance, and on the current size of support to attend the 1995 San Diego each mentor travel endowment and the D. Endowment. President Rossman has number of awards anticipated for the been working with Finance Committee meeting was approved in the form of a year, as reported by the Endowment Chair, 0. K. Miller on implementing a subsidy of up to $500. Dave will be Committee, the finding of these new investment plan. able to attend Council and Mycologia awards will be vetted by the Executive Board meetings, facilitating the transi- E. Meredith Blackwell will serve as liai- Council. Based on the decision of the son to the International Botanical Congress tion between Editors-in-Chief and long range planning of journal activi- Executive Council, the Treasurer will scheduled for 1999 in St. Louis. disburse funds to the Chair of the ties. F. Richard Howard has agreed to serve as Awards Committee. An additional a liaison between the Society and the jour- The investment plan developed by proposal to cap a fund if it has re- nal, Experimental Mycology. the Finance Committee, chaired by ceived no contribution within the last Orson Miller, was unanimously ap- five years, transfer it to the General proved. Miller will be the investment Endowment, and stop advertising it 9. Possible locations for the 1997 ety. The press run of Inoculum will be was not accepted. The consensus of Meeting were presented by Vice determined after checking with Rich the Executive Council was that dona- President Ginns. These include a joint Humber; it is easier to have one press tions contributed in an individual's meeting with the BSA and CBS in run than to reprint. A proposed run of name should retain that identity. Montreal and freestanding meetings in 1300 copies was determined to be Wisconsin, Seattle, North Carolina, or inadequate, considering that individu- 5. Secretary Kohn reported on the Rhode Island. Some felt that the time als joining the Society mid-year must progress of the new Directory. The had come for a meeting in the east. receive back issues. The Executive Directory will include information Much will depend on the availability Council was amenable to the sugges- received through the last membership of local organizers. tion that back issues of each issue of renewal; the membership list is main- Mycologia and Inoculum be shrink- tained by Karen Hickey at the Allen 10. A proposal from Rodney Roberts, wrapped together, but suggested that Press. The Directory will also include Chair of the Awards Committee, to this issue be pursued further with the the other types of information pro- provide free tickets to the Awards Allen Press. vided in 1992 Directory plus an Inter- Ceremony for MSA Awards recipients net access guide to be reprinted from was approved. The tickets will be for 14. A proposal from President Ross- the December 1994 Inoculum. It is the MSA Breakfast and Business man to set up an ad hoc Computer expected that the Directory will be Meeting. Committee was accepted. The Com- mailed with issue 2 or 3 of volume 87 mittee will inform the Society about 11. A request for a waiver of registra- of Mycologia. The Directory will be software, databases and Internet use. tion fees and some support for travel put on the Smithsonian Internet Go- for symposium speakers forwarded by 15. The importance of nominating pher Server by Ellen Farr and will be the Program Chair was not accepted. AAAS Fellows from the MSA mem- updated four times a year by Karen The Executive Council supported the bership was discussed. The deadline is Hickey (Allen Press). idea but in considering past precedent, 1 June. It was suggested that the MSA A revised 1995 Membership Ap- determined that symposium organizers Bulletin Board readership be queried plication was approved for distribution have been quite effective in finding as to whether users know any mem- in Inoculum, in Mycologia, and by external sources of support. The Ex- bers of AAAS who would be appro- Society Officers. ecutive strongly encourages sympo- priate. sium organizers to seek support out- 6. Mycologia. David Griffin, incom- 16. The suggestion by past-Secretary side of the MSA. ing Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia, has Palm that the by-laws be reviewed was written a letter to be published in In- 12. A proposal to endorse CEEFAR discussed. It was determined that re- oculum, outlining his objectives for (Coalition for Science Education view or revision of the by-laws is not a the journal. These include increasing About Environment, Food, Agricul- high priority. institutional subscriptions and devel- ture, and Renewable Resources) was 17. A query from President Rossman oping materials to promote the jour- tabled. concerning bonding for the Treasurer nal. 13. Several queries from Editor Ellen was discussed. It was determined that 7. The 1995 Annual Meeting. Pro- Farr regarding changes in the Inocu- bonding was not necessary. gram Committee Chair, Rytas Vilga- lum were addressed. Postage at the 18. Awards. There will be a supple- lys, reported that the program for San third class rate was approved, with mentary announcement on Awards in Diego is in place. Abstracts will be shipment of lnoculum to foreign sub- Inoculum to announce the Mar- published in Inoculum. A proposal to scribers at the first class rate tabled tin/Baker Award. This award is in the make the paste-up of abstracts the duty until a more accurate cost estimate amount of $1,000 for an early career of the second-most-senior member of could be acquired from Rich Humber. scientist. There was some discussion the Program Committee was ap- The Executive Council approved the on ways to distinguish the four proved, to be implemented from 1996 use of Gladfelter Cream paper, in Graduate awards (the two MSA forward. Robert Metzenberg will be stock at Allen Press, rather than white Graduate Fellowships, the NAMA the Annual Speaker at the San Diego paper, to be decided at the discretion Award, and the Backus Award) such meeting. of the Editor. Each issue of Inoculum as the possible differentiation of se- will include a list of Sustaining Mem- 8. The 1996 Annual Meeting will be lection criteria. bers, as well as forms for membership, held in conjunction with that of the Endowment and other charitable con- 19. General policy regarding MSA American Phytopathological Society, tributions. Expenses incurred by Edi- support of Officers to attend the An- 27-3 1 July, in Indianapolis, Indiana. tor Farr will be covered by the Soci- nual Meeting was discussed. A pro- posal to make $500 per year available printer for Secretary Kohn was ap- sponsibility, and Al Torzilli, AIBS to the President, President-Elect, proved. Representative. Treasurer and Secretary was rejected 20. I1 Congreso Latinoamericano de 22. Reports were circulated from the in favor of considering requests on a Micologia will be held in Havana, following committees: Annual case-by-case basis. The Executive Cuba, 23-26 October 1996. Past- Speaker (T. Harrington), Awards (R. Council supported a proposal to pro- President Petersen will investigate the G. Roberts), Honorary Members (R. vide Treasurer Baroni with the many facets of potential MSA spon- Gilbertson), and Mycologia Memoirs equivalent of plane fare and registra- sorship of this meeting. President (M.R. McGinnis). tion cost for the 1995 San Diego Rossman will set up an ad hoc liaison Meeting. It was concluded that bring- Submitted by Linda M. Kohn committee. ing Karen Hickey (Membership Serv- (Department of Botany, University of ices, Allen Press) to the 1995 Meeting 2 1. The Executive Council approved Toronto, Erindale College, Missis- was not necessary. Support for the sending a letter to Congress about the sauga, Ontario L5L 1C6. Tel. 905- purchase of a small, portable laser importance of the DO1 National Bio- 828-3997. Fax 905-828-3792.) logical Service submitted by M. Palm, AIBS Representative for Public Re- Mycology Online

Finding Mycological the protocol of the World Wide Web Madrid Types Online (HTTP). Information Types of the MA Herbarium Histori- I would like to include a few URLs cal Fungus Collection are available on Remember to check the Smithsonian for Internet sites of interest to my- the CSIC Gopher (Consejo Superior Natural History Gopher Server cologists in each issue. Please send me de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain) (nmnhgoph.si.edu) for copies of ln- your favorites with a brief description. oculum, a directory of MSA members, The address for the Gopher Server is: gopher nogal.csic.es port 70 (Europe 1 and a link to the MSA Bulletin Board. ICSIC-CTI / Otros Centros del "Mycological and Lichenological In- Pointers to many information re- C.S.I.C. I Real Jardin Botanico / Types formation" submenu. sources of interest to mycologists. See of the MA-Herbarium). Send news for immediate distribu- Inoculum 46(1): 8. tion to the MSA Bulletin Board. This database comprises 1003 rec- Submit news as an e-mail message to ords on nomenclatural types from the . A new web server for the British So- collection, including a few specimens ciety for Plant Pathology (BSPP) has labeled as "type" by the author though Remember that I will enclose In- been established at the Scottish Crop probably never validly published. The ternet addresses within "greater Research Institute. records have been taken from the his- thanlless than" symbols (< >) to avoid torical collection database, which in- confusion with punction and line mens. are not part of the address. If you were unable to attend the recent Most of the specimens were de- Ellen Farr Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilo- scribed and named by Romualdo Gon- mar but would like to know what was zalez Fragoso (773), Raffaele Ciferri presented there, you can read abstracts URLs Briefly Noted (200), and Frantisec Bubak (47). Al- of talks and posters given at the though specimens belong to over 30 Uniform Resource Locators (URLs- meeting from the FGSC WWW site. orders, about 50% of them are found pronounce each letter, U R L, or say among Sphaeropsidales, Coelomy- "earl") are pointers to data on the geographic origin, there are specimens three parts: protocol; host name; and, Koeltz Home Page. from Spain (577), Dominican Repub- in some cases, a directory and file Ellen Farr lic (226), Portugal (86), Iran (20), and name. The protocol is the method. some 14 other countries. This might be Gopher, FTP, Telnet, or Generic names have been checked, Plant Distribution" (Hollis, S. and R. information of over 75,000 specimens and the spelling standardized, mainly K. Brummitt. 1992. World Geographi- of Algae, Bryophytes, Lichens, and with the reference of "the 7" edition of cal Scheme for Recording Plant Dis- Fungi. In the meantime, information Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of tributions. Plant Taxonomic Database requests can be made to the address the Fungi" (Hawksworth et a]., 1983). Standards No. 2. Pittsburgh: Hunt In- given below. We welcome any sug- "On-line Information on Fungi" stitute for Botanical Documentation.) gestion to improve the data as well.as (Systematic Botany and Mycology has been followed, and level 4 preci- the way they are presented. Lab, USDA, ARS. USA; available by sion is given for almost all the records. Francisco Pando, Curator of Crypto- Telnet, see Inoculum 45(1): 6.) has Locality, as well as other label details gams, MA Herbarium, Real Jardin been of special help in this task. are recorded as stated on the labels. Botanico-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, Authors have been standardized ac- No effort has been made to check the 28014 Madrid, Spain.Te1.: +34-1-585 cording to "Authors of Plant Names" names against the literature. 4654, Fax: +34- 1-420 0 157 (Brummitt, R. K. and C. E. Powell, As a follow-up, we expect to make Eds. 1992. Authors of Plant Names. available in a not too distant future, Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. 73 1 p.). the entire cryptogamic collections For geographic recording, "World database, which currently contains geographical Scheme for Recording Mycological News News of Mycologists international journal of general my- Cowling, was published in five vol- cology attempting to provide a world umes from 1977-1 980. Alice W. Chen, a Ganoderma special- wide forum for all facets of mycology, ist, was invited to visit Mushroom including not only the central interests The prestigious National Academy Factory in Theodosia, Missouri, in of systematics, ecology, conservation, of Sciences elected him to member- early April. Mushroom Factory is an natural history etc., but also relevant ship in 1953. He was then one of only important grower of medicinal and aspects of medical and industrial my- a few of its members from the field of specialty edible mushrooms. She was cology, and any aspect where fungi agriculture. He also served on the ad- also invited to visit K & M Mushroom and human affairs intersect. Contribu- visory commissions of NASA, the Enterprise in Simcoe, Ontario, Can- tors do not need to be members of the Atomic Energy Commission, the ada. Dr. Chen published "Prospectus BMS. The general nature of Mycolo- President's Science Advisory Commit- for Marketing Reishi" in the April gist complements the society's pro- tee, and the Environmental Protection Mushroom Growers' Newsletter. fessional journal, Mycological Re- Agency. search. Contact R. T. Moore: School Joe Hennen will officially retire from of Applied Biological & Chemical Dr. Horsfall was elected to the Purdue University as of 1 July 1995. Science, University of Ulster, American Academy of Sciences in He has been on "phased" (or "half- Coleraine; Northern Ireland, UK. 195 1, and received the Distinguished time") retirement since July 1994. Joe . Service Award of AIBS in 1974. He was Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology and Director of the Arthur was honored with several awards and Herbarium for 27 years. He plans to Deaths high-level assignments in Connecticut. spend full time doing research in rust In 1970 Governor John Dempsey fungus systematics, working primarily Dr. James G. Horsfall, director of the chose Horsfall to head the Governor's at BRIT (the Botanical Research Insti- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Committee on Environmental Policy tute of Texas) in Fort Worth. He has Station from 1948 to 1971, died which laid the foundation for State been appointed Research Associate at March 22, 1995 at his home in Ham- policies, including the establishment BRIT, and also Adjunct Professor in den, Connecticut. He was 90 years of the Department of Environmental the Biology Department at the Uni- old. Protection and the Power Facilities versity of Texas-Arlington. He hopes Jim Horsfall was a pioneer in the Evaluation Council, on which he to be able to continue field work in served for I5 years. Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and else- development of organic fungicides; he where. authored two books on their action. He Dr. Horsfall was president of APS edited two editions of a treatise on in 1951 and received its highest honor, R. T. Moore is now an editor of My- plant pathology. The second edition, the Award of Distinction, in 1972. He cologist, a journal of the British Myco- "Plant Diseases," co-edited with Ellis served as editor of the Society's logical Society. The Mycologist is an "Annual Review of Plant Pathology" from 1962 to 1972. He was president Vermont in 1958 and the University of daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret of the Society of Industrial Microbial- Turin, Italy, in 1964. and Harvey Schadler of Schenectady, ogy in 1954. Several international NY, and Anne and David Thomas of Born in Mountain Grove, Missouri societies elected Jim as Fellow. These Bethlehem, PA, six grandchildren, and in 1905, he grew up in Monticello, include the AAAS, Societa Italiana di six great grandchildren. Arkansas. He earned his B.S. at the Fitoatria (Italy), Ordre Merite Agri- University of Arkansas in 1925 and Memorial contributions may be cole (France), Phytopathological So- his PhD. in plant pathology at Cornell sent to the James G. and Sue B. Hors- ciety (India), and International Con- University in 1929. He was married to fall Memorial Fund of the Connecticut gress of Plant Pathology (Honorary Sue Belle Overton, who died in 1990. Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Member). His alma mater, the Uni- Dr. Horsfall is survived by his brother, Huntington St., New Haven, CT. [Jack versity of Arkansas, named Jim Dis- William R. Horsfall of Champaign, IL Barnes] tinguished Alumnus in 1952 and His brother Frank Horsfall, Jr. and his awarded him an honorary LLD in sister, Margaret H. Gates predeceased 1969. He also received honorary doc- him. He is also survived by two torate degrees from the University of Calendar of Events

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Crisci, Jorgb V., Joseph D. McIn- which we have a bare minimum of from (smaller) schools that pride erney, Patricia J. McWethy et al. information), the most critical respon- themselves in teaching, and thus these 1993. Order & Diversity in the Liv- sibility of organismal biologists is to losses are recursive. ing World: Teaching Taxonomy & teach about biodiversity. We need to All of us with knowledge about Systematics in Schools. National As- teach about specific groups and about groups of organisms (or of these dis- sociation of Biology Teachers, 11250 biodiversity in general, and about the ciplines) should double our efforts to Roger Bacon Dr. # 19, Reston, VA disciplines used in the study of biodi- tell the world what we know about 22090. Phone: 703-47 1- 1134. Fax: versity: taxonomy, systematics and biodiversity and about the approaches 703-435-5582. ISBN 0-941212-1 1-4. those disciplines that fall within the our disciplines take in its study. Audi- Paper. Pp. vii + 89, illus. $12 plus $2 realms of ecology. Ironically, just ences should include all groups: pri- postage and handling. when the need for field-focused sys- mary and secondary schools, colleges, tematists is most critical, many aca- We all are aware of the complex of governmental organizations and gen- demic departments are eliminating world crises involving the loss of the eral public. Unfortunately there are such positions. Likewise, curricula are planet's biota. Aside from actually few general resources to help in such losing many courses in systematics. inventorying organisms (especially the presentations. The booklet by Crisci et These losses are particularly critical fungi and other lower life forms, of al. is a useful addition to the list of resources for talks and courses dealing categorizing and naming), a section on come too dull, it is important to liven with general systematics. This booklet goals of education in systematics, a up presentations in the context of real is the product of the Commission for short glossary, and a long list of refer- organisms (and not just present a set Biological Education of the Interna- ences. About half the book is devoted of rules to know). After all, some of tional Union of Biological Sciences in to sample instructional activities for the most interesting and educational cooperation with UNESCO. age ranges 6-12 and 13-1 8. Included aspects of systematics as a discipline (for the latter age range) are exercises are the unusual organisms and contro- This publication is more of an in- delving into key construction (having versial stories (and we mycologists structor's guide and outline of topics, students observe and construct simple have plenty of both). The exercises on rather than a text. It would be particu- databases for a variety of groups, in- Cougar subspecies and systematics of larly useful in organizing the systemat- cluding their own class), phylogeny great apes are also helpful in this re- ics part of an introductory biology (how taxonomy relates to evolution), gard but it would have been appropri- course, and in developing faculty pro- the species concept (study of genetic ate to have a larger variety of refer- posals to colleagues for advanced data for Cougar subspecies), and a ences to other taxonomic groups. courses dealing with systematics. Al- molecular systematic study of great though it would first seem to be di- At the college level, what is really apes. These exercises seem well rected only to the elementary and sec- needed is a non-majors biology text thought out and could all be adapted to ondary school levels, there is much in (or text supplements) that focuses on local groups or expertise. it to recommend for introductory col- biodiversity, in which systematics is lege courses. The stated intent of this The coverage of topics is well bal- covered as one of several tools used. I document is to: 1) Create a coherent anced but only a basic minimum of would urge instructors to push - vision of what it means to be literate in detail is covered. One must turn to lishers for such resources (those pub- systematics, 2) Establish a set of stan- other resources or to personal experi- lisher representatives I have talked to dards to guide the revision of school ence to find the interesting tidbits that say there is no felt need for such curricula in biological systematics, will make the material engaging for texts). In the interim we will have to and 3) Provide examples of classroom the beginner. I would strengthen the develop our own course materials. (including laboratory) instruction that discussion relating systematics to Crisci et al. will help us do so. are consistent with 1) and 2) above. other types of scientific inquiry and Fred Rhoades, Research Associate, point out that systematics may func- The booklet includes background Biology Department, Western Wash- tion in other social contexts than sci- on the social contexts of systematics ington University, Bellingham, WA ence (I'm thinking of indigenous sys- (why teach about systematics?), what 98225. tems of classification). Also, lest the systematists do (our current knowl- presentation of historical and me- edge about the biodiversity and threats chanical details of naming things be- to it; the history and mechanics of Mycological Classifieds

Read the Mycological Classifieds for dress to: Miss Janet Pryse (Training announcements of courses, employ- Officer), International Mycological ment opportunities, positions wanted, Courses Institute, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Sur- and mycological goods and services International Mycological Institute rey TW20 9TY UK. Tel+44 (0) 1784 offered or needed. The International Mycological Insti- 470 11 1. Fax +44 (0) 1784 470909. tute (IMI) is a center for systematic, Computer Software applied and environmental mycology. IMI organizes a wide range of courses International Course on the Identi- fication of Fungi of Agricultural Fred Rhoades is now distributing PC- in agricultural, industrial, environ- Importance TAXON, Version 2.6, a synoptic key mental and systematic mycology and 7 August-] 5 September 1995 editor for DOS. Further information bacteriology covering identification, Six week course giving plant pa- and demo keyikey driver sets are characterization, isolation and preser- thologists training in the classification available by email. vation techniques and methods. Brief and identification of agriculturally details of courses available in 1995 are important groups of microfungi. The given below. For further details on any course will be of particular relevance of these, please indicate the course(s) to those working in the tropics. Course of interest and send your postal ad- fee £2600 to include self catering ac- commodation. This course is held each Opportunity for graduate studies at cology laboratory training and work- year. McGill University/PAPRICAN shops. (Pulp and Paper Research Institute Trainees will receive an annual Basic Mycological Techniques of Canada). The project involves the stipend of $14,000 to defray living 23 & 24 October 1995 development of a genetic system in the expenses and they will receive fee A short introductory course aimed at lignin-degrading white rot fungus, waivers for graduate studies. microbiology technicians or others Trametes versicolor. Preference will Minimum criteria for admission needing help with traditional myco- be given to those with experience or are US citizenship, baccalaureate de- logical techniques. Course fee £275. interest in genetics, mycology or mo- gree in science, GPA 3.0 in science For participants also registered for our lecular biology. Research will be car- courses and Graduate Record Exam Culture Preservation Techniques ried out at the Macdonald Campus of combined verbal + quantitative score course, 25-27 October, a combined McGill University, in the Microbiol- of 1150. Please note that women and discounted fee of £545 will apply. ogy Unit of the Department of Natural minorities are especially encouraged Resource Sciences. to apply. Culture Preservation Techniques Send CV to: T. Charles, Department Contact: Jim E. Cutler, Ph.D., Di- 25-27 October 1995 of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill rector MMPTP, Department of Mi- A popular course aimed at microbiol- University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, crobiology, 109 Lewis Hall, Montana ogy technicians, laboratory managers QuCbec, CANADA H9X 3V9. State University, Bozeman, MT or others needing to maintain and pre- . 597 17; Fax: 406-994-2373. serve fungal isolates. The course will consist of lectures The Penn State Plant Pathology De- and demonstrations but most time will partment has several assistantships Literature Wanted be spent in experience building practi- available for M.S. or Ph.D. students. cal sessions. Course fee £370 Programs include field and green- The Association of Systematics Col- (includes manual and the reference house crop pathology, forest pathol- lections (ASC) is embarking on a sec- book by Smith & Onions, (1994). The ogy, sustainable agriculture, molecular ond round of obtaining biosystematic Preservation and Maintenance of Liv- fungal taxonomy, mushroom culture literature for the Biodiversity Infor- ing Fungi 2ndedition. For participants and pathology, fungal genetics, epi- mation Exchange with Cuba Project. also registered for our Basic Myco- demiology, virology, plant responses This time, literature acquired will be logical Techniques course, 23 & 24 to environmental stress, air pollution distributed to institutions outside of October, a combined discounted fee of effects to forest trees and ecosystems, Havana. In trying to build biodiversity £545 will apply. root-specific metabolism, root- information resources (including ma- pathogen interactions, host-parasite rine biodiversity), Cuban research Degree Programs interactions. Contact: Dr. J.E. Ayers, institutions have a great need for cur- Graduate Admissions Committee, rent and back issues of Mycologia and MSc in Pure & Applied Plant and Plant Pathology Department, 2 1 1 other biosystematic and ecological Fungal Taxonomy (a joint course Buckhout Laboratory, University Park literature. To donate and for more between the University of Reading PA 16802. Phone 8 14-865-7069; Fax: information, please contact Elizabeth and the International Mycological 814-863-72 17. Hathway, ASC, 730 1lth Street, NW, Institute). .Affirma- Second Floor, Washington, D.C. MSc in Biotechnology tive ActionIEqual Opportunity Em- 2000 1-452 1. Phone: 202-347-2850. (specializing in fungal technology). ployer; women and minorities encour- Fax: 202-347-0072. The course is taught jointly by the aged to apply. Biological Laboratory, University of Positions Available Kent and the International Mycologi- Montana State University has estab- cal Institute. A research project forms lished a Medical Mycology Predoc- The Systematic Botany and Mycology an important part of the course and toral Training Program (MMPTP) Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Re- will be undertaken full-time at Kent or with the help of a training grant from search Service, Beltsville, MD, has IMI. In appropriate cases, candidates the National Institute of Allergy and funding for a 24year postdoctoral on secondment from industry may Infectious Diseases (NIH). The intent position in the molecular systematics cany out project work in their own of the MMPTP at MSU is to develop of agriculturally important fungi. laboratories. Ph.D. scientists who will pursue a re- Research will concentrate on the mo- Contact: Miss Janet Pryse search career in medical mycology. In lecular systematics of Fusarium, par- (Training Officer), International My- addition to dissertation work, trainees ticularly F. oxysporum, and related cological Institute, Bakeham Lane, take a science core which includes species. Salary starts at GS 11 level or Egham, Surrey TW20 9TY UK. Tel medical and general mycology courses about $36,000 plus benefits. Send +44 (0) 1784 470 11 1. Fax +44 (0) at MSUand participate in clinical my- curriculum vita by 15 May 1995 to: 1784 470909. . Dr. Amy Y. Rossman, Research Leader, Systematic Botany and My- zal systems would be an advantage, message to following these instructions: 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD start in SeptemberRdovember 1995. Type SEND ECOSYSTEM MS as the 20705 USA. . Pearson, Laboratoire de Phytoparasi- type information on the message line. tologie INRAICNRS, Station de Ge- It will not be read. For information University of Colorado Health Science netique et d'Amelioration des Plantes, about other documents on the NBS Center has three postdoctoral posi- BV 1540 2 1034 DIJON CEDEX. cc:Mail library server, send a message tions available beginning July 1 to Phone: (33) 80.63.3 1.5513 1.46. Fax: to the above address and type SEND study the molecular biology of cell- (33) 80.63.32.63. HELP as the only entry on the subject wall assembly of Neurospora crassa. . line. Internet email users may need to These positions are funded from a 3- decode the file with UUDECODE. year NIH RO 1. Requirements for two A post of research lichenologist Contact your systems administrator for postions include experience with fun- within the Division of Cryptogamic assistance. gal growth and molecular biology of Plants, Department of Botany (Natural Dr. Alan R. Fisher, National Data filamentous fungi, including screening History Museum) will be advertised Administrator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife libraries by sibselection, the isolation shortly. The department has a long Service. . and cloning of genes and cDNAs. term commitment to research on li- Some experience with Candida albi- chens; the post will be advertised as a For sale or swap: Wollenweber's In- cans a plus. The other postion will three year position in the first instance. dex to Fusaria Autographice De- involve the purification of an integral A search committee has been formed lineata, 1916. This is a bound volume membrane enzyme complex, (1,3)B- and we are inviting interested candi- extracted from Annales Mycologici glucan synthase. Experience concern- dates to send a current CV. Contact: (vol XV, No. %, 1917): Collectio ing protein purification a must. Con- Dr Mary Gibby, Head of Cryptogamic specierum et ex herbariis variis selec- tact: Claude P. Selitrennikoff, Profes- Plants, Department of Botany, Natural tarum et ab auctore lectarum culta- sor, University of Colorado Health History Museum, Cromwell Road, rumque synonymis et excludendis Sciences Center, Denver CO 80262. London SW7 5BD, U.K. additis quas determinavit, in sectiones digessit, comparavit cum A one year postdoctoral fellowship Publications Available Hypocreaceis analogis praemissis ad will be available in the Laboratoire de methodi naturalis normas et culturae Phytoparasitologie INRAICNRS in The National Biological Service's purae experientiam. Includes plates 1- Dijon, FRANCE, for research into the Information Transfer Center an- 659 (a small box containing reproduc- spatio-temporal expression of sym- nounces the availability of Endan- tions of drawings of microconidia, biosis-related genes in arbuscular my- gered Ecosystems of the United macroconidia, chlamydospores, etc. corrhiza. This will entail the use of States: A Preliminary Assessment of and handwritten notes re sizes). In RNA and cDNA probes to localize the Loss and Degradation. This is the reasonably good shape, but Fragile. expression of plant or fungal genes first in a continuing series of NBS Contact: M. Putnam, Botany and Plant specifically linked to mycorrhiza for- reports to be released electronically Pathology, Oregon State University. mation and function. The fellowship is prior to publication in hardcopy. The . available to non-French scientists, document is in Wordperfect 5.1 for- preferably with experience in molecu- mat (400KB zipped to 150KB) and is lar cytology. Knowledge of mycorrhi- available from an e-mail server.Send a

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TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP Regular $ 60 (includes Mycologia and MSA newsletter, Inoculum) Student % 30 (includes Mycologia and MSA newsletter, Inoculum) (needs endorsement from major professor or school) Family $60 + $30 for each additional family member (fill out form for each each individual) (includes one copy of Mycologia and two copies of Inoculum) Sustaining $250 (benefits of Regular membership plus listing in Mycologia and Inoculum) Life $1,000 (one-time payment; includes Mycologia and Inoculum) Associate $ 30 (includes only Inoculum) Emeritus $ 0 (benefits of Regular membership except Mycologia; $30 with Mycologia)

AREAS OF INTEREST: [Mark most appropriate area(s)] Cell Biology - Physiology (including cytological, ultrastructural, metabolic regulatory and developmental aspects of cells) Ecology - Pathology (including phytopathology, medical mycology, symbiotic associations, saprobic relationships and community structure/dynamics) Genetics - Molecular Biology (including transmission, population and molecular genetics and molecular mechanisms of gene expression) Systematics - Evolution (including taxonomy, comparative morphology molecular systematics, phylogenetic inference, and population biology)

PAYMENT:

CHECK [Payable to The Mycological Society of America and drawn in US$ on a US bank]

CREDIT CARD: VISA MASTERCARD Mail membership form and payment to: Expiration Date: Mycological Society of America Atm: Karen Hickey Account No.: P.O. Box 1897 Lawrence, KS 66044-8897 Name as it appears on the card: phone: 800-627-0629 913-843-1221 fax: 913-843-1274