ROGER D. GOCS MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER VOL; XVINO. I JUNE .I965 MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER Val . XVI. No . 1 June 1965 Edited by Emory G . Simmons U . S . Army. Natick Labs., Natick. Mass . CONTENTS I. The President's Letter ......................... 1 The Annual Foray .. 1965, University of Illinois ........... 2 The Annual Meeting .. 1965, University of Illinois .......... 3 MycologicalSocietyGraduateFellowship ............ .. .. 3 Election ofOf'ficers ......................... 3 VI . MYCOLOGIA ............................... 3 VII . MSABrochure ............................. 3 VIII . Guidebook in Mycology ......................... 3 Membership .............................. 4 Sustaining Members of the Mycological Society ............. 4 Publications ............................. 7 Research Materials .......................... 7 XIV . Mycological Instruction and New Courses ................ 11 Vacancies for Mycologically Trained Personnel ............. 12 Mycologists Available Assistantships. Fello~~shipsand Scholarships in .Mycology ....... 13 Recent Appointments and Transfers ................... 13 XIX . News of'Genera1 Interest ....................... 15 Other news from or about Members including Honors. Degrees. Promotions. Invitational Lectures ................... 15 XXI: Visiting Scientists .......................... 17 XI1. Affiliated Societies ......................... 18 List0,fMembers ............................ 19 Supplement: Abstracts of Papers for Annual Meeting 1965 The MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Office of the President Dear Fellow Members: Nearly six years have passed since I began my three-year tour of duty as your Secretary-Treasurer. I must say that the last three years and their accompanying offices have been considerably less hectic than the first three! But I have derived much pleasure and satisfaction from serving you and I am grateful for the honor you accorded me when you elected me President. Following a shaky start at the beginning of the decade (we counted a net increase of only 39 new members in all categories from December 1959 to December 196~)~the Society has come back strongly. During the period December 1961 to December 1964 we registered a net increase of slightly over 300 new members. This phenomenal growth of about 28% in three years was the result of the efforts of many dedicated members of the Society; but one person, Dr. C. T. Rogerson, must be singled out as having done much more than his share in bringing about our revival, if not our survival. Following a period of 13 months during which only one issue of bfycologia was published, Dr. Rogerson guided 21 issues of the journal through the press in 24 months, and Mycologia once again was appearing regu- larly by early 1963. His job having been done exceedingly well, Clark is resigning as Editor-in-Chief this summer. Dr. Robert W. Lichtwardt has consented to take on this de- manding task. I wish him well. Several other items of business of considerable importance to the Society have been completed or brought nearer to completion during the past year. The MSA brochure -A Career -in Mycology has been revised by Dr. Beneke and his committee, Drs. Routien, Kneebone, and Shigo; it now is in the hands of the printer. Work on the Mycology Guidebook is progressing satisfactorily according to Dr. R. B. Stevens, Chairman of the Guidebook Committee, and he hopes by this fall to have a "first editionf' ready for trial by a few selected graduate students under the supervision of the various committee members (~rs. Barnett, Beneke, Emerson, Farr, Gray, Korf, and Simmons). Of great significance to us all has been the revision of the Constitution which was a prerequisite for obtaining tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. The latter has been achieved; and this accomplishment is due almost entirely to the efforts of the Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. E. G. Simmons, who prepared almost two pounds of written doc- --- . I -0 --.- ----- 72 --L2 -- nr Simmons finishes 11. THE ANNUAL FORAY--URBANA August 13-15, 1965 Dr. Donald P. Rogers, Department 0.f ~otan~,~~niversi€~of Illinois, is making the local arrangements for the /foray. ,- - .. , . , . Headquarters will be' maintained in!~oom408, Natural History Building, with a field trip departing from and returning to the campus each day. Library, laboratory, and drying facilities will be available. Individuals should provide their own collecting and pressing equipment. Field trips are scheduled for full days on Friday and Saturday and for a long half-day on Sunday, August 13, 14, and 15. Several collecting sites are being considered, but final selection will be deferred until a few days before the foray. Dr. Rogers re- quests that all qualified medicine men engage in raindances about one week prior to the foray, with transference of their pluvial intentions to the east-central Illinois area. Assembly'p6int, etc. The Fridaftrip will leave at 8:00 a.m. from the large parking area near .the Assembly Hall (not- from Natural History Bldg. ) . Check details Thursday night, if possible, ahddaily.thereafter.in the headquarters room. Chiggers are abundant in the Midwest during the summer; Dr. Rogers will have a supply of repellent, but bring your own if you have a proven favorite. Transportation on all three days will'be by private cars. If you will have a car at Urbana and can accommodate other passengers,- - . please- send tklis information to Dr. Rogers (see form below). Meals. Box lunches will be available for all three days. Check details on ar- rival or certainly well'in advance of. 8:00 a.m. Friday. Breakfast and dinner will be on an individual basis. Housing. University'housi.ng will be available. Preregistration and housing forms were distributed with the MSA call-for-papers and now are appearing in each issue of AIBS BioScience. Be certain that you have firm housing arrangements made before arriving in Urbana . 111. THE ANNUAL MEETING--1965. UNIVERSITY OF U;ELNOIS The Annual Meeting will be held August 15-20, 1965, on the camp~~o~the University of Illinois, Urbana. Information on housing accommodations and food ser7aice.i~being pub- lished in current issues of AIBS BioScience. You are urged to preregister before July 16, 1965. The fee until July 16 for all registrants (except students) .is $10.00; $3.00 for students. The fee for delegates who apply for registration aRer July 16.is $12.00; $5.00 for students. Dr. R. K. Benjamin will deliver his presidential address "The Merosporangium". The sixteenth annual lecture will be presented by Professor C. T. Ingold, Birkbeck College (university of t on don) , on the subject : "The Tetraradiate Aquatic Fungal Spore1'. Formal meetings of the Society begin on Monday, August 16. Six half-day sessions have been arranged, of which two are joint sessions of the Mycological Society and the Microbiological Section of the Botanical Society of America. Current scheduling arrange- ments indicate that the formal program of the Society will end with theiaf"cernoonsession of Wednesday, August 18. Dr. D. P. Rogers, Department of Botany, University of Illinois, is the local rep- resentative on program arrangements for the Mycological Society. IV. MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP The Committee op Research Grants and Fublications, composed of-Drs,Alma W. Barksdale, Chm., Kenneth B. Raper, and Josiah L. Lowe, has selected Mr. AbrahamA. Held, Department of Botany, University of California, Berkeley, to be the recipient of the Societyrs graduate fellowship for 1965-1966. The stipend awarded was $750. V. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Ballots for election of new officers are being prepared for distribution in June. Ballots may be returned to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer up to a few days before the beginning of the Annual Foray in August. VI. MYCOLOGIA Selection of a new Editor-in-Chief of MYCOLQGIA for the next five years now is in progress. It is expected that the final steps of selection will be completed in time for an appropriate announcement at the Annual Meeting. [~utsee Presidentts letter, @. 11 VII. MSA BROCHURE The final draft of a second edition of the Society's brochure "A Career in Mycology" now is complete and ready for the priqter. Some rewriting aqd.a few new il- lustrations should insure the quality of this popular publication. It is,expected that copies will be available for distribution by midsummer 1965. The revis3~n:haS been supervised by a committee of members Dr. Everett S . Beneke, Chm., : ~eonR';:fieebone, John B. Routien, and Alex L. Shigo. VIII. GUIDEBOOK IN MYCOLOGY The committee on preparation of the Society1s "Guidebook.-inMycologyf1 met in Washington, D. C., May 1-2 under the chairmanship of Dr. R. B. Stevens. Manuscripts which have been received or which are expected will receive preliminary editing during the summer. Laboratory testing of the material is expected to occupy the time of two or three graduate students during the school year 1965-1966. IX. MEMBERSHIP As of June 1, 1965, membership of the Society, including applications on hand to be presented for election at the annual business meeting, was constituted as follows: Life Members ............................................... 7 Regular Members ........................................... 951 Sustaining Members ........................................ 34 Affiliated Societies ...................................... 7 Corresponding Members ..................................... 1 Emeritus Members .......................................... 19 Associates