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MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER Editor's Note

This issue of the MSA Newsletter represents a first attempt to increase the value of this communication to the members of the Society. The expected number of unexpect- ed delays plagued preparation of the first issue. The Newsletter is now typeset rather than using the camera-ready process. The cost of publication is estimated to be about the same as before. The typesetting.- - is done from a diskette from an IBM computer using the word processing program Wordstar. Contributors of articles or notes for publication in the Newsletter mav now send the information on a diskette. Contact the editor for additional information. The changes in the content and format of the Newsletter are intended to make it of more interest and use to the Society. Its success and appeal depend on the contribution of quality material from the members. It is hoped that the new format will encourage such contributions. The opinions expressed in the Newsletter are those of individual members and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Mycological Society of America. MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER

Volume 37. No . 2. December. 1986 Richard E. Koske. Editor Department of Botany The University of Rhode Island Kingston. Rhode Island 02881 (401) 792-2629

TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Note ...... 1 Letter from the President ...... 2 Society Organization ...... 3 Minutes of the Annual Council Meeting ...... 6 Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting ...... 12 New Mambers ...... 12 Report of the Secretary ...... : ...... 13 Report of the Treasurer ...... 15 Financial Summary-Fiscal Year 1986 ...... 16 Report: Editor.in.Chief, Mycologia ...... 19 Report: MSA Newsletter ...... 19 Report: Ed . Board. Mycology Memoirs ...... 21 Report: Membership Committee ...... 21 Report: Awards Committee ...... 22 Recipients of MSA Prizes and Awards ...... 24 Guidelines: MSA Prizes and Awards ...... 27 Report: Mycology Guidebook Comm ...... 31 Report: Medical Mycology Comm ...... 32 Report: Historian ...... 33 Report: MSA Teaching Committee ...... 33 Call for Applications and Nominations ...... 34 Forthcoming Events ...... 36 Articles and Notes ...... 37 A Letter from Professor McGinty ...... 38 Professor N.A. McGinty ...... 39 1982 Pennsylvania Foray ...... 41 VAM Fungi of RI Dunes ...... 43 Mycological Services Available ...... 43 Fungi Wanted ...... 44 Labs with Openings For Sabbaticals ...... 46 Publications Available ...... 46 Publications Needed ...... 47 New Books ...... 48 Honors, Awards, Promotions ...... 49 Vacancies for Mycologists ...... 49 Assistantships, Fellowships, Aid ...... 50 Post-doctoral Positions ...... 50 Employment Desired ...... 51 Changes in Affiliation ...... 51 Deaths ...... 52 Credits for Extra Dues Payments ...... 52 Changes of Address ...... 53 MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 1 December, 1986 Office of the President Forestry Sciences Laboratory 3200 Jefferson Way Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Dear MSA Partners, My first mail as MSA President was a beautiful letter from Dr. Mildred Nobles: "The Mycological Society of American gave me a great honor when it made me a recipient of the 'Distinguished Mycologist' Award for 1986. 1 was surprised and delighted and most grateful. I hope you will convey my appreciation. . . I enjoyed attending the meetings after an absence of many years, meeting old friends and, hopefully, making new ones. I heard many excellent papers and found it fascinating to learn something of the new areas of research in Mycology. I met a number of the young mycologists and was impressed by their enthusiasm and hard work. Mycology obviously has a great future!! Dr. Nobles' feelings of being greatly honored are typical of other awardees at this and past meetings. I suggest, however, a different way of viewing these awards. The awardees, from Distinguished Mycologist to recipients of the Graduate Research Prizes, honor the Science of Mycology and the Mycological Society of America through their excellence. Mycology will thrive, so long as its practitioners continue and expand that tradition of excellence. It delights me that at each annual meeting the Awards Committee must work hard to select the best oral and poster presentations for the Graduate Research Prizes, because the competition is so strong and the deserving candidates so many. I urge all of you to work equally hard in nominating candidates for the Distinguished Mycologist Award, the Alexopoulos Prize (for an outstanding, young mycologist), and the William H. Weston Award for Teaching Excellence. Candidates for these awards are nominated by other MSA members, and the nomination takes considerable efforts. The effort produces muchof worth, whether or not the award is won. The greater the competition, the more our Science and our Society are honored. The same can be said for you Graduate Students: compete for the MSA Graduate Fellowships and Graduate Research Prizes. You are the major reason that Dr. Noblescould write, "Mycology obviously has a great future!" Others who honor MSA through their excellence are outgoing President Roger Goos, Secretary Hal Burdsall, Treasurer Amy Rossrnan, and the many committee workers who make the society tick. May we, their successors, do as well as they. With best regards,

James M. Trappe SOCIETY ORGANIZATION'S 1986-1987

I. OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS: Officers President, 1986-1987 James M. Trappe President-Elect, 1986-1987 Martha Christensen Vice President, 1986-1987 Harold H. Burdsall, Jr., Secretary, 1986-1989 Meredith Blackwell Treasurer, 1986-1989 Martha Powell Councilors Eastern U.S., 1985-1988 Sally E. Gochenaur Western U.S., 1986-1989 F. Brent Reeves Canada, 1985-1987 David Malloch Cytology-Genetics, 1985-1987 John W. Taylor Ecology-Pathology, 1986-1988 Dean Glawe Morphology-Taxonomy, 1986-1988 Mary Palm Physiology-Biochemistry, 1985-1987 Alan Joworski Other Council Members Past President, 1984-1985 Henry C. Aldrich Past President, 1985-1986 Roger D. Goos

11. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES: Representative on the Committee of Section G, Biology, American Association for the Advancement of Science (3 years), 1985-1988; Lafayette Frederick. Representative on the Governing Board, American Institute of Biological Sciences (4 years), 1986-1990: Jerome J. Motta Representative for Public Responsibility, American Institute of Biological Sciences (3 years), 1986-1989: R. Michael Miller Representative on the Board of Trustees, American Type Culture Collection (3 years), 1986-1989: Lekh Batra Representative to the Assembly of Life Sciences of the National Research Council (3 years), 1985-1988: David F. Farr Representative to the Biological Stain Commission (3 years), 1986-1989: Ter- rence M. Hammill Representative to the Biological Stain Commission (3 years), 1985-1988: Michael J. Dykstra Representative to the Association of Systematic Collections (3 years), 1985-1988: Don R. Reynolds

111. EDITORS: A. MYCOLOGIA Ronald H. Petersen, Editor-in-Chief Clark T. Rogerson, Managing Editor Gilbert C. Hughes, Book Review Editor EDITORIAL BOARD David J. McLaughlin, 1986 Terrence M. Hammill, 1988 Darrell Weber, 1986 Richard T. Hanlin, 1988 Bernard Lowy, 1987 J. Thomas Mullins, 1988 Edward E. Butler, 1988 Carol A. Shearer, 1989 Kyung Joo Kwon-Chung, 1988 William Timberlake, 1989 Sally E. Gochenaur, 1988 Kenneth Wells, 1989 B. MSA NEWSLETTER R. E. Koske, 1986-1989 IV. STANDING COMMITTEES: A. MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS BOARD OF EDITORS T. M. Hammill, Chairman, 1986-1989 M.E. Barr-Bigelow, 1985-1988 R. Roberts, 1986-1988 D. H. Pfister, 1986-1989 J .H. Ginns, 1986-1989 C. T. Rogerson, Managing Editor, MYCOLOGIA, ex officio H. L. Monoson, Chairman, Membership Committee, ex officio M. Blackwell, Secretary, MSA, ex officio B. COMMITTEE ON FINANCES M. Powell, Chairman, 1986-1989 C.T. Rogerson, 1984-1987 R.E. Halling, 1985-1988 C. COMMITEE ON MEDICAL MYCOLOGY M. J. Dykstra, Chairman, 1985-1988 D. T. Testrake, 1985-1987 J . W. Rippon, 1985-1988 I. Salkin, 1986-1989 D. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE T. J. Baroni, Chairman, 1984-1987 J. J. Larsen, 1985-1988 M. Castellano, 1986-1989 E. COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP (SUSTAINING) H. L. Monoson, Chairman, 19&4-1987 M. S. Fuller, 1984-1987 F. W. Spiegel, 1984-1987 M. A. Klich, 1984-1987 T. W. Hill, 1985-1988 M. T. Dunn, 1985-1988 D. J. McLaughlin, 1985-1988 G. A. Hunt, 1986-1987 I. Chamat, 1986-1988 J . Pommewille, 1986-1989 D. Betterely, 1986-1989

V. ROTATING COMMITTEES: A. PROGRAM COMMITTEE D. Barr (Ecology-Pathology), Chairman, 1984-1988 P. Szaniszlio (Physiology-Biochemistry), 1983-1987 S. Anagnostakis (Morphology-Taxonomy), 1985-1989 J. W. Taylor (Cytology-Genetics), 1986-1990 B. COMMITTEE ON AWARDS M. J. Dykstra, Chairman, 1984-1987 J. 9. Anderson, 1985-1988 T. W. Gaither, 1985-1988 H. L. Monoson, Chairman, Membership Committee, ex officio C. COMMITTEE ON ANNUAL LECTURER M. C. Heath, Chairman, 1984-1987 M. A. Klich, 1986-1988 M. F. Allen, 1986-1989 D. COMMITTEE ON TEACHING B. R. Pohlad, Chairman, 1984-1987 J. W. Taylor, 1985-1988 b P. D. Olexia, 1985-1988 E. J. Ridle 1986-1989 .. !? i! VI. SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

, 8 . . A. COMMIl'TEE ON COLOR STANDARDS ';'+...... , , , snKnight,Chairman W. 8. Cibula , , ... ./.>.,. * '--.2.; ..' s-&-. M. M. Kulik ,', 0. K. Miller 0. FORAY COMMIlTEE W. B. Cooke, Chairman R. L. Gilbertson G. L. Benny M. Blackwell, Secretary, MSA, ex officio C. T. Rogerson J. M. Trappe, Presdent, MSA, ex officio M. E. Palm M. Christensen, President-Elect, MSA, ex officio C. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION OF MEMORIALS R. H. Petersen, Chairman C. T, 'Rogerson, Historian J .M. Trappe, President, MSA D. HISTORIAN C.T: Rogerson : E. MYCOLOGY GUIdEBOOK REVISION COMMITI'EE J. Ammirati. Chairman E. S. Beneke L. ~rederick - W. J. Sundberg . F. COMMITTEE ON CULTURE COLLECTIONS A. Dietz;Chairman, 19&1-1987 J. J. Ellis, 1985-1988 S. C. Jong, 1986-1989 L. Sigler, 1986-1989 M. Blackwell, Secretary, MSA, ex officio G. AD HOC COMMIlTEE ON PHYTOPATHOLOGY E. L. Stewart, Chairman, 1986-1987 L. F. Grand, 1986-1987 B. Daniels-Hetrick, 1986-1987

VII. AFFLIATED SOCIETIES P The Boston Mycological Club, c/o E. H. Halliwell, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02159 Colorado Mycology Society, 3024 S. Winona Ct, Denver, Co 80236 The Mycological Society of San Francisco, P.O. Box 11321, San Francisco, CA 94101 New York Mycological Society, Attn: Mr. Ernil Lang, 1700 York Avenue, New

York, NY 10028 L The North American Mycological Association, Gary Lincoff, President, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458 The Ohio Mushroom Society, 288 E. North Avenue, East Palestine, OH 44413 Oregon Mycological Society, Inc. Donald Goetz, 6548 S. E. 30th Avenue, Port- land, OR 97202 Societe Mycologique de France, 36 Rue ddffrey-ste. Hillaire, Paris V, France

VII. SUSTAINING MEMBERS Analytab Products Carnsco Produce Company, Inc. Carolina Biological Supply Co. DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics Difco Laboratory Products Hoffman-La Roche', Inc. Lane Science Equipment Co. Eli Lily and Company Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Miles Laboratories, Inc. Laboratories New Brunswick Scientific, Inc. Nalge CompanylSybron Corpo- ration Pfizer, Inc. Pelco Rohm and Haas. Co. Pioneer Hi-Breed International, Inc. Smith, Kline and French Laboratories Schering Corporation Springer Verlag New York, Inc. Southwest Mold and Antigen Labs Publishers Sylvan Spawn Laboratory, Inc. Triarch Incorporated Wyeth Laboratories Incorporated

The Society is extremely grateful for the support of its Sustaining Members. These or- ganizations are listed above in alphabetical order. Patronize them and let their representatives know of our appreciation whenever possible.

COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts August 10, 1986

The Mycological Society of America Council Meeting was called to order by President Roger D. Goos at 9:02 a.m. on Sunday, August 10,1986 in Room 805 of the Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Henry Aldrich was the only council member absent. The minutes of the meeting in Gainesville in 1986 were approved as published in the MSA Newsletter 36 (2), 1985. President Goos expressed his appreciation for jobs well done to Iris Chawat and her committee, the workshop and symposium organizers, Howard Bigelow for his local arrangements and foray, the retiring secretary, treasurer, newsletter editor, councilors, officers of the Society, committee members, and especially to all those who paid dues in advance to help the Society through the recent financially difficult period. Secretary Burdsall then presented the results of the tally committee composed of Timo- thy Baroni, Dennis Desjardin, Andrew Methven, Jean Schoeknecht, and Michelle Seidl. They required two pitchers of beer to make the job palatable. Their count of the 350 ballots revealed that the following members will be the new officers.

Vice President- Harold Burdsall Secretary-Meredith Blackwell Treasurer- Martha Powell Councilor, EcologylPathology- Dean Glawe Councilor, MorphologylTaxonomy-Mary Palm Councilor, Western U. S.-Brent Reeves

Brent Reeves has just completed sewing the last year (so colorfully termed the "rump portion" by president Goos) of Martha Christensen's Councilor West term which she vacated to take up the Vice President position. Michael Dykstra then presented the report of the awards committee. The winners of the awards were as follows.

Graduate Fellowships 1. J. Stephen Horton-Erindale College, University of Toronto 2. Richard W. Kemgan-University of California, Santa Barbara. Distinguished Mycologists 1. Mildred Nobles 2. Rolf Singer Alexopoulos Prize John Taylor-University of California, Berkeley William H. Weston Award for exceptional teaching 1. Richard Hanlin-University of Georgia 2. Don E. Hemmes-University of Hawaii, Hilo

Applications for these awards were up substantially over last year. The committee felt this was due to the separate mailing carrying the request for nomination and recommend continuing that practice. The practice of putting biographical sketches of winners in the Newsletter will also be continued. The 1987 meeting at Carlton College in Ottawa was the next topic for discussion. Donald Barr indicated that his plans for that meeting, scheduled for June 22-25, had been approved recently by the Canadian Phytopathological Society and that arrangements are progressing well. The National Research Council Conference Service will run the meeting and all charges will be levied so as to break even. One symposium will be jointly sponsored by the CPS and MSA. The CPS has offered $1,000 to support publishing the proceedings of this symposium and requested the MSA to support this publication similarly. The MSA Council voted unanimously to support this effort with an amount up to $1,000. Other symposia will also be published but only the co-sponsored symposium is being financed in this way. Plans for a foray or forays are ongoing but for logistical reasons they will be held lo- cally in the Ottawa area rather than in the more distant areas. Don refrained from promising the exceptional collecting conditions we've experienced here in Amherst. With regard to publication of the abstracts, Donald suggested that because of the timing of the-meeting (in June) and the expense of mailingabstracts to all the MSA members, that the abstracts be available at registration for attendees and published in the June MSA Newsletter which usually doesn't reach members until July. Council considered the possibilities and voted to handle the abstracts as Donald proposed. The next item on the agenda was a request to support a symposium celebrating the centennial of the Hatch Act. The Council voted instead to merely read a resolution voic-

ing MSA support of the Hatch Act at the awards presentations and to send a copy. . of this reso~utibnto the appropriate Hatch Act officials. The Council then unanimously approved meeting with AIBS in Davis, CA, August 14-18, 1988. The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were then presented. Since you have already been entertained by these enlightening reports, they will not be summarized here. Ron Petersen presented the Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia report indicating that to date approximately 271 manuscripts have been handled up to early August. Thirty-four have been rejected. A problem of a backlog of papers was then addressed, the council was concerned with the length of time to publications. It would like to see that time reduced. To reduce the present backlog, Jim Trappe moved to increase volume 78 by 50 pages and have Maria Lebron-Luteyn investigate the expense of continuing with the increased number of pages in the future. The motion was recorded and passed. Maria and Cark Rogerson will report their findings at the Ottawa meeting. Ron presented-his request and justification for a computer to handle the Mycologia workload. The discussion resulted in a motion, which was seconded and passed, that authorized Ron to purchase adequate hardware up to a cost of $3,500. Ron also explained he will be away from his office from August 6 through August 16,1986. He has arranged for most editorial processes to continue in his absence. He also presented a breakdown in discipline areas of papers now appearing in Mycolo- gia. These figures indicate about 40% are taxonomy articles with the rest being on physiology, ultrastructure, pathology, ecology, and genetics. This provides much better balance than was evident several years ago. Ron proposed the reelection of Darrell Weber and Dave McLaughlin to another stint on the Editorial Board. The council elected both unanimously. In Clark Rogerson's absence, Maria Lebron-Luteyn presented the Managing Editor's report. This portion of the minutes will serve as the Managing Editor's report which should have preceded this Council report. The five issues of Mycologia that appeared in 1985 cost us just over $74,000 to produce; the four 1986 volumes have cost over $68,000 because of the large number of pages and increased labor production costs. The Garden has been promoting Mycologia at various foreign conferences and it has been well accepted, so there is a chance for greater distribution. Maria indicated that the Garden has registered Mycologia with the Cop- yright Clearing Center so that massive copying of journal articles will result in"royalty" payments to the Society. Maria then indicated that it is very expensive for the Garden to have to mail Mycolo- gia to members who join after the first of the year and even more so for sending replacement copies when the first has not been received. She requested that the Society reimburse the garden $2.501copy for late memberships or reinstatements, $5.001copy for claim (replacement) copies. After discussion, it was moved, seconded and passed that it was appropriate to do so. The Council then discussed ways to recoup these costs. The discussion resulted in a motion to charge any member paying dues after January I a late fee of $10.00. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved, based on the belief that it is unfair that the rest of the Society pay for those who are delinquent. Maria reported that the 2 column format has been well received among MSA members. Discussion then turned to the desirability of producing an index to volumes 59-78, how it could be done, and what it costs. The Council approved expenditure of $35,000 from the endowment fund to support this project which will result in a hard copy and possibly computer disc format as well. The $35,000 will be returned to the MSA as receipts from sales of the index are received. Walt Sundberg then presented a report on the rump portion of his term as Newslet- ter Editor. All mailings were completed on schedule. Walter did, however have several recommendations. He recommended that the list of past award recipients be published in the directory, thus saving space in the Newsletter. He recommended that the back issues of the Newsletter (1983-present) be distributed somehow because they are just occupying space at present. No decision was made on this matter. He requested that the Council approve his keeping his accounts open at SIU to cover various mailing costs that he will incur. The motion was moved, recorded and passed. He also asked that the Council continue to support the Newsletter Editor with funds for student help for Newsletter preparation. Walter then thanked the Society members for their cooperation during the past several years. The Mycologia Memoirs report was submitted by Terry Hammill who reported that Memoir #11, Indigenous Fermented Foods of Non-Western Origin by C. W. Hessletine and H.L. Wang will appear during the Summer of 1986. At present, no manuscripts are under review, but four authors are considering the Memoirs as an outlet and have been encouraged to submit their manuscripts. Iris Charvat reported as chair of the Program Committee that plans are in place for a smooth as silk meeting. She thanked the many people who have helped make the program run smoothly. The paper numbers are up by about 30 this year and have resulted in a varied and interesting program. She especially thanked Michael Dykstra for arranging the medical mycology symposium, our first step in seeking more interaction with the medical mycologists. John Taylor is the new member of this committee. He only cringed slightly when it was announced that the 1988 meetings will be in Davis. The Finance Committee was not active this year. It is obvious that the Medical Mvcolom Committee was active. Michael Dykstra and < -. Ira Salkin were most instrumental in arranging the Medical Mycology Symposium. Michae! indicated disappointment at Wigturned down by the Mycologia editorial board when he requested the-publication of the proceedings of this symposium there. It was apparent to the Council that an outlet for such proceedings is needed and, in fact, they have been published in Mycologia in the past. The matter will receive the attention of the council. The Finance Committee was not active this year. The Nomenclature Committee had no questions during the past year. L. R. Batra reported for Kent McKnight that he continues to get encouragement from the USDA, Bureau of Standards, and private publishers to foot the bill for the color stan- dard but that there are still some problems to be worked out. William Bridge Cooke reported for the foray committee that the Florida Foray was a success. The Pennsylvania Foray Report is nearly ready to be sent to the Editor of Mycologia and the Iowa and Colorado reports are awaiting more input by collectors. Ron Petersen, Chair of the Memorials Committee, indicates that memorials for Chester Emmons, J.A. F. Nannfeldt, and Daniel Stuntz will be published in volt~me78 of Mycolo- gia. One for Constantine Alexopoulos is in hand and Charles Drechsler's has been solicited. Ron requests that the membership inform him promptly of the deaths of members. Ken Conway's report of the Sustaining Membership Committee indicated that Analytab Products, Nalge Company, Springer-Verlag, and Sylavan Spawn, have resigned and that Herbarium Supply Company and Bellco Glass, Inc. have joined. We now have 21 sustaining members giving us a revenue of $4,200. The discussion that followed the report pointed to a need for each member to personally contact company representative regarding membership when they visit or obtain the name of an appropriate company official for the membership committee. Clark Rogerson reported as Historian that the upgrading of storage facilities for MSA archives has been delayed. He asked that the $2,000 approved last year for upgrading the facilities be held for such a purpose until the upgrading actually begins, probably in October of 1986. The Council approved. He asked that all members be alert to historical items and send them to him. Dr. Batra reported that the only activity of the culture Collection Committee was the presentation of the workshop Preservation of Laboratory Cultured Fungi using liquid N2 or Lyophilization. Jim Trappe announced that NSF funds have been granted to establish a VA mycorrhiza collection at the University of Florida. Also, even more encouraging NSF has requested submission of a proposal to set up an ectomycorrhiza collection at Oregon State University-this was an independent solicitation on the part of the NSF, a most encouraging sign that the need for such collections is being realized in such agencies. The teaching committee reported that there is still a need for a set of teaching trans- parencies to be available through MSA. How this will be handled is still to be decided. Also, a symposium or workshop on computer use in the classrooms is also needed. These projects are also under study in that committee. The reports also cited the William H. Weston Award recipient mentioned earlier. Jerry Motta reported that W. Donald Duckworth has assumed duties as AIBS president. He announced winners of a number of AIBS awards and indicated that ~ioscience has been substantially redesigned. Of importance to all is that dues have been increased to $37.50; $19.50 for students. He also indicated that AIBS offices have been relocated in Washington, DC where office space is available for rent to member societies. AIBS also now have available a dial-up computerized bulletin board service for available jobs. A new career in biology brochure has also been produced. Other information is available from his written-report.

Report of official representatives Lekh Batra reported that the ATCC is doing well. The Mycology Department is now called the Mycology and Botany Department still under S.C. Jong. He also brought to the attention of the council a request from R.E. Stevenson, ATCC Director, for nominations of student papers for the J. Roger Porter Award. The award is to be given for the best papers in the area of systematics and presented at a national meeting and judged to be meritorius by a USFCC committee. The council heartily endorsed participation of the MSA in submitting nominees. AAAs - no report. NRC-no significant activities.

Biological Stain Commission No significant activities were reported. However, at the suggestion of Harvey I-loch, our representative (and that of APS) the council voted to appoint a different representative so that the representation of the plant sciences will be increased.

Medical Mycology Society of the Americas Michael Dykstra (who seems to have been the most active member of the Society this year) indicated that the active resistance to interaction with MSA by the MMSA appears to be somewhat lessened and with work on the part of the MSA more contact is quite possible. The Medical Mycology Symposium is a start and the move toward acceptance by both societies should continue to be encouraged.

Local arrangements Howard Bigelow was on the foray and no report was given.

Special Committees The guidebook committee is beginning to line up ideas for topics, organization, and contributions for the new edition of Mycology Guidebook. Joe Ammirati and Walt Sund- berg will begin putting together format, subject and authors of chapters this fall and plan to meet with any interested parties at the 1987 meeting in Ottawa. Any comments regarding desires for the new edition are welcome. The council recessed for lunch at 12:24 p.m. and re-convened at 1:32 p.m. in spite of the tardiness of the president elect.

Old Business The use of nominating committee in lieu of open nominations was then discussed. The committee to study the problem had little to offer. The problem arose because of the lack of nominations received (39 this year) and the fact that 2 or 3 nominations is sometimes enough to get a person on the ballot. After discussion of the pros and cons of various combinations and permutations of both systems the Council decided to leave the system alone and add a notice to the top of the nomination blank indicating that it is important to respond and to think about the response so that the nomination is for a person who is able to do the job. The Council also wants it known that there is a need for active members to serve on committees. The President makes appointments but he can be much more effective in making such appointments if he knows of people who are interested in serving on particular committees or committees in general. Young enthusiastic members are sorely needed to help run the Society.

Corresponding members Jim Trappe nominated Drs. Gaston Guzman and Meinhardt Moser as corresponding members of the MSA. The Council approved placing their names on the ballot for election by the membership.

Under New Business Roger Coos expressed the feeling that the Society would be well served by an execu- tive committee-type meeting between the annual meetings and proposed it for discussion. The general feeling was that long range planning, initial groundwork discussion for annual meetings, and other business of the Society might be promoted by such meetings. It was moved, seconded and passed that "at the discretion of the President, the Society will provide legitimate travel costs to have the officers and past president to meet a midyear to discuss Society business." After that, the Council discussed the presentation that Lekh Batra had given earlier regarding the conflict between the l~~-andIUMS and support to be each, and the conferences to be held in 1990. The Council voted to have the President inform Lekh Batra that because of its previous commitments to the IMA, the MSA feels committed to support the IMA Congress in Regensberg. The Society also urges the two groups (i.e. IMA and IUMS, mycology division) to immediately begin resolving their differences to achieve better cooperation in the future. The intensity of the discussion increased substantially with the introduction of the subject of a Society logo. After hammer and tong confrontations the Council narrowly voted to have a logo. To determine what this logo wouldbe (all requests for submission to date have been met with deafening silence), the Council voted to provide a $50.00 prize for the logo judged the best by the attendees at next year's meeting. The entries will be displayed on a poster in the poster section with a ballot box for the votes. En- trants need not be MSA members. Submit entries to Amy Rossman. The Council then voted unanimously to direct the next Secretary to produce a new MSA directory. The Council also discussed the need for an operations manual covering the duties of each of the officers, committees and representatives of the MSA. Hal Burdsall will see that a draft is available by next year's meeting or if possible by the midyear session if one is held. Concern was expressed by Council members that MSA finances are sitting in low interest investment at present. Better paying investments would provide funds for extra activities, increased award amounts, additional publications, honoraria, etc. The Coun- cil moved, seconded and approved investigation of better investment of the Society's funds by the Finance Committee. The Council also discussed other projects to promote the financial betterment of the Society. Sale of such items as T-shirts with logos, mugs, caps, etc. as is done in other Societies would be of value to the Society and promote the Society as well. The phytopathologists are already using rust busters on T-shirts, but to my knowledge as- cus busters is still available. A committee was not established but volunteers would be welcomed. With that settled, the members of the Council welcomed the motion to adjourn at 4:58 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Harold H. Burdsall, Jr. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts August 13, 1986

President Goos called the meeting to order at 9:00 am. He asked for additions or corrections to the minutes of the 1985 Business Meeting held in Gainesville, Florida. The minutes were approved as published in the December 1985 issue of the MSA Newsletter. President Goos then extended thanks to the many individuals who had served this Society and him during his term as President, before moving on to the reports. The Secretary's and Treasurer's reports were approved as read with no corrections or additions. Ron Petersen's Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia report was then presented. His report is covered in the minutes of the Council Meeting. In the absence of Clark Rogers on the Secretary asked that the report as covered in the Council Meeting minutes be considered as the Managing Editor's report. There were not objections. The Secretary then presented the minutes of the Council Meeting. The only question concerned the ten dollar late fee charged to post January 1, dues payments. this will be charged only to those who are renewing memberships or are being reinstated, not to new members. President Goos then presented the list of new members for approval by the membership in attendance. They were unanimously approved. Michael Dykstra, chair of the Awards Committee, announced the winners of the various prizes and awards. All had been previously announced in the Council Minutes except for Best Graduate Student papers which were presented by Jane N. Gemma, University of Rhode Island, and Tom E. Sewall, Texas A & M. The award for the best graduate student poster was received by C. C. Bertke. There being no unfinished business President Goos moved on the new business which consisted of turning over the gavel to the incoming President, James Trappe. President Trappe in his usual subdued manner accepted the gavel and then clarified the situation regarding his being confused with his look alike, Emory Simmons. The story was long and involved, but very entertaining. Emory is the one wearing the tie. With that cleared up, Jim adjourned the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Harold H. Burdsall, Jr.

NEW MSA MEMBERS August 1, 1985-July 31, 1986 Anelich, R.Y. Mahoney, Eileen M. Anikster, Dr. Yehoshva Marhoul, John Annis, Seanna Martini, ann Vaughan Baldwin, Moss Masood, Mrs. Ahmadunisa Banzuela, Eleanor D. Mauk, Peggy Beaupre, Collette M-S. Mazzarelli, Kevin Bellco Glass, Inc. McGraw, Anne-Cessey Bennett, Eddie McInerney, David F. Berbee, Mary L. McLechlan, Rod J. Blumenfeld, Silvia N. Moreira, Aparecida Marie Bollingre, Wm. Hugh Moritz, Bill Bresinksy, Prof. Andreas Muehlstein, Lisa K. Buckalew, David W. Mueller, Michael J. Burgess, Shirley Natarajan, Dr. K. Burgess, Lester W. Nickerson, Kenneth W. Burwen, Steve Northern Labs Bymes, Kenneth Oke, 0. Adebowale Candoussaw, Francoise O'Kane, Dennis J. Capelari, Ms. Marina Olson, Kenton C. Caretta, Prof G. Oritsejafor, Julius Jerre Cartier, Phillip Paul, Bernard Chelnick, Robert Pazur, Carolyn Chen, Mo-Mei Perez, Beatriz Alida Clay, Keith Poprawski, Tadeusz J. Cleeland, Roy Reed, Karen Cripps, Cathy Rivera Vargas, Lydia Darveaux, Blaise Robertson, Shelly R. Denison, William C. Rornero, Peggy A. Dorworth, Elizabeth B.q Rotkis, Phyllis Edelmann, Richard Rtossett, Dr. Jacqueline Ferrera-Cerrato, Ronald Roychoudbury, Sanoli Flernington, Patricia M. Ryan, Carole Fouly, Hanafy Mahmoud Sadek, Saad Ragab Gruhn, Christine M. Silver, Johnathan Gwinn, Kirnberley Dawn Sleeth, Bailey Headrick, John M. Steele, Peter G. Hendler, Jennifer Stenlund, Dwayne L. Hilber, Oswald Thornson, Jessica Hockling, Ails.1, D. Thorn, Greg Hseu, Rue-Shyang Thrane, Ulf Jacobson, David Tjokrosoedarm, A. Harsoyo Jaronski, David Tomasino, Stephen F. Kuehn, Kevin Tseng, Hsi-yen Lapuszynski, Victor Valenzuela, Ricardo Larsh, Dr. Howard Vrijmoed, Dr. Lillian Larsson, Karl-Henrik Wiebe, Marilyn Lee, Yong-Bo Yetter, Eugene R. Lehnen, Larry P., Jr. Youssef, Nabel N. Logan, David A. Yun, Wang Lopez, Maria L. Zachariah, Dr. S. Lundqvist, Nils Zambino, Paul Lynch, Thomas J. Zattau, Dr. William C.

Report of the Secretary 1985-1986

This report covers the period August 9, 1985 to August 6, 1986, and was reported to the council of the Mycological Society of America at its annual meeting at the Universi- ty of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts on August 10, 1986.

A. Business transacted by mail during the period of this report. 1. The council was polled regarding its opinion with respect to an editorial policy requiring voucher specimens and cultures and enforcement of such policy. Opin- ions were widely divergent, so the topic will require more discussion at the next council meeting. 2. The council was also polled regarding its opinion about providing annual review to society members for a discount. The society would profit and the individual member of the Society would obtain the volumes at a reduced rate. 3. The council members were supplied with information concerning science fair and participation of societies such as the MSA with regard to supplying prizes or other recognition. All councilors felt that because of the expense and hassle involved, it was not a worthwhile endeavor. 4. The council was polled regarding its reaction to Don Reynolds' recommendation that the Mycological Society cancel its membership and the Association of Systematics Collections. The vote on this item was overwhelming in favor of continuing our association with ASC. 5. The council was polled (in attempt to clean up some unfinished business) regarding electing Terry Johnson, former Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia, to a lifetime membership in the Mycological Society of America. The ballot was unanimously in favor of such an action. 6. Information was also sent out on several items including possible computeriza- tion of the index for Mycologia, as suggested by Ken Whitney, various IUMS activities and the conflict between IUMS and the IMA. These items will be main topics of discussion on the agenda for the 1986 council meeting in Amherst. 7. The council was also polled regarding the request by the Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia, Ronald Petersen for a computer and some funding for secretarial help in order to handle the Editor-in-Chief duties. Funds for extra secretarial support were approved and the topic of supporting that position with a computer will be discussed at the Amherst meeting. 8. The council's opinion was also requested on participation in recognition of the centennial of the Hatch Act during the 1987 meeting with the Canadian Phytopathological Society. This item will be on the agenda for discussion at Amherst. 9. The council also approved Richard Koske's taking over of the newsletter editor- ship in order that Walt Sunberg can vacate the position six months early because of less sabbatical leave. The council approved unanimously. 10. The council also approved requesting early payment of dues for 1987 in order to tide the Society over the financial bind created by the frozen deposits in the institution in which they were deposited. That was unanimously approved and well received by the Society. The funds have recently been released.

8. Deaths. The secretary was informed of the deaths of the following members of the Society: Constantine 1. Alexopoulis, Charles Drechsler, Gerlind Eger-Hummel, Chester W. Emmons, J.A.F. Nannfeldt, Ronald Ower, Kenneth E. Papa, and Mitsuo Takashio.

C. Other activities. These were mainly of a housekeeping nature including the answering of inquiries regarding the society, sending acknowledgements to new members, providing application blanks and information to prospective members, and other related duties.

In conclusion, I would like to thank those who have sat on the council during my tenure. They have been most responsive to my correspondence. I'd like to thank my Treas- urer compadre who was instrumental in getting us through the new !3euetary-Treasurer arrangement and most of all thanks to the membership who put up with me when I dropped the ball or ran too slowly with it. It has been fun, frustrating and tiring. I'm glad it is over and I'm glad I did it. I wish Merideth Blackwell best of luck in her tenn.

Respectfully submitted,

Harold H. Burdsall, Jr. August 6, 1986

REPORT OF THE TREASURER 1985-1986

As of July 31, 1986, the Society had a balance of $14,416.10 in its checking accounts of which $3,000.00 is obligated to savings. Part of the 1984 Mycologia payment was paid from savings rather than operational funds. The savings accounts recorded a balance of $55,645.65 with $3,000.00 due from the checking account. Thus the assets of the Soci- ety totaled $70,061.64 with no outstanding debts. This represents an increase in net assets of $2,491.07. The relative financial health of the Society is due to several factors. One is that 272 members paid their 1987 dues in advance to carry the Society through a financial crisis with the Maryland bank. These advanced dues payments amounted to $8,590.00. This outpouring of support by Society members is appreciated. The crisis has passed; all funds have been released and are available for Society needs. Second, the payment to the New York Botanical Garden was lower this year due to a new method of calculat- ing the payment which more accurately reflects the number of copies sent. Third, the dues increase from $25 to $35 resulted in an increase in total dues paid for 1986. Finally, the increased number of new members in the Society resulted kincreased revenues. New receipts in the savings account from August I, 1985 to July31, 1986 amounted to $9,511.89 resulting primarily from the dues of sustaining members and interest. No disbursements were made from the savings accounts. In summary, the Society is in a healthy financial position. With the accumulated funds it is possible to sponsor projects that benefit the Society as a whole in addition to in- vesting for the future needs of the Society. Memberships: As of the dates listed below, membership in the Mycological Society of America was distributed as follows:

20 June 31 July 31 July Net Change 1984 1985 1986 in past year Regular, student and emeritus with journal 1212 1353 1401 +48 Life 26 26 27 +I Corresponding 12 12 12 - Sustaining ' 21 22 22 - Emeritus without journal 93* 32 32 - Associate 36 40 42 +2

TOTALS 1400 1485 I536 +51 *Previous to 1985, no distinction was made in this list between emeritus members who subscribed to the journal and those who did not. Between August 1,1985 and July 31,1986,48 regular, student and emeritus members with journals were added to the Society. Our new life member is Dr. Terry Johnson, past Editor of Mycologia, whose honorary life membership is well-earned. Thank you, Terry! This year members who did not pay their dues by January 1 were dropped from the list of members before the January-Februaryissue of Mycologia was sent. Although several hundred members were dropped at that time, many of them were reinstated and received the back issues. Members are encouraged to submit their dues payments early to avoid this extra bookkeeping and delay in receiving the journal. Dues notices will be included in the July-August issue with a second notice sent in the following issue. The Treasurer is grateful to the 272 members who paid their 1987 dues in advance in order to relieve the temporary financial crisis. The level of Society activity was maintained throughout the year and all funds have been restored.

Respectfully submitted,

Amy Y. Rossman, Treasurer Mycological Society of America August, 1986

FINANCIAL SUMMARY-FISCAL YEAR 1986

CHECKING ACCOUNT Previous receipts Community Savings & Loan New receipts: Member dues-1986 Member dues-1987 Interest Profit from sale of Annual Reviews Total new receipts Disbursements: Mycologia dues payment for vol. 76 (1984) Mycologia dues payment for vol. 77 (1985) MSA Newsletter Awards Program Chairman-1986 Allen Press-Dues Notice & Inserts Address printouts and labels Editor's expenses secretary's Expenses Treasurer's Expense Postage Dues to other Societies: AIBS 800.00 International Union of Microbiological Societies 1,000.00 Total 1,800.00 Medical Mycology Representatives and symposium speakers Trophies Bank service charges Computer insurance Tax preparation Total Disbursements Total assets in checking accounts as of July 31, 1986

Debt: $3,000 owed to savings account Net assets in checking account

SAVINGS ACCOUNT Savings Account Alexopoulos Fund CD Owed from Checking Account

Total previous receipts New receipts: sustaining memberships Interest from Savings Account Interest from Alexopoulos Fund CD Sales of Mycologia Memoirs Royalties of MSA Guidebook Donation Return from AIBS Sale of Address Labels Contributions to Alexopoulos Fund Refund from MSA Breakfast Miscellaneous (unknown) Total new receipts Disbursements: None New balance Savings Account including Alexopoulos Fund with $7,814.41 Assets in Savings Account including $3,000.00 from Checking Account Savings Account Broken Down into Funds MYCOLOGIA MEMOIR FUND Balance, July 31, 1985 Receipts, 1985-1986 289.85 Interest (58% of total) 1,336.50 Total new receipts Balance, July 31, 1986 OPERATIONAL RESERVE FUND Balance, July 31, 1985 Receipts, 1985-1986 Sustaining Member Dues Interest (4046 of total) Royalties on MSA Guidebook Donation Sale of Address Labels Refund from MSA Breakfast Dividends from AIBS Miscellaneous (unknown) Total new receipts Balance, July 31, 1986 LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND Balance, July 31, 1985 Receipts, 1985-1986 Balance, July 31, 1986 RESEARCH GRANTS AND PUBLICATIONS FUNDS Balance, July 31, 1985 Receipts, 1985-1986 Balance, July 31, 1986 BARKSDALE MEMORIAL FUND Balance, July 31, 1985 Interest earned, 1985-1986 (2% of total) Balance, July 31, 1986

ALEXOPOULOS FUND (Maintained as a 3-year Certificate of Deposit until July, 1986) Balance, July 31, 1985 New contributions $1,045.00 Interest 973.70 Total new receipts New Balance, July 31, 1986 7,814.41

CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE SOCIETY ASSETS

Checking Account 14,416.10 Savings Account 55,645.65 TOTAL ASSETS as of July 31, 1986 70,061.75 Assets, July 31, 1985 67,570.68 Net Change in Assets 2,491.07 REPORT OF THE EDITOR OF MYCOLOGIA

The present Editor-in-Chief assumed the position in June, 1985, from former Editor Terry W. Johnson. Johnson had distinguished himself as a fastidious, just editor, and provided copious resources for the new editor, making the transition considerable smoother than anticipated. The new Editor inherited many manuscript files, but after an initial "weeding out" process, a total of 225 manuscripts have been handled during the subsequent year (ending July 8, 1986). Of these 255 papers, 150 were accepted for publication after the usual review process, 27 were rejected, (about 15%) and 78 are in the evaluation process at this time. Of the rejects, the lion's share were by non-United States authors. During the year, many reviewers were solicited. Their names will appear in number 6 of the current volume. Without their aid the journal could not function, and the Edi- tor is deeply appreciative of their time and effort. Through volume 78 number 5,877 printed pages will have been committed, of a total of 950 budgeted. This leaves only 73 pages for number 6, including some 35 pages of indices and unnumbered pages of cumulative contents. I have requested, therefore, that number 6 be allowed to go over allotted space, with about 125 pages of printed matter. This will require that numbers 1-3 of volume 79 be cut slightly to make up for the over- age of volume 78. In May, the MSA Council approved an additional $500 for the Editor to be used for salary for Mrs. Gayle Darugh. She has done a fine job, taking many of the routine correspondence tasks off the Editor's hands, allowing him to function as a scientist as well as editor. The Editor has requested the MSA Council to allocate $4,000 for a computerlword processor. With 225 manuscripts, each generating at least seven pieces of correspondence (total 1785, or about 5.5per day),~muchofit original, together with a database to trace all manuscripts, reviewers, and the like, such a machine is essential to the editorial operation. At this time, the Editor must use a grant-generated machine, also used by graduate students and other staff. Conservatively, the Editor and his assistant spend 3-4 hours at the machine daily, and a machine strictly for MSA business is justified. Finally, the Editor wishes to note that he will be absent from his desk from August 6 through September 26,1986. This will mean a delay in certain processes of the journal (although not in all). Potential authors are asked to have patience during this time and the subsequent period of "catch-up."

Respectfully submitted,

Ronald H. Petersen August, 1986.

REPORT OF THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR 1985-1986

During the 1985-1986 year, Volume 36(2) and Volume 37(1) were published. These issues consisted of 136 pages (including covers) with 35 pages of the June issue devoted to the Abstracts and an outline of the 1986 annual MSA Meeting Program. With the exception of some humor and poetry used with permission of the British Mycological So- ciety Foray Programme Editor, all artwork and other fillers were original and previously unpublished. Publication and all mailings were made on schedule. Two newsletter questionnaire mailings were made to domestic members. Those for foreign members were included as an insert and mailed with the MSA Newsletter. Ap- proximately 23% of those returned were from foreign members. Newsletter typing, some questionnaire preparation work, and some mailing were completed using Society funds for student labor. All layout and composition and the remainder of the work noted about were done gratis by the editor and the SIU-C mycology students. Operating costs for 1985-1986 are summarized below:

INCOME AND ACCOUNT CREDITS EXPENDITURES: Income Printing Postage (and freight) Interest 18.70 Telephone Advertising 100.00 Photography Subscriptions 60.00 Xeroxing Other (back issues) 2.00 Office supplies Student work Subtotal 180.70 Bank service charges

Total $6,900.42 SIU Account Credits 0.00

Total 1 $180.70 Note: Income does not include $200 for advertising sent directly to the treasurer.

NET COST: Expenditures $6,900.42 Income and The printing bill above includes account credits 180.70 $21.55 for election ballots

Total $6,719.72 Printing costs: December 1985 issue: 68 pages, $1.37 per copy, $33.23 per page ($2,259.66; 1650) June 1986 issue: 68 pages, $1.44 per copy, $33.76 per page ($2,2151.29; 1590) Recommendations and Proposals for Council Consideration: 1. The Editor recommends that, like previous officers, the names of all past MSA award winners be included in the MSA Directory. With the exception of having to print the most recent winners (since the last Directory), this would save valuable MSA Newsletter printing space. 2. We have a number of copies of some back issues (1983 to present). Some will be sent to the new editor for back issue sales, filling library requests, etc. However, based on my experience, not all will be used. Although a complete run could not be included, I propose that, except for those sent to the new editor, the remainder be sent (from SIU) to current members who request them (after announcement in the De- cember 1986 MSA Newsletter) and new members as they join the MSA. In this way, the Society saves the freight cost of shipping all of them to the new editor and, at the same time, puts the copies to good use. 3. Because additional bills (small) and other business (mailing, etc.) will continue for several months, I would like to request keeping my SIU MSA Account open until late Spring of next year (after my return from my sabbatical leave). 4. Knowing the amount of Secretarial and other work that must go on almost daily while editing the MSA Newsletter, I strongly suggest that Council continue to give support in the form of student work funds to the new Editor. 5. With production of Volume 37(1), June 1986, the editor's term of office (January 1983-June 1986) is over. Serving as the MSA Newsletter has been an enlightening and beneficial learning experience. 1 appreciate trust, indulgence, and kind words of support given to me by Council and the membership. Respectfully submitted,

Walter J. Sundberg Editor, MSA Newsletter

MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS BOARD OF EDITORS Annual Report: August, 1986 1. MYCOLOGIA MEMOIR Number Il-Hessentine, C.W., and H. L. Wang, Eds. In- digenous Fermented Foods of Non-Western Origin - is scheduled to appear during the summer of 1986. 2. Committee membership as shown in Society Organization 3. At the present time, the MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS Board of Editors has no manuscript under review. Since the 1985 Annual Report was submitted, however, four letters were received from potential authors of new MEMOIRS. Those letters proposed topics and requested guidelines. All were encouraged to submit manuscripts, so several manuscripts may be forthcoming during the next year or so. The Board of Editors stands ready to receive any manuscripts or requests for additional information. Respectfully submitted,

Terrence M. Hammill July 3, 1986

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT: AUGUST 1986

1. Present Sustaining Members-see Society organization The following Sustaining Members (3) resigned since the 1985 Annual Report: Analytab Products, Nalge Company, and Springer-Verlag. New Sustaining Members (2) for 1986 are: Herbarium Supply Company -John Ay- ers, and Bellco Glass, Inc. Revenues for Sustaining Members totaled $4,200.00. 11. Present Committee Members, terms of office: 1. Dr. Kenneth E. Conway, Chairman (1983-86) Term expires 2. Dr. Maren Klich (1983-86) Term expires 3. Dr. Sally Gochenaur (1983-86) Term expires 4. Dr. Kevin Smith (1983-86) Term expires 5. Dr. Joanne Ellzey (1983-86) Term expires 6. Dr. Melvin Fuller (1984-87) 7. Dr. Frederick Spiegel (1984-87) 8. Dr. Michael Dunn (1985-88) 9. Dr. Terry Hall (1985-88) 10. Dr. David McLaughlin (1985-88) Five Committee members' term of office expire: Drs. Maren Klich, Sally Gochenaur, Kevin Smith, Joanne Ellzey and Kenneth Conway. The In-coming President should appoint a new chairman and five new members as soon as possible after the annual meeting so that the committee can organize prior to October-November. 111. Activities during 1985. The membership drive was initiated in November in order to submit our request for consideration prior to the new year. This year we emphasized companies that had been previous Sustaining Members. We were successful in re-enlisting Bellco Glass, Inc. Special recognition should go to Drs. Michael Dunn and Melvin Fuller who were responsible for the two new Sustaining Members this year. I know that all members of the committee were active during the year and I deeply appreciate their time and effort. We have encountered one problem that persisted for a number of years and I have made suggestions to Clark Rogerson concerning it. Does notices, that are sent with issues of Mycologia, do not list Sustaining Membership dues. This has resulted in several of our companies submitting individual dues to the Treasurer. This requires an additional letter from me to the Sustaining Member requesting the balance in order for them to retain their status. Clark has indicated that he will pass along our suggestion of listing Sustaining Membership dues on the form to avoid this problem in the future. Again, I am sorry that I cannot be with you at the annual meeting. As always, I have a scheduling conflict with the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Soci- ety. Thank you for permitting me to function within the committee structure of MSA. I have enjoyed working on this committee and the Awards Committee. Best wishes to all! Respectfully submitted,

Kenneth E. Conway, Chairman Membership Committee

REPORT OF THE AWARDS COMMITTEE The Awards Committee presently supervises awards in five categories: I. Alexopoulos Prize (1) 2. Distinguished Mycologist Award 3. MSA Graduate Fellowships (2) 4. Graduate Research Prizes (2) for oral presentations at the annual meeting. 5. Graduate Research Prizes 91) for poster presentation at the annual meeting. For 1986, the Alexopoulos Prize was awarded to John W. Taylor. There were to recipients of the 1986 Distinguished Mycologist Award: Dr. Mildred K. Nobles and Dr. Rolf Singer. The recipients of the MSA Graduate Fellowships for 1986 were J. Stephen Horton, a student at the University of Toronto of Dr. Paul A. Horgen; and Richard W. Kerrigan, a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara of Dr. Ian K. ROSS. There are 24 applicants for the two Graduate Research Prizes for papers to be presented orally at these meetings, and 9 applicants for the one Graduate Research Prize for a poster presented at these meetings. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremonies on Tuesday evening. As I am chairing two sessions in the early part of the week, I have asked David Porter to help judge the graduate student papers. I also wish to thank Robert Gilbertson for his help in getting the awards plaques made. The awards guidelines worked well except in regards to the guidelines for the Gradu- ate Fellowship. Unlike the other awards and prizes, there is no stipulation that the applicant or nominees needs to send all materials pertinent to the award to each awards committee member under separate cover. This produces a mass of paperwork for the chairman and holds up the decision-making process. I would like to suggest the following addition under -7 of the Graduate Fellowship guidelines: insert the following: e. Applicants will have all application materials including letters of reference sent directly to each member of the awards committee. Our Newsletter editor, Walter Sunberg, suggested that the awards committee chairman prepare a brief biographical sketch of the two fellowship awardees each year for the Newsletter. 1 have done so and strongly recommend that this practice be continued. Rodney Roberts, one of last year's fellowship awardees, wrote a gracious letter thank- ing the Society and the Awards Committee for his fellowship and expressed that it is appreciated that the Society recognizes graduate students in this way. Finally, the extra mailing concerning nominations and applicants for the various awards was very effective. We had 6 applicants for the Graduate Fellowships, 5 nominees for the Alexopoulos Prize, and 8 nominees for the Distinguished Mycologist Award. This is a definite improvement over 1985, where we had 6 applicants, 1 nominee, and 2 nominees, respectively.

Respectfully submitted,

Michael J. Dykstra, Chair (June, 1986) 1986 MSA AWARDS Distinguished Mycologist Awards Recipients: Dr. Mildred K. Nobes and Dr. Rolf Singer

Mildred K. Nobles

Dr. Nobles was born at Colborne, Ontario, Canada in 1903. She received her early schooling in the public schools of Regina, Saskatchewan, and then was granted the B.A. degree with honors in biology and chemistry from Queens University, Kingston, On- tario, in 1929. She was awarded the M.A. degree from the University of Toronto in 1931, where she worked under H. S. Jackson, submitting a thesis entitled "The Fungus Flora of Some Local Soils." She received her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1935 for her dissertation "Conidial Cycles in the Thelephoraceae" carried out under Dr. Jack- son's supemision. In that same year she accepted a position with the Canada Department of Agriculture where she remained throughout her career, officially retiring in 1969 as Principal My- cologist. Beginning in 1936, Dr. Nobles initiated pioneer research in developing methods for the identification of wood -destroying fungi, based on their cultural characteristics. She published a manual for this purpose in 1948, which established her as the authority in the field. In her manual, each species was characterized by a numerical code, in which each feature was assigned a number. These have become known as the Nobles Species Code. Her methods and keys have been adopted in many countries. In the 1950's, the Cana- dian Forestry Service carried out a nationwide program to determine the quantity and quality of wood decay in Canadian forests. Dr. Nobles' laboratory was the center for identification of these isolates, and her laboratory processed 2000-3000 cultures annually. The results of her identifications formed an integral part of many important publications on forest pathology. In 1958, she published an important paper emphasizing the use of cultural characteristics in understanding the phylogeny of the Polyporaceae. Until this time, such characteristics had essentially been ignored in phylogenetic scheemes. Many of the hypotheses proposed in this paper, based on her cultural studies, have since been confirmed. During her years in the Department of Agriculture, scientists, graduate students, and technicians from many laboratories in ~anadaand from countries throughout the world came to work with her to learn her methods. Even after retirement, she visited laboratories in Britain and Africa for the exchange of research ideas and materials. During her career she built up an invaluable bank of reference cultures against which unnamed cultures could be compared. This collection of 3000 isolates, representing 600 species, has been made available to investigators worldwide and served as the foundation for the Canadian National Fungus Cultures, established in 1973. Her bibliography is not a long one, but she is one of the most frequently cited mycologists of recent times. Her 1965 publication, in which she described her Species Code, has been cited in over 200 published papers. Her species code now includes over 423 taxa of Hymenomycetes.

Rolf Singer

Dr. Singer truly represents mycology on an international level. Born in Bavaria in 1906, he studied at both the University of Munchen and the University of Vienna, receiving a Ph.D. from the latter in 1931. He was awarded the Dr. Biol. Sci. by the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. in 1936, the degree of Honoris Causa from the University of Perambuco in 1966, and the degree of Honoris Causa from the University of Lausanne in 1971. His list of positions reads almost like a travelogue and includes the following: Univer- sidad Nacional de Barcelona (1933-1934); Museum of Natural Sciences, Paris (1934-1935),; Academy of Sciences, USSR, Botanical Institute, Leningrad (1935-1940); Farlow Her- barium and Library, Harvard University (1941-1948); Universidad Nacional de Tucuman (Argentina) (1948-1960); Universidad de Buenos Aries (1961-1967); Museo de Historia Natural, Santiago (Chile) (1967-1%8); University of Illinois at Chicago (196f4-1976); Visiting Professor, University of Vienna (1976, 1979, 1985); Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Amazonicas, Manaus (1977-1979). His bibliography includes over 300 publications, among which is his monumental work, "The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy," now in its 4th edition. Anyone who has exam- ined this work cannot help but be impressed by its scope and comprehensiveness. Dr. Singer's contribution to mycology and biology can be divided into five major categories: 1) Mycological Systematics. Through his taxonomic treatments of various groups of fungi, his floristic surveys of South America, and, most importantly, his "new systematics" for the Agaricales that is now almost universally used, Dr. Singer has profoundly influenced the classification of fungi. 2) Hallucinogenic and Edible Fungi. Dr. Singer played an active role in the identification of the hallucinogenic fungi used in Mexico and in the subsequent physiological, ecological and cultural studies of these fungi. He also has been active in the study of the cultivation and utilization of edible mushrooms. 3) Fungal Ecology. His contributions in this areas include biogeographical studies, community analysis work (e.g., on the Cordillera Pelada in Chile), and work on mycorrhizae in both south temperate and tropical South and Central America. Dr. Singer was the first to document the occurrence of ectomycorrhizal associations occurring in low- land Neotropical forests. 4) Nomenclature. He has been very active in this topic for many years through his work with various nomenclature subcomniittees and numerous publications dealing with nomenclature. 5) South American Studies. Dr. Singer was able to facilitate the research of many botanists and zoologists while he was on the faculty in Buenos Aries, Tucuman and Manuas and during his term as Scientific Director of the Origanization for Flora Ne- otropica. The literature of the Agaricales is spread through many languages, and Dr. Singer can deal with most of them. He is completely fluent in ~nglish,-~erman,and spanish, and handles with ease a dozen other languages, including Russian, Czech, most of the languages of western Europe, and, of course, Latin. Dr. Singer is still actively publishing and doing research. He recently completed prepar- ing the 4th edition of The Agaricales and the 2nd edition of Mushrooms and Truffles, Dr. Singer has been an outstanding teacher and still enjoys leading collecting trips.

(Biographicalsketches of Midred Nobles and Rolf Singer are taken from the text of Roger Goos' award presentation at Amherst, MA, August 13, 1986)

ALEXOPOULOS PRIZE Recipient: John W. Taylor, University of California, Berkeley

WILLIAM H. WESTON AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE

Recipients: Richard T. Hanlin, University of Georgia Don E. Hemmes, University of Hawaii at Hio MSA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

Recipients: John S. Horton and Richard W. Kerrigan J. Stephen Horton, B.Sc. (1981) Biology Specialist (Univ. of Toronto). Ph.D. student with Paul Horgen, Univ. of Toronto. Research topic: antheridial regulation of gene expres- sion during male sexual differentiation in Achlya. Richard W. Kerrigan, B.A. (1976), M.A. (1982) Biology (San Francisco St. Univ.). Ph.D. student with Ian Ross, Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbara. Research topic: relationship between Agaricus bispoms and other Agaricus species utilizing an isoenzyme approach to examine the distribution of alleles at certain loci, to confirm matings between homokaryons, and to document the nature of meiosis in Agaricus.

GRADUATE RESEARCH PRIZES

For Research Papers Presented Orally Recipients: Jane N. Gemma, University of Rhode Island Topic: "Observations on vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in root-organ culture" Major Professor: R. E. Koske Tommy C. Sewall, Texas A & M University Topic: "Characterization of the endomembrane system druing gametogen- esis in Allomyces macrogynus" Major Professor: J.C. Pommewille

For Research Poster: Recipient: C. C. Bertke, Arizona State University Topic: "Protoplasts of Apodachlya sp." Major Professor: J. M. Aronson GUIDELINES FOR MSA PRIZES AND AWARDS (with lists of the past winners)

These guidelines were approved by Council in August 1984 (Wm. H. Weston Award for Teaching Excellence) and August 1985 (all others). They were amended by the Council in August 1986.

ALEXOPOULOS PRIZE 1. The Alexopoulos Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding "young" mycologist based on an evaluation of his or her research. 2. Both the nominee and the nominator must be members of the Mycological Society of America. Self nomination is prohibited. 3. Nominees are to have received their last degree within the ten year period immediately preceding January 1st of the year in which the award is given. This will nor- mally be an individual who received his or her degree 7-10 years previously. 4. Nominees will be evaluated primarily on the basis of quality, originality, and quantity of their published mycological work. 5. The Awards Committee shall advertise annually for nominations through the De- cember 5 MSA Newsletter or by other appropriate means. 6. The nomination folder should include: a. A statement of the nominee's merits. b. A curriculum vitae including a list of publications of the nominee. c. A complete set of the nominee's reprints. 7. The nominator should request that the nominee send a curriculum vitae and reprints to each member of the Awards Committee. 8. Presentation of the award should be at the annual meeting of MSA. 9. The award shall consist of an appropriate plaque as well as a monetary award der- ived from the annual interest on the principal deposited in the MSA account desig- nated "Mycological Society of America-Alexopoulos Fund." 10. The winning nominee shall be notified upon selection so that he or she may plan to attend the awards presentation. 11. An individual may be the recipient of the Alexopoulos Prize only once. 12. The awards Committee may choose not to make an award if only a single nomination is received or if none of the nominees is considered worthy. 13. The name of the winner of the award shall be published as part of the announcement of the award for the following year.

Past Recipients of the Alexopoulos Prize 1978 Keny O'Donnell 1982 no award made 1979 Charles Mims 1983 Meredith Blackwell 1980 Donald Wicklow 1984 Robert Fogel 1981 Martha Powell 1985 no award made 1986 John W. Taylor

DISTINGUISHED MYCOLOGIST AWARD 1. The distinguished Mycologist Award is awarded annually to an individual who has been outstanding in his or her mycological career. 2. The nominee must be a current member of the MSA or eligible for emeritus membership. 3. The nominee must have been a member of the MSA for at least five years and must have received his or her first terminal degree at least twenty years prior to the year in which the award is given. Honorary degrees shall not be considered in deter- mining the time interval. 4. The nominator must also be a member of the MSA. Self nomination is prohibited. Members of the awards committee are not eligible to nominate or be nominated for this honor. 5. The Chairman of the Awards Committee shall appoint ad hoc committee members in place of committee members whose major professors are nominated for the Dis- tinguished Mycologist Award. 6. Nominees will be evaluated on the basis of the quality, originality, and quantity of their published research; service to the MSA or to mycologists in general; or on any other basis that the committee may deem appropriate. The award is based on the recipient's entire career rather than on a single achievement. 7. The Awards Committee shall advertise annually for nomination through the De- cember MSA Newsletter or by other appropriate means. 8. The nomination folder should include:

a. A detailed evaluation of the nominee's outstanding contributions to mycology.- -. b. A curriculum vitae. c. A list of the nominee's publications. 9. The nominator should send the requested nomination material to each member of the awards committee. 10. Presentation of the award shall be at the annual meeting of the MSA. 11. The award shall consist of an appropriate plaque or other suitable recognition. 12. The recipient shall be notified upon selection so that he or she may plan to attend the award presentation. 13. An individual may receive the Distinguished Mycologist Award only once. 14. The Awards Committee, at its discretion, may choose to make more than one award in a given year, if it is appropriate. 15. The names of the recipient(s) of the Distinguished Mycologist Award shall be published with the announcement of the award for the following year.

Past recipients of the Distinguished Mycologist Award 1981 Constantine J. Alexopoulos, John N. Couch, George Cummins, Lindsay Olive and Kenneth B. Raper 1982 Liberto Ajello, Chester W. Emmons, Chester W. Hesseltine, Alexander H. Smith 1983 Roy F. Cain and Everett S. Luttrell 1984 Ross W. Davidson and Charles Drechsler 1985 Stanley J. Hughes and Josiah L. Lowe 1986 Mildred K. Nobles and Rolf Singer

WILLIAM H. WESTON-AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE For guidelines see MSA Newsletter 35(2): 32-33 (December, 1984).

Past recipients of the William H. Weston for Teaching Excellence 1980 Lois H. Tiffany 1983 C. J. Alexopoulos 1981 Edward E. Butler 1984 Everett S. Beneke 1982 Robert W. Lichwardt 1985 no award made and Hany D. Thiers 1986 Richard T. Hanlin and Don E. Hemmes MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 1. Two MSA Graduate Fellowships of $1000 each are awarded annually to promising graduate students in mycology. 2. An applicant for a MSA Graduate Fellowship must be a candidate for a Ph.D. degree and a resident during the tenure of the fellowship in a university in the United States or Canada. Applicants must be student members of MSA. 3. Previous MSA Fellows are not eligible. 4. A Fellow may hold additional appointments, provided they do not require more than half of hislher time. 5. The Awards Committee shall advertise for applicants through the MSA December newsletter or by other appropriate means. 6. The Chairman of the awards Committee shall provide application forms and instruc- tions for filing applications. 7. The application shall consist of four copies of: a. Appropriate background vitae. b. Transcripts of the undergraduate and graduate records. c. A detailed plan study. d. Names of two person from whom reference letters shall be solicited, one of whom shall be the major professor of the applicant. e. Applicants will have all application materials including letters of reference sent directly to each member of the awards committee. 8. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of their scholastic merit, research ability and promise shown as a mycologist. 9. The Chairman of the Awards Committee shall appoint an ad hoc committee member to replace any committee member who has a student applying for a Graduate Fellowship. 10. The two MSA Fellowship stipends are intended as supplementary grants and may be used by the recipients in any way to further their graduate studies. They are awarded in addition to any fellowship or assistantship support from other sources. 11. Announcement of the two annual MSA Fellows is made at the annual MSA meeting. 12. The winning applicants shall be notified upon selection so that they may plan to attend the awards presentation. 13. Stipends are awarded after confirmation of university registration. 14. The names of the MSA Fellows shall be published as part of the announcement of the MSA Fellowship for the following years.

Past-recipients of MSA Graduate Fellowships 1979 Jeffrey Pommerville 1979 Michael Allen and 1973 William Tiberlake Robert Antibus 1974 Robert Fogel 1980 Thomas Harrington and 1975 Martha Sherwood Steven Warner 1976 Scott Redhead 1981 Charles Jacobs and and John Taylor Kenneth Whitney 1977 Kurt Dahlberg 1982 Faye Murrin and Linda Kohn and Bruce Tucker 1978 James Anderson 1983 John Hammer and Larry Gauriloff and Karl McKnight 1984 Thomas Bruns and 1985 Georgiana May Thomas Chase and Rodney Roberts 1986 John S. Horton and Richard W. Kerrigan GRADUATE RESEARCH PRIZES

1. Two MSA Graduate Research Prizes of $100 each are awarded to the best two research papers presented orally by graduate students at the annual MSA meeting. 2. One MSA Graduate Research Prize of $100 is awarded annually to the best research poster presented by a graduate student at the annual MSA meeting. 3. An individual should apply for a consideration for a Graduate Research Prize by so indicating on the call for papers for the MSA annual meeting. Application may be made for either but not both categories of Graduate Research Prizes. 4. Persons eligible for a Graduate Research Prize are Master's and Ph.D. candidates or those who have been awarded the degree (exclusive of an honorary degree) within one year of the annual meeting. ~~~icantsmust be members of MSA. 5. Previous recipients of either category of Graduate Research Prize are not eligible for a second award. 6. It is the duty of the Award Committee to evaluate theGraduate Research Prize applicants by attending the oral presentations of their research papers or by examin- ing the poster presentations. 7. ~t~leasttwo (preferably more) members of the Awards Committee shall attendeach eligible paper or examine each eligible poster presentation. 8. An evaluation of the papers and posters will be based on: a. Significance of the work. b. Creativity. c. Appropriateness of methods. d. Clarity of the observations andlor results. e. Validity of the conclusions. f. Overall clarity of the presentations. g. Other factors deemed significant to the evaluation. 9. It is the duty of the Program Committee to schedule the eligible papers and posters in the most expeditious time frame with a minimum of overlap in concurrent sessions. 10. Prior to the annual meeting, the Chairman of the Program Committee shall give the names of the applicants for Graduate Research Prizes to the Chairman of the Awards Committee. 11. Ad hoc members of the Awards Committee may be appointed by the Chairman of the Awards Committee to facilitate judging when any regular Awards Committee member are unable to attend the MSA annual meeting. An Awards Committee member may not act as evaluator of a paper or poster by a student of that committee member. 12. The award for each of the Graduate Research Prizes shall be $100. 13. Presentation of the Graduate Research Prizes should be during the awards ceremo- ny of the MSA annual meeting. 14. The names of the Graduate Research Prize winners shall be published in the MSA Newsletters.

Past Recipients of the Graduate Research Prize--Oral Presentation

1972 Rand McNitt 1981 Gregory M. Mueller 1973 Martha Powell and Geraldine Russo 1974 Ellen Farr 1982 Edmond Badham, 1975 Richard Humber Thomas Bruns and Elaine Huizar 1976 Teny Hill 1983 Gerald Bills and Dennis McCabe and Steven Horton 1977 IMC-2; no award made 1984 William E. Hintz 1978 William Mulleavy and R.W. Matin 1979 Donald Betterley 1986 Jane N. Gemma 1980 Laurel Davis and Tommy C. Sewall and Susan Meyer Past Recipients of the Graduate Research Prize--Poster Presentation 1985 Bruce E. Tucker 1986 C. C. Bertke

REPORT-MSA MYCOLOGY GUIDEBOOK REVISION COMMITTEE

Since July 1, 1985 30 copies of the second issue of the Mycology Guidebook have been sold by the University of Washington Press. Of the 750 copies printed in 1981 a total of 458 copies have been sold, used for promotion, or provided to the MSA, leaving a stock of approximately 300 copies. In the June issue (vol. 36 (1):2) of the MSA Newsletter a questionnaire was published asking for input form MSA members that could be used in the planned revision of the Mycology Guidebook. See Enclosure I. The response to this "cry for help" was minimal; results are included in the paragraphs below. In August 1985 the MSA Mycology Guidebook Revision Committee met in Gaines- ville, Florida to discuss the revision of the Guidebook. It was decided that a questionnaire should be distributed to those who contributed to the first edition. Also, others specifically interested in the Guidebook were contacted. This was done early in 1986. See Enclosure I1 for contents of questionnaire. Approximately ninety questionnaires were sent out; sixty-one responses were obtained and overall the input was valuable. A considerable number of excellent ideas, and good interest in a new edition! From the questionnaire it is clear that thebook is being used by a number of individuals working with fungi (both in teaching and research). Some individuals feel that the organization of the book is good, others feel that a "new organization would help". Dr. M. D. Berliner suggested a book format similar to that used for the two volumes titled, "Selected Papers in Phycology". This and other possible formats should be considered and compared with the format. Approximately half of those who responded to the questionnaire are willing to cpn- tribute to the new edition. Some wish to update the existing text, others would like to add to their earlier contribution(s) as well as address new areas. A number of possible new contributors were suggested by the respondents. Also, many new areas were suggested for inclusion in the new edition. some of these included: (1) additional culture and mating studies (pheromones), (2) molecular mycology, for example, DNA techniques, (3) biochemistry, (4) biotechnology, (5) mycorrhizae, (6) fungal viruse, (7) protoplasts, (8) more on collecting and sampling techniques, (9) E.M., (10) medical mycolgy, for example, toxicology (molds and mushrooms), (11) endobiotic and pathogenic fungi, (12) lichens, (13) industrial mycology, for example, fermented foods, (14) mushroom cultivation (small scale and commercial), and (15) several suggestions related to adding information on particular groups of fungi (Tremellales, ~eptomitales,~onoble~haridhes, Lagenidiales, Thraustochytrids, Phytophthora, etc.). Some general suggestions included: (1) credit to individual "writers", (2) provide a good index (the second issue of the first edition has one), (3) increase experimental materials, (4) improve (add to) fungal physiology, (5) use a "lab exercise" approach in con- ~ -~ structing format of text, (6) issue a paperback edition, (7) streamline as well as add to section on media (8) add computer programs in mycology, (9) increase number of illus- trations and (10) a possible new publisher (T. D. Brock, Science Tech, Inc. Publishers, is interested in publishing the new edition. He was a contributor to the first edition). The idea of an edition is Spanish was supported strongly by some, not at all by others. Still seems like a viable idea but need some thought.^ What's next? In the Autumn of this year Walt Sundberg and I will meet in Seattle to take a first cut at the fonnat of the text, subject matter and authorship of the various chapters (section), and to discuss publishers as well as support for the new edition. We will distribute our ideas on these matters to the President of MSA and the other Com- mittee members. In June 1987 we plan to have a meeting of those working on the new edition of the Mycology Guidebook in Ottawa. This will include the editors, Walt Sund- berg and myself, other members of the Guidebook Committee, E. S. Beneke and L. Frederick, authors (writers) working on revisions andlor additions to the Guidebook and any one who would like to attend. I hope that the MSA Council Members and the total membership of MSA will send their comments to me (or other members of the Mycology Guidebook Revision Com- mittee) as we move along through the coming year, and even after we are into the writing of the new edition. This is your Mycology Guidebook, we need your help and ideas to work with. Our task, at best, will be a difficult one. In my absence Walt Sundberg will submit this report to the MSA Council.. I regret that I cannot attend the MSA meeting this year.

Joe Ammirati Chair, Mycology Guidebook Revision Committee

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL MYCOLOGY COMMITTEE

Sk distinguished medical mycologists (J. Rippon, M. McGinnis, A. DiSalvo, G. Land, I. Salkin, and L. Kaufman) have been recruited to cover a broad range of topics of concern to medical mycologists and basic mycologists in the form of a symposium on Mon- day morning during the 1986 MSA meeting. The genesis of this symposium was due, in large part, to the efforts of Ira Salkin on behalf of the MSA. He approached the Medical Mycology Society of the Americas council and convince them that we should have both societies (MMSA and MSA) interacting more often and more efficiently so that we can share ideas and expertise. Ira and I decided that a joint symposium put on by both societies would be the best way to foster this interaction. Ira was instrumental in obtaining a small grant from Merid- ian Diagnostics to help underwrite the symposium and the MSA was also gracious enough to provide a small honorarium for the speakers. Once the speakers and topics were decided upon, it became obvious that it would be of value to publish proceedings of such a far-reaching and novel symposium for the MSA membership. Mycologia was approached concerning this possibility but the editorial board decided that it was inapproriate to publish such materials in Mycologia. I expressed my disappointment that the Society deemed the symposium to be of sufficient interest to be put on the program for the annual meetings but the journal didn't feel the subjects were appropriate for publication for the MSA community. Matters rested at the point until Dr. Salkin approached the editor of Mycapathologiaconcerning the possibility of publishing the proceedings of the symposium. Mycopathologia agreed that the papers would be a valuable contribution to the mycological community and will be publishing them. After discussions with several officers of the MSA, I would like to suggest the Mycolo- gia consider changing some of its policies regarding review-type articles, particularly ones which emanate from the annual meetings. Perhaps a special issue of important symposium papers could be issued every year? It seems to me to be a shame to have compendia of information about sometimes somewhat obscure areas presented at annual meetings lost to the non-attending Mycologia readership. If attendance at the medical mycology symposium this summer is good, we hope that this will usher in future better relations between the MSA community and the medical mycology community represented by the Medical Mycology Society of the Americas. Respectfully submitted,

Michael. J. Dykstra

REPORT OF THE HISTORIAN 1985-1986

Because of the prolonged and serious illness of the Garden's Librarian, the organization, inventory, protection, etc. of the Society's Archives for storage in the Garden's Library have been delayed. I request that the $2000.00 of Society funds approved by the Council in 1984 and 1985 be kept on hold until work on the Archives actually begins. Several additional items for the Archives have been received from former officers, retiring chairmen of committees and from a few individuals during the past year. All members should be alert to historical items and send them to the Historian. Clark T. Rogerson Historian July 20, 1986 P.S. Hopefully work on the archives will start in October of 1986.

Report of the MSA Teaching Committee

The major activity of the Teaching Committee was the selection of awardeess for the Wm. H. Weston, Jr. Award for Teaching Excellence in Mycology. Six complete nominations were received for six very worthy candidates. In view of the number of nominations and the fact that no Weston Award was given last year, the Committee decided-with President Goos' consent-to make two awards this year. The recipients will be: Richard T. Hanlin, University of Florida Don E. Hemmes, University of Hawaii at Hilo We recommend that the MSA President write congratulatory- letters to the awardees and to the appropriate administrators in the awardees' respective institutions. Other activities of the Teachine." Committee consisted of some discussion and investigation into the possiblity of making available to MSA members sets of teaching trans- parencies, and methods by which we could conduct workshops or displays on the use of computers in teaching activities. It is anticipated some actions will be taken on these matters in the future.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert W. Lichtwardt, Chair Bob R. Pohlad John W. Taylor Paul D. Olexia August, 1986 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS

MSA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN MYCOLOGY FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1987-1988

Graduate students who will be candidates for the Ph.D. degree in the field of mycology and are in residence during the academic year at an American or Canadian university are invited to apply. In selecting the recipients of the fellowships, consideration is given to scholastic merit, research ability and promise shown as future mycologists. Two stipends of $1,000 each, intended as supplementary grants, will be awarded. The stipends may be used by the recipients in any way to further their graduate studies and are awarded in addition to any fellowship, or assistant support from other sources. Former MSA Graduate Fellows are not eligible. Application forms may be obtained from the chairperson of the Awards Committee (members listed below): Dr. Michael Dykstra, Chairperson Dr. James B. Anderson Anatomy, Physiological Sciences & Radiology Dept. of Biology School of Veterinary Medicine Erindale College North Carolina State University University of Toronto Raleigh, NC 27606 (91)329-4200 Mississauga, Ontario L56 lc6 CANADA Dr. Thomas W. Gaither Dr. Kenneth E. Conway Dept. of Biology Dept. of Plant Pathology Slippery Rock State College Oklahoma State University Slippery Rock, PA 16057 Stillwater, OK 74078 Deadline for the receipt of complete nomination: March 15, 1987 For past recipients see Guidelines for MSA Prizes and Award

ALEXOPOULOS PRIZE FOR 1986 The Mycological Society of America invites nominations by members for the annual Alexopoulos Prize. Nominees are to have completed their last degree within the ten year period immediately preceding January 1,1986.Both nominee and nominator must be members of the Mycological Society of America. Self-nomination is prohibited. Nomi- nations must include a full statement of the nominee's merits. Nominator should request the nominee to send a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and a complete set of reprints to each member of the Awards Committee or the nominator may ask the Chairperson to request these documents from the nominee. The recipient will be cho- sen on the basis of the originality, quality, and quantity of published mycological work since the degree. Former winners are not eligible. The award will consist of an engraved plaque and a monetary prize. This prize was established by students and friends of Professor Constantine J. Alex- opoulos to honor him on the occasion of his retirement from teaching. Documents should be sent directly to each member of the awards committee. Deadline for the receipt of complete nominations: March 15, 1987 For past recipients see Guidelines for MSA Prizes and awards.

MSA DISTINGUISHED MYCOLOGIST AWARD FOR 1987 The Mycological Society of America invites nominations for the Distinguished Mycol- ogist Award for 1987. Each nominee must have received his or her last degree (honorary degrees excepted) as least twenty years prior to the year in which the award is given (1966 or earlier for the 1987 award), and must have been a member of MSA for at least five years. Past recipients of the Distinguished Mycologist Award are not eligible. The nominee must be nominated by another member of the MSA; self-nomination is prohibited. Members of the awards committee are not eligible to nominate or be nominated for this honor. The nomination must include a cumculum vitae, a list of publications, and a detailed evaluation of the candidate's outstanding contribution to mycology. Four copies of each document are required; one to be sent directly to each member of the Awards Commit- tee. (See Alexopoulos Prize above for the names and addresses of the committee members). Recipients will be determined by the Awards Committee on the basis of quality, originality, and quantity of published research; service to MSA or mycologists in general; or on any other basis that the Committee may deem appropriate. The award is based on the recipient's entire career rather than on a single achievement. The award consists of an engraved plaque. Deadline for receipt of complete nominations: March 31, 1987. For past recipients see Guidelines for MSA Prizes and Awards

THE MSA WM. H. WESTON AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN MYCOLOGY Nominations are now open for the 1987 Wm. H. Weston Award for Teaching Excel- lence in Mycology. The award is intended to honor a person whose contributions to the teaching of mycology, in any of its various fields, have been influential at either the graduate or undergraduate level, or both. Preference will be given to currently active teachers. Previous nominees will be considered. Nominations should be made on the forms available from the Committee on Teaching. Information about the type of sup- portive documentation the Committee seeks may be obtained from: Dr. Robert W. Lichtwardt Other Committee Members: Department of Botany University of Kansas Paul D. Olexia Lawrence, KS 66045 Robert R. Pohlad Telephone: (913) 864-3740 John W. Taylor Deadline for receipt of complete nominations: March 15, 1987 For past recipients see Guidelines for MSA Prizes and Awards FORTHCOMING EVENTS

lnternational Plant Pathology Conference in Beijing. Contact: M. Chen (see address in this issue) April 4, 1987. New England Mycology Conference. Conn. Agric. Expt. Station. Con- tact: S. Anagnostakis April 25-26, 1987. Middle Atlantic States Mycology Conference, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, Contact: D. Farr April 29-May 1. VAM Taxonomy Workshop. Univ. of Florida. Gainesville, FL. Contact: N.C. Schenck. May 3-8, 1987. Seventh North American Conference on Mycorrhiza. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville. Contact: Mildred Kanard, 1041 McCarty Hall, Univ. of Florida, Cainseville, FL 32611 May 5-25, 1987. Traditional Herbal Medicine of China. Tour of Hong Kong, Beijing, Xian, Chendu, Changsha and Guangzhou. Contact: Mo-mei Chen (see address this issue) or Himalaya, Inc. 1802 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA 94703. May 11-15, 1987. Advanced Biological EM Techniques Short Course. $450. Contact: H. C. Aldrich June 22-25, 1987. Annual Meetings of MSA and Canadian Phytopathological Society. Carlton Univ., Ottawa, Ontario. Contact: D. J. Barr June 23, 1987. Colloquium on Selected Fungicides for Research with Fungi. Part of MSAICPS Meetings. Contact: L. V. Edgington, Dept. of Environmental Biology, Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 June 29-July 3. Mycotoxins and Phycotoxias. Gordon Research Conference. Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH. Contact: Dr. A. Cruickshank, Gordon Research Center, Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881. June 29-July 4, 1987. IVth lnternational Spore Conference. Sterling, Scotland. Contact: John E. Smith, Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow GI IXW Scotland July 20-24, 1987. Annual Meeting, Society for Invertebrate Pathology. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Contact: D. G. Boucias, Dept. of Entomology and Nematology July 24-Aug. 1, 1987. XIV lnternational Botanical Congress. West Berlin, FRG August 3-7, 1987. International Symposium: The Expanding Realm of Yeast-like Fungi. Amersfoot, The Netherlands. Contact: Symposium, P.O. Box 273,3740 AG Baam, The Netherlands August 9-13, 1987. Annual Meetings, American Institute of Biological Sciences. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH. August 9-14,1987. Annual Meeting, Society for Industrial Microbiology, Baltimore, MD. Contact: Ann Kulback. SIM, P.O. Box 12534, Arlington, VA 22209

FORAYS August 20-23, 1987. Northeastern Foray in Adirondacks. Paul Smith's College, Paul Smith's, NY. Contact: J. and P. Kronick, NY Mycol. Soc., 1951Lowell Lane, Merrick, NY 11566 ARTICLES AND NOTES

COLLECTIONS OF W. BRIDGE COOKE IN HERBARIUM AT MIAMI UNIVERSlTY

W. Bridge Cooke has donated nearly 13,500 fungal specimens from his herbarium to the William Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU) of Miami University since 1967, including many foray vouchers of the MSA and NAMA, as well as his personal collection and some type material. MU houses a total of nearly 40,000 specimens, including many types and valuable exsiccatae sets. Contact M. A. Vincent (Assistant Curator) or W. H. Black- well (Curator) regarding loans or exchanges.

NEWSLETTER OF. U.S. FEDERATION OF CULTURE COLLECTIONS L. H. Huang, the new editor of the U.S. Federation of Culture Collections Newslet- ter, would like to receive feature articles or current topic articles pertaining to culture collections.

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGAL HERBARIUM The herbarium of entomopathogenic fungal specimens at the USDA-ARS Plant Pro- tection Research Unit (Ithaca, NY) has been registered with the IAPT for inclusion in the Index Herbariorum under the acronym ARSEF. Both the herbarium and 2100-strain collection of entomopathogenic fungal cultures use this acronym.

MSA LOGO CONTEST The MSA Council has reopened the search for an appropriate logo for the Society. In hopes of encouragingquality suggestions, a $50 prize is being offered. Entrants will be judged by polling of MSA members at a poster display at the 1987 annual meetings in Ottawa. Send entries to Meredith Blackwell.

FUNGAL GENERA IN URGENT NEED OF TAXONOMIC STUDY The International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi met in Manchester, England on 5 Sept. 1986, and sought to identify those fungal genera in urgent need of taxonomic study. Genera were selected on the basis of those for which an inadequate knowledge of their systematics was proving a constraint in one or more fields of applied microbiology (including industrial and medical mycology and biotechnology). The Commission is composed of mycologists with a strong interest in systematics but who are active in different areas of applied microbiology. Each member was asked to list, in order of need, 20 genera urgently requiring critical systematic revisionay work. A score of 20 was given to the top-rated genus on each list, and a score of 1to the genus with the lowest priority. Nine members of the Commission participated in the rank- ings, so the maximum score for a genus was 180. The 30 genera identified as in the most need of work are listed in order of priority. Total scores are given in parentheses. 1. Cladosporium (84) 16. Trichophyton (25) 2. Candida-Torulopsis group (74) 17. Ch ysosporium (24) 3. Verticillium (73) 18. Penicillium (18) 4. Ceratocystis anamorphs (71) 19. Phytophthora (22) 5. Aspergillus (71) 20. Exophialu (21) 6. Chaetomium (56) 21. Arthroderma (20) 7. Trichoderma (55) 22. Trichosporon (20) 8. Acrernoniurn (54) 23. Swpulnriopsis (19) 9. Phoma (54) 24. Fonsecaea 10. Alternaria (51) 25. Cyptococcus (19) 11. Mucor (51) 26. Rhodotorula (19) 12. Gliocladium (41) 27. Basidiomycete anamorphs (18) 13. Fusarium (39) 28. Sporobolomyces (17) 14. Phialophora (33) 29. Pseudoallescheria (17) 15. Drechslera (32) 30. Thielavia (16) Other genera mentioned were, in alphabetical order: ~maur&cus, Aureobasidium, ~asidi'obolus,Bottyodiplodia, Collectotrichum, Conidiobolus, Coniochaeta, Coniothyrium, Geotrichum, Graphiocladiella, Hansenula, Humicola, Hyalorhinocladiella, Kluyveromyces, Leptographium, Metarhizium, Microsporum, Nectria, Paecilomyces, Pestalotia, Phomopsis, Phyllosticta, Pythium, Rhinocladiella, Rhizoctonia, Rosel- linia, Strattonia, Ulocladium, Verticicladiella, Xylaria. This information was provided by D. L. Hawksworth, Chairman of the Commission. C.A.B., International Mycological Institute, Ferry Lane, Kew, Surrey, England TW9 3AF

A CLARIFICATION A clerical error appears to have been the cause for Haward University being listed as a paying subscriber to "The Mushroom Culture," a publication of the Florida Mycol- ogy Research Center.

A LETTER FROM PROFESSOR MCGINTY The following letter to the Newsletter was sent by R. Singer and R. E. Machol. See the following article for additional information on Professor McGinty. "We, R. Singer and R. E. Machol, have just received the following letter from the immortal Professor McGinty. We find it startling enough to wish to share it with all members of the MSA. It may give our colleagues, especially those involved in nomenclature committees, some thoughts concerning questions we shall face at the nomenclature session in Berlin in 1987.

'Dear Drs. Singer and Machol, I am writing to you rather that to the editor of some botanical journal because no one has taken my work seriously since the publication of Saccardo's Sylloge Fungorum. I hope that you two, who are lovers of old mushroom books, will understand the importance and legitimacy of my proposals. I therefore implore you to see to it that my research is published so that no other nomenclaturist gets priority. I have seen the type of Prunulus atribrunneus Murr. which is now considered to be the same as MycenaPoccipes (Fr.) Kuhner = Hydropusfloccipes (Fr.) Sing., a species which according to the great monographers, belongs to Mycenaand occurs in North and South America and in Europe. My research shows that Agaricus pyramidalis Scop. is a much older name for it since Scopoli's diagnosis fits the species well, a fact obviously over- looked by everybody from Fries to Singer. As you know, the name Mycenaean no longer be used for this genus. I therefore propose the following new combination and neotype: Helotium pyramidale (Scop.) McGinty comb. nov. (Agaricus pyramidalis Scop. Flora Car- niolica ed. secunda vo. 11: 433.1772). Since Scopoli left no specimens under this name, I herewith propose as a neotype S.F. Earle 146 (NY)as Prunulus atribrunneus Murr. 1would also like you to present, in my name, the following proposal for modification of the Code. This is especially necessary because I have hundreds of other new combinations in all families of higher fungi in preparation since the last, delightfully improved de of Botanical Nomenclature gives the literature researcher so much new inspiration and challenge: In Paragraph 1delete "This Code aims at the provision of a stable method of naming taxonomic groups." Field and laboratory taxonomy, frankly, do not interest me, but taxonomists will have to rewrite their monographs with due regard for my findings or else they will be nomenclatorially obsolete, even before the eagerly awaited Berlin Code will appear. Sincerely,

Prof. McGinty'

We have checked the Scopoli description, and there is no question that it fits the species. That it fits several other species equally well is irrelevant. Professor McGinty's combination now has priority and must be accepted in accordance with the present version of the ICBN."

PROFESSOR N. A. MCGINTY

Because not all mycologists may be aquainted with the imaginary Professor McCinty, the MSA Newsletter editor asked Ed Butler to write about him. "I first discovered McGinty while browsing the 7 volumes of the "Mycological Writ- ings of C. C. Lloyd". There he sat, in volume 4, atop a ladder viewing a fungus resem- bling a human head. On the page preceding the picture, he authored an article entitled "The species of the genus Anthropomorphus Seger". He states that this genus was "described and illustrated by the learned D. George Seger in 1688." But McCinty discovered that a number of species described as Geaster belonged in Seger's genus and thus, without further study or contemplation, he transferred all 12 of them to An- thropomorphus.

Professor McGinty discovering the genus Anthropomorphus.

39 Actually, Professor McGinty is fictitious. He was employed by Lloyd principally to poke fun at mycologists who seemingly described species or made new combinations to "attach their name to the names of fungi." "To gratify the authors," Lloyd said, was the main reason for using author names. McGinty's article on Anthropomorphus was strictly for the purpose of poking fun. In other of Lloyd's works, McGinty created new taxa, and he was called upon frequently to support Lloyd's own iconoclastic views. In casual conversations with mycologist colleagues in such places as rathskellers, I have heard that McGinty is responsible for confusion in the nomenclature of fungi. I doubt that to be true, but it is true that P. A. Saccardo in Sylloge Fungorum vol. 19 cites "Anthropomorphus Seger." If one would like an entry into the literature on the possible importance of McGinty in naming fungi, see also under Anthropomorphus in edition 7 of Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi. I have long had an interest in C. G. Lloyd; maybe it was McGinty sitting on the ladder that originally aroused this interest. After all, I had not known many mycologists who made-up professors or who erected a monument to themselves and placed it on their own land prior to their death." THE 1982 PENNSYLVANIA FORAY

Wm. Bridge Cooke 1135 Wilshire Ct., Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 (Editor's note: Collection lists from the annual forays will now be published in the MSA Newsletter. The group portrait will continue to be published in Mycologia because of the better quality printed photographs in the journal.) Participants in the 1982 Pennsylvania Foray met inn the parking lot of the Eisenhower Auditorium where buses picked them up and took them to the Mushroom Demonstra- tion Center. There we were given a tour of the Center where modern methods of commercial mushroom are demonstrated. This was followed by a tour of the Mushroom Research Center, where research involving testing of new strains of mushrooms, nutrition, and disease control, is conducted. Mention was also made of the testing of development of mushroom species not yet in commercial production. Fol- lowing this tour we boarded the buses for a trip to the Alan Seeger State Monument in a Pennsylvania State Forest. Here we had a box lunch. After lunch we searched the area for fungi. The following list of 123 species attests to the industry of those collectors who reported their finds during the afternoon. A few species were also obtained on the Campus of the Pennsylvania State University. The Foray Portrait was taken before the buses returned to the Campus where our leader, Dr. C. Leonard Fergus, provided space for displaying and drying collections in a laboratory in the Department of Biology in Buckhout Laboratory. Collections were made in the Alan Seeger State Natural Area at the junction of Det- weiler Run and Standing Rock Creek, Huntingdon County (I), and on the Campus of the Pennsylvania State University (II), University Park, Centre County, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8, 1892. Those reporting collections made include the following with identifying initials, field numbers, and herbaria of deposit of specimens. B-Margaret Barr Bigelow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; C-Wm. Bridge and Vivian G. Cooke (MU); E- Howard E. Bigelow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; G-Roger Goos, Universi- ty of Rhode Island, Kingston; H-Roy E. Halling, New York Botanical Garden; J-Jack Rogers, Washington State University, Pullman; R-Clark T. Rogerson, New York Bo- tanical Garden; S -Robert Shaffer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; T -Harry Thi- ers, San Francisco State University.

THE SPECIES LIST MYXOMYCETES : Fuligo septica (L.) Wiggers-I, R. Physarum flavidum (Pk.) Pk.-I, R. PHYCOMYCETES: Albugo portulacae (DC.) Kuntze on Portulaca olerac~II,R. ASCOMYCETES: Chloriciboria aeruginascens (Nyl.) Kanouse -I, R. Ciboria peckiana (Cooke) Korf -1, T. Cordyceps ophioglossoides (Fr.) Lk. Elaphomyces sp.-I, R. Daldinia concentrica (Bolt. : Fr.) Ces. & de Not.-I, J. Diatyp stigma (Hoffm. : Fr.) Fr.-I, R. Elaphomyces sp.-I, R. Geoglossurn glutinmum Pers. : Fr.-I, J. Helrninthosphaeria clrmariarum (Tul.) Fck1.- I, R. Helvella cupulaefomis Dissing & Nannfeldt-I, R. Humaria hemisphaerica (Wiggers: Fr.) Fckl.-I, T. Hypomyces hyalinus (Schw.: Fr.) Tul. on Amanita sp.-I, R; H. luteovirens (Fr.) Tul. on Russula sp.-I, R. Hysterium pulicarePers. : Fr. on stroma of Diatrypestigma-I, R. Lasiobolus ciliatus (Schum. : Fr.) Boudier on deer dung-I, R. Lasiosphaeria hirsuta (Fr.) Ces. & de Not.-I, 8-6913. Leotia 1ubricaPers.- I, G, R. Lophopdemium schweinitziiM. Wil- son & Roberts-l, B-6918. Massaria xanthoxyli (Pk.) Petrak-I, B-6916. Melanomma puluius- pyrius (Pers. : Fr.) Fckll. - 1, B-6914, 6915. Microglossurn rufum (Schw.) Underwood-I, R. Nectria candicans (Plowr.) Samuels on Fuligo septiceI, R; N. oropensiodes Rehrn in Brefeld & Tavel on Coriolus versicolor-I, R. Nummularia discreta (Schw.) Tu1.-I, J. Otidea alutacea (Fr.) Massee- I, R; 0. onotica (Pers.) Fck1.-1, T. Pestalosphaeria concentrica Barr 1. B-6919. Pseudomassaria thistelonia (Cooke)v. Arx-I, 8-6921. Spathularia sp.-I, G; S. wlutipes Cke. & Farl., 1, R, 8-6917. Xylaria cornudamae (Schw.)Fr.-1, J.Zignoella pulviscula (Curr.) Sacc. on Diatype stigma-I, R. DEUTEROMYCETES: Ampelornyces quisqualis Cesati ex Schlecht. on Oidium sp.-11, R; on Platanus acerifolia-11, R. Ascochyta mjalis C. Massalongo on Convallaria mnjalis-11, R. Calcarisporium arbuscula Preuss on Clavulina cristatt-I, R; on 1nocybesp.-1, R; on LRo- tia lubrica -I, R. Cladobotyum mycophilum (Oudemand) Gams & Hoozemans on Xerom- phalina campanella-I, R; C. verticillatum (Lk.) Hughes on Luctarius camphomtus-1, R. Collectotrichum trichellum (Fr.) Duke on Hedera helixII, R. Gliocladiumalbum (Preuss)Petch on Physarum flavidum-I, R. Helicomyces bellus Morgan-1, G. Hyalopycnis blepharistoma (Berk.) Seeler on Leotia lubrica-I, R; on Xeromphalina campanella--I, R. Mycogone ceruina Ditmar on Helvella cupulifonni+l, R. Pestalotiopsis state of Pestalosphaeria concentrim on Rhododendron-I, 8-6919. Phomatospom gelatinospora Barr-I, 8-6920. Sepedonium chlorinum (Tul.) Damon on Strobilomyces floccopuj1, R. Sporidesmium larvaturn Cke. & Ell. I, B-6912. Verticillium rexianum (Sacc.) Sacc., on a myxomycete-I, R.

BASIDIOMYCETES: Amanita flavoconia Atk.-I, E, T; A. fulva Schaeff. : Fr.-I, E, T; A. rubescens (Pers. : Fr.) S. F. Gray-I, E, T; A, virosa (Fr.) Bertillon & dechambre-I, E, T. Asteorophora lycoperdoides (Bull. ex Merat) Ditmar -I, R. Boletus affinis Pk. -I, T; B. affinis var. maculosus Pk.-I, T; B. parasiticus Bull. : Fr.-I, T; B. subvelutipes Pk.-I, T. Cantharellus cibarius Fr.-I, E; C. 1ateritiusBerk.-I, E; C. minorPk.-I, E; C. tubaeformis Fr.-I, E. Clavariafusiformis Sow.: Fr. -I, H; C. vermicu1arisFr.-I, T. Clavicorona pyxidata (Fr.)Doty I, T. Clavulina cristata (Fr.) Scroet.-I, R, C-61044. Clitocykgibba (Fr.) Kummer-I, E. Collybia dichrous (Berk. & Curt.) Gilliam-I, H; C. dyophila (Bull. : Fr.) Kummer-I, E, H; C, praeacuta (Ell.) Gilliam 1, H; C. subnuda (Ell. ex Pk.) Gilliam-I, H. Coltriciella dependens (Berk. & Curt.) Murr. I, C ex R. P. Korf. Coprinus heptameris M. Lange & A. H. Smith on ? deer dung-I, R. Coriolus versicolor (L. : Fr.) Quel. I, R. Cyptotrama lacunosa-I, T. Cortinarius iodes Berk. & Curt.-1, T. Cyathus olla (Batsch)Pers.-11, R. Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolt. : Fr.) Schroet. on Betula sp.-I, C-61052; on Rhododendron sp.-I, C-61055 ex R. S. Currah. Favolus alveolaris (DC. : Fr.) Quel.-I, C-61033. Fistulina hepatica Schaeff. : Fr.-I, E. Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw. : Fr.) Karst.-[, C-61039. Ganodenna tsugae Mum.-I, C-61038. Gyropunts castaneus (Bull. : Fr.) Quel.-1, T. Hydnochaete olivacea (Schw.) Banker-I, C-61041. Hygrophorus marginatus Pk.-I, E, H, T; H. nitidus Berk. & Curt.-I, T. Hymenochaete ntbiginosa(Dicks. : Fr.) Lev.-I, C-61032. Luctarius camphoratus (Fr.) Fr.-I, R: L. lignyotus Fr.-I, T. Leptotrimitus semipileatus (Pk.) I'ouzar-I, C-61052. ]Marasmius sp.-I, H. Micromphale foetidurn (Fr.) Singer-I, H. Omphalina strombodes (Berk. & Mont.) Mum.-1, E. Paxillus atrotornentosus (Batsch: Fr.) Fr.-I, T, C-61040. Phellinus gilvus (Schw.) Pat. 1, C-61053. Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq, : Fr.) Kummer-I, T. Pluteus ad- mirabilis (Pk.) Pk.-I, E. Polyporus badius (S. F. Gray) Schw.4, C-61030; P. varius Fr.-I, C-61029. Pseudohydnurn gelatinosum (Scop. : Fr.) Karst.-1, E.T. Ramanopsis kunzei (Fr.) Donk-I, C-61049. Russulasp.1, @7210,7215; R. compacta Frost in Pk. - I, S-7211; R. cyanox- antha (Schaeff.: Fr.-1, S; R. earlei Pk.-I, 5-7213; R. maculata Quel. ex Roze-I, E; R. ochroleuciodesKauff.--I, S-7216; R. sanguineaBuU. : Fr. I, 57214; R. variataBann. ex Pk.-I, T. Sclerodem citrinum Pers.-I, C-61034. Stereurn hirsutum (Willd. : Fr.) S. F. Gray-1, C-61042. Strobilomyces confusus Singer-I, T; S. floccopus(Vah1. L Fr. ) Karst.-I, R. 'Suillus pictus (Pk.) A.H. Smith & Thiers-I, T. Trichaptum abietinum (Fr.) Ryv. on Tsuga canaden- sis -I, C-61027; T. bifonnis (Fr. in Kunze) Ryv.4, C-51028. Tylopilus chromapes (Frost) A.H. Smith & Thiers-1, T; T. felleus (Bull. : Fr,) Karst. -0 1, T; T. sordidus(Frost) A. H. Smith & Thiers-I, T. Xeromphalina campanella (Batsch : Fr.) Kuehner & Maire-1, R. C-61057. Checklist of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from maritime sand dunes of Rhode Island R. E. Koske Department of Botany, Univ. of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881

Spores of the following species of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were reco- vered from sand dunes of the southern shore of Rhode Island. Collections of soil were made between 1978 and 1986 by Carl Friese, Jane Gemma, Len Tews and R. Koske. Root zones of the dominant plant species on the dunes, Ammophila breviligulnta Fern., were sampled, as were root zoners of Solidago semperoirens L., Lathyrus japotlicirs var. glaber (Ser.) Fern., and Myn'ca pensylvanica Loisel. Acaulospora scrobiculata Trappe A. spinosa Walker & Trappe Gigaspora gigantea (Nicol. & Gerd.) Gerd. & Trappe Glomus aggregatum Schenck & Smith G. fasciculatum (sensu Thaxter) Gerd. & Trappe G. microaggregatum Koske, Gemma & Olexia G. pustulatum Koske, Friese, Walker & Dalpe Scutellospora calospora (Nicol. & Gerd.) Walker & Sanders S. dipapillosa (Walker & Koske) Walker & Sanders S. erythropa (Koske & Walker) Walker & Sanders S, pellucida (Nicol. & Schenck) Walker & Sanders S. persica (Koske & Walker) Walker & Sanders S. reticulata (Koske, Miller & Walker) Walker & Sanders

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Joe Ammirati was promoted to Professor of Botany in Sept., 1986. Kenneth E. Conway was elected Vice President president elect) of the southern division of the American Phytopathological Society in August, 1986. Randy Currah was awarded the Luella K. Weresub prize in Mycology for his paper "Tax- onomy of the Onygenales: Arthrodermataceae, Gymnoascaceae, Myxotrichaceae and Onagenaceae" by the Canadian Botanical Association in June 1986. Daniel P. Dylewski was promoted to Group Leader of Microscopy at Kraft, Inc. ~ekarch and Development. Cletus Kurtzman, whose research in genetics paves the way for bioengineering new yeast strains to make use of surplus crop commodities, was named Scientist of the Year for the Midwest area of the USDA on Nov. 18, 1986. A $15,000 research grant supple- ments the award. Deborah M. Langsam was awarded the 1986 NCNB Award for Teaching Excellence. Gigliola Puppi was pomoted to Associate Professor Mark Spear has been named Director of Research at Sylvan Spawn

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James Mitchell seeks teaching andlor research position in Mycology. BA biology, MS microbiology, Ph.D. plant pathology. Research interests: mycology, microbial ecology, biocontrol of plant pathogens and geornicrobiology. Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 tel: (501) 575-6772. Oke 0.Adebowale seeks researchlteaching position. Ph.D. (1986), a biocontrol approach to post-harvest losses of food, fruits and vegetables. Prof: B. A. Oso.

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Tom Arsuffi is now working in Steve Newell's lab at the Univ. of Georgia Marine Institute. Marc Begin is now working at Sylvan Spawn Laboratory, West Hill Industrial Park, Kit- tanning, PA 16201 Gaston Guzman has retired from his administrative work to devote his time to research Richard Kerrigan has left his position with Far West Fungi (Mycological Supplies) to return to research. James Lovett will retire from Purdue University in August, 1987, to pursue his interest as an artistlcraftsman Rosalind Lowen completed a 2-yr study at the CAB Mycological Institute in Kew and is now at the NY Botanical Garden. John McCain is now Research Associate, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108. John Sutherland is visiting associate professor in the Dept. of Bacteriology and Biochemis- try, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow 83843. Tawfik M. Muhsin is now at the Univ. of Basrah, Iraq. DEATHS OF MEMBERS

John Nathaniel Couch (16 Dec. 1986). Memorial contributions may be sent to : Dept. of Biology, Coker Hall OlOA, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Chester W. Emrnons J.A.F. Nannfeldt Kenneth E. Papa Alexander H. Smith (12 Dec. 1986). Memorial contributions will be used to establish the Alexander and Helen Smith Research Fund to support mycological research. Fur- ther information on the fund will be published at a later date. Send checks to Martha Powell, MSA treasurer. Make checks payable to the MSA and indicate with a note that the funds are intended for this fund. Kenneth B. Raper (15 Jan. 1987). Memorial contributions may be sent to the Dept. of Botany or Dept. of Bacteriolology, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706

CREDITS FOR EXTRA DUES PAYMENTS The treasurer would like to inform members that when double payments have been received for 1987 dues, credit will be applied towards subsequent years dues. The following members have $15.00 or more credit: Amon, James P. Halde, Carlyn Jean Peabody, Diane Cope Anagnostakis, Sandra Halbert, Charles Pennoyer, Robert T. Anderegg, Doyle E. Haskins, Reginald H. Phelps, Janet W. Bartnicki-Garcia, S. Hendrix, James W. Pinello, Christine Berch, Shannon Hennen, Joe F. Pomerleau, Rene Betterley, Dr. Donald A. Hesseltine, C.W. Raper, Kenneth 8. Bianchi, Donald E. Illman, W.I. Rosing, Wayne C. Bill, Davis J. Jung, Hack Sung Roy, Earl G. Bistis, George N. Kaiser, Walter J. Salzman, Emanuel Blanchette, Robert A. Kaneko, Shigeru Samuels, Gary J. Boehm, Eric W.A. Keller, Harold W. San Antonio, James P. Braselton, James Kirk, Jr., Paul W. Scott, L. Burr Bruhn, J.N. KO, Wen-Hsiung Sherman, Lynn R. Calonge, G.D. Largent, David L. Shushan, Sam Carris, Lori M. Laube, Jr., Elzie V. Smith, Clifford W. Cazarez, Efren Lavoie, Kathleen Hoey Sun Sung Huang Cohen, I.L. Lee, Ji-Yul Tansey, Michael R. Davidson, Ross W. Liberta, Anthony E. Tjitrosomo, Sutarmi Deml, Guenther Lombard, Frances F. Trappe, James M. Dietz, Alma Lowe, Josiah L. Traquair, J.A. Dolan, Thomas E. Lowy, Bernard Treibs, Herold A. Elliot, Arthur M. Lubrecht, Harry Trueblood, Ellen Elsik, William C. Mahoney, 111, Daniel P. Vischniac, Helen S. Faro, Sebastian Mankau, Reinhold Walch, Henry A. Foos, K. Michael Miller, Mark W. Welden, A.I.. Fordyce, Jr., Claude Mitchel, D.H. Weltzien, H.C. French, David W. Moss, Stephen T. Wick, Robert L. Fu rjanick, Nicholas T. Mulleavy, Peny Wickerham, Lynferd J. Bigson, Jack L. Nelson, Jr., Berlin D. Williams, Marvin C. Goodman, Norman L. New Brunswick Sci Wright, Jorge E. Haines, John H. Oregon Mycol. Soc. NEW MEMBERS AND CHANGES OF ADDRESS

The following list includes members not included in the 1984 directory and members who changed addresses or phone nos. Alexander, J. P. Mycosphere, Rt. 1, Box 158, Forest Grove, OR 97116 Baade, P. L. P.O. Box 20011, Arlington, VA 22320 Cairney, W. 1. 7520 Potranco Road -1202, San Antonio, TX 78251 Chen, Momei. Dept. of Plant lJathology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 tel: (415) 642-4663 or 528-8354 Darnicone, J. P. Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiol., Louisiana State Univ., Ba- ton Rouge, LA 70803-1720 Dey, J. P. Dept. of Biology, Illinois Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington, IL 61701 Edelman, R. Botany and PIant Pathology Dept., Plant Biology Bldg., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 Gilliam-Davies, M. S., c/o Schwartz, NCBA, 1401 NY Ave., NW,Suite 1100, Washing- ton, DC 20005 Gray, W. D. 1410 Sheridan Dr., Apt. 12C, Lancaster, OH 43130 tel: (614) 654-9940 Ho, I. Forestry Sciences Lab, 3200 Jefferson Way, Cowallis, OR 97331 Klich, Maren (504) 2864361 Kronenberg, H. 5619 NW 179th St. Ridgefield, WA 93642 tel: (602) 573-9423 Kurup, V. P. 151 Research Sew, V A Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53295 Larsen, H. J. Orchard Mesa Research Center, 3168 8112 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81503 Muhsin, T. H. Dept. of Biology, College of Education, University of Basrah, Iraq Paulitz, T. Dept. of Plant Pathology, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523 Quinn, J. A. (215) 641-2242 Rall, G. D. Box 541, 109 Granada Dr., Edinboro, PA 16412 tel: (814) 453-5811 Raper, C. Dept. of Microbiology, Given Bldg., Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 Rodrigues, K. F. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458 Shih, L. 1741 M. L. King Jr. Way, 5A, Berkeley, CA 94709 Vilgalys, R. Dept. of Botany, Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27706 Wickerham, L. J. 5540 Wi Bar X St., Tucson, AZ 85713 tel: (602) 883-5509 Williams, M. A. J. CAB International Mycological Institute, Ferry Lane, Kew, Surrey England TW9 3AF Zhuang, W-Y. Dept. of Plant Pathology, 334 Plant Science Bldg., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853 tel: (607) 255-7838 THE MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Application for Membership

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Complete form and dues are to be sent to Dr. Martha Powell, Treasurer, Dept. of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056 Phone (513) 529-4200. In the U.K. send payment to Dr. David Minter, CMI, Ferry Lane, Kew, Rich- mond, Surrey, TW9 3AF. NOW AVAILABLE! Last definitive and revised Edition. Rolf Singer (Chicago, Illinois) THE AGARICALES IN MODERN TAXONOMY. 4th fully revised edition. 981 pages, 84 plates (3 colored), bound. 1986

The 4th and probably the last edition of this book is again fully revised and updated. The basic concept and the system of classification have not changed even though some mostly minor rearrangements have been accepted or included. Changes in the classification of the 3rd to the 4th edition will be evident to the reader if he compares the respective surveys of the General of Agaricaies (3rd ed. p. 161, here p. 154). The work provides keys that reflect the criteria used for the separation of genera and higher taxa to the extent a key can express them - but it should be remembered that many supporting facts are offered in the first 24 chapters and in the paragraphs on delimitation of rach genus. Price $175.00 List of mycologica! books available free of charge. Order from: Lubrecht & Cramer LTD R.D. 1, Box 244 Fores tburgh, NY 12777 USA Phone: (914) 794-8539 Richard E. Koske, Editor NONPROFIT ORG. MSA Newsletter U.S. POSTAGE Department of Botany The University of Rhode Island PERMIT NO. 19 Kingston, RI 02881 KINGSTON, RI USA

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December 1986