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Mycological Society

of America

NEWSLETTER

Volume 41 No.2 O c t o b e r 1990

SUSTAINING MEMBERS OF THE MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

The Society is very grateful for the support of its Sustaining Members. These members are listed below; patronize them and let their representatives know of our appreciation whenever possible.

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Mycolog ica l S o c i e t y of America

NEWSLETTER

Volume 41 , No. 2; October, 1990

Terrence M. Hammill, Editor

Department of Biology SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego, New York 13126

(315) 341-2768 (Laboratory) (315) 341-3031 (Department Off ice)

(315) 342-3074 (Home Answering Machine)

Table of C o n t e n t s

Editor's Comments ...................... President's Letter ..................... Society Organization ------------------- Minutes :

Officer's Mid-Year Meeting ----------- MSA Council Meeting ------------------ MSA Annual Business Meeting ----------

Secretary's Report ..................... Treasurer's Report ..................... Historian's Report ..................... Reports From Editors: Managing Editor's Report ------------- Editor-in-Chief, Mvcoloqia ----------- Editor, MSE Newsletter --------------- Board of Editors, Mvcolo& Memoirs --

Reports From Official Representatives: ATCC Representative ------------------ Assoc. Systematics Collections Rep. -- Biol. Stain Commission Rep. ---------- Inst. Food Technologists Reps. ------- Internat. Mycol. Assoc. Rep. ---------

Committee Reports : Awards Committee ..................... 38 Culture Collections Committee -------- 4 1 Foray Committee ...................... 4 1

IMC-4 Travel Grants Committee -------- 4 2 IMC-5 (MSA) Committee ---------------- 4 3 Liaison with Amateur Socs. & Clubs --- 43 Memorials Committee ------------------ 44 Nominations Committee ---------------- 4.5 *Election Results ------------------- 4 5 Pathology Committee ------------------ 4 6 program committee .................... 4 6 Publications Committee --------------- 4 7 Sustaining Membership Committee ------ 4 8 hi^^ committee ,------------------- 4 8 *Weston Award Biography ------------- 4 9

Changes of Address and/or Phone No. ---- 5 1 Deceased Members ....................... 5 3 Forthcoming Events ..................... 5 3 Mycological Services Available --------- 54 New Research Projects ------------------ 5 4 Fungi Wanted ........................... 55 publications ~ ~ ~ d ~ d .................... 5 6 Publications and Computer Programs

for Give-Away, Sale, or Exchange ----- 5 7 New Books by Members ------------------- 5 9 Assistantships and Fellowships --------- 5 9 &,ployment ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ d ..................... 60 Major Honors, Awards, and Promotions --- 6 1 Changes in Affiliation or Status ------- 62 Other News, Notes, and Comments -------- 63

COVER ILLUSTRATION: Edith Cash at a party celebrating her 100th birthday, October 4, 1990. Address: 863 Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13904. (See page 63 under Other News, Notes, and Comments.) Miss Cash is a Charter Member of MSA. Photograph by Suzanne W. T. Batra, submitted by Lekh Batra.

Editor's Comments

October, 1990

The cover of this issue is a departure from traditional covers. However, when I became aware of Edith Cash's 100th birthday during the month of this issue, it seemed to be an ideal opportunity for such a departure. I know that all members of MSA wish a very happy birthday to Miss Cash. If anyone wishes to correspond with Miss Cash, or if you want to send a birthday card, her address is on page 63.

At the suggestion of a member, two items have been deleted from page 2 of the MSA Newsletter Questionnaire. Those are (1) Descriptions of useful teaching, research, photographic, or other methods or hints, and ( 2 ) Brief research notes.

The SUNY-Oswego Publications Office and I have decided that our absolute limit on pages for the kysletter' will be 64 pages. Henceforth, there will be no issue with a.greater number of pages than that while I am Editor. You will see less "white space" per page with this and future issues, and I will be forced to postpone some items until future issues. Already for the next issue, I have a poem titled, "Ode to Fungi," and a brief essay titled, "What on Earth is the Aqaricus Recovery Program." It would be helpful if items sent to me are sinqle-spaced, with 70-75 characters per line. -- There are several inserts which accompany this issue: A . Announcement of the 1991 Meeting and Call for Papers/

Effective Poster Presentation. B. Application for Place on 1991 MSA Program/Skeleton of 1991 Program. C. MSA Abstract Form (see editor's requirements on form) . D. Call for MSA Nominations. E. Reminders about several MSA awards. F. Smith Research Fund; Sinden Scholarship/NIE Announcement; New Members. G. Announcements from Michael Tansey. H. MSA Newsletter Questionnaire.

This issue has been more difficult for me to prepare than the two previous issues, because I had to reconfigure my word-processing program, there was more typing for me to do, a newer space-saving layout was designed, and I was teaching three courses while functioning as the Acting Chair of my Department. Consequently, the Newsletter is a couple of weeks behind schedule. However, I believe that copies will be delivered in plenty of time and under budget. I hope all is well with you, and that you have a happy and productive new year.

Sincerely,

i - k c a Terrence M. Hammill, Editor MSA Newsletter

Pres ident ' s Letter

July 30, 1990

Dear Colleagues:

We recently held one of the most successful annual meetings that this Society has ever had - and it was on our own. Without question the success of this venture can be attributed to Hal Burdsall, the Local Organizer, and John Taylor, the Program Chair. Nonetheless, I am sure they would be generous in thanking numerous other mycologists as well as nonmembers who were involved with the local arrangements. It takes both leadership and a team to pull off such an achievement - congratulations.

On a more serious note, I would like to express my views on the future of the Society. M,~cology is a multidisciplined subject, but the Society has always been strongest in the fields of taxonomy, morphology and ecology. This specialization has provided both a focal point and our strength over the years. Perhaps this has also become our weakness because the Society is closely identified with these areas. There has been an unfairly tendency to think that our Society is not particularly relevant because we have weaker representation in the applied fields. Martha Christensen, in her President's letter November 1987, stressed both the diversity and significance of mycological research, and the need for interdisciplinary interaction. With tighter funding emphasizing applied research, the Society could face problems within a few years unless we adequately represent all facets of mycology, and demonstrate how we link with other broad disciplines such as environmental studies, plant pathology, industrial technology, and other plant and animal interactions. However, I believe that the administrative structure of the Society (Council and Committees) makes it difficult to fulfill these aspirations. First, I would like to see more subject area (discipline) committees reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of MSA with a clear mandate to interact with the scientific community. Secondly, I believe every position on Council should be relevant by having a clearly defined purpose with the incumbent able to take an active part in the operations of the Society. This is not the case at present. We have four elected Councilors for subject areas, we have a Program Committee with appointees representing the same subject areas as the Councilors, and we have three subject area Committees (Phytopathology, Medical Mycology and Ecology). Other than the role of the Program Representatives, there are no clear mandates for the roles of the Committees and Councilors, nor any direction on how they are expected to relate one to another. I believe that we will remain ineffectual in the scientific community, and that appreciation and funding for mycology will be eroded, unless we take assertive action by restructuring the organization of our Society.

~jhsdo~ical Society of America

S o c i e t y Organization,

1990-91

I. OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS

Of firers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President. 1990-91 Donald J. S. Barr

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President-Elect, 1990-91 Martha J. Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-president, 1990-91 Meredith Blackwell

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary, 1988-91 Donald H. Pfister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer, 1989-92 F. Brent Reeves, Jr.

Councilors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern U.S., 1988-91 D. Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western U.S., 1989-92 I. K. Ross

Canada, 1990-93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. H. Ginns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cytology-Genetics, 1989-91 J. B. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ecology-Pathology, 1990-92 E. L. Stewart

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morphology-Taxonomy, 1990-92 J. Ammirati . . . . . . . . . . . . Physiology-Biochemistry, 1989-91 S. Bartnicki-Garcia

Other Co unci l Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Past President, 1989 H. H. Burdsall, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Past President, 1990 C. W. Mims

11. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES

Representative, Committee of Section G, Biology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1988-91 . . . . . No Representative

Representative, Governing Board, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1990-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. J. Motta

Representative for Public Responsibility, American Institute of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biological Sciences, 1989-92 R. M. Miller

Representative, Assembly of Life Sciences, the National Research Council, 1988-91 ............................ D. F. Farr

Representative, Biological Stain Commission, 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. M. Hammill

Representative, Association of Systematic Collections, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . Y. Rossman

Representative, U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), 1987-91 . . . R. D. Goos

111. EDITORS

A . Myco.logia D. McLaughlin, Editor-in-Chief R. E. Halling, Managing Editor D. A. Glawe, Book Review Editor D. F. Farr , Index Editor

B. Editoria.1 Faard D. Weber, 1991 M. J. Dykstra, 1991 J. H. Ginns, 1992 R, Hwnber, 1992 C. Raper, 1992 J. B. Anderson, 1993 J. W. Taylor, 1993

M. Christensen, 1994 C. P. Kurtzman, 1994 R. J. Vilgalys, 1994 A . Jaworski, 1995 G. J. Samuels, 1995 P. J. Szaniszlo, 1995

C. #S& Newsletter T. M. Hammill, 1989-92

IV. STANDING COMMITTEES

A. MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS Board of Editors J . H. Ginns, Chair, 1989-92 M. E. Barr-Bigelow, 1988-91 M . Blackwell, 1988-91 R. G. Roberts, 1988-91 R. T. Hanlin, 1989-92 R. E. Halling, Managing Editor, MYCOLOGIA, es officio R. J. Howard, Chair, Membership Committee, ex officio D. H. Pfister, MSA Secretary, ex officio

B. Committes on Finance F. B. Reeves, Jr., Chair, 1989-92 M. A. Klich, 1988-91 H. W. Keller, 1988-92 R. D. Goos, 1990-93

C. Advisory Committee on Nomenclature D. R. Reynolds, Chair, 1990-93 R. E. Halling, 1990-92 S. A . Redhead, 1990-93

D. Committee on #embership (Sustaining) R. J. Howard, Chair, 1989-92 E. C. Setliff, 1989-92 J. R. Boise, 1388-91 C. G. Van Dyke, 1989-92 R. E. Halling, 1988-91 Appointment ?, 1990-93 C. L. Ovrebo, 1988-91 Appointment ?, 1990-93 A , D. Parker, 1988-91 Appointment ?, 1990-93 W. C. Rosing, 1989-92 Appointment ?, 1990-93

E. Committee on Placement B. R. Pohlad, Chair, 1988-91 W. Cibula,1988-91 W. L. Austin, 1989-92

F. Committee on Endowment F.'W. Spiegel, Chair, 1988-91 M. Christensen, 1990-93 M. S. Fuller, 1989-92 F. B, Reeves, Jr., MSA R. J. Vilgalys, 1989-92 Treasurer, ex of ficio

G . Committee on Teaching i'4ycology M. R. Tansey, Chair, 1988-91 J. T, Ellzey, 1989-92 L. L. Tews, 1988-91 K. M. Foos, 1990-93

H ., C0mrn. i t t r e GOT, Pub1 ica'tions X. E. Palm. Chair. 1989-92 W . E. ~ u n d b e r ~ , 1989-91 R. T. Hanlin, 1990-93 F. ?. Spiegel, Chair, Endowment Committee, ex officio D. J. McLaughlin, Editor-in-Chief, MYCOLOGIA, ex officio J. H . Ginns, Chair, MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS Board, ex officio T. M . Hammill, Editor, MSA Newsletter, ex. officio

V. ROTATING COMMITTEES

A. Program Committee G. C. Carroll, Chair (Ecology-Pat.hology) , 1987-91 G. F. Bills (Morphology-Taxonomy), 1988-92 A. Jaworski (Physiology-Biochemistry), 1990-93 R. J. Vilgalys (Cytology-Genetics) , 1989-94 E . L . Stewart (Ecology-Pathology) , 1990-95

B. Committee on Awards G.. May, Chair, 1988-91 S. Redhead, 1988-92 R. W. Roberson, 1989-93

J. C. Cooke, 1990-94 R. J. Howard, Chair, Membership

Committee, ex officio

C. Committee on Annual Lecturer G. L. Benny, Chair, 1988-91 R. C. Ullrich, 1989-92 P. J. Szaniszlo, 1990-93

D, Committee on Culture Collections S. C. Jong, Chair, 1986-91 L. Sigler, 1990-94 R. A. Humber, 1988-92 D. H. Pfister, MSA Secretary G. J. Samuels, 1989-93 a x officio

E. Committee on Nominations H. C. Aldrich, Chair, 1988-91 M. Christensen, 1989-93 J. M. Trappe, 1989-92 C. Mime, 1990-94

F . Committee on Phytopatholog y L. J. Spielman, Chair, 1988-91 E. L. Stewart, 1989-92 L. F. Grand, 1990-93

G. Committee on Medical Mycology M. McGinnis, Chair, 1988-91 C. R. Cooper, 1990-92 R. C. Summerbell, 1990-93

H. Comm.ittee on Liaison with Amateur Mycological Societies and Cluk~s G. M. Mueller, Chair, 1989-91 W. Litten, 1989-92 J. H. Haines, 1990-93

I . CommitCee on Ecology M. F. Allen, Chair, 1989-91 J. C. Zak, 1989-92 E . R. Pohlad, 1990-93

VI. SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND ASSIGNMENTS

A. Foray committee W. B. Cooke, Chair G. L. Benny C. T. Rogerson M. E. Palm R. L. Gilbertson

D. H. Pfister, MSA Secretary ex officio

D. J. S. Barr, MSA President es officio

M. J . Powell, MSA President-Elect ex officio

B. Committee on Publication of Memorials D. J. McLaughlin, Editor-in-Chief, MYCOLOGIA, Chair C. T. Rogerson, Historian D. J. S. Barr, MSA President

C. Historian C. T. Rogerson

D. #d Hoc Committee on Long Range Planning M. J. Powell, Chair D. J. McLaughlin C. W. Bacon M. E. Palm M. Blackwell J. W. Taylor H'. H. Burdsall , Jr .

E. Ad Hoc Committee on Biodiversity J. Ammirati, Chair Other members not known at press time.

F . Ad Hoc Committee on A P H I S Permits A. Y. Rossman, Chair H. H. Burdsall, Jr. S. C. Jong

VII. AFFILIATED SOCIETIES

The Boston Mycological Club, c/o E. H. Halliwell, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA 02159

Colorado Mycological 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 Ave., New York, NY 10028

The North American Mycological Association, Gary Lincoff, President, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458

Minutes:

7

Mid Year Meeting of the Officers of the MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Cambridge, Massachusetts 8 and 9 February, 1990

1. The meeting was called to order by President Mims.

2. The President reported on several topics that had been handled by mail:

a. Harry Thiers wrote that, though there was no Smith Award last year, he has received several inquiries this year. A no.tice on the Smith Award will be included in the February mailing.

b. The Officers approved the President's appointment of Don Wicklow and Robert Lumsden as our Society representatives to a meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists which will take place at the end of February. The Society will pay Wicklow's travel expenses.

c. We discussed a letter asking if there were some way MSA could direct extra personal copies of Mycologia to foreign institutions as is done by APS. D. H. Pfister will put a notice in the Newsletter and coordinate any offers of extra copies we might receive.

d. We reviewed a report by Roger Goos on a meeting of IUMS. We affirmed the position that the council had taken at the last annual meeting: that we will continue to appoint a representative to the IUMS.

e. The President suggested that the Mexican Mycological Society be particularly invited to attend the 1991 meeting in San Antonio. Donald Barr will ask the President of the Mexican Society to attend the Council meeting that year.

f. There was review of the regulations regarding student awards. To qualify, students must be members of the Society. Students who receive the Fellowship must be registered students following the receipt of the award. Brent Reeves will prepare a document which will need to be signed by the recipient before funds are dispersed.

g. This is the first year that the MSA has had sponsored symposia thanks to theefforts of John Taylor. John wrote with some questions regarding procedures and protocols for symposia. In response, the Council will be asked to discuss the following general guidelines: the cost for a commercial firm to sponsor a symposium will be at least $1000; the firm's name will then appear on the cover of the symposium if it is to be published and/or on the program; lesser amounts may be accepted with the understanding that there will be acknowledgment in the text and/or in the program. It is not necessary for all symposia to be funded at any particular meeting. We should get some sense of how difficult this kind of symposium sponsorship will be but should encourage this type of fundraising. The Program chair is the primary contact for fundraising but should undertake this activity only with the approval of the chairmen of the Sustaining Membership Committee and the Endowment Committee. Guidelines for publication of symposia will be worked out by the Publications Committee.

f . Advanced call for symposia should be published in the Newsletter.

2. The Secretary made a brief report and asked about the timetable for the publication of the Directory. It was decided that a Directory information/update card would be included in the March mailing. This will be used to update and correct entries in order that a Directory be produced in the fall of 1990.

3. The Treasurer gave an interim report and reviewed our current obligations.

4. Martha Powell detailed the results of the nominations. There was a poor return of ballots.

5. D. H. Pfister reported on 'the contents of the March mailing.

6. Hal Burdsall updated us on the meeting in Madison. The meeting is in good shape. Registration material will be mailed in mid-February. There was discussion about what personnel and on site support is needed to plan and execute an independent meeting such as this one.

7. Charles Mims introduced a discussion on the sites of future meetings. The schedule is as follows:

1991 San Antonio, 4-8 August, with AIBS 1992 Portland, OR, 8-12 August, with APS 1993 possibly Ames, with AIBS

In 1992, MSA will organize its own program at the APS meeting. Gerald Bills will be program chairman. The earliest possible date that the CPS could meet with MSA will be 1996. Charles Mims will write to them to say we are interested but that it is too early for us to commit to the date.

8. Donald Barr reported of the "Long Range Planning Committee" activity. There are many areas in which MSA needs to consider changes and address concerns. Don has had a round of letters exchanged among committee members and has now prepared an extensive questionnaire which has been circulated to the committee. Martha Powell suggested that MSA should look at ways in which we can make mycology more accessible to students and teachers so that fungi remain a part of the curriculum. Toward this goal Charles Mims will prepare a slide set for sale at the Madison meeting. This will be a trial along the lines Martha suggested. D. Barr is to prepare a document summarizing the recommendations of the Long Range Planning Committee for discussion at the Council meeting so that items can be realistically addressed.

9. It was decided that the Secretary would ask for brief summaries of the committee reports for publication In the Newsletter and that these would be prepared in a standard formate. This will limit the pages of committee reports in the Newletter and conserve space. Committee chairmen who wish to submit full reports may do so. The Secretary will mail them on request to members.

10. Donald Barr reported on the activities of the IMA and particularly on the various proposals we sent to IMA based on last years Council meeting. These will be voted upon at the IMC IV. Brent Reeves was instructed to pay the back dues MSA owes IMA as was agreed upon at the 1989 Council meeting.

11. Charles Mims reported that he was expecting a report from Shannon Berch regarding the proposal to hold IMC, V in Vancouver but that the report had not arrived. Donald Barr will contact Shannon to determine what the status is.

12. We discussed the possibility of having a silent auction at this year's Social to allow for the pleasant mingling of people at the event with a minimum of disruption. Awards will be made at the Social.

13. Martha Powell reported on the IMC IV travel grant. It is not likely that we will have word of its fate until 15 March. It is being handled through the Ecology Section. The Officers recommend that a total of $5,750 be designated for travel grants if the NSF grant is not awarded. This will support one young investigator award of $1000, five regular awards of $750, and $1000 for the MSA president (this may not be necessary and therefore additional regular grants may be possible). The secretary will procure a Council vote.

14. Mary Palm submitted a report on the progress with he Mycologia Index project. She asked that the officers pprove the dedication of the Index to Clark Rogerson for his ears of service as Managing Editor and for his other ervices to the Society. The officers approved the

dedication. The officers also support the idea of MSA publishing a symposia series and in fact one from the 1990 meeting will be published. This will serve as a trial run. If this were to become a regular practice,' we might want to set up a series. The Publications Committee should investigate various publishers. It is important that the MSA be recognized on such publications. It is the view of the officers that the Publications Committee should review all of the Society publications, including Mycologia Memoirs. The Chairman of Mycologia Memoirs Board of Editors will be appointed to the publications committee.

15. There was a lengthy discussion on the subject area designations, and it was decided that, in light of the various issues likely to be brought up in the discussions of the future committee, it would be best simply to further define the subject areas we now recognize. The definitions were agreed upon.

(1) Ecology-Pathology: including phytopathology, medical mycology, symbiotic, and saprobic relationships.

(2) ~ h ~ s i o l o ~ ~ - ~ i o c h e ~ i s t r ~ : including molecular biology, genetic engineering, industrial mycology, and metabolites.

(3) Cytology-Genetics: including cellular and developmental biology, inheritance, and cytochemistry.

(4) Taxonomy-morphology: including molecular systematics, cladistics, evolution, and population biology.

16. The Officers voted to extend a life membership to Ron Petersen in recognition of his service as editor of Mycologia.

17. Martha Powell presented plans for a membership drive in which the vice president would generate lists from subject area councilor and recent membership lists. She will prepare a letter for the President which will ask the recipient to join the Society.

1 8 . The officers met with Roy Halling, the Managing Editor of Mycologia, and Maria Lebron-Luteyn, Director of Publications at the New York Botanical Garden, who presented an extensive report on Mycologia and the finances of the journal. A number of important aspects were discussed. We will address immediately the question of the transition between editors and will involve Maria as much as possible. There are various training options for the new editor. Maria will present to the Garden Publication committee the option of covering from Mycologia funds some of the expenses of hardware and software for use by the editor. Maria emphasized that the bimonthly format of Mycologia makes it particularly important that a rigorous schedule is followed. She also suggested that w e might wish to consider co-editors in the future. She is also investigating the possibility of more centralized copy editing services at the NYBG. At Maria's suggestion we have also planned a luncheon meeting at the Madison meeting to discuss publication with the editor of Mycologia, the Mycologia Editorial Board, the editor of Mycologia Memoirs, the Chairman of the Publications Committee, Newsletter Editor, and the Managing Editor of Mycologia. Roy Halling will chair the meeting. This will be aimed at increasing the communication among the various committees and within the Mycologia framework.

Plans were also made for a seminar on publishing in Mycologia for the 1 9 9 1 meetings in San Antonio. Maria will be able to give a talk on some of the processes involved in producing the journal. Charles will contact the program chairman, George Carroll.

The Mycologia Index was discussed. The best time for marketing the index is from mid-August to the end of October. D. Pfister will talk to Mary about the timing and we will try to see that fliers are prepared for the Madison meeting. There will be a marketing campaign that will include a special price on the previous index.

The disposal and distribution of back issues of Mycologia, the inventory reduction sale, and the distribution of Mycologia to developing countries were discussed. Roy Halling will prepare a proposal for review by Council at the annual'meeting. Charles will appoint an ad hoc committee to look into whether there are U.S. institutions where Mycologia is not now present but where it would aid in the development of programs. Perhaps some arrangement where a guaranteed subscription would be required in return for back issues.

There was discussion about the mailing list and in what ways it was being used. Users are reminded that Maria needs to know what the purpose is in order to make certain that the

names given are the most appropriate. The mailing schedule for Mycologia was discussed in light of the updates required and the postal regulations.

There was some discussion about the expense of the Newsletter and how it might best be produced.

The role and responsibility of the Managing Editor of the Mycologia Memoirs was discussed, and Roy will be in contact with the publisher about expenses related to some of the manuscript work. $200 was approved for Roy's expenses should they not be covered by the publisher. The publication committee will review the Memoirs situation along wi.th other publications and make recommendations. DHP will write Mary.

Hal Burdsall will contact the authors of back issues of the MSA-owned Memoirs and offer them 25 copies free. Authors will pay postage. .Ten will be brought to the meetings in Madi'son to be sold. Roy will contact a dealer about the remainder.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE.MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

23 June 1990 Inn Wisconsin, Memorial Union

University of Wisconsin 9:00 A.M.

1. The meeting was called to order by President Charles Mims. All officers were present; two Councilors were absent.

2. Election results were announced by Martha Powell. The new Officers and Councilors are:

Vice-President: Meredith Blackwell Councilor, Canada: James Ginns Councilor, Ecology-Pathology: Elwin Stewart Councilor, Taxonomy-Morphology: Joseph Ammirati

Both By-Laws changes were passed: One allowing terms of more than three years on rotating committees; the other, a rewording of the paragraph on the Endowment Fund.

3 . The Council approved the report of the Secretary.

4. Council heard a report from the program committee chairman, John Taylor. There are 197 presentations at the meeting this year. This number compares favorably with previous meetings. The general trend has been toward larger numbers of papers--a situation that may soon have to be addressed as sessions become more condensed. This year there will be several symposia which were made possible by the sponsorship of Merck, Sharp and Dohme; Hoffmann-La Roche; Entotech; and Du Pont.

Because we were meeting independently, several changes were made in the arrangement of the program and social events.

Council offered thanks to John for his excellent job with the program.

5 . The minutes of the mid-year officers' meeting were read and approved. President Mims commented on the positive value these meetings have proven to have.

6. Hal Burdsall reported on local arrangements. He will prepare a summary report for future reference about how he went about setting up this independent meeting. He pointed out the advantage of the flexibility provided by such meetings .

Council thanked Hal for his efforts and for what promised to be an exceptional meeting.

7. Reports were received and accepted from the following Committees (report summaries will appear in the Newsletter):

A. Representative to AAAS, Section G (Mary Palm)

B. Representative to ATCC (Amy Rossman)

C. Representative to ASC (Amy Rossman)

D. Representative to IUMS (Roger Goos)

E. Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia (Ronald Petersen) Council approved the appointments of three new

members to the Editorial Board. They are Alan Jaworski, Gary Samuels, and Paul Szaniszlo.

Council thanks Ron Petersen for his extraordinary contributions to the Society and has voted him a Life Member of the Society in appreciation. David McLaughlin was welcomed as the new Editor-in-Chief.

F. Managing editor of Mycologia and Mycologia Memoirs (Roy Halling) Council discussed the reduction of back issues of

Mycologia stored at Allen Press. It will be necessary to further reduce the backlog because of storage charges. Pending New York Botanical Garden approval, Council agreed to try to se.11 further numbers at a reduced rate. This should be done by 1 January 1 9 9 1 . Notices will be placed in the Newsletter, NAMA journal, and at the IMC IV. Garden approval must be procured.

It was also announced that the Garden will levy a 1 5 % indirect cost on all Gar'den publications. This will begin next year at the rate of 7.5% and rise to 1 5 % the following year.

Council approved the gift of 20 sets of back numbers of Mycologia to institutions in developing countries. This will require the expenditure of $800/set for postage and handling which will be paid from the Mycologia account.

With various increases in the production costs of Mycologia, it is likely that a dues increase will be needed within the next several years.

G. Delegates to the Institute of Food Technologists' Workshop (Don Wicklow and Robert Lumsden)

This workshop dealt with the application of integrated pest management in agriculture. A report from the workshop dealing with issues of integrated pest management systems was endorsed by Council.

H. Newsletter Editor (Terry Hammill) The Newsletter was produced for under the budgeted

amount. Terry has done many of the preparations himself and has had significant institutional support. We thank Terry for his efforts on the Society's behalf.

I. Mycologia Memoirs (James Ginns)

J. Nomenclature (Michael Larsen) It was reported that there was no activity for the

committee this year. Council discussed the role of the Committee. The Committee should play a role as a liaison with the international committees and in educating and advising members.

K. Membership (Richard Howard) Five new Sustaining Members were added; five did

not renew. There are 30 sustaining members for 1990.

L. Placement (Robert Pohlad) Counc.il suggested the Committee look into linking

our placement with APS and ASM.

M. Teaching (Michael Tansey) Council approved funds for a poster promoting

careers in mycology being prepared by the Committee.

N. Annual Lecture (Linda .Kohn) Linda Kohn reported that Charles Bracker will be

next year's lecturer.

0. Nominations (Richard Hanlin)

P. Phytopathology (Larry Grand)

Q. Liaison with Amateur Mycologists (Greg Mueller)

R. Culture Collections (F. Lombard) This report and a report from Amy Rossman led to a

discussion of difficulties related tp obtaining permits for the importation of certain fungi.

. Donald Barr will appoint an ad hoc Committee to work on lists of fungi and consultants for use by ATCC and APHIS to shorten the process.

S. Ad hoc committee on IMC-4 travel (Paul Szaniszlo) Seven individuals were funded (6 at $750 and 1

young investigator at $1,000). A motion was made and approved that should additional funds become available, to move to the next young investigator on the rank order list.

T. Representative to IMS (D. Barr)

U. Foray (William Bridge Cooke)

8. Martha Powell discussed the NSF travel grant proposal for travel to IMC-4. The proposal was declined after review by the Ecology Panel. The Panel expressed concern that there were no permanent working groups or publications resulting from the Congress.

9. The Publications Committee, chaired by Mary Palm, reported that the 22-year index is nearing completion and is still within budget. The subject index has created some difficulties because of inconsistencies. Mary will work out a publication schedule in consultation with the New York Botanical Garden Publications Office.

The Industrial Mycology Symposium held at this meeting will be published by Springer-Verlag and will be edited by Gary Leatham.

Mary presented a proposal from Rod Tulloss asking for about $20,000 to help defray the costs of publishing some watercolors by George Morris at the Peabody Museum in Salem, Ma. Since funds are limited, Council voted not to contribute to the project.

10. Donald Barr presented details and updated us on the proposed location of IMC V at Vancouver in 1994. The IMA Executive Committee has approved .Vancouver as a location; the Congress at Regensburg will vote on the proposal. Don explained the requirements for the meeting. MSA, as the hosting society, will be responsible for the program arrangements.

Council approved the idea of MSA being the hosting society and agreed that MSA would take on the program responsiblity.

$500 assigned to Shannon Berch for IMC V planning was realocated to Dr. Griffith for travel to IMC IV. Griffith will be speaking about the merits of Vancouver as a site for IMC V and will be local arrangements chair in Vancouver should the congress be held there.

11. The Treasurer's report was approved.

12. The Smith Committee reported that two people have been awarded funds from the Smith ~ndowment. These are Don Prusso and Jack States. Their nominations were approved by Council.

13. Charles Mims reported on plans for future meetings. The schedule follows:

1991 San Antonio, Texas 4-8 August with AIBS 1992 Portland, Oregon 8-12 August with APS 1993 To be decided. AIBS will be meeting at Iowa State;

Council endorsed the idea of meeting independently, perhaps in the Southeast.

1994 IMC V - Probably at Vancouver

14. An ad hoc committee will be formed by Donald Barr to -- report within one year's time on possible Society activities in the area of biodiversity. Joe Ammirati has agreed to serve as chairman. Anyone interested in fungal biodiversity should contact Dr. Ammirati.

15. The ad hoc committee on long range planning chaired by -- Donald Barr introduced its report. Charles Mims who appointed the Committee gave some historical background.

P r e l i m i n a r y d i s c u s s i o n c e n t e r e d a r o u n d t h e s u b j e c t a r e a d e f i n i t i o n s u s e d f o r C o u n c i l o r s a n d t h e g e n e r a l r o l e o f C o u n c i l o r s i n t h e S o c i e t y . C o n c e r n was v o i c e d a b o u t t h e c o n t i n u e d r e c o g n i t i o n o f t h e t h r e e C o u n c i l o r s r e p r e s e n t i n g g e o g r a p h i c a l a r e a s .

Two m o t i o n s w e r e made a n d a f f i r m e d :

I n p r i n c i p l e , t h a t t h e t h r e e p o s i t i o n s o f A t - L a r g e C o u n c i l o r s ( E a s t , West, C a n a d a ) be p h a s e d o u t a n d e l i m i n a t e d .

I n p r i n c i p l e , t h e number o f s u b j e c t a r e a c o u n c i l o r s c o u l d b e i n c r e a s e d f r o m 4 t o 7 .

An a d h o c c o m m i t t e e w i l l b e a p p o i n t e d t o r e v i e w s u b j e c t -- a r e a d e f i n i t i o n s f o r c o u n c i l o r s a n d c o n s i d e r r e s t r u c t u r i n g o f t h e s u b j e c t a r e a s . J a m e s A n d e r s o n w i l l c h a i r t h e C o m m i t t e e .

16 . S i n c e a l a r g e p a r t o f t h e l o n g - r a n g e p l a n n i n g c o m m i t t e e r e p o r t d e a l t w i t h M y c o l o g i a , C o u n c i l t o o k t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o h e a r some o f D a v i d M c L a u g h l i n l s i d e a s a b o u t p o s s i b l e c h a n g e s i n M y c o l o g i a . D a v i d e x p l a i n e d some o f h i s p l a n s a n d r e c e i v e d C o u n c i l ' s e n t h u s i a s t i c s u p p o r t . '

1 7 . A f u l l d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e l o n g - r a n g e p l a n n i n g c o m m i t t e e was n o t p o s s i b l e d u e t o t h e l a t e h o u r . C o u n c i l member s w e r e a s k e d t o p r o v i d e w r i t t e n comments t o Don B a r r o r D . H. P f i s t e r b y 1 J a n u a r y 1 9 9 1 . T h i s w i l l a l l o w t h e o f f i c e r s t o c o n t i n u e d i s c u s s i o n s on t h i s r e p o r t a t t h e m i d - y e a r m e e t i n g .

18. T h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e p r o p o s e d b u d g e t s a s f o l l o w s f o r O f f i c e r s a n d C o m m i t t e e s , t h e s e were a p p r o v e d by C o u n c i l :

P r e s i d e n t $ 2 5 0 P r e s i d e n t e l e c t $ 2 5 0 Vice P r e s i d e n t $ 2 5 0 S e c r e t a r y $ 2 , 0 0 0 T r e a s u r e r $ 5 0 0 P r o g r a m C h a i r m a n $ 2 , 0 0 0 N e w s l e t t e r E d i t o r $ 1 0 , 0 0 0

1 9 . M a r t h a P o w e l l i s o r g a n i z i n g a m e m b e r s h i p d r i v e . S h e a s k e d C o u n c i l o r s t o s u b m i t names o f i n d i v i d u a l s who m i g h t h a v e s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t s i n t h e S o c i e t y b u t who a r e n o t now m e m b e r s . M a r t h a w i l l w r i t e t h e m a n d i n v i t e t hem t o j o i n . C o u n c i l a p p r o v e d o f t h e i d e a o f t h e m e m b e r s h i p d r i v e a n d s u p p o r t d h e r e f f o r t s .

20 . S c o t t R e d h e a d r e m i n d e d C o u n c i l o f t h e W e r e s u b Award g i v e n t o a C a n a d i a n s t u d e n t o f m y c o l o g y by t h e C a n a d i a n B o t a n i c a l S o c i e t y . T h i s y e a r n o a w a r d was made .

21 . T h e m e e t i n g e n d e d a t 5 : 4 5 P.M.

Minutes of the MSA Business Meeting 2 6 June 1990

Great Hall, Memorial Union University of Wisconsin

1. The meeting was called to order by President Mims who made general announcements and introduced our annual lecturer, Allen Rayner.

2. The minutes of the 1989 annual business meeting were accepted.

3. Election results were announced by Martha Powell (see Council Minutes for details)

4. The secretary's report was read and accepted.

5. The treasurer's report was read and accepted.

6. Reports of the Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia and Managing Editor of Mycologia were read and accepted.

7. The minutes of the 1990 Council meeting were read by the Secretary and accepted.

8. There being no further old or new business, the meeting was ad j ourned .

S e c r e t a r y ' s R e p o r t 6 August 1989 to 1 June 1990

1. Business transacted by mail: a. In August 1989, materials were mailed to Council for

the meetings in Toronto. b. In October 1989, materials were prepared for the

nomination ballot in conjunction with Vice-President Martha Powell.

c. In January 1990, materials were mailed to Officers for the mid-year Officers' meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

d. In February 1990, Council was polled on two issues discussed at the mid-year meeting.

e. In March 1990, material was prepared and mailing was done for the ballot and other announcements.

f. New members were sent Directories, a welcome letter and a copy of the Brief History of Mycology in North America.

g. 72 requests for membership information or Careers in Mycology were received and processed.

h. General correspondence was carried on with AIBS, IMA, and AAAS.

2. The mid-year meeting of the officers was arranged by the Secretary and was held in Cambridge, MA on February 7-9, 1990. Minutes will appear separately.

3. Mailings to Council were made in mid-May, early June, and mid-June for the Council Meeting in Madison.

4 . D e a t h o f members r e c o r d e d : J o h n P a d e n A r n e S k a r s a g J a c k G i b s o n A . v o n Arx

D o n a l d H . P f i s t e r 12 J u n e 1990

Treasurer's Report

FINANCIAL SUMMARY .. FISCAL YEAR 1989 1 August. 1989 . 15 June. 1990

Brief History of Transfer of Accounts from Ohio to Colorado

Balances: 1 August. 1989: ,- . ...................................................... Checking $1 8. 1 db.34

CD Accounts ................................................ 50,405.45 ........................................................ Savings 37. 531 . 08

Receipts: Work shop fees .............................................................. 120.00 Interest ........................................................................ 4.797.28

TOTAL ASSETS FROM OHlO

Disbursements: Shipping auction items ................................................... Xerox expenses ............................................................. Postage ....................................................................... Annual Lecturer ............................................................. Alexopoulos Prize .......................................................... Fellowship Awards ............................. .... ..................... Best Paper and Poster Award ........................................ Foray Expenses ............................................................. Program Expenses ........................................................

........................................................................ Postage. Transfers to New Treasurer:

................................................................. 1 1/08/89 11 109189 .................................................................

................................................................. 1611 0189 1611 0189 .................................................................

................................................................. 18/04/90 Bank charges .............................................................. Wire charges .................................................................

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS FROM OHIO 110.990.1 5

COLORADO ACCOUNTS 1 . Checking Account

BALANCE 1 August. 1989 ..................................................................... $0.00

RECEIPTS: ............................................................................................................. Membership Dues $37,663.50

Transfer from Ohio Accounts to new Treasurer ......................................................................................................... 11 August. 1989 10.000.00

................ ................................................................................ 11 September. 1989 7.841.04 16 October. 1989 ...................................................................................................... 58.336.98 16 October. 1989 ....................................................................................................... 7.56 . . ........................................................................ Return on 1988-89 Program Account (AIBS) 1 401 34

Contributions for Symposium speakers ........................................................................... 4.050.00 ........................................................................................................ Exchange rate addition 9.33

. Interest ............................................................................................................................ 2, 780 01 Sales of Mycologia Memoirs .............................................................................................. 45.05 Sales of Mycology Guidebook ........................................................................................... 270.20 Life Memberships ............................................................................................................. 750.00 Sustaining Members ........................................................................................................ 6,410.00 Smith Fund ...................................................................................................................... 605.80 Alexopoulos Fund ............................................................................................................ 40.00

. T-shirt Sale and Auction ................................................. i ............................................... 1, 531 00 Contributions to Endowment:

Memorial Fund .......................................................................................................... 670.00 General Fund ............................................................................................................. 180.00

Close of Old Newsletter Acct (W . Sunburg) .......................................................................... 71 . 82 TOTAL RECEIPTS ............................................................................. $1 32,663.63

DISBURSEMENTS:

Mycologia (Vol . 81. 1989) Subscriptions Regular Subscriptions ........................................ $21 .350.00 Late and New Subscriptions ........................................ 1200.00 Claims for Missing Issues ........................................ 235.00

TOTAL ..................................................................................................... $22.785.00

..................................................................................................... Bank . Service Charges 13.00 ..................................................................................................... Bank - Returned Checks 80.00

.................................................................................................................... Posting error 80.00 .................................................... . Travel of Delegate to Inst Food Technologists Workshop 764.67 ................................................. Travel of Representative to Food Technologists Workshop 236.95

.......................... ...................... Mid-Year Officer's Planning Meeting (travel and meals) .. 2.224.00 Mid-Year Officer's Planning Meeting (lodging) ...................................................................... 480.00

.......................................................................................... Award Trophies (1990 meeting) 139.51 ................................................................................................... Mailing Labels from NYBG 100.00

................................................................................. 1989 MSA Program Expenses (AIBS) 1.335.37 1989 Program Chairman Expenses (AIBS) .......................................................................... 85 . 00

.................................................................................................... Annual Incorporation Fee 25 . 00 MSA Newsletter Editor Expenses (1989-90):

Reserves .................................................................... $4,050.00 Supplies ...................................................................... 175.00 Hourly wages ............................................................... 241 . 50 Printing ....................................................................... 1030.50 Postage ...................................................................... 2235.70 Misc . Expenses ........................................................... 45.09 Auxiliary Services ........................................................ 75.20

7,852.99 TOTAL COSTS OF NEWSLETTER ............................................................ $7.852.99

.............................................................. Secretary's Expenses (supplies. postage and phone) 803.90 Dues to other Societies:

Association of Systematic Collections ................................. 50.00 AlBS ................................................................................. 331.50 IMA dues and back dues ................................................... 1906.20

TOTAL DUES ............................................................................................... 2.287.70

T-shirt Balance Due ........................................................................................................ 529.60 Advance payment on 1990 T-shirts ................................................................................. 565.00

Mycologia lndex Project: ..................................................... Proof-reading Costs 157.20

..................................... Scanning Index (Mich . Interface) 1 143.86 Scanning Index (Mich . Interface) ...................................... 687.50

Total Index Costs ......................................................................................... 1,988.56

Transfer to CD account .......................................................................................................... 65.000.00 Transfer to CD account .......................................................................................................... 3.492.22

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS .................................................................. $1 10.868.47

NET Assets In Checklng Account June 15. 1990 ................................................................................ $21,795.1 6

COLORADO ACCOUNTS 2 . Certlflcate of Deposit (CD)

BALANCE. 1 August. 1989 ................................................................... 0.00

RECEIPTS Transfer from checking ................................................................................................... 65.000.00 18 April. 1990 OHIO transfer ..................................................................................... $ 31.419.26 Transfer from checking ............................................................................................... 3.492.22

TOTAL Receipts ................................................................................. $99. 911 . 48 (all Interest Is dlrected Into checking account)

. NET Assets In CD's ............................................................................ $99, 91 1 48

ITEMIZATION OF SPECIAL FUNDS

OPERATIONAL FUNDS 1 . Reserve Funds

Balance. 1 August. 1989 .............................................................................. $34.819.89 RECEIPTS:

Sustaining Members Dues .................. $ 6.410.00 TOTAL .................................................................... $41 .229.89

DISBURSEMENTS: Student Awards ............................ .. ................................................ 2.400.00

TOTAL Dlsbursements ............................................... 2.400.00

NET ...................................................................... 38.829.89 INTEREST ............................................................... 2.120.00 BALANCE. 15 June. 1990 ........................................ 40.949.89

2 . LIFE Membershlp Fund: Balance. 1 August. 1989 ............................................................................ $7.281.00 RECEIPTS: ................................................................................................. 750.00 ....................................................................... NET 8031.00

INTEREST ............................................................... 700.00 BALANCE, 15 June, 1990 ......................................... 8, 7 3 1 . 00

3 . ALEXOPOULOS Fund: Balance. 1 August. 1989 .............................................................................. $8.431.76 RECEIPTS .................................................................................................. 40.00 DISBURSEMENT OF AWARD ...................................................................... 350.00

NET ....................................................................... $8,121.76 INTEREST .............................................................. 700.00 BALANCE, 15 June, 1990 ........................................ 8, 821 . 7 6

4 . SMITH Fund: ............................................................................ Balance. 1 August. 1989 $1 6,552.00

RECEIPTS ................................................................................................. 605.80 ...

DISBURSEMENTS: Award ............................................................................................ 0.00 NET ...................................................................... 17,157.80 INTEREST ............................................................ 1400.00 BALANCE, 15 June, 1990 ....................................... 18,557.80

ENDOWMENT FUNDS

1 . PUBLICATION Fund: Balance. 1 August. 1989 ............................................................................... $1 7.986.21 RECEIPTS on Mycologia Memoir Sales .......................................................... 45.05 DISBURSEMENTS:

Mycoiogia Index Project: Proof Reading Costs .................. $ 157.20 Scanning (Mich . Interface) ........... 1 143.86 Scanning (Mich . Interface) ........... 687.50 TOTAL ..................................................................... ... 1988.56 ........

NET ................................................................................ 16.042.70 INTEREST ....................................................................... 1.300.00

BALANCE. 15 June. 1990 ................................................. 17.342.70

2 . MEMORIAL Fund: BALANCE. 1 August. 1989 ......................................................................... 893.67

............................................................................ RECEIPTS in memory of 670.00 NET ................................................................................ 1,563.67 INTEREST ....................................................................... 150.00 BALANCE, 15 June, 1990 .................................................. 1 , 7 1 3.67

3 . GENERAL Fund: BALANCE. 1 August. 1989 ..................................................................... $1 .972.00 RECEIPTS: Auction and T-shirts .................................................................................... 1. 531 . 00 Contributions ........... : .................................................................................. 180.00

TOTAL ........................................................................................................ 3,683.00 DISBURSEMENTS: T-shirt Balance (1989) ................................ .. ............................................. 529.60 T-shirt advance (1 990) ...................... .. ....................................................... 565.00 NET ............................................................................... 2,588.40 INTEREST ....................................................................... 207.29 BALANCE, 15 June, 1990 ................................................. 2,795.69

......................................................................

FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE SOCIETY

Assets: Checking Account .......................................................................... $ 2 1 .795.16

...................................................................... . Cert i f icate of Deposit 99. 911 48 ........... TOTAL ASSETS, 15 June, 1990 ................................................ $ 1 21 ,706.64

Assets. 1 August. 1989 ............................................................ 106.072.87

NET Change In Assets ............................................................. $ 15.633.77

Respectfulty submitted. yQy.$ L& (&\* F . Brent Reeves. Jr., Treasurer

H i s t o r i a n ' s R e p o r t

R z ~ ~ g a ~ i z a t i s n of the Society's Archives began, and materials in five archival ho;;es uere ccmpleted. It will take another winter to Finish the Jzb. Thas, I p~stpone my resignation as Historian for another year. Records and zther materials frnm last year's meeting accumulated. Hundreds 3f ?hztaaraphs sF nycologists, Sstanists and other scientists azzurnulated by the late Ryrtn P. Eackus were receivsd thrcush the ceurtssy GF Qlan P - - I aL,:er, anc! await orga~izatian for depssit in the Arzhi-~es.

We~kers, ~articLllailLJ past cfficers and chairpersons cF c~mmittees, ais urged to send aecuriulated, histsrical materials to t3e Historian befcrs OttsSer, 1920.

Clark T. Rcgerscn Historian, RSA The New York Eotanical Garden Sronx , New York

R e p o r t s F r o m E d i t o r s

MY COLOGIA Managing Editor's Report

The New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY 10458

Council Meeting 24 June 1990 (MM\REPORTS\MSA9 0 0 6R)

Prepared: 22 May 1990

I. INTRODUCTION:

On February 9th 1990 Roy E. Halling and Maria L. Lebron attended the MSA1s Mid-Year Council meeting and presented a detailed report of the MSA--NYBG relationship, the services NYBG provides to the journal and Society, and ways to improve communication between all parties concerned. ,

11. PUBLISHING ACTIVITY1 ----

The six issues of Volume 81 of MYCOLOGIA were published at a total production cost of $107,754.70, or an average of $17,959.12 per issue (Table I). To date two issues of MYCOLOGIA (82 #1 and #2) have been published at a cost of $31,930.12, or en average cost of $15,965.06 per issue.

111. MAILING RECORDS:

The mailing records for issues 81 (1) through 82 (2) are as follows:

Vol/Iss Subscribers Exchanges Society TOTAL

5 We received 143 Society membership renewals for issue 1. The copies were mailed to the members from Allen Press on the date of issue. Two weeks later we received 851 Society membership renewals for issue 1. These copies were mailed to the members from Allen Press nearly four weeks after the date of issue.

IV. MARKETING AND PROMOTION:

Most of the marketing and promotion efforts during the previous year were directed towards the sale of back issues. In addition to these, the journal was listed in Allen Press1 Cooperative Subscription Catalog.

1V.a. MYCOLOGIA Back Issues--Promotion to Members:

The Promotional materials were mailed ca. 18 JAN 1990. The figures for MSA are as follows:

Total . Postage

USA entries 1159 $ 97.36 (Third Class) Canadian entries 104 $ 46.80 (First Class) Other entries 348 $626.40 (Air Mail) Labor (1611 $0.25) $402.75 TOTAL: 1161 $1173.31

The Council members requested at the February meeting that they be informed of the status of the inventory prior to our discarding the back issues of MYCOLOGIA. There was some mention that the MSA could defray the cost of carrying the excess inventory., Appendix 1 presents the inventory as of 15 May 1990. Our proposed action is as follows:

Volumes 1--75 (regular stock): Keep 25 copies of each issue.

Vclumes 76--82 (regular stock): Keep the current inventory.

Volumes 1--57 (bound stock) : Keep the current inventory.

Index to volumes 1-58: Discarded--there is ample supply at NY.

At the current level of inventory (40,855 units) MYCOLOGIA would have to pay a minimum of $4,085.50 per year in storage fees.

We need the Council's reply by 2 July 1990.

V. FINANCES:

Production costs for all publications are increasing fast. In the case of MYCOLOGIA the average cost per printed page for the 1989 volume rose to $105.66, up from $101.86 for the 1988 volume. We encourage the Council, Editor, and Editorial Board to encourage authors to prepare their typescript, tabular material, and illustrations in the most space-effective manner possible. To this end one of us (MLL) volunteered to provide a workshop at the San Antonio meeting to teach authors how to improve the quality of the materials submitted for publication in MYCOLOGIA. For 1991 we anticipate further increases in production costs. The postal rate increase (average 25%) will translate into higher labor, materials, and postage costs for all publications. Only a joint effort between the MSA and the NYBG can result in a containment of these escalating costs.

An interim financial report for Fiscal Year 1989-1990 as of the April 1990 ledger has been circulated.

Table I1 is a copy of the FY 1990-1991 MYCOLOGIA budget that was submitted to the Garden's administration. Our philosophy in the preparation of the budget is as follows:

income is estimated at the lower end of the range, expenses around the middle of the range, with a goal of having a balanced budget within the estimated activity for the Fiscal Year.

In FY 1990-1991 (see Table 11) MYCOLOGIA will be affected by two special items:

1. Warehousing fee and shipping fee: These are fees levied by Allen Press for the storage of the back issues and the shipment of issues to subscribers. This will be the first time that the journal is affected by the full impact of the fees. These fees will be standard items in future budgets. (See also Section 1V.A.)

2. Institutional Services Charge: The Garden has instituted a policy (July 1989), authorized by its Board of Managers, whereby it charges 15% of total costs to recover part of the expenses incurred in administering the activity. Among the institutional expenses incurred in producing the Garden's publications are financial and administrative services, accounting data processing, insurance, space, maintenance and operations support. (The Federally audited on-site indirect cost rate is currently 70%, the off-site rate is 26%.) While 15% does not reimburse the Garden for all the

costs thereby still necessitating a partial subsidy, it does recognize legitimate expenses associated with the production of MYCOLOGIA. This charge is being made on a graduated basis to MYCOLOGIA: for FY 1990-1991 the amount will be 7.5%, for FY 1991-1992 the amount will be 15%. For FY 1990-1991 the 7.5% for MYCOLOGIA was assessed on an estimated expense of $150,000.00. This fee will be a standard item in future budgets.

During FY 1990-1991 this Department will undertake various activities to improve the financial standing of all the publications. For the journals: analyze in detail all sources of revenue and expenses, make recommendations and/or adjustments as necessary, improve direct mail marketing efforts aimed at increasing the numbers of subscribers.

Some of these journal activities have been started. As an interim measure, labels are being submitted in electronic form thus reducing the handling fee assessed by Allen Press by $0.046 per label. In the case of MYCOLOGIA this represents an average savings of ca. $112.50 per issue or $675.00 per year. We are working with our programmer in the development of a new hard copy label format that will save MYCOLOGIA $0.10 per label, or ca. $242.00 per issue ($1,450.00 per year).

VI. OLD BUSINESS:

VI1.a. Distribution of MYCOLOGIA Back Issues to Libraries in Developina Countries:

In the 1989 Managing Editor's Report the Garden proposed to the Mycological Society of America that sets of MYCOLOGIA be donated, at no cost to MSA, to selected libraries in evel loping Countries. This type of cooperation will build good will between the MSA and the recipient institutions, help in the dissemination of scientific information, and reduce the warehousing fee. The Garden, in conjunction with the Mycological Society of America, developed a list of needy institutions (Table 111). This list is here being submitted to the full Council for action. It is estimated that each entry will cost MYCOLOGIA ca. $800.00 (labor, materials, postage).

What is the Society's wish?

V1.b. MYCOLOGIA INDEX:

We have received a copy of the 8 MAY 1990 MSA1s Publications Committee report. According to this report, the INDEX should be available during the late summer--early fall of 1990. We recommend9that the INDEX be promoted--after a definitive publication date is known--in the MSA1s fall issue of the NEWSLETTER and as a special direct mail marketing campaign using the MYCOLOGIA subscribers list. The direct mail marketing campaign takes eight to ten weeks to complete (from concept to mail drop date). The Society should take this into consideration when planning the INDEX'S date of issue.

VII. NEW BUSINESS:

VII1.a. New Editor: -

We welcome David McLaughlin as the new Editor of MYCOLOGIA. David was able to attend the Council of Biology Editorst ttCourse for New Editorsft last May. (MYCOLOGIA funded his participation in this course at a total cost of $934.00.) We look forward to his tenure and to working with him in the production of the journal. A one-day intensive workshop is planned at NY for the new editors of our two society journals: MYCOLOGIA and ECONOMIC BOTANY. This workshop, focusing on tabular materials and illustrations, will take place sometime in 1991. We look forward to David's participation.

VII1.b. MYCOLOGIA luncheon:

Roy Halling, at this meeting, will chair a working luncheon aimed at improving communication between the members of MYCOLOGIAts Editorial Board and the Garden. The primary purpose is to obtain specific information about MYCOLOGIA .

1. How does the Society perceive MYCOLOGIA? Contents? Subjects? Manufacture? Publication lag time? Format? (It is our understanding that the Society is envisioning changes for MYCOLOGIA. We encourage the Society to keep us informed of the deliberations so we may help as best we can in this endeavor and avoid misunderstandings.)

2. Does the journal meet the perceived needs of the members?

3. What specific suggestions does the Society have for improving the quality, usefulness, relevance, and appeal of the journal? Contents? Manufacture?

VIII. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

First and foremost we thank Ron Petersen for his dedication as Editor of MYCOLOGIA. We have enjoyed working with Ron and are most appreciative of his efforts on behalf of the journal. We take this opportunity to express our appreciation to him on behalf of the Garden.

Our thanks too to the members of the Editorial Board for their dedication to the journal.

Respectfully submitted,

Roy Halling Maria L. Lebron Managing Editor, Director, MYCOLOGIA Scientific Publications Department

cc. S. Mori, P. Holmgren, R. Howard, J. Rorer

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Budget submitted for FY 1990-1 991

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510 Salaries 549 Pooled FIB 550 Supplies 570 OIS General 571 01s Consultant 572 OIS Printing 573 01s Advertising 578 . 01s List Rental 580 01s RepairslM 630 Postage 631 Telephone 640 IIH Printing 641 Photocopier 643 Computer 645 Pubs Office 651 Insurance 660 Travel 672 Prof. Devel. 700 Miscellaneous 723 lnst Svc Fee ............................

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1220 entries @ $80.00 + miscellaneous 102 entries @$80.00 1220 members @$17.50 + miscellaneous

TOTAL INCOME $1 47,960.00

NET ACTUAL ($1 7,155.00)

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TABLE i 1 I Recommended Institutions to receive full sets (vols. 1-80) of MYCOLOGIA

Argentina: Instituto de Bothnica C. Spegazzini, Calle 53 no. 477, La Plata Bs. As.

Bolivia: Herbario Nacional, Campus Universitario, Cota-Cota, Casilla 20127, La Paz

Brasil: Herbario, Dept. de Bothnica, Museo Nacional, Quinta de Boa Bista, 20.942 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Chile: Herbario, Dept. de Bothnica, Universidad de Concepcion, Casilla 2407, Con- cepcion

China: Academica Sinica, Beijing

Colombia: Centro de Investigaciones CIEN, Univ. de Antioquia, Apartado Aereo 1226, Medellin, Antioquia

Costa Rica: Herbario, Escuela de Biologia, Univ. de Costa Rica, Ciudad Universitaria, San Jose

Cuba: Herbario, Academia de Ciencias, Inst. de Ecologia Y Sistematica, Casilla 212 y 19, Atabey, La Habana

Dominican Republic: Herbario, Jardin Botanico Nacional, Apartado 21-9, Santo Domingo

Ecuador: Herbario, Dept. de Biologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Apartado 2184, Quito

Guyana: Herbarium, Biology Dept. Univ. of Guyana, P.O. Box 101 110, Georgetown

Indonesia: National Botanic Garden, Bogor

Jamaica: Herbarium, Natural History Division,'The Institute of Jamaica, 12-16 East St., Kingston

Mexico: Instituto de Bothnica, Universidad de Guadalajara, Apartado Postal 139, Zapopan, Jalisco, 45 100

Panama: Herbario, Dept. de Bothnica, Univ. de Panama, Estafeta Universitaria, Panama

Papua New Guinea: Herbarium, Division of Botany, Dept. of Forests, P.O. Box 314, Lae

Puerto Rico: Herbario, Univ de Puerto Rico, GPO Box 4984-G, San Juan

Sri Lanka: National Botanic Garden, Peradeniya

Thailand: (C. Khemnark) Dept. of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok

Venezuela: Herbario, Facultad de Agronomia, Univ. Central Venezuela, Apdo. Postal 4579, MARACAY 2101A

REPORT OF THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF MYCOLOGIA

T h i s i s the f i f t h , and the re fore the l a s t , r epor t I w i l l g ive you a s Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia. I remember Terry Johnson' s f a rewel l r epor t : h e was overworked, received no reduct ion in teaching load , and was so burned out t h a t he r e t i r e d from teaching a t t h e same t ime he f i n i s h e d h i s term a s Edi tor .

I n t h e pas t f i v e years , however, the Socie ty has provided t h e E d i t o r w i t h a word-processing computer and h a s increased t h e f i n a n c i a l allowance f o r c l e r i c a l help t o a munificent $2000 p e r year. For h i s p a r t , t h e Ed i to r h a s stream1 ined the job, so t h a t it now t a k e s more l i k e 20 hours per week ins tead of 40. It can only be hoped t h a t t h e q u a l i t y of Mycologia h a s not su f fe red in t h e process.

But you should know - you t h a t govern t h e journal , t h a t pay t h e b i l l s , t h a t appoint members of t h e E d i t o r i a l Committee - t h a t t h i s job t a k e s i t s t o l l . Consider near ly 6000 p i e c e s of s t a t i o n e r y , about 5000 mani l la envelopes, over 5000 hours of e d i t o r i a l time, n e a r l y 4000 pos tca rds , over 1300 reviews, and about 275 l e t t e r s of r e j e c t i o n . Had a l l t h i s r e l a t e d t i m e and e f f o r t been placed in a s ing le resea rch program, th ink of the da ta which could have been generated.

Without unduly prolonging t h i s r epor t , t h e r e a r e many people t o thank f o r the smooth operat ion of Mycologia during t h e p a s t f i v e years . F i r s t , of course , my h e a r t f e l t thanks go t o t h e hundreds of reviewers who gave of t h e i r time u n s t i n t ingly. They almost uniformly f e l t g u i l t y when recommending r e j e c t ion of a paper, r e g a r d l e s s of how shoddy it seemed, and I suppose t h a t sure ly l e s s than one in a hundred requ i red reminding of a l a t e review. They a r e t h e backbone of t h e journal . Second, t h e E d i t o r i a l Board has responded promptly and gene- rous ly t o every request I have made of them. I n t h i s regard, spec ia l thanks a r e due t o Terry Hammill, Dick Hanl i n , and Tom Mull i n s , who r o t a t e o f f t h e Board now, a f t e r f i v e y e a r s of duty. A t t h i s w r i t i n g , I cannot t e l l you who t h e i r replacements w i l l be, but every name submit- t e d a s a candidate t o t h e Board f o r your approval i s wel l -qua l i f i ed t o serve. Th i rd , deep thanks a r e due t o David F a r r , who has f a i t h f u l l y produced t h e yearend index, a job which consumed many hours f o r p rev ious e d i t o r s . I n t h e same b r e a t h , Dean Glawe h a s r e s t o r e d t h e book review sec t ion of Mycologia from malaise t o v i t a l i t y . He h a s been so e f f i c i e n t t h a t we a r e behind schedule in producing t h e reviews he h a s gathered. Fourth, I thank Maria Lebrun-Luteyn of t h e New Botanical Garden, who h a s l i a s e d wi th me i n a most .p ro fess iona l manner, making t h e "behind-the-scenes" p a r t of t h e job p a i n l e s s and smooth. F i n a l l y , I th ink you should know t h a t Allen Press , p r i n t e r of t h e journal , h a s done a magnif icant job not only of i t s primary duty, but of less v i s i b l e t a s k s , such a s execut ing g a l l e y proof d e l i v e r i e s they co inc ide wi th my resea rch t r a v e l . Through s ignif i can t d i s rup t ion t o t h e i r ' i n t e r n a l operat ions, they have performed near ly f l a w l e s s l y t o a l l outward appearances.

With your indulgence, I wish t o look t o the f u t u r e f o r j u s t a moment. Last year , I r a i s e d some i s sues , among them a capac i ty f o r e l e c t r o n i c networking and FAX transmssion of manuscripts, which w i l l become necessary during the upcoming e d i t o r i a l term. To l a s t y e a r ' s agenda, I want t o add another r e d f l a g . Asyouknow, t h e B r i t i s h Mycological Socie ty recen t ly saw f i t t o change t h e format of i t s former Transact ions, and a1 so i t s t i t l e , now a s Mycological Research. Simultaneously, i t s B u l l e t i n was changed in content and t i t l e t o The - Mycologist. In p a r t , these changes were due t o a dwiddling readersh ip

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and a slow decl lne in the number of submitted papers. I p r e d i c t t h a t we w i l l see a s imi la r decl ine in the number of submitted papers , even

if membership in t h e Socie ty remains s t ab le . Experimental mycol og ica l r e sea rch now is fu rn i shed wi th many s p e c i a l i t y j o u r n a l s through which spec ia l ized r e search reaches an appropr ia te ly narrow audience. More- over , because of t h i s , t h e p r e s t i g e of publ ishing i n one of t h e s p e c i a l i t y journa l s seems t o count heav i ly in t h e promot ion and tenure process. A t t he present- t ime, Mycologia has fewer papers in t h e "ac t ive f i l e " than a t any time in the pas t f i v e yea r s . You may have not iced t h a t page numbers a r e down s l i g h t l y from prev jous y e a r s - a decis ion between s t r i v i n g f o r t h e usual paginat ion v e r s u s keeping t h e journal on schedule. While t h i s may be an ep i sod ic e v e n t , i t i s con- s i s t e n t wi th the B r i t i s h s i t u a t i o n , and b e a r s c a r e f u l cons ide ra t ion , e s p e c i a l l y a s a new E d i t o r comes on board.

That about f i n i s h e s my business . David McLaughlin w i l l assume t h e r e i n s i n e a r l y J u l y . He w i l l f a c e new and I n t e r e s t i n g cha l l anges , but I know he can count on your support and t h a t of the genera l membership. Meanwhile, I thank t h e Council and the Socie ty f o r i t s support , and f o r '"the oppor tun i ty t o serve i n t h i s p o s i t ion. It h a s been f a r r i c h e r in i t s rewards and i t s educat ion than I had hoped, f i v e short y e a r s ago.

Respec t fu l ly submitted;

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Edi tor- in-Ch ief

May 9 , 1990

REPORT OF THE EDITOR OF THE MSA NEWSLETTER, 1990

During 1989-90, two issues of the =A Newsletter were produced, Vol. 40(2) and Vol. 41 (1) . The October issue (80 pages plus cover and inserts) was mailed during the second and third weeks of November, 1989; the-April issue (68 pages plus cover and inserts) was mailed during the second and third weeks of May, 1990.

The MSA Council authorized at its meeting of 6 August, 1989, a budget for the MSA Newsletter of $10,000. The 1989-90 issues were published and distributed for a total cost of $7.,880.12 ($2,119.88 under budget). The following tables summarize the expenses for production of the 1989-90 issues:

TABLE L. Expenses for 1989-90

1. Printinq Costs, SUNY-Oswego College Publications (two issues and ten inserts -- 1,500 copies) ------ $2,232.08

2. Mailinq Costs (see discussion below) -------------- $4,891.36

3 . Supplies (mailing envelopes, Kroy Lettering Machine tape, rubber air mail stamp, ink pad, ink, return address stamp, rubber bands) ----------- $ 186.3.9

4 . Labor Costs (Wages for Student Assistants) -------- $ 513.15

TOTAL EXPENSES $7,880.12

TABLE 11. Comparisons Between Issues, 1989-98 --

Issue Printing Mailing Supplies Wages Phone ---

Oct., '89 $1,205.50 $2,235.70 $114.69 $241.50 $ 5.60 - --

April, '90 $1,026.58 $2,655.66 $ 71.70 $271.65 $18.26

Totals $2,232.08 $4,891.36 $186.39 $513.15 $23.86

Mailing costs resulted from a cumulation of several methods of mailing copies to the MSA membership. Both issues were under important time constraints (e.g., there were several forms with deadlines, and there were Abstracts for the June meeting), so a method of distribution was selected which would be expeditious internationally. In general, issues mailed to the continental United States were sent 3rd class - level 1 (October issue) or 3rd class - level 3 (April issue), issues mailed to Puerto Rico and to Canada were sent 1st class, and overseas issues were sent by international air mail. With the Annual Meeting reverting to August during 1991, perhaps an additional $500 or so could be cut from mailing expenses during 1990-91 (assuming no major changes in the format of the Newsletter, in the general mailing methods or in postal rates).

Since I typed for both issues those sections which needed typing, there were no secretarial expenses.

Bills for the October, 1989, issue were sent to the MSA Treasurer (Dr. F. Brent Reeves) who remitted several checks totalling $3,802.99 for expenses already incurred. To simplify matters, the MSA Treasurer also sent a check in the amount of $3500 for creating a local checking account; a second check in the amount of $550 was sent to me subsequently for supplementing the local MSA account. A chronological accounting follows:

Balance -- 1. Jan. 17, 1990. Interest-bearing

checking account established in Oswego City Savings Bank ................................ $3,500.00

2. March 31, 1990. Interest --------------- $37.97 --- $3,537.97 3. May 16, 1990. Check #lo1 to Jennifer

Collart (student assistant) ----------- $56.00 --- $3,481.97 4. May 16, 1990. Check #lo2 to Deborah

Morri s (student assistant) ------------ $38.50 --- $3,443.47 5. May 17, 1990. Check #lo3 to Melissa

Mat oichi (student assistant) ---------- $14.40 --- $3,429.07

6. May 17, 1990. Check #lo4 to SUNY-Oswego Telecommunications -------- $18.26 --- $3,410.81

7. May 23, 1990. Check #lo5 to Monica Converse (student assistant) ---------- $59.50 --- $3,351.31

8 . May 23, 1990. Check #lo6 to Hoang Decker (student assistant) ------------ $43.75 --- $3,307.56

9. May 23, 1990. Check #lo7 to Chris Byrne (student assistant) ------------- $45 .SO --- $3,262.06

10. May 23, 1990. Check #lo8 to Gilbert Johns on (student assistant) ----------- $14 .OO --- $3,248.06

11. May 25, 1990. Check #lo9 to Post- master, Oswego (partial postage) --- $1,145.10 --- $2,102.96

12. May 29, 1990. Check #110 to SUNY Oswego College Publications for cost of printing ------------------- $1,026.58 --- $1,076.38

13. June 18, 1990. Deposit ---------------- $550.00 --- $1,626.38 14. June 18, 1990. Check #I11 to Aux-

illiary Services, SUNY-Oswego for supplies .............................. $71.70 --- $1,554.68

15. June 18, 1990. Check #112 to Post- master, Oswego (balance of postage, including $33.28 from late fall institutional mailings) ------------ $1,543.84 ------ $10.84

TABLE 111. Cross Reference of Accounting.

1. Payments made by MSA Treasurer for expenses incurred during October/Novernber, 1989 ----------- $3,802.99

2. Deposit in Oswego City Savings Bank --------------- $3,500.00

4. Deposit in Oswego City Savings Bank --------------- $ 550.00

TOTAL CREDITS ------ $7,890.96

TOTAL EXPENSES ----- $7,880.12

BALANCE (6/19/90 in -- Oswego City Savings Bank)-- $ 10.84

Terrence 'M'I Hamrni 11, Edit or June 19, 1990

MYCOLOGIA MEMOIRS BOARD OF EDITORS Annual Report July 1989 - June 1990

1. Memoir Number 15 Cultural Studies and Identification of Wood- Inhab5ting Corticiaceae- and Selected Hymenomycetes by Karen K. Nakasone: the proofs are being read by the author.

2. Memoir Number 16 Monilinia Fungi of the World: Their Ecology, Biosystematics, and Control by L. R. Batra: the Managing Editor has just completed the marking of the manuscript for the printer.

3. Memoir Number 17 A Bibliography of Taxonomic Mycological Literature 1753-1821 by D. H. Pfister, Jean R. Boise, and Maria Okoniewski: the reviewer's comments have been dealt with and the authors are preparing the camera-ready copy.

4. Memoir Number 18 An Annotated List of the Published and Exsiccati Names in Mycosphaerella and Sphaerella by Michael Corlett: the reviewer's comments were returned to the author in early April.

5. Inquiries from four authors regarding submission of manuscripts, the time it will take to have a manuscript published, etc. were answered.

6. The Board of Editors has been busy, in addition several critical reviews were done by colleagues outside the Board. I greatly appreciate the efforts of these mycologists in volunteering their time and in doing the job promptly.

7. To reduce the period from manuscript submission to publication we are encouraging authors to submit the final copy in camera-ready form. his will save the author having to read proofs and will save the Managing Editor having to mark the manuscript.

Respectfully submitted,

J. Ginns 2 May 1990

Reports Official Representat ives

REPORT FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION

The American Type Culture Collection serves as a repository and distribution center for living fungal cultures (as well as other organisms). This nonprofit organization endeavors to provide authentic, well-documented cultures useful to scientific researchers and teachers at a reasonable cost. The Board of Directors are in the process of developing a long range plan which will ensure the extended fiscal viability of the ATCC as well as the highest possible service to the scientific community.

Upcoming activities of interest to mycologists include:

* Publication of an article reviewing the U.S. patent system when microorganisms are involved with a list of ATCC fungal cultures cited or used in U.S. patents and bibliography.

* Publication of the 18th edition of the Fungi/Yeast Catalogue as two separate catalogues, one for the yeasts and one for the filamentous fungi. The ATCC catalogues will continue to be an important reference source about fungi in culture. In the future the catalogues will be available e for on-line searches.

* Meetings with regulatory officials from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are continuing in order to standardize the procedure and shorten the time require to obtain permits for shipping pathogens.

* Barcoding will be used in the future to increase the efficiency of processing orders, culture inventory and stores management.

* Research has been initiatedto develop molecular techniques for differentiation of fungal strains based on restriction fragment length polymorphism.

As a member of the Board of Directors and Advisory Committee for the Mycology Department, I am interested in the needs of MSA member especially problems with cultures received or deposited with the ATCC and ideas about how the ATCC could better serve the mycological community. Please contact me.

Respectfully submitted,

Amy Y. Rossman Systematic Botany & Mycology Laboratory USDA-ARS, BARC-West Beltsville, MD 20705 (301) 344-3364

May 8, 1990

REPORT FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ASSOCIATION OF SYSTEMATICS COLLECTIONS

The Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) is the North American organization that speaks for the interests of systematics collections. The membership is institutional, that is, institutions and affiliated societies pay dues and have one vote at the Annual Meeting. When an institution or society affiliates with ASC, all of its staff or members are de facto members of ASC. ASC is concered with issues related to collecting, e.g. collecting permit regulations; preservation, e.g. funding for collections; and use, including programs for research. Although systematics collections are used for many types of research, the preponderant use is by systematists. ASC is the only group that' explicitly speaks for the broader aspects of the needs of systematics collections.

ASC has taken a leadership role on the biodiversity issue. Dr. Elaine Hoagland, Executive Director, ASC, and ASC members helped draft legislation that would create a National Center for Biodiversity (HR 1268) and have promoted this concept widely. ASC had major input to NSF's recently-released re~ort on Biodiversity calling for massive increases in funding for

systematics. Dr. Hoagland wrote a subsection of the National Institutes for the Environment proposal calling for a National Institute of Biotic Resources that would sponsor peer-reviewed extramural research in systematics and biogeography. ASC has helped set up the symposium on "Systematics, Society, and Public Policy" to take place at the 1990 AIBS Meeting.

ASC publishes the ASC Newsletter of which I have been the Editor for the past two years. The Newsletter contains articles about member institutions, the role of systematics in science, problems such as degradation of type specimens, computer use in botanical systematics, and book reviews of recent publications. In addition Dr. Hoagland writes the more informal ASC Washington Initiative to update members on the progress of current legislation in Congress relevant to the systematics community as mentioned above. For example, as of 7 May 1990, it appears that an amendment will pass that authorizes a study by the National Academy of sciences-~ational Research Council to find the best form for the National '~nsitutes for the Environment. This rapid form of communication allows opportunity for vital action by individuals to support this kind of legislation.

ASC is working to support systematics through the legislative process as well as other means. If you or your colleagues are willing to call your Congressional representatives about legislation that affects systematics, please let me know.

Respectfully submitted,

Amy Y. Rossman Systematic Botany & Mycology Laboratory USDA-ARS, BARC-West Beltsville, MD 20705 (301) 344-3364

May 8, 1990

Report From the MSA Representative to the Biological Stain Commission

The annual Meeting OF the Biological Stain Commission was held on June 8-9, 1990, at The Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Because the airfare between Syracuse and Louisville was $652, making the cost for sending the MSA Representative to that meeting between $700 and $?SO, I' decided in consultation with President Rims not to attend. I subsequently was infornad by Dr. Eric Schenk, Secretary of the Commission, that the policy of the' Commission has been to pay up to one half OF the travel expenses oF Societal Representatives whose societies do not cover all the expenses, an important point to remember in the Future.

Accatdina to the Annauncement of the Meeting, at least one scheduled paFer held potential interest to members of MSA: "Phylcgenetic stains for microbial agents; ribosomal RNA probes For diagnostic and ecological applizaticns," hy Edward F. Delong CWcods Hole Oceanographic Institute).

Respectful 1 y ,suSmi tted , -

erre en ye M . Hammill June 20, 1990

ACHIEVING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

Dr. Robert Lumsden and Dr. Don Wicklow represented the Mycological Society of America as delegates to the Institute of Food Technologists' Workshop, "Achieving the Full Potential of Integrated Pest Management." The workshop, organized by Dr. Richard Greenburg, IFT Director of Scientific Public Affairs, was held February 26-27, 1990, at the L'Enfant Hotel, in Washington, D. C. The workshop was attended by 55 delegates from 32 scientific societies, crop producers, private consultants, and state experiment station specialists. The goals of the workshop were to: (1) identify information, both available and needed, to successfully implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM), (2) expand IPM initiatives throughout the food production system as a means of reducing dietary exposure to pesticide residues, (3) promote government funding for education of growers and for increasing extension resources to make IPM economically feasible, (4) develop means for attracting scientists to become IPM practitioners. The executive summary of the Workshop Report expresses the multidisciplinary agroecosystem's approach needed to provide a relevant data base for IPM. As delegates representing the Mycological Society of America at the IPM Workshop, Drs. Lumsden and Wicklow recommend that the MSA endorse the Workshop Report encouraging implementation of IPM practices in U.S. agriculture.

INTERNATIONAL MYCOLOGICAL A S S O C I A T I O N

Report to Council

June 24, 1990

" . l'har-e a r e .two isesues,, F?$..-~,.~.f,, I w i l l be? pt-oprrsing .kc7 C::ourrc:j.l that. PIS19 O.FSFE:?I~' .kc) ElpOl.lliC>I1" .k.he 5t.k. Xn t~? r r l a t j , o r i k~~ Myc:c~logiccllh Congress at. Vancouver i n 1934, and t h a t I be authur i . red to t a k e t h i s of +er ,to IlvlC;-4 a f l~ tegenshurg t h i s August. ;,i$h.mn)nJ., there are siqni4:icari.k -changes prupnr-;ed 'kc:) t h e 1:PlA Cons t i t u t i un. T h e +ee s t r - u c : t u r e +o r a+ +i l i atecl c3rgztrli xa .k . i on is c u r r e n t l y l:)ascc:l or') a head c:our~t o f 40 c e n t s per mernbar. The d isadvantage nl: t h i s j.% t h a t rnajc3r c c ~ n t r i b u t o r s such as MSA have sir7gl.e vo te . The p r o p u s e d charrge i s t h a t t h e r e be A.F.fi 1 i a t e d Wrganizaticnns t h a t piy a nominal .flat: r a t e .fee b u t do not h a v e a v o t e , and a new category , Sus ta i n i ng Members t h a t p a y a unlf.r7rm higher" fee , and havts a v o t e or.! t h e I M A Exacutive. T h e proposed .fee f o r S u s t a i n i n g Members i s $400 which i s 1esEii than what we c u r r e n t l y pay. The o the r impo r t an t change i s t h a t Sus ta in ing Members w i l l have 12 months t o approve fi.t"c~lre changes t a t h e C u n s t i t ~ r t i o n . Ak presen t , changes a r e approved d u r i n g the. Congress and t h e r e i s no o p p o r t u n i t y f o r Counci l to debate changes t h a t may i n c l u d e membership .fees.

Donald J.S. Bar r MSA rep, t o I M O

Commit tee Reports

AWARDS COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT

The Awards Committee was pleased to receive a number of nominations for the Distinguished Mycologist Award and the Alexopoulos Prize this year. The numerous letters of support which accompanied these nominations showed the interest the Mycological Society of America has in honoring those who have made significant contributions to the science of mycology.

The Committee also reviewed a number of applications for the MSA Graduate Fellowships. The society can be proud of our outstanding young students of mycology and look forward to their contributions in the future.

The Awards Committee will award two Distinguished Mycologist Awards in 1990.

DISTINGUISHED MYCOLOGIST AWARD DR. EMORY G. SIMMONS

Dr. Emory G. Simmons' contributions to mycology and to mycologists on a broad scale are impressive, and certainly worthy of recognition by our society. He has served as president of the Mycological Society of America, The U.S. Federation for Culture Collections and the Research Society of America. Dr. Simmons has also served as Vice- President, as well as a Member of the Executive Committee, of the International Mycological Society, and as a Fellow and Member of the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was Chair of the Executive Committee and President of the Board for the Second International Mycological Congress and was directly responsible for the success of the Congress.

Of a more unique nature is his additional work with mycologists and microbiologists from countries other than those of the technologically advanced North American Continent and western Europe. He has served as the U.S. Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as Secretary and Member of the International Biodegradation Research Group, and most impressively as a member of the UNEP/UNESCO/ICRO Panel on the Microbiology Advisory Committee on Culture Collections.

Not only has Dr. Simmons given freely of his knowledge and time to working scientists of many different international communities, but he has also provided immeasurable amounts of expertise and encouragement to budding young mycologist in the U.S.

DISTINGUISHED MYCOLOGIST AWARD DR. HARRY D. THIERS

In his role as teacher, Dr. Thiers has aroused the curiosity of a long list of undergraduate and graduate students. He has an innate ability to enthuse, excite, and stimulate his students regardless of whether he is teaching introductory botany, cryptogamic botany, b~yology, lichenology or oae of several mycology courses. He melds scientific professionalism and personal interaction to such a degree that students are attracted to careers in cryptogamic botany. Mycological "family trees" show conspicuous distortions around the bulge of Harry's "academic children." Almost all of these students have been recruited to mycology by Dr. Thiers, cultivated and stimulated, then passed along to other mentors for doctoral programs. These students are one of his greatest sources of pride and ensure that his influence on mycology will be felt for years to come. Dr. Thiers'

excellence in the classroom has been recognized both by the California State University System and the Mycological Society of America which awarded him the William H. Weston Award for teaching excellence in 1982.

Through years of tireless collecting, research, and curation, Dr. Thiers has become the leading authority on the higher fungi of California. Although modest about his mycological accomplishments, his expertise also extends into the southwestern United States, the Rocky Mountains, and the Pacific Northwest. Not only did he introduce the world to the richness of the California mycota, but he built from scratch the herbarium at San Francisco State University which now bears his name. The Harry D. Thiers herbarium houses the largest collection of fleshy fungi west of the Mississippi River and has been designated as a National Resource by the National Science Foundation. As such, it is impossible to contemplate a major taxonomic research project on agarics or boletes in North America, without asking for his expert opinion and loan of his specimens.

Dr. Thiers has established not only a long and distinguished record of publications on systematics, phylogeny, and ecology of agarics and boletes, but is also the organizer and editor of a series on the mushrooms of California. His monographic, floristic, and ecological treatments of fungi, particularly the boletes, are of the highest quality. Considering that the faculty at San Francisco State University have heavy teaching loads (often three or four classes each semester), his research accomplishments are even more notable. His publications and research have brought him recognition not only from the United States but in countries throughout the world. His research will live on not only through his publications but also through the release of his Agaricales of California series which will become THE source for professional and amateur mycologists who are working with the California mycota.

Dr. Thiers has also performed distinguished service for the Mycological Society of America as well as the mycological community at large. His contributions to the Mycological Society of America include years of serrice to Society forays, work as an MSA councilor, and election to each of the Society's offices, including president. Dr. Thiers has also participated in amateur forays and mushrooms shows, presented lectures to amateur and professional societies, and identified fungi for hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been tireless in his efforts to bring the message about the importance of fungi to the general public and to stimulate and maintain interest in wild mushrooms.

ALEXOPOULOS PRIZE DR. RICHARD J. HOWARD

There is no doubt that Dr. Richard J. Howard's contributions have already had a strong influence on mycological research. Through his work on freeze substitutions he has had a major impact on the way we interpret the fine structure of cells and on the methods used to prepare cells for electron microscopy. He has revolutionized the whole approach to ultrastructural investigations. As a graduate student in the :mid to late 1970s, he revived on old technique (freeze substitution) that was all but impossible to use routinely in the laboratory. He taught us the principles of cryo-preservation and logically built his case in a way that left no doubt its necessary to use this technique successfully, and he refined the method so,it would be reliable and reproducible. He demonstrated in a vivid way how superior the freeze-substitution images were and how they were closer to life-like images of protoplasm than the conventional chemical fixation methods used by virtually everybody else at the time. This was no small achievement, because the freeze-substitution technique was fraught with difficulties that only a few people could have understood and mastered. He was the one who did it. That contribution has transformed modern ultrastructure research, especially in the fungi.

In addition to the quality of Rick's research, his efforts to share with other his knowledge and skills are exemplary and reflect how our science should be done. Rick has visited in a number of laboratories providing assistance with freeze substitution techniques. He has been frequently invited as a symposium speaker at national and international meeticgs where his presentations are always outstanding. Wherever Rick interacts with others, he stimulates enthusiasm and provides encouragement. Rick is a model of the attitude needed to keep our science innovative and ever improving.

MSA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP WINNERS FOR 1990

SUSAN G. W. KAMINSKYJ

1978 B.S. University of Toronto, St. George Campus 1982 M.S. University of Toronto Ph.D. work at York University with Dr. I. Brent Heath

Susan Kaminskyj's doctoral research will examine the distribution of the actin-binding proteins in hypal apices of Saprolegnia ferax. She will develop imrnunocytochemical preparation protocols to preserve the delicate actin arrays as in living hyphae and then probe for specific actin-binding proteins and study their functions. Susan has already produced an impressive record of publications and presentations at national and international meetings and clearly has a promising career in mycology ahead of her.

SHELLEY ANNE BRUNT

1981 B.Sc. University of Toronto 1986 M.Sc. University of Toronto Ph.D. work at University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, with Dr. Julie C. Silver

Shelley Brunt's doctoral research deals with the characterization and expression of 85 kDa heat-shock and steroid-hormone-regulated proteins and the genes encoding these proteins in AchZya ambisexualis. She has successfully cloned two different genes encoding the proteins and is currently analyzing both the coding regions and 5' regulatory sequences of these genes. Shelley's work has done much to broaden our understanding of the regulation of the regulation of fungal gene expression and will continue to elucidate the role of steroid hormones in fungal development.

The Committee Chair would like to thank the committee members for their insightful comments and diligent efforts in choosing the awardees from such outstanding groups of candidates. The committee also wishes to thank Dr. Robert Gilbertson for continuing to have the awards plaques made for the award ceremony.

OUTSTANDING ORAL PRESENTATION AT ANNUAL MEETING

JOHN HOPPLE, Duke University

Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Coprinus based on molecular and morphological evidence.

DAVID HIBBETT, Duke University

Taxonomic relationships of Lentinus to the polyporaceae: evidence from restriction analysis of enzymatically amplified ribosomal DNA.

OUTSTANDING POSTER PRESENTATION AT ANNUAL MEETING

K. J. CZY MMEK, Michigan State University

The ultrastructure of ascosporogenesis in Thelebolus crustaceus using cryo-techniques.

STEVEN B. LEE, University of California, Berkeley

Molecular evolution and identification of Phytowhthora spp.

Respectfully submitted for the Committee

Don E. Hemmes, Chairman Georgianna May Scott Redhead Robert Roberson

May 11, 1990 From: F.F. Lombard, Chair

Committee on Culture Collections

The only a c t i v i t y of the Committee on Culture Collections during the pas t year has been l imited t o receiving complaints regarding delays i n obtaining Plant Quarantine Permits from the U. S. D. A. Aquisition of these permits, o f ten f o r non-pathogenic fungi, has sometimes taken a s much as several months. Communication with D r . B. P. Singh indicates tha t much of the problem is due t o the lack of information on the pathogenicity of the numerous species of fungi t o be d e a l t with. I have been informed tha t Drs. A. Y. Rossman and H. H. Burdsall. Jr. are working on the problem with D r . Singh and w i l l come t o the MSA Council with a proposal f o r the resolution of t h i s problem i n the near future .

1135 Wilshire C t . , Cincinnati , Ohio 45230

18 May 1990

Dear D r . Pfister-,

The Foray Committee has l i t t l e t o repor t t h i s year. The Foray a t Toronto l a s t year was w e l l attended, a bus load of mycologists being transported t o Foray s i t e s on each of two days, Saturday and Sunday. -Col lec t ing wasnot the best, few f leshy fungi being found. To date, no repor t s have been received of co l lec t ions made. And no r epo r t s have been made a s a r e s u l t of l a s t year 's request.

Probably spotted owls do not eat fungi, but probably they eat small mammals that do eat fungi. As a result of recent activities in National Forests and other forested areas based on preservation of various wildlife, there is an increasing demand for an inventory of the organisms which occur in undisturbed areas. There is no inventory of species of fungi occurring in most areas. There are occasional records of interesting species, or new species, but little, if any, concerted effort is made toward listing the species which occur in the same locality. Sometimes it is assumed that all these species will always be found in the cited area. This is not necessarily tqae especially in relation to mycorrhizal species. Then there are species which do not fruit until after an area has been disturbed, ayparently. USA Foray lists are inconplete for the scattered areas the fprayers have visited once, usually. Various more localized forayr produce lists of species observed which may be composited on a state basis, but these records are only observat5cnal. An incentive, and a technique, are needed for developing a fu~b'gal inventory for the United States and North America.

Very truly yours,

Wm. Bridge Cooke, Chairman, MSA Foray Committee

Report of the Chairman of Committee

on IMC-4 Travel Grants

Twenty seven applications for travel grants to be provided by MSA/NSF were

independently ranked 1 through 27 by each member of the Committee. The

committee was chaired by P. J. Szaniszlo. and in addition consisted of D. T.

Wicklow, L. Frederick and S. Anagnostakis. The Committee also included two

ex officio members. M. J. Powell and F. B. Reeves. who did not participate in - the ranking.

The final rank of each applicant was ultimately determined by adding the

individual ranks as established by each committee member. This procedure

produced a final rank order. which due to ties ranged from 1 to 20. This

rank order was then sent to C. Mims. President of the Society, with the

understanding that he would contact those to receive awards.

The Committee was disappointed to learn that the NSP grant for supplementary

travel awards to IMC-4 was not approved. The chair encouraged the President

and Society to fund more applicants from MSA funds than originally planned.

as most of the applicants. including many in the lower ranks. appeared very

deserving.

Respectfully submitted for the Committee. d

Report of MSA-IMC5 Committee

Members of this committee have provided suggestions on symposia, sessions,

workshops and field trips for the proposed IMC5 to be held at UBC, Vancouver,

Canada. To date, the local organizing committee, chaired by Tony Griffiths,

Dept. of Botany, UBC, has prepared and submitted a proposal to the International

Mycological Association. The IMA Executive Committee will meet in the near

future to prepare a recommendation for the site of IMC5. The final decision

will be made at IMC4 in Regensburg this September. Tony Griffiths will represent

us at IMC5 and present a slideshow on UBC, Vancouver and BC to put the final

argument in our favour. Tony invites the MSA-IMC5 Committee members to meet with

him at Regensburg along with interested MSA Executive and members to move planning

along to the next phase. This will entail selection of IMC5 executive and board

members, among other matters.

Respectfully,

S.M. Berch Chairperson

Report of the Committee on Liaison with Amateur Societies and Clubs, 1990.

A notification of the formation of this committee and its mission was sent to the editor of The Mycophile, Newsletter of the North American Mycological Association for inclusion in an upcoming edition. It is hoped that this announcement will generate some suggestions and comments from the amateur clubs as to how the committee can best meet its charge.

While only one request was made to the committee for information and possible assistance during the past year, it is anticipated that activity will increase after the notice in The Mycophile

appears. A meeting of committee members in attendance at this year's MSA meeting in Madison is planned to discuss ways to increase the effectiveness of this committee.

Respectfully submitted,

Elisabeth Farwell John Haines Walter Litten

REPORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE MEMORIALS COMMITTEE

A s the MSA Council knows, David McLaughl in w i l l become the new Editor-in-Chlef of Mycologia ea r ly in July. This means t h a t simulta- neously he w i l l head the Memorials Committee, and therefore, tha t t h i s is my l a s t repor t in ' t h i s capacity. Please allow me a few ex t ra words on t h i s occasion.

Since I l a s t reported t o the Council, memorials have appeared in Mycologia on Harold Brodie, Margaret Church, Ibra Conner s , Carol1 Dodge, Lindsay Olive, and Martin Rosinski. A t p resent , a memorial is being arranged f o r Tom Sproston.

As usual , communication t o the Chairperson about the passing of MSA members has been by word of mouth. This is fraught with oversight , but it i s the only way, I guess, t o make the Chalrperson aware of such events. Moreover, wr i t ing a memorial is hardly considered, espec l a l l y these days, a rewarding experience. It is dues paying - humanitarian - only. B u t the appearance of brief chronologies of the l i v e s of such fo lks , together with bib1 iographies of t h e i r pub1 jshed accomplish- ment s, he lps t o give u s a sense of where we a re , by t e l l i n g us where we have been.

During my time a s Chairperson, I have taped. a p ic tu re of each memorial r ec ip ien t next t o the e d i t o r i a l desk of Mycologia, not only a s a reminder of the ephemerality of l i f e , but a s a ga l l e ry of pas t f r iends . Images of C.J. Alexopoulos, Howard Bigelow, John Couch, Everett L u t t r e l l , Lindsay Olive, Ken Raper, Alex Smith, and Dan Stuntz among several o thers , adorn the back of that herbarium case - a l l professional f r i ends , some mentors, one my major professor. The gal lery represents the passing of not only a generat ion, but of an e r a of professional dominance by personal in te l l ec t and magnet i am.

Serving in t h i s capacity has been a salutary experience, and I thank the Council f o r allowed me t o do so.

Respectfully submitted;

-- -- May 6 , 1990

Chairperson

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS

A request for nominations to fill the four open elective Council positions was sent to fellow committee members Henry Aldrich, Martha Christensen and Jim Trappe at the end of October, 1989. It was intended that a slate of nominees would be ready for submission to Vice President Martha Powell before the Christmas holiday, but delays in communication precluded meeting this schedule. A telephone meeting with each committee member was held in early January, and a list of nominees was developed and submitted to Martha at the end of January. The early date of the 1990 MSA meeting required an earlier than usual deadline.

Although an excellent slate of nominees was presented, the selection process was not as smooth as is desirable. A better mechanism for a "run-off" selection is still needed, as pointed out by Jim Kimbrough last year. It proved quite difficult to contact committee members quickly by telephone. Also, an attempt to hold a committee meeting during the annual MSA meeting was frustrated by the absence of half of the committee.

Because of these problems, the new chairperson still needs to experiment with ways to resolve them. An early start is necessary to allow ample time for communication among committee members to assure a consensus in developing the final slate of nominees. With the development of FAX communications, this might be a better way to conduct the "run-off'; this could then be followed by a telephone poll to confirm the final slate. Prompt initial response by committee members is also essential to get the whole process started.

I want to thank my fellow committee members for their efforts in carrying out the responsibilities of the committee. A summary of the number of nominations received for each post follows:

Office Number Qf Nominees

Vice President 8

Councilor, Canada 9

Councilor, Morphology/Taxonomy 7

Councilor, Ecology/Pathology 5

Respectfully submitted,

Richard T. Hanlin Chair, Committee on Nominations

To: MSA Council From: Martha Powell, MSA Vice President fl&rdc. C ) d ~ d

RE: 1990 Election ~ e s u l t s

The nomination committee provided two ranked names for each of the four positions to be filled. Twenty eight membership-wide nomination forms were received. For two of the offices, the membership - vide and nomination committee's first place

nominations vere the same; consequently, for these two offices, the membership-wide second place nominations vere used. The ballot consisted of: Vice President- Meredith Blackvell*, Orsen Miller Councilor, Canada-James Ginns*, Lynne Sigler Councilor, Ecology-Pathology-Michael F. Allen, Elvin Stewart* Councilor, Taxonomy-Morphology-Joseph Ammirati*, Carl Wolfe

The 334 ballots were counted by Martha Powell, Michael Vincent, and Laura Sadowski. Winners are indicated with * and'vere notified by telepone of election results. Non-winners vere notified by letter.

In the by-law changes both passed: Article VIII (C) 273 to 41 and Article XI11 (El 297 to 5 .

Phytopathol ogy Comni t t e e Report May 1990

Submitted by Larry F. Grand

Nor th Carol i n a State. Un ivers i t y

Emphasis was. pu t on t op i cs which would be appropr iate f o r Discussion Sessions and/or Workshops t o be j o i n t l y sponsored by MSA and APS a t t he 1992 Nat ional Meetings i n Port1 and.

The f o l l ow ing t op i cs have been i d e n t i f i e d and d e t a i l s on which one(s) w i l l be proposed f o r the 1992 meeting are being worked on: Rhizoctonia and Rhi zoctoni a-1 i ke Fungi ; Toxin Producing Fungi ; Phv to~h thora spp. ; Wood-decay Fungi ; Armi 1 1 a r i a spp . ; B i ocont ro l Fungi .

This comnittee w i l l cont inue t o work c l ose l y w i t h i t s counterpart , The Mycology Committee o f APS, t o develop appropr iate top ics f o r the fu tu re . We would a l so 1 i k e t o pursue the p o s s i b i l i t y o f having pa r t i c i pan t s p rov id ing extended abst racts and APS Press pub l i sh ing same.

I n addi t ion, a poster sect ion deal ing w i t h t he s p e c i f i c t op i c ( s ) selected f o r t he Discussion Session(s) would provide an add i t iona l oppor tun i ty t o develop t he theme.

REPORT OF THE PROGRAM COMMllTEE - 1990

John Taybr (Chair), George Carroll. Gerald Bills, and Jeff Pornmenrille.

Proarm. The program of the Madison 1990 MSA meeting is the true product of this committee. This report simply provides some discussion about the program.

Numbers. There were two forays, one workshop, one presidential address, one annual lecture, 94 oral presentations including 29 by students, 27 symposium presentations, 11 evening discussion presentations, and 63 poster presentations including 12 by students. These figures do not include cancellations. The total number of contributed presentations was 197, this is the largest number of presentations at an MSA meeting and continues a recent trend of increasing numbers of presentations. The previous high was 189 at Davis-1988, followed by 166 at Toronto-1989 and 148 at both Indiana-1981 and Gainesville-1985.

m. Five symposia were presented, two on industrial mycology, and one each on biogeography, nitrogen metabolism and population genetics. Twenty-seven presentations were made, 19 by non- members. The symposia on industrial mycology organized by Dr. Gary Leatham at U. Wisconsin will be published by SpringerIBock in cooperation with MSA. Funds were raised from five corporations for support of symposium speaker expenses, DuPont, Merck, Entotech (Novo), Hoffmann-La Roche, and Lilly. Registration for non-members was paid from the Program Chairman's budget.

-. Some experiments were conducted on the format of MSA meetings. The presidential address was held on Monday just after lunch. The Annual Breakfast and Business Meeting were held Tuesday evening as a dinner and after dinner meeting. The annual lecture was held in Wednesday morning, before a related symposium. Evening discussions on Federal funding and molecular aspects of herbarium mycology were held. Symposia were not held concurrently with contributed papers except in one case. Concurrent sessions were limited to two, except in one case. Poster presentations were held for an entire afternoon without any concurrent sessions. Student.presentations were scheduled so as not to conflict with other student presentations. Sessions of contributed papers were shortened from all morning or all afternoon to half of each. This change made it possible to schedule four sessions in a morning or afternoon and provide more variety in subject. An unexpected result was that discussion of the papers in each session continued after the session into the break and provided a satisfying conclusion to the session. The extra sessions made it necessary to recruit more session chairs, but this was not a problem as the recently hired mycologists or postdoctoral researchers who were approached welcomed the opportunity.

Food and W. Hal Burdsall, Jr., Local Arrangements, and the Program committee made every effort to have food and drink at morning and afternoon breaks, at the posters, and after the evening discussions. The refreshments served to keep the participants together and promoted further discussion during the recesses and after sessions.

-. The committee was aided in every aspect of program organization by the MSA officers, Newsletter Editor Terry Hammill, Symposium Organizers, Evening Discussion Organizers, Foray Leaders, Workshop Organizers, Session Chairpersons, and especially Hal Burdsall, Jr. We wish that there was space to thank them all by name.

REPORT OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE 8 MAY 1990

SUBMITTED BY MARY E. PALM, CHAIRPERSON

The 22-year MYCOLOGIA Index is nearly completed. The host and fungus indices are essentially finished. The subject index is being edited currently. Costs to date are $12,049.04, mainly for the scanning/sorting/editing that has been done by Michigan Interface Inc. Projected expenses remain about the same as cited in last year's report. It is hoped that the Index will be completed by fall of 1990. The executive council approved in principle the idea of MSA sponsoring the publication of symposia. The publication of the proceedings of the .I990 Industrial Mycology Symposium will be the first such publication. MSA is not involved monetarily in that publication. The title of the serie's and guidelines for sponsoring symposium proceedings will be discussed at the council meeting. The Publications Committee has been directed to review the Society's independent publications. We thank Terry Hammill, outgoing committee member, and welcome to Dick Hanlin, incoming committee member.

To: MSA Counsel From: Chairman, Sustaining Membership Committee RE: Annual Committee Report

The Sustaining Membership Committee conducted it's annual membership drive during the period November through February. Each member of the committee participated by contacting about 25 prospective new sustaining members. These prospects were compiled from several sources, primarily from a list of American Society for Microbiology Sustaining Members.

New MSA Sustaining Members include the DuPont Company, Fungi Perfecti, Genecor Incorporated, Haarmann & Reimer Corporation, and the Warner-Lambert Company.

Sustaining Members that did renew include the Herbarium Supply Company, Lab-Line .Instruments, Miles Inc., New England Antigenics, and Ted Pella Inc.

A complete list of 1990 Sustaining Members is attached. I hope that all members of our society will gratefully acknowledge the generous support of these Sustaining Members however and whenever possible.

Respectfully submitted,

Richard J. Howard DuPont Company, P.O. Box 80402 Wilmington, DE 19880-0402

3 May 1990

Te-a C o m e RepQLf

April 20, 1990

The members of the committee (and dates of expiration of their 3-year terms) are Joanne Ellzey (1 992), Dean Glawe (1 990), Michael Tansey (Chair) (1 991), and Leonard Tews (1991). The Council should select a replacement for Dean Glawe.

During the past year, the committee has developed and reviewed files of nominees for the William H. Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching, and has chosen C.J.K. Wang to be this year's recipient. In keeping with established custom, we request that the awardee's name be kept confidential until the award is made. (Professor Wang has been informed of her selection, to help ensure her attendance at the awards ceremony.) We suggest that the MSA President notify the President of Professor Wang's institution, and her unit administrator, concerning the award. (Names and

addresses are attached.) The committee has actively recruited nominations for next year's award, and prepared a biography of last year's awardee for publication in the MSA Newsletter.

The committee has conducted a new survey of mycology textbook publishers' publishing plans, and has prepared a summary handout of responses, to be distributed at the 1990 annual meeting. The committee has also prepared a mycology examination question file (test bank) for distribution at the annual meeting.

We are currently considering a proposal to prepare a poster advertising "What Can You Do with Training in Mycology?", to be completed by the time of the 1991 annual meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Michael R. Tansey Chair, MSA Teaching Committee

WILLIAM H. WESTON, JR., AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING. C.J.K. WANG, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse.

R is axiomatic that, to be an excellent teacher and produce excellent results, one must first be a person of excellent quality. Such was the life of Cap Weston, memorialized by this award, and just so it is true for June Wang, the 1990 recipient. This cause-effect relationship--the person -----> the teaching -----> the results--is often noted in testimonials by June's students, assistants, colleagues, administrators, and those who have had the pleasure of teaching with her. Their words are the basis for the following biographical tribute, describing the person, the teaching, and the results.

June's teaching style and effectiveness follow directly from her vibrant and sincere personality, her warm cordiality, and the deep respect she has for others. Students see the respect she has for them, and that opens the door for good communication. She listens to and respects their opinions, beliefs, and ideas. She is available for them; no appointment is necessary for her students to see her. She is remembered not only as a source of knowledge, but also as a role model for how to treat all other people in as kind and considerate a manner as possible, allowing each to become all that he or she is able to be. Her excellence as a teacher is inextricably linked to her caring, her passion for teaching, and her effective teaching style. June's students feel that they can comfortably talk with her about many things. She is interested in them as people, encouraging open communication and friendship, and often promoting and providing social as well as academic activities. She is approachable, never treating a student as her inferior, but as someone who has not yet had as much time as she to gather experience and knowledge. .She has no need to intimidate. When asked for advice, she speaks the truth. (Senior scientists who have known June for several decades characterize her as a person of the highest integ'rity, both in her personal and in her professional life.) Despite her high intelligence and her successes, she is modest and has never lost the ability to be human. Visitors to her laboratory note her kindness and genuine concern for her students, and how conspicuously her students are of primary importance to her: how she carefully introduces her graduate and undergraduate students (as well as students of colleagues) to the visitor, and fosters formal and informal sessions of discussion of their individual research projects. She is patient with her students, spending many hours with them over the microscope on one-to-one instruction and collegial debate on the interpretation, importance, and meaning of their material, and stimulating and directing their energies into productive lines of research. She practices the "humanistic" approach to teaching, assuming the role of helper, guide, and facilitator. She is a 'total teacher."

When June took her present position, in what was at the time a forestry school, her training had been in fields quite foreign to forestry. At once she used all of her free time to attend courses relating to forest mycology, attending all of Josiah H. Lowe's classes in Advanced Mycology; she then began teaching these courses with him. When Lowe retired in 1975, the administration decided against replacing him with someone who could contribute to the Advanced Mycology courses. She voluntarily taught the entire set of four graduate courses, on a two-year cycle: Homobasidiomycetes, Heterobasidiomycetes, Ascomycetes, and Deuteromycetes. (In 1989, a oew forest pathologist, James J. Worrall, took over the Homobasidiomycetes course.) This was a personal decision, and it amounts to a considerable personal and professional sacrifice. It is also testimony to her dedication ts mycoiogy and students of mycology, and it exemplifies her efforts to retain (and in some instances reinstitute) organismal biology in the curriculum. Human virtue grows out of the person, not the position. June made her position by dedication to her subject matter and by attracting students.

In her courses, June's students are presented with a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the subjects. When introducing a new topic, she presents the fundamental concepts, techniques, and important literature within a well thought-out and str~lctured framework. She is clear and readily understood. Then she demands, in a benevolent way, that students use her presentation as a startiog point--a springboard for sew-learning by guided independent reading and by laboratory activities that support and extend the basic material. In the teaching laboratory, she seldom presents techniques as right or wrong, but merely as variations suited to different needs and cticumstances. tier courses present an unusual but thorough blend of hands-on identification of specimens, microscopic techniques,

culture work, familiariity with essential keys and monographs, and historical ove~iews as well as study of current issues. Her Advanced Mycology courses emphasize specimen identification, and course notes are used as reference material by her students long after graduation. Required reading each week covers the important ground-breaking research of the past, as well as currently important topics; discussion is encouraged. Student presentations are an important part of June's teaching strategy. Students present a written and an oral synopsis of research papers to the class, as well as biographical sketches of authors. The written synopsis is photocopied for each class member, resulting in a solid set of references to classic and current material. Her students learn to write and speak; many are explicit in pointing to the advantages in future employment opportunities and professional successes that were a byproduct of this aspect of their training in mycology, and the relative ease with which they made the transition from student to researcher. Besides the specimen identification and literature aspects of June's courses, essential laboratory techniques are stressed. She expects her students to become competent in light microscopy; to isolate and identify fungi from natural sources; to grow fungi on appropriate agar, liquid, and natural media; to prepare slide cultures; to perform dilution plating; to do various chemical tests on fungi; to become computer literate; to write descriptions; to do library searches; and to use the herbarium properly. When they become her teaching assistants, her students are thoroughly prepared by June for the week's work, and she carefully oversees the performance in their teaching laboratory.

June's success as a teacher has not come easily. She is one of the very few female faculty members to have taught at her institution; such a situation provides many pressures. Her standards are high. Her Advanced Mycology courses demand an enormous time commitment, and they are not the only courses she teaches; she also regularly teaches botany courses. Her dedication is shown by her willingness to stay up to the early morning hours preparing for class. Her material is highly organized, continually revised, and always current. (The selection committee for this award had the opportunity to examine extensive material in this regard.) This dedication, coupled with infectious, joyful, ebullient enthusiasm, helps motivate her students to spend the long hours necessary to identify each week's set of about 20 unknown specimens. Senior mycologists who have viewed June's courses are stunned by the quantity of her teaching material. She has an immense capacity for hard work and thorough preparation, built upon a solid rock of competence. She considers hersetf a student, and is always willing to learn new techniques, which she shares with her students.

June encourages and aids participation of her students in activities of the MSA and other mycological organizations. She gets her students to meetings and to forays, including the annual Peck Foray, and makes a point of introducing them to mycologists with whom they can exchange ideas and knowledge. She continuously brings outstanding mycologists to her institution, and arranges plenty of time for her students to talk with them and learn from the visitors. When an outstanding mycologist is visiting a nearby institution, she 'arranges for her students to visit and meet the person. She vigorously and persistently helps her students find positions in the field of mycology upon graduation, spending many hours on the telephone helping them pursue job opportunities. Many former students mention this in their tributes to June, and their record of obtaining employmentwhere they can use their mycological training is outstanding.

Students are keenly aware of the competing demands of teaching and research, and note that June's research accomplishmonts have not come at the expense of her students. Quite the contrary; her students profit enormously from her broad research experience and expertise, as well as from her research equipment, which she freely shares. As a highly respected and much-published world authority in her research field, she is involved in research and consolidation of knowledge at the highest level. Through her awareness of the current trends, the most recent developments, and the really significant advances, her students get the latest word on the subject. They have earned a reputation for being especially well informed, perceptive, and inquiring.

Long after graduation. June's students are beneficiaries of her help in specimen identification and exchange of cultures and ideas. They speak of maintaining regular correspondence with her, many years after graduation, seeking her advice and knowledge. They consider their mentor a friend and a colleague.

June has been influential in educating colleagues. Faculty at her institution call upon her to teach them taxonomy of mycorrhizal fungi, identification of fungi involved in deterioration of utility poles, and the role of particular species of fungi in biideterioration in pulping. Her workshops have reached a wide audience and have been a model of organization and sewice to the MSA.

Professor ChunJuan K. (June) Wang (Mrs. Stephen Wang) attended the National Tsing-Hua University (1 946-1 948), received her B.S. degree from National Taiwan University (Botany, 1950), an M.S. from Vassar College (Microbiology and Plant Science, 1952, with Gladys E. Baker), and the Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (Mycology, 1955, with G.W. Martin). Her first mentor in mycology was William H. Weston, Jr., for whom she was a research assistant at Haward University in the summer of 1951. After sewing from 1955 to 1958 as a Research Associate of Medical Mycology at Jewish Clinical Laboratories, Cincinnati, and Instructor of Medical Mycology, University of Cincinnati Schoolof Medicine, she joined the Department of Botany and Forest Pathology, State University of New York College of Forestry (now SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry), Syracuse, in 1959, where she advanced to the rank of Professor of Botany and Mycology in 1972. In 1990, she received a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Seventeen students have completed M.S. or Ph.D. degrees under Professor Wang's direction; three Ph.D. degree candidates currently work with her. Two of her graduate students have received the MSA's award for student presentations at our annual meeting: Terrence Hammill, in !971, and Kathy LoBuglic, in 1989. A notably large riumber of doctoral students from outside the U.S. have taken her Advanced Mycology courses and returned to their home countries to assume responsible positions in forestry, mycology, and pathology.

The words of June Wang's students form a clear picture: these fortunate people (as they refer to themselves) love and respect their teacher--for what she is as a person, and for what she has given them as their teacher. They attribute much of their considerable succsss :o the things she taught them--and not at all just the mycology. She brought out the best in them, expertly (as a skilled and tireiess teacher) and lovingly (as the person she is). There are no gimmidts here, just sincere, straightforward personal contact. We 31 the MSA are grateful that this wonderful person shares with us our duty to encourage, inspire, and train the next generation of our profession.

Changes Address Phone Number

NORIHIDE AMANO --- 7-17 Kitasono-cho, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka 569, Japan.

JOE AMMIRATI --- University of Washington, Seattle, reports a new phone number (206) 543-1942 2~ 1986.

GUNTHER BAHNWEG --- GSF/BIOP, Ingolstadter Landstr . 1, 8042, Oberschleissheim, Germany.

HORACE L. BARNETT --- 2748 Honeywood Dr., Pensacola, FL 32514

TIM BEGAN --- 206 Wanda Way, Americus, GA 31709

DAVID J. BILL --- 1805 Manorhaven St., Ortonville, MI 48462

THOMAS E. CHASE --- Department of Plant Science, Plant Science Building, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007 -- (605) 688-5550.

ALICE W. CHEN --- 1730 Penfield Rd. #41, Penfield, NY 14526-2143

SUE COHEN --- APHIS-PPD-PRAS, Room 810, 6505 Belcrest Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20782

SUKI C. CROAN --- Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., One Gifford Pinchot Dr., Madison, WI 53705-2398

DENNIS E. DESJARDIN --- Department of Biology, San Francisco State Univ., 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, 'CA 94132

MARK DOSTER --- Kearney Agriculture Center, 9240 S . ~iverbend Ave . , University of California, Parlier, CA 93648

WILLIAM C. ELSIK --- 12410 Stafford Springs Dr., Houston, TX 77077 -- (71 3) 4 97-75 36.

GUIDRIDUR G. EYAOLFSDOTTIR --- Reynimel 80, Reykjavik 107, Iceland

DAVID F. FARR --- Rm. 304, Bldg. OllA, Beltsville Agric. Res. Cntr.-W., Beltsville, MD 20705

.LILY NOVAK FRAZER (nee Lily Novak) --- 89 Ajax Drive, Sunnybank, Bury, England BL9 8EF -- Phone, 796-7740

KOUHEI FURUYA --- Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Sankyo CO., Ltd., Miyukigaoka 33, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan -- Phone: 0298-56-3985

MA0 GUOHUA --- 991 West Blaine St., Apt 58, Riverside, CA 92507

FRANCIS A. HARRINGTON --- 210 Cornell St., Ithaca, NY 14850

GEORGE C. HARTMANN --- 11 Powder Mill Lane, Greenville, RI 02828

KEVIN C. HAZEN --- Department of Pathology, Univ. Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908

AJAI KUMAR JAITLY --- Department of Plant Science, Rohilkhand University, Bareilly 243001, India

SUSAN.G, W. KAMINSKYJ --- Department of Biology, 4700 Keele St., York Univ., North York, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada

SflIGERU KANEKO --- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, KlAizaki , Ibariki 305, Japan

HAROLD KELLER --- 2228 Stafford Drive, Arlington, TX 76012

ERIKA KZTHE --- Gouzeuheimer Str. 53, D6000 West Frankfurt M56, Germany

DONALD T. KGWALSKI --- P.O. Box 1415, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 -- (707) 964-7213.

GARY F. LEATHAM --- Departments of Botany and Food Science, 430 Lincoln Dr., Madison, WI 53706 -- (608) 262-2207 or 262-1057.

ADRIAN LEUCHTMANN --- ETH-Zurich Geobotanisches Institut, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zurich CH-8008, Switzerland.

JEFFREY C. LORD --- 85 North Whitney Street, Ecoscience Laboratories, Amherst, MA 01002

DANIEL P. MAHONEY and ANN BELL --- Botany Department, School of Biological Sciences, 600 Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand -- Phones: 011-644-72 1-000--ext . 8074 (Off ice) ; 011-644-650-924 (home) ; 011-644- 651-210 (FAX) .

P. MANIMOHAN --- Botany Department, Calicut University, Kerala, G73 G35, India

MRS. AHMADUNI SA MASOOD --- C/O S. Z. Masood, 7650 Phoenix Dr., Houston, TX 77030

PEGGY MAUK --- University of California Cooperative Extension, 4145 Branch Center Rd., Sacramento, CA 95827 -- (916) 366-2013

JOHN M. McPARTLAND --- 28 School St., Montpelier; VT 05602 -- (802) 229-9418.

VIVIAN MIA0 --- Institute of Molecular Biology, Univ. Oregon, Eugene, OR 974 05

MONICA A. MILLER --- R.R. #1, Box 149, Sadorus, IL 61872

STEPHEN T. MOSS --- Portsmouth, UK has a new phone number: (0705) 842024.

GARETH MORGAN-JONES --- Auburn University, Alabama has a new phone number: (205) 844-1958.

LILY NOVAK --- Now Lily Novak Frazer (see above). ROBERT H. PEqBODY --- 50 Alfalfa Hill Rd., Milford NJ 08848

PIONEER HI-BRED, INC. --- James A. Berry, 7250 NW 62nd Ave., Johnston, IA 50131

JUDITH C. RHODES --- New phone no. -- (513) 558-0130

DAVID RIZZO --- Department of Plant Pathology, Univ. Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108

AMY Y. ROSSMAN --- Rm. 304, Bldg. OllA, Beltsville Agric. Res. Cntr., BARC-Wes t , Be1 t svi 11 e , MD 2 0705

JAMES A. SCOTT --- 18 Melville Avenue, Unit B., Toronto, Ontario M6G 1Y2, ,-. ,anada

FRANCOISE SEIGLE-MTJRANDI --- Labori t oire Botanique et Crypt ogami. e, SF 138-UFR de Pharmacie, Meylan 38243, France

A.Z. EL SHAFIE --- Biol.ogy Department, P.O. Box 32486, A1 Khod, Sultan aabooa University, Muscat Muscat, Sultanate Oman,

LYNN R. SHERWAN --- P.O. Box 167873, Oregon, OH 45616

DONALD H. SMITH --- Legumes Pathology ICRISAT-AGINSPO-IIE, 809 Unites Nations Plaza, Neq York, NY 10017

FREDERICK W. SPIEGEL --- Department of Biological Sciences, SCEN 632, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701

JOSEPHINE TAYLOR --- Department of Biology, Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX 77843

ARNOLD T. TSCHANTZ --- USDA/APHIS/PPQlBATS Fed. Ctr. Bldg., h.. 627, 6505 Belcrest Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20782

BRUCE E. TUCKER --- Cancer Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2404

RODHAM E. TULLOSS --- P.O. Box 57, Roosevelt, NJ 08555-0057 -- (609) 639-3188 (office) 448-5096 (home)

HELEN S. VISHNIAC --- Department of Microbiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078

THOMAS J. VOLK --- Center for Forest Mycology, USDA Forest Products Lab., One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53705

MEI-LEE WU --- No. 1 Ai-Kuo West Rd., Taipei Municipal Teachers' College, Taiwan, Republic of China -- (02) 835-0651

NYANTSZ WU --- 1402 Holleman Dr., Apt. #210, College Station, TX 77840.

D e c e a s e d Members

J. A. von ARX --- CBS, Baarn, The Netherlands. I. L. CONNERS --- 180 Blueberry Lane, West Lafayette, IN 47906

JACK GIBSON --- Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611

WILLIAM GRAY --- author of Industrial. N~colosv, and ~ i o i o q ~ of Slime Molds.

JOHN W. PADEN --- Biology Department, Univ. Victcri-a, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada

:'?EN5 3 . SKFRSHAUG ---. Depart-~i-tent of Plant Pathoiogy , University of Gec.r.cjLa, A t h e n s , GX 30602

Forthcoming Events

AAAS Annua? Keeting. Washington, D.C., 14-19 February, 199i.

British !l,ycological Society --- Funcral Cell Biolocrv: Cytology and Ultrastructue. Portsmouth Polytechnic, Portsmouth, UK; April 2-5, i991. Contact: Stephen T. Moss, School of Bi.ologica1 Sciences, Portsr~outh Polytechnic, King Henry 1st Street, Portsmouth P01.2DY1 United Icingdorn .

11th Congress of the International Society for Hwnan arid Animal Mycology. Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Jcne 24-28, 1991. Contact: Dr. Louis DeRepentigny, Ste-Justine Hospital, 3175 Cote Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5, Canada.

Fifth International Fungus Spore Conference. Unicoi State Park Conference Center, Helen, Georgia; August 17-21, 1991. Sponsored by The Univerzity of Georgia and the Center for Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology. Contact: Melvin S. Fuller, Department of Botany, University of Georgia, ---- At hens, Georgia 30602.

International Symposium on Soil Biodiversity and Functioa: Resolving Global and Microscopic Scales. Oregon State University, April 1-5, 1991. Contact: Dr. E.R. Ingham, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, -- Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902.

New Zealand Annual Fungal Foray -- Rotoiti Lodge (Nelson Lakes National Park, South Island, New Zealand); May 15-19, 1991. Contact: Ann Bell or Dan Mahoney (see above -- Chancres of Address).

S e r v i c e s Ava i lab le

JOE AMMIRATI will identify nermocvbe species. Notes and color photographs would be helpful.

DAVID FARR will identify specimens of Septoria on legumes. Send to: Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Rrn. 304, BOllA, Beltsville, MD 20705 .

DANA i. RICHTER will identify and has available cultures and.specimens of '

Scleroder* spp . (Gast eromycetes) . CLARK T . ROGERSON, AMY Y. ROSSMAN, and GARY J. SAMUELS are willing to

identify specimens of hypocrealean fungi, particularly species of Hypocrea, Hypomyces, and Nectria, as well as the less known genera such as Calonectria, Neocosmospora, and Podostroma. Send air-dried specimens, if possible, to: Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Rm. 304, BOllA, Beltsville, MD 20705

RODHAF E. TULLOSS will identify members of the genus Arnanita. Please query before sending material. Notes and photographs would be appreciated.

New R e s e a r c h Projec t s

JOAN V . REfJNET'I' is studying fungal biodegradation of munitions.

YIL .LIAM C . ELSIK, upon his retirement at age 55 (September 30, 19901, wil.1 conc:entrate on the publication of form-taxa of fossil fungal spores. 9uylicate slides of fungal material concentrated from soils or sediment v.>uld be very helpful to his studies.

Frofeasor S. K. HASIJA has begun a new research project. on the biodegradation of industrial waste through fungi.

MARTIN M. KULIK is doing a study of Rhizoctonia species that affect alfalfa (Medicaso sativa) and other forage legumes.

GARY F. LEATHAM is studying the production of monoclonal antibodies toward the degradative enzymes of Lentinula edodes, and use to improve strains.

DANIEL P. MAliONEY and ANN BELL are studying coprophilous Sordariaceae in New Zealand.

GkR,ETH NORGAN-JONES and J , F. WHITE, JR. are conducting systematic and biological studies in the Salansieae and related endophytic anamorphs.

I-!. P. MOLITGRIS is studying the effect of hydrobaric pressure on growth and metabolism in marine fungi.

KERRY O'DONNELL reports a new research project dealing with molecular systematics of asarium and related genera.

DAVID E. PADGETT is studying quantification of fungal biomass in subsurface tissues of vascular plants from salt water marshes.

SUSAN C. RABATIN is studying the biocontrol of nematodes and soil-borne fungal plant pathogens.

SCOTT REDHEAD reports that the Biosystematics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, is working on an update of their two plant/fungus host indices. Currently, the indices are nine years behind the literature. An effort will be made to keep a database up to date.

JOHANNES A . SCHMITT reports new research projects in fungal ecology, i.e., dynamics of fungal populations and communities from forests in Saarland.

STEVEN L. STEPHENSON has received a $33,000 research grant from NSF for a two-year study of the communities of myxomycetes associated with the litter microhabitat in temperate forest ecosystems.

RODHAM E. TULLOSS is studying with C. L. OVREBO and R. E. HALLING, the genus Amanita in Columbia.

MICHAEL A . VINCENT is studying rnycoflora of the Bahamas.

NANCY S. WEBEX was awarded with J. M. TRAPPE and W. C. DENISON an NSF grant to study "Epigeous and Hypogeous Pezizales of Western North America."

ABRAHAM WEINTRAUB reports that he has extracted from dandelion plants what he believes is a new antibiotic (no other details provided).

Fungi .Wanted

JOE AMMIRATI wants m o c v b e species. Notes and color photographs would be helpful.

K. R. ANEJA wants pathogenic fungi of water hyacinth and Parthenium hystero~horus.

TIM3THY J. BARON1 wants Clitopilus and Rhodocybe with notes; also Claudopus ana Entoloma with notes.

DENKIS E . DESJARDIK wants specimens and cultures of Marasmius and Mara~in.iellus from the Gulf Coast Region and Southwestern U.S.

WILLIAM ELSIK wants duplicate slides of fungal material concentrated from soils or sediment (see New Research Projects above).

RICHARD W. KERRIGAN wants live materials, e.g., spore prints, of Asaricus bisporus and closely related species.

RICHARD P. KORF wants specimens of powdery mildews (cleistothecial or conidial) on cucurbits (dried specimens preferred).

MARTIN M. KULIK wants cultures of Rhizoctonia, especially _R. solani belonging to AG-4.

WALTER LITTEN writes for the MSA Committee on Liaison with Amateur Societies and Clubs (G. M. Mueller, Chair), "Beyond its obvious purpose, this regular feature of the MSA Newsletter could possibly serve to extend understanding of serious modern mycology to the benefit of the profession. The MSA Committee on Liaison with with Amateur Societies and Clubs wants to test the hypothesis that some recreational mushroom hunter here and there might enjoy venturing beyond mycophagy, photography, and competition in length of 'life lists.' Investigators seeking help in collecting research material may get it from such individuals through contact made by the Comrnitt,ee with amateur groups. They should realize that a willing volunteer may need very detailed and explicit instructions, hints and background information at an elementary level. To try this, investigators'should write to Walter Litten. Satisfaction not guaranteed."

SCOTT REDLIN would like air-dried specimens of Phomopsis on Cornus spp. (dogwoods) . Send to: Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Rm. 304, BOllA, Beltsville, MD 20705.

DANA L. RICHTER wants (will trade) specimens of Sclerodermg spp. (Gastero- mycetes); records of occurrence and reprints would help.

STEVEN L. STEVENSON wants collections of myxomycetes, especially from areas of the world other than North America.

ISABELLE TAVARES reports that Dr. SERGIO SANTAMARIA {Dept. Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Unitat Botanica, Facultat de Ciencies , Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain) wishes to start an exchange of slides of members of the Laboulbeniales. A list of Spanish specimens that are available can be obtained by writing to Dr. Santamaria.

RODHAM E. TULLOSS wants Amanita spp. of the Section Amidella from Canada and Mexico, and west of the Mississippi in the U.S. -- type of the Section is A. volvata (Peck) Lloyd.

NANCY S. WEBEX wants Pezizales from western North America with notes.

Publicat ions Needed

K. R. ANEJA needs any reprints dealing with pathogens on water hyacinth and Parthenium hysterophorus, and any other reprints dealing with biocontrol. ----- of weeds.

WILLIAM W. BURK needs Saccardo's "Svllose Funsorum," Volumes 1-26; also, children's books on fungi and mushrooms.

WILLIAM C. ELSIK needs any publications on fungal spore morphology (including epiphyllous fruitbodies) and paleoecology.

RICHARD W. KERRIGAN needs copies of Aqaricus-related literature.

YOSiilO KOBAYASHI needs: V. P. Wasson and R. G. Wasson (1957) Mushrooms, Russia and History, 2 volumes.

SCOTT REDHEAD qileries, "Have you published any Canadian fungus/plant-host. records in obscure journals? We would like to cite your papers in our new host index. Did we miss some in the past? Flease send citations or reprints to Scott Redhead,"

DANA L. RICHTER would like to acquire a used book on color standards (e.g., Ridgeway) .

DOUGLAS SPILKER needs any reprints available on Metarrhizie anisopliag (C/O Mobay Corporation, P.O. Box 4913, Hawthorn Road, Kansas City, M3 64120).

STEVEN L. STEPHENSON needs reprints on myxomycetes.

RODHAM E. TULLOSS wants reprints concerning Amanita from non-U.S. journals of the Western Hemisphere.

HASSAN ZARE-MAIVAN (P.O. Box 14155-4838, Tehran, Iran) needs all available publicat ions regarding aquatic hyphomycet es and lignicolous ascomycetes.

Publicat ions and Computer Programs

For Give-Away. Sale , o r Exchange.

WILLIAM C. ELSIK has his "Bibliography of Fossil and Extant Fungi" on IBM PC compatible diskette available througrexchange from Gwen K. Davis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.

R. H. ESTEY has available for recovery of the cost of binding (brown with gold letters) and shipping, all volumes of Mvcolocria from 1957-1989.

DON PFISTER received an offer from kodney J. Tutsch {address? phone -- (4141 644-5577> to the MSA membership of a number of mycological publications for $250 plus UPS shipping. The list as received is reproduced below:

ONE THOUSAND AMERICAN FUNGI - C H A S MC ILVAINE, R o b b s - M e r r i l l Co, p u b l i s h e r , f n d i a n a p o l i s - p r o b a b l y p u b l i s h e d 1900 t o 1 9 0 2 , t h e r e a r e a number o f c o l o r p l a t e s ( a l t h o n o t o f t o d a y s q u a l i t y ) A v a i l a b l e o n l y t h r o u g h "book s e a r c h c l u b s )

THE MUSHROOM BOOK - N I N A WARSHALL - Doubleday Page & CO, 19C1

VUSHROOMS - ,PILAT & USAK , S p r i n g Books , London, p r i n t e d i n ~ z e c h & a k i a , 120 c o l o r p l a t e s - w a t e r c o l o r - b r a n d new c o n d i t i o n - n e v e r u s e d .

EIANDBOOK OF MUSHROOMS - PILAT & USAK - t h i s i s a s m a l l a h h r e v i a t e d handbook .of t h e p r e c e d i n g .

STDDIES OF AMERICAN FUNGI - MUSHROOMS EDIBLE - POISONOUS E T C . GEORGE FRANCIS ATKINSON, Andrus & Church , I t h a c a Ncw Ycrk, pub l i sP2- e r s . w i t h 200 p h o t o g r a p h s by a u t h o r and c o l o r p l a t e s b y F.R Ra thbun . P u b l i s h e d 1900

PCII.?PORACEP.Y OF THE UNITED STATES, ALASKA,& CANADA. Univ of ? l ich P r e s s , 1953 . LEE ORAS OVERHOLTS, a u t h o r .

MUSHROOMS I N THEIR NATURAL HABITATS, A . H . SMITH ( t h i s book i s a u t o g r a p h e d by A&.Smith) L a n c a s t e r P r e s s , L a n c a s t e r , Pa . 1 9 4 9 . The o r i g i n a l p l a t e s were d e s t r o y e d i n a f i r e . T h i s i s t h e o r i g i n a l book.

THE MUSHROOM HANDBOOK, LOUIS C.C. KRIEGER ( H A R D COVER), N a c r , i l l a n Co, 1936 - a n o r i g i n a l book .

FIELD BOOK OF COMMON MUSHROOMS, WILLIAM S . THOMAS (NARDCCVER) G.P.Putman, r e v i s e d 1948

SAMLUNG NATUR KUNDLICHER TAFFLIN, MITTELEUROPAISCHE PILZE, H e r a u s g e g e b e n von E r i c h Cramer , 1 . D e u t s c h e Namen 11. Wissensch- a f t l i c h e . T h i s a s p e i c a l boxed, s e t 140 i n d i v i d u a l and

s e p a r a t e p l a t e s - each f o r f r a m i n g o r s i m i l a r d i s p l a y . Each p l a t e a p p r o x 27 cm X 19 cm (10-5/8" X 7-1/2" . A l l i n new and p e r f e c t c o n d i t i o n .

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE OCT 1 9 6 5 , w i t h , s e c t i o n o n BIZAR3E WORLD OF FUNGI, by P a u l A . Z a h l A l l p l a t e s a r e C o l o r .

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, May 1920 . F e a t u r e a r t i c l e "CO>!MON MUSHROOMS OF THE UNITED STATES BY LOUIS C . C . KRIEGER, 3 3 i l l u s t r a t i o n ; s i x t e e n p a g e s i n c o l o r .

SAWYER VIEWMASTER: 33 r e e l s , 7 s t e r e o s h o t s , c o l o r , p e r r e e l o r 2 3 1 mushrooms s p e c i e s t o t a l . T h i s i s t h e same s e t of s t e r e o c o l o r , r e e l s i n c l u d e d w i t h S m i t h ' s "Mushrooms I n T h e i r N a t u r a l H a b i t a t s ( i n a s e p a r a t e m a t c h i n g box) e x c e p t t h a t t h i s s e t was o b t a i n e d d i r e c t l y f rom Sawyer Co. and d o e s n o t h a v e t h e m a t c h i n g boxed - a l t h o a r e boxed i n s m a l l box j u s t l a r g e enough t o c o n t a i n t h e r e e l s . P e r f e c t c o n d i t . i o n .

(NOTE: The t o t a l w e i g h t of t h e p r e c e d i n g books i s some 26 t o 27 pounds )

AMY ROSSMAN has the following to give away: (1) Diehl, W. W. 1950. Balansia and the Balansiae in America.

Agriculture Monograph No. 4 . 82 pp. (2) Krassilnikov, N. A. 1970. Ray Funsi: Hiqher Forms. Vol. I. B k l o q ~

and Classification. Vol. 2. Class Actinom~cetes, Parts 1 & 2 . English translation published, 1981.

AMY ROSSMAN also sent the following notices:

Database data available:

The book "Funai on Plants and Plant Products in the United Statesm1 was produced from a database that is still alive and well! Anyone wishing parts of the data in a form that cannot be extracted from the book should make their requests known. For example, we could provide a file of all the fungi reported from one particular state or all the fungi published by one author. If you have creative ideas about how this database could be useful to yourself or others, contact: Dr. David Farr, Systematic Botany & Mycology Laboratory, Rm. 304, BOllA, Beltsville,.MD 20705.

The U.S. National Fungus Collections maintains a number of electronic dictionaries that may be useful to other mycologists. These include a dictionary of fungal genera, a dictionary of authors of fungal names, and a dictionary of collectors of fungi. We are willing to share these with others. Contact: Dr. David Farr, Systematic Botany & Mycology Laboratory, Rm. 304, BOllA, Beltsville, MD 20705.

ABRAHAM WEINTRAUB has for sale -- Bacterial Chemistry and Physiology (1950) by John Roger Porter. $25.00 + shipping.

New B o o k s by Members

M. W. DICK. (date?). Keys LQ Pythium. Available from the author (School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, 2 Earley Gate, P.O. Box 239, Reading RG6 2AU, UK). Cost = 25 pounds + postage and packing.

DERBSCH, H., and J. A. SCHMITT. (Date?). Atlas der Pilze des Saarlan-, Teii 2 : U h w e i s e , Qkoloqie, Vorkomrnen und Beschreibunsen. -- Aus Natur -- und Landschaft in Saarland, Sonderband, 3. Verlag der Delattinia, -- ----- Fachrichtung Biogeographie, Universitat des Saarlandes, D-6600 Saarbruchen, Germany. 816 pages including 4 color plates. DM 50,-- plus handling.

WAYNE C. ELLETT. 1989. Ohio Plant Disease Index. Special Circular 128. Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH 44691. 116 pp. $4 .OO

ERIKSON, KARL-ERIK, ROBERT A. BLANCHETTE, and PAUL ANDER. 1990. Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Wood and Wood Components. Springer-Verlag, - New York. 407 pp. (ISBN 0-387-51600-XI. (Price, ?)

WANG, C.J.K., and R.A. ZABEL, .eds. 1990. Identification Manual for Funqi From Utility Poles in the Eastern United States. American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD 20852. vii + 356 pages. $30 in US; $40 in Canada or Mexico; $50 in other foreign countries (includes shipping). (Editor's note: Contains discussion of procedures, keys to included species of basidiomycet es, hyphomycetes, ascomycetes, and zygomycetes , and numerous excellent plates of micrographs. Will be very useful as teaching and research tool.)

A s s i s t a n t s h i p s and Fe l lowsh ips

AUBURN UNIVERSITY: A graduate research assistantship (Ph.D.) is available to work on the taxonomy of Balansieae and related fungal endophytes of grasses. Contact: Gareth Morgan-Jones.

IOWA LAKESIDE LABORATORY

Summer Fellowship in field biology for predoctoral students or recent Ph.D. graduates. Stipend $ 2 , 0 0 0 . Fellows pay modest fees for room/board and lab space. A candidate's work should have a component for which a summer at the lab would be especially profitable. The 55 ha lab is located on glacial ter- rain on the western shore of deep West Okoboji Lake. Many small lakes, wet- lands, prairies, streams and woodlands are nearby. Potential applicants should contact the director and/or send an application which will include a cover letter, vitae, and a one- to two-page synopsis of the proposed project. Specific reasons why the station is perticularly suitable are critical to the application. Two letters are requested, including one from the research advisor. Applications will be accepted up to April 1, 1991. Robert W . Cruden, Acting Director, Department of Botany, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 .

SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY : Research and Teaching Assistantships available to graduate students interested in systematics, physiology, ultrastructure, ecology, molecular biology, and genetic engineering of fungi, or forest pathology, wood products pathology, or nlycorrhizae. Contact: C.J.K. Wang, D.H. Griffin, J.J. Worrall, S.O. Rogers, or W.A. Powell, SUNY College of ESF, Syracuse NY 13210.

UNIVES?TY OF CINCINNATI: Post-Doctoral Fel.lowship available immediately to work with J. Rhodes and P. Steele on the molecular biology of Aspersillus elast.ase. Contact : J. Rhodes (513) 558-0130.

UNIVEP,SITY OF SEORGIA: Graduate Assistantships in Mycology/Plant Pathology; N . S . cr Ph.D. programs. Contact: Charles W. Mims, Department of Plant Pathology, py Melvin S. Fuller, Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. NIH-supported Predoctoral Fellowships are available for students interested in cellular and molecular biology of fungi. Contact: Charles Mims.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: Graduate Research Assistantships and Fellowships .

for qualified students interested in an M.S. or Ph.D. degree. Research opportunities exist in several programs, including physiological and molecular aspects of plant pathology, mycology, molecular biology of fungi, disease diagnosis and management, mycotoxicology, virology, forest pathology, host-parasite genetics, air pollution, etc . Graduate ~ssistantshi~ stipends are $11,083, with all tuition costs waived. Additional stipends are available to exceptional students. University of Minnesota is an affirmative actiodequal opportunity employer. Additional information can be obtained from: Dr. Robert A. Blanchette, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Plant Pathology, 495 Borlaug Hall, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: Predoctoral Fellowships are available for persons interested in studying classical or molecular genetics of mating-type in Basidiomycetes. Contact: Robert C. Ullrich.

TWO POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN GENETICS OF FUNGI. Study master regulatory genes and gene products in schizo~hvllum commune. Mating-type alleles regulate development by self/nonself recognition that involves homeodomain proteins. Experience in nucleic acids and/or protein biochemistry essential. Positions to be assumed at any date within the next year and funded for at least two years. Send vitae, reprints, statement of research interests and three letters of reference to:

Dr. Robert C. Ullrich, Department of Botany, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405

Employment Des ired

K. R. ANEJA is looking for a teaching or research position; interests are thermophilic fungi and biocontrol of weeds.

BLAISE DARVEAUX is looking for a full-time permanent position (preferably in t h e private sector) in mycological research. He is especia.11~ interested in developing ways that enable people to teach and do research more efficiently through the use of microcomputers. Blaise also enjoys identifying fungi , especially hyphomycet es , and believes it would be nice if the j o b location is in the midwest, where he was born and raised.

RAMACHANEkA REDDP KATTA (c/o Mr. Sailkumar Katta, Room 5, Sutton Place, 309 E. Joh? ;:treet, Champaign, IL 61820; phone 217-344-5010) is looking for a post-acctoral position. Ph.D, from University of Madras, India; Major Professor, C. V. Subramanian; speciality is taxonomy of Fungi lmperfecti and Ascomycetee. (Note: Editor has reswne; will distribute to those who req~~sst it . :)

DANA 1,. RICHTER is looking for a Post-Doctoral Feliowsnip or a positicn as an Assistant Professor; Ph.D. was earned under Dr. Johann Bruhn; Thesis: Mycorrhizae Dynamics of Red Pine; specialties include forest ecology, soil microbiology, pathology, seedling rearing, plantation establishment, wood decay, litter decomposition.

BIN-CHENG ZHANG (Department of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Academia Sinica, Eeijing 100080, People's Republic of China) is seeking a post-doctoral position. Dr. Zhang recently received a Ph. D. degree, and has published several papers dealing with assomycetes and plant pathology. (Note: Editor has copy of one-page resume available upon request .)

ABRAHAM WEINTRAUB is very interested in part-time (no travel) employment which will allow him to work at home preparing water extracts for various experimental culture media used in studies of nutritional requirements, growth promotion, sporulation, seed germination, etc. He has his own equipment and new techniques for mycology and botany. Extracts are filtered and sterile. He will prepare sterile solutions or sterile sand for inoculation and suspension of fungal spores. A new wetting agent is also available in sterile solution if desired. Address in Directory,

Major Honors , Awards, and Promot ions

SAMIR K. ABDULLAH was promoted to Professor of Mycology (effective 18 October, 1989) at the University of Basrah, Department of Biology, College of Science, Iraq.

ROBERT BANDONI was awarded the George Lawson Medal in 1990 by the Canadian Botariical Association, in recognition of his outstanding contributions in botany (mycology).

TIMOTHY J. BARON1 received the 1990 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Tim was one of only two Chancellor's Award recipients on the campus of SUNY College at Cortland.

WILLIAM E. BARSTOW was recognized 'for "Superior Teaching" in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences during the 1990 Honors Day ceremony at the University of Georgia.

K. MICHAEL FOOS received in 1990 the Herman Frederick Liber Distinguished Teaching Award from Indiana University East. That award was given to nine faculty members selected from a combined faculty of over 7000 in all eight campuses of Indiana University.

MELVIN S. FULLER was appointed to a University Professorship at the University of Georgia. A maximum of one University Professor is named each year, and the honor is to recognize faculty who have had a significant impact upon the University.

TERRENCE M. HAMMILL was prom0ted.b~ the SUNY Board of Trustees to the rank cf Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biology. That university-wide rank is above the rank of Professor, and is the highest faculty rank in the State University of New York. Terry also was awhrded the 1990 Sp~rtsmacship Award by the Oswego Yacht Club, and as the OCY nominee for na.ti,nai competition, was one of twelve finalists for the Unii:ed States Yacht I?.lcing Union's W. Van Allen Clarke Sports1nanshj.p Award.

S. K , H A S ' I J A erac promoted as Professor and Dean cf rhe Faculty of L i f e Science in the Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya University, J a b a i p u r , i rid5 a .

S. C. JONG was elected Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology.

TONY LIBERTA was named Outstanding University Researcher for 1990, and was promoted to the rank of Distinguished Professor by the Governing Board of Illinois State University. He is one of only 16 faculty members who hold that rank.

A , J. MEYERS, JR. was promoted to Principal Development Microbiologist at Ilenness5e Eastrnan Company (Eastman Kodak), Kingsport, TN.

DONALD H. PFISTER was appointed the Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany at Harvard University. That chair commemorates America's foremost botanist of the 19th century, and was occupied previously by Reed C. Rollins.

JUDITH C., RHODES is one of six Principal Investigators on a Program Project Grant awarded by NIH to the University of Cincinnati Mycology Group for their project entitled, "Molecular and Cell Biology of Fungal Pathogens."

C. J. K. WANG received a 1990 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Juna also received from MSA the.William H. Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching Mycology, presented at the 1990 MSA Meeting, Madison, WI.

Changes in Affi l iation or S t a t u s

THOMAS E. CHASE has joined the Department of Plant Science at South Dakota State University, Brookings, as Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology. His research will emphasize the genetics and molecular biology of field crop pathogens, and the molecular genetics of host-pathogen interaction.

RALPH P. COLLINS retired from the University of Connecticut, and accepted a position with the NCI in the Natural Products Branch.

LILY NOVAK F'RAZER is beginning in October, 1990, a Ph.D, program with Dr, David Moore at the University of Manchester in the Department of Cell and Structural Biology.

DON KOWALSKI has retired from the Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Chico. He has moved to Fort Bragg along California's north coast where he will fish, collect fungi, and develop his stamp business which deals with postage stamps of the U.S. and the entire British Commonwealth. All interested MSA members are encouraged to write him at his new address (see above -- Chanses of Address).

MARTIN M. KULIK, USDA-ARS Beltsville, MD, formerly a member of the Germplasm Quality and Enhancement Laboratory (GQEL) , is now a member of the new Soybean & Alfalfa Research Laboratory (SARL). This laboratory resulted from a merger between GEQL and the Nitrogen Fixation & Soybean Genetics Labor3t osy .

NANCY S. WEBER will be affiliated with the Department of Forest Science at Oregon State University as a researcher (title not determined .at time of writingj .

Other N e w s , N o t e s , and C o m m e n t s

American Phytcpathological Society announces that the video, "Healthy Plants - Our Future," has been awarded the Media Award of Excellence for 1990 by the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) . The video is 21 minutes in length, and is available from APS in VWS format for $30.

ATCC has available for immediate distribution 850+ new overlapping genomic DNA clones from Saccharomyces /erevisiae (Strain AA 972). Contact ATCC at (301) 881-2600 or (800) 638-6597.

ATCC also announces the availability (free) of the 4/th Edition of the ATCC/ NIH Repository Cataloque of Human and Mouse DNA Probes and Libraries, 216 -- pages.

EDITH CASH celebrated her 100th birthday on October 4, 1990, and would like to know whether there are any living Charter Members who would like to correspond with her as pen pals. Perhaps others in MSA might like to correspond, and send their best wishes to her as well. Miss Cash lives at 863 Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13904.

M. W . DICK reported that at the International Pythium Group Meetings (IPG) in Regensburg, the following proposals were agreed upon: (1) A data bank of biometric information on isolates be established at Reading under the direction of M. W. Dick, with ongoing statistical analysis by P. Taylor, for periodic review, summary and circulation within the IPG, and (2) a DNA sample bank be established at IMI, Kew ( G . S. Hall). Further details of these proposals will be circulated to IPG members. Readers who wishes to be a members of the IPG, should send their names and addresses to M. W. Dick or to C. E. Pankhurst (no subscription fee yet).

TERRENCE HAMMILL was appointed by John T. Sullivan, Jr., Mayor of Oswego, to the position of Chair of the Oswego City Planning Board.

SURESH K. HASIJA announces that mycologists visiting India on any assignment may contact him for a visit to the marble city of Jabalpur. The invitation is open, and local hospitality will be taken care of.

Professor S. K. HASIJA will be glad to invite mycologists to his lab for 2-3 days only during any visit to India.

Born to RICK KERRIGAN and HOPE WILLIS (and shared by Gage, age 5): Austin Tate Willis Kerrigan; May 3, 1990.

DAVID McLAUGHLIN, the new Editor-in-Chief of Mycologia, needs reviewers for manuscripts submitted to him for publication in Mycoloqig. Dave requests that interested members of MSA contact him, defining their areas of expertise Both narrowly and broadly.

GARETH MORGAN-JONES visited with Professor Michel Sancholle, Universite des Sciences et Techniques de Lille, France, August 20-24, 1990.

LORELEI NQRVELL, a new student of Joe Arnmirati will study agarics of the

Pacific Northwest, beginning September, 1990.

I(EITI-4 EEIIFERT has joined the Biosystematics Research Centre, ~ ~ r i c u l t u r e Canada (July 3, 19901, where he will be studying mycotoxigenic fungi.

SIEMENS ENERGY AND AUTOMATION, INC. reports that there is a SIEMENS ELMISKOP 101 Transmission Electron Microscope (Ser. No. 2336) available from Chapel Hill, NC. The TEN is free for the dismantlinq and shippinq costs. A service contract is available after completion of installation. Contact: Barbara Trudell or Eduard Maier ( 708 ) 330-4305.

ABRAHAM WEINTRAUB has for sale a Revival Electric Table-Top Sterilizer Model No. 12 in perfect working condition. Address in Directory.

RESTRUCTURING OF MSA SUBJECT AREAS

A t the most recent MSA meeting In Madison, Council designated a commit tee consist ing o f S. Bartnicki-Garcia, E. Stewart , J. Ammirat i , and J. Anderson (Chair) t o make recommendations f o r rest ructur ing the Subject Areas current ly l i s t ed as morphology-taxonomy, physiology-biochemistry, ecology-pathology, and cytology-genetics. Council a lso agreed i n pr inc ip le t ha t the three posit ions o f geographic counci lors be phased out and t-hat the number o i Councilors representing subject areas could be increased t o seven.

The commit tee would appreciate your input i n answering t w o questions:

1. How can the Subject Areas be be t te r defined (a) t o r e f l e c t the in te res ts o f MSA Members and (b) t o encourage new approaches i n mycology? (Or, are the present designations adequate?)

2. H ~ I W should C o u n c i l ~ r s be assigned t o e f fec t i ve ly represent the new Subject Areas'?

Please send comments b December 1 to:

.J. Anderson Department of Botany

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WANTED (ALIVE!): AGARICUS BISPORUS

A reward of up to $1 00 (US), plus costs, is offered for cultures or viable spores of Wi collections of A. bisporus (= A. brunnescens?) and certain related species. For details:

R. W. Kerrigan, Erindale Botany, Univ. Toronto, Mississauga, ONT, CANADA L5L 1 C6

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L. F. LAMBERT SPAWN CO., INC. -- Producers of edible fungi cultures and spawn -- P.O. Box 407, Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320.

LANE SCIENCE EQUIPMENT CO. -- Complete line of mushroom storage cabinets, especially herbarium cabinets, airtight for permanent protection -- 225 West 34th Street, Suite 1412, New York, NY 10122. (212) 563-0663.

MERCK SHARP & DOHME RESEARCH LABORATORIES, Division of Merck & Co., Inc., P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.

MYCOTAXON, LTD. -- Publishers of Mycotaxon, an international journal of the taxonomy and nomenclature of fungi and lichens -- P.O. Box 264, Ithaca, New York 14851.

PFIZER, INC. -- Fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals by means of microorganisms -- 235 East .42nd Street, New York, NY 10017. (203) 441-4100.

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ROHM AND HAAS CO. -- Specialty monomers, polymers, industrial biocides, and agricultural chemicals -- Research Laboratories, Dr Willie Wilson, 727 Norristown Rd., Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477.

SCHERING CORPORATION -- Pharmaceutical Research & Development -- Orange St., Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003.

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PHARMACEUTICALS, P.O. Box 7929, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101.

SPAWN MATE, INC. -- Delayed release nutrient supplements, research labs and technical service, and products for the mushroom industry -- P.O. Box 1990, Santa Cruz, CA 95061

TRIARCH INCORPORATED -- Quality prepared microscope slides, catalog-listed, or custom-prepared to your specifications -- Ripon, Wisconsin 54971.

UNIROYAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. -- Producers of crop protection/ production chemicals; fungicides, insecticides, miticides, herbicides, plant growth regulants, and foliar nutrients -- 70 Amity Road, Bethany, Connecticut 06525

THE UPJOHN COMPANY -- Pharmaceutical Research and Development -- 301 Henrietta Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.

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Terrence M. Hammill, Editor

Mycological Society of America NEWSLETTER

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There are several inserts: A. Announcement of the 1991 Meeting and Call for Papers/

Effective Poster Presentation. B. Application for Place on 1991 MSA Program/Skeleton of 1991 Program. C . MSA Abstract Form (see editor's requirements on form). D. Call for MSA Nominations. E. Reminders about several MSA awards. F. Smith Research Fund; Sinden ScholarshipiNIE Announcement; New Members. G . Announcements from Michael Tansey.

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