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Pedro Crous Academician Highly Cited Researchers Pedro Crous Academician Pedro Crous, IMA Secretary-General “FUNGI ARE THE FUTURE”. and Director of the Westerdijk Fungal IMA Fungus congratulates Pedro Biodiversity Institute in Utrecht, has been on this well-deserved honour. It is appointed as one of 21 new members of the especially pleasing to see mycologists Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and being recognized by, or receiving Sciences (KNAW). The KNAW has around rewards from, international and 550 members from all walks of the arts national multidisciplinary bodies. Such and sciences, chosen on the basis of high- appointments help raise the profile of quality scientific performance. Members are mycology and indicate its’ importance. appointed for life. The formal citation of Pedro’s After the news broke, the Institute staff appointment is available at: https://www. made special cakes with the KNAW logo knaw.nl/en/members/members/5310. on them and “Pedro Member KNAW” A AWARDS AND AWARDS PERSONALIA special surprise was a biking shirt with the Westerdijk logo and in very large letters, Highly Cited Researchers Clavariate Analytics (https://clarivate. extraordinarily broad subject category “Plant com/) produces an annual list recognizing and Animal Science” (!). Even though leading researchers in the sciences and this classification may seem bizarre in the social sciences from around the world. The 21st century, it is gratifying to note that a list contains about 3400 researchers in 21 considerable number of mycologists made fields of science. The recently released list the list, including (in alphabetical order) for 2017 focuses on contemporary research André Aptroot, Paola Bonfante, Pedro achievements based on highly cited papers Crous, David Geiser, Kevin Hyde, Thorsten indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection Lumbsch, Conrad Schoch, Joseph Spatafora, during the 11 years 2005–15. Highly cited and Mike Wingfield. Whatever one’s view of papers are defined as those that rank in the such bibliometric analyses, it was interesting top 1 % by citations for the field and year. to see that André Aptroot, an independent The list considered 134 832 highly mycologist lacking institutional support, cited papers, ranked in the top 1 % by total made this list. This leaves no doubt that with citations according to their Thomson- enough energy and expertise, there is still Reuters Essential Science Indicators subject room for independent researchers to make a field. Mycologists are listed under the major contribution to their particular fields. André Aptroot. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS George Barron – Nonagenarian George Barron, who spent his career at the with dramatic photographs and drawings. Department of Environmental Sciences of His 1968 book Genera of Hyphomycetes from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Soil was a classic and one of the first modern celebrates his 90th birthday later this year. manuals to consistently apply concepts George is a world authority on fungi for conidium ontogeny to microfungal predaceous on micro-fauna, famous for identification. Always a pioneer, George his meticulous studies of mechanisms that established his own company in 1977 fungi use for impaling, trapping or sticking to publish his book on The Nematode- to nematodes and rotifers, always illustrated destroying Fungi. He was one of the first mycologists with a popular website (now archived) and one of the highlights of the George Barron in the field on Vancouver Island in 2005 annual meeting of the Mycological 1993 (photo: Tom Hsiang). Society of America was the unveiling of (8) IMA FUNGUS George’s CD-ROM MycoAlbum at the in this part of the world. IMA Fungus AWARDS AND AWARDS PERSONALIA poster session. Upon retirement, George congratulates George on this milestone, and applied his love of photography to wishes him continued success in bringing macrofungi, and his 1999 book Mushrooms mycology to the masses. of Ontario and Eastern Canada, still in print in a revised edition, remains the best-selling Keith A. Seifert popular identification guide for mushrooms ([email protected]) Jim Ginns – An authority on wood decay fungi at 80 Canadian Forest Service in Victoria, Fungi (Basidiomycota) of North America British Columbia, then moved on to an were massive undertakings, summarizing the illustrious and productive career at the literature on economically important fungi Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, for the benefit of regulators concerned with Canada. He was one of the founders of the biodiversity and quarantine. Canadian Collection of Fungal Cultures, Jim and his master gardener wife Anne the curator of the Canadian National Fungal lived on a farm in Cantley, Quebec, inviting Herbarium DAOM, and president of the visiting colleagues to contribute to the Mycological Society of America from 1996– All Fungus Biological Inventory of their 97. A student of Josiah Lowe at Syracuse, property, usually attended by a pack of large, Jim studied wood-decaying basidiomycetes, friendly dogs. Since his retirement in 1997, and was the successor to Mildred Nobles, Jim has kept active studying his favourite documenting and applying cultural fungi, especially as a member of the South characters to the taxonomy of these fungi, Okanagan Naturalist Club in Summerland, producing several book-length monographs. British Columbia. Jim Ginns celebrates his 80th birthday His 1986 index Compendium of Plant Keith A. Seifert this year. Jim started his career at the Disease and Decay Fungi in Canada 1960– ([email protected]) Pacific Forest Research Centre of the 1980 and 1993 book Lignicolous Corticioid John Haines – Leading specialist of the cup fungi John H. Haines, retired Curator of Fungi had been encouraged at the New York State Museum (NYS), in her studies by Peck is turning 80 this year following a career at the New York State studying the systematics of Leotiomycetes Museum where the and airborne fungal spores. John received paintings are housed. his PhD in 1972 from Oregon State John was able to University providing a monographic demonstrate the value account of the genus Trichopezizella of these paintings, (Haines 1974). He immediately accepted some of which were a job at the New York State Museum in exhibited at the Albany, New York, where he continued his Maryland Historical study of these fungi, especially the small Society in Baltimore inoperculate discomycetes on tropical ferns in 1996, thus (Haines 1980). He oversaw the databasing gaining recognition of the type collections of Charles Horton for Bannings Peck, an important American mycologist long overlooked who described many new species of mycological Jim Haines (seated left) at a workshop held at MicroTrace (Elgin ILL) in May fungi in the second half of the 1800s and contribution (Haines organized by Skip Palenik (standing, second from left). early 1900s. In 1986 John and Ira Salkin 1996). Through his organized a symposium, History of North efforts, Mary Banning was elected to has helped many mycologists in his most American Mycology (Mycotaxon 26: 1–79, the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame in calm and concerned way. We wish him well 1986), that brought together commentaries 1993. In collaboration with Ira Salkin, a as he continues to enjoy and teach about on the development of mycology in North medical doctor, John addressed the need the fungi he loves. America. John recognized the beauty for workshops on the identification of and importance of the 175 water colour airborne fungal spores causing allergic Haines JH (1974) Notes on the genus paintings of mushrooms by Mary E. reactions in humans, and published a guide Trichopezizella with descriptions of new taxa. Banning of Maryland. In the late 1800s she in aid of their study (Haines 2008). John Mycologia 66: 213–241. VOLUME 9 · NO. 1 (9) Haines JH (1980) Studies in the Hyaloscyphaceae I: Haines J[H] (2008) Introduction to Mycology: mold Some species of Dasyscyphus on tropical ferns. in buildings. J. Haines. Mycotaxon 11: 189–216. Haines J[H] (1989) Mary Banning: the woman who Amy Y Rossman and Donald H Pfister painted mushrooms. Maryland Naturalist 33: ([email protected]; dpfister@oeb. 44–56. harvard.edu) Brian Sutton – World leader in coelomycete classification Colletotrichum. This was completed in 1964. the Fungi and the Index of Fungi, but also Thereafter, apart from a spell at the Canada for the Transactions of the British Mycological Department of Forestry in Winnipeg, Society. His presidency of the British Manitoba, from 1965–69, and a sabbatical Mycological Society in 1985 arguably marked year in Australia in 1986, his career was the high point of an illustrious career. AWARDS AND AWARDS PERSONALIA made entirely within the Institute. When Brian’s collaborators included Barbara Martin Ellis retired in 1976, he became Dyko, Chuck Hodges, Paul Kirk, Ian Principal Mycologist, and in 1990 he was Pascoe, Kris Pirozynski, Ninoska Pons, K.V. appointed Deputy Director of the re-named Sankaran, Wu Wen-ping, and myself. The International Mycological Institute. younger mycologists particularly benefitted By the start of his career, conidial from this association. In 1995, concerned development had been brilliantly applied for his wife’s failing eyesight and perhaps to hyphomycete taxonomy, but the sensing the changes which would lead coelomycetes, for which it was also clearly to the Institute’s demise, he chose early relevant, were widely regarded as impossibly retirement which has been characterized By the end of the 20th century, Brian intractable. Brian took up the challenge. by time devoted
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