Editorial News 2

DR DAVID MOORE: A TRIBUTE

The retirement of David Moore from the position of Executive

Editor of Mycological Research brings to a conclusion a period

during which the journal has consolidated its role as the

leading international publication in fungal biology, serving

the needs of professional mycologists and a host of other

research workers in many related fields.

Dr Moore was first appointed as an editor of the then

Transactions of the British Mycological Society in January 1985

at a time when its Editorial Board consisted of about fourteen

British members.

About that time the Council of the Society was reviewing

its publications and decided to make the move to an A4 sized

journal, renamed Mycological Research, with an international

Editorial Board. The increasing number of manuscripts

submitted for publication and the widening range of topics led

Council to strengthen the authority of the Board by creating

the post of Executive Editor. Appointed to this position in

1990, David responded to the challenge and built up a wide

spectrum of editorial skills, drawing in representatives from

many new fields such as fungal genetics and molecular

biology, to develop a team of Editors that was second to

none. Appropriately, Mycological Research reached a peak at

the Society’s Centenary year in 1996 with a Board of nearly

40 members and averaging about 240 published papers per

annum.

Innovative features such as the use of colour plates and the

provision of a current awareness service as One-Stop Mycology

have enhanced the appeal of the journal, while more recently

its availability on-line is meeting the challenge of electronic

publishing.

David Moore maintained his editorial work during the year

of his presidency of the Society in 1997, and he has managed

an active research output. We are grateful for the extent to

which he has participated in the international projection of the

Society over the last fifteen years.

Geoffrey Hadley

Chairman, Publications Committee

British Mycological Society