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MycologiaVol. 57(6)

December 2006

Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America

— In This Issue —

Editor — Richard E. Baird

Entomology and Plant Pathology Dept.Box 9655Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, MS 39762Telephone: (662) 325-9661Fax: (662) 325-8955Email: [email protected]

MSA Homepage:http://msafungi.org

— Important Dates —

Center for Forest MycologyResearch: Biosystematicsand Ecology of Wood-Inhabiting Fungi . . . . . . . . 1

MSA Business . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Mycological News . . . . . . . . 6

Mycologist’s Bookshelf . . . . 8

Mycological Classifieds . . . 14

Mycology On-Line . . . . . . . 17

Calender of Events . . . . . . . 17

Sustaining Members . . . . . 19

December 10 Deadline:Inoculum 58(1)

August 4-9, 2007:MSA MeetingLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, Louisiana

Please send the editornotices about upcomingimportant events.

Center for Forest Mycology Research:Biosystematics and Ecologyof Wood-Inhabiting Fungi

By Jessie Micales Glaeser

The Center for Forest Mycology Research (CFMR) at theForest Products Laboratory in Madison, WI is one of the few re-maining mycological research labs left in the USDA-Forest Ser-vice. Traditionally established to study the taxonomy of patho-genic root rot, sap-rot, and heart-rot fungi, the group has changedits focus in recent years towards the biosystematics and ecologyof both pathogenic and saprophytic genera associated with wood.Current biosystematic studies include basic research on corti-cioid and polypore genera and tropical ectomycorhizal boletes.Ecological studies include biodiversity surveys for baseline in-formation on invasive species distribution and the role of wood-inhabiting fungi in forest health and fire prevention.

Mycological Resources: The CFMR culture collection andherbarium are important resources for anyone interested in inva-sive species and other aspects of wood decay research. The cul-ture collection contains approximately 15,000 living cultures,primarily of brown- and white-rot wood decay fungi. The “work-ing” set of cultures is maintained at 4o C in sterile, distilled water,as described by Burdsall and Dorworth, 19941. Liquid nitrogen isused for long-term storage. The herbarium contains approxi-mately 80,000 dried specimens, including many type specimens.Both collections are important resources for researchers interest-ed in the identification, genetics, and distribution of wood-in-habiting fungi.

CFMR researchers are also developing a DNA sequencedatabase of wood-inhabiting species by sequencing known cul-tures and herbarium specimens. Large gaps still exist in the cur-rent databases for many wood-inhabiting fungi, but identificationof cultures by DNA sequencing is becoming a more routine pro-cedure. New technologies for obtaining fungal DNA directlyfrom wood without an intermediate culturing step are also beingdeveloped.

A searchable catalog of the culture collection is available onthe Internet at www.fpl.fs.fed.us/rwu4501/culture-collection.html. A searchable database of the herbarium specimens and theDNA sequence library will be available on the Internet in 2007.

CFMR Mycologists: Jessie Micales Glaeser became the Pro-ject Leader for CFMR in 1998. Jessie is a member of the Wood

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Import and Pest RiskAssessment and Miti-gation EvaluationTeam, a group of U.S.Forest Service patholo-gists and entomologistswho develop Pest RiskAssessments (PRAs)for the USDA Animaland Plant Health In-spection Service. Shehas participated inPRAs on the importa-tion of Eucalyptus andPinus species fromAustralia to the UnitedStates, and spent threeweeks with the team traveling throughout southeasternAustralia, visiting forests, sawmills, and chip piles.Jessie is also interested in wood decay fungi and theirefficiency of decay for reducing fire hazard in thewestern U.S. and Alaska. She initially started a smallproject in 2003 with USFS State and Private Forestrypathologist Lori Trummer to examine the distributionof decay fungi in beetle-killed spruce on the KenaiPeninsula. This study has turned into a major researcheffort, led by Dan Lindner. Jessie is also involved indeveloping EPA-approved fungicide treatments formold prevention in buildings and on construction ma-terials and is looking forward to starting some newbiosystematic studies on polypores in 2007.

Karen Nakasone works on the systematics ofcorticioid fungi employing morphological and DNA

sequencing methods.Her primary focus is inPhlebia, Phane-rochaete and relatedgenera in the Polypo-rales but is branchingout into Veluticeps,Resinicium (Hy-menochaetales), andDendrothele. A recur-ring interest in corti-coid species with spin-ose hymenophores hasled Karen to examinetype specimens de-scribed by Patoulliard,Bresadola, Schweinitzand Berkeley and Cur-

tis. She continues to identify specimens collectedwith Jean Lodge from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-lands, Jamaica, and Belize. Her current projects in-clude a systematic study of Resinicium sensu lato andthe Phlebia queletii species complex.

Dan Lindner (formerly Czederpiltz) is interest-ed in studying how changes in wood-inhabiting fun-gal communities can affect decay rates in wood, andhow these changes can affect larger ecosystemprocesses. In order to investigate the wood-inhabitingfungal community directly, Dan has been working onmolecular methods that can be used to detect andidentify fungi from decay samples. His current proj-ects include a study to determine the effects of mor-tality agent (beetle-kill vs. wind-throw) on the decayrate of Lutz spruce on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.For this project, three different sampling methods arebeing compared: directextraction of fungalDNA from wood sam-ples, traditional cultur-al techniques, and sur-veys of fruiting bodies.The fungal communityis being sampled fromlogs in various decaystages to determinehow specific mortalityagents affect theamount of time a logwill remain a fire haz-ard. In addition tostudying wood-inhab-iting fungal communities, Dan is also interested inthe systematics of wood-decay basidiomycetes, espe-cially clampless brown-rot fungi. A current project isto study the phylogeny of North American Laetiporusspecies. Dan is also interested in general studies offungal biodiversity, and he has been developing sta-tistical models and software for the comparison ofspecies accumulation curves and diversity data. Inaddition to studying wood-decay fungi, Dan conductssurveys of ectomycorrhizal fruiting bodies in Min-nesota to investigate the relationship between thefungal community and forest habitat type on man-aged lands. He has also done survey work in northernWisconsin to characterize the ectomycorrhizal com-munity found on aspen root tips, and has done somesurvey work with wood-inhabiting fungi in Belize.


Jessie Glaeser on alert forbears and brown rot inAlaska.

Karen Nakasone examin-ing corticioid fungi.

Dan Lindner in Belize.

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Beatriz Ortiz-Santana is in the finalphases of her Ph.D.dissertation with Dr.D. Jean Lodge at theSabana Field Station inthe Luquillo NationalForest of Puerto Ricoand Dr. Tim Baroni atSUNY. For the pastfive years, Beatriz hasstudied the ectomycor-rhizal Boletales associ-ated with pines in theDominican Republic(Greater Antilles), andpines and oaks in Belize (Central America). The maingoal of her study is to determine the diversity of bo-letes in the Caribbean basin region, which is poorlyknown since there have been no previous studies ofthese fungi in those countries. She will also deter-mine whether there are any phylogenetic and biogeo-graphic relationships between these tropical boletesand the North American species.

From about 450 collections from Belize, Beatrizhas identified 51 species in 14 genera, including 14new species that have been identified and described.From about 200 collections from the Dominican Re-public, she has found 16 species in 7 genera, including6 new taxa. Most of the identified species representnew records for Belize and the Dominican Republic,although some have already been described from othercountries, such as the eastern United States, Mexico

and Costa Rica. Otherspecies, including Bo-letus aureissimus, B.dupainii, B. inedulisand Pulveroboletus au-riflammeus, are newrecords for the entireregion. The identifica-tion of boletes associat-ed with oaks in Belizewill fill a major gap inour knowledge of thesefungi in Mesoamerica.

Harold (Hal) Burd-sall, Jr. is the formerproject leader ofCFMR. He officiallyretired from the Forest

Service in 2001, but continues to share his expertiseas a volunteer when not training and riding his muleson his farm in Black Earth, WI. He is also busy withhis consulting business, Fungal & Decay Diagnostics,LLC, and continues to do research on the biosystem-atics and biodiversity of boreal and subantarctic fungi.Hal’s most recent project is identifying the specimensmade on a collecting trip to New Zealand in 2005.

CFMR Support Staff: Mark Banik is a Profes-sional Support Microbiologist who did much of thepreliminary work on the genus Laetiporus. Mark isheavily involved with the Alaska spruce project andthe aspen root tip study. Rita Rentmeester is the Cu-rator of the CFMR Culture Collection and sends cul-tures around the world upon request. Anyone wishingto obtain cultures from the CFMR collection shouldcontact Rita at rrent-mees te r@fs . fed .us .John Haight is a Bio-logical Research Tech-nician who routinelyworks with Karen andBeatriz on their biosys-tematics studies. Johnis currently studyingthe distribution ofAlaskan decay fungifor a M.S. degree withDrs. Lee Taylor andGary Larson at theUniversity of Alaska –Fairbanks. Kyah Nor-ton is also a BiologicalLaboratory Technician and is our Master of DNA se-quencing. Kyah primarily helps Dan with his ecolog-ical work.

In July, 2006, CFMR was administratively trans-ferred from the Forest Products Laboratory to theNorthern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Servicedue to funding constraints at FPL. As the NorthernStation undergoes reorganization, we look forward tonew opportunities for using our mycological expert-ise to benefit the Nation’s forests.

1Burdsall, H.H. Jr. and Dorworth, E.B. 1994. Preservingcultures of wood-decaying Basidiomycotina using sterile dis-tilled water in cryovials. Mycologia 86:275-280.

Questions or comments should be sent to JessieMicales Glaeser, Center for Forest Mycology Re-search, Forest Products Laboratory, One GiffordPinchot Dr., Madison, WI 53726. E-mail: [email protected]. Voice mail: 608-231-9215

Beatriz Ortiz-Santana look-ing for boletes in Belize.

Mark Banik samplingaspen root tips in northernWisconsin (a bit late in theseason.)

Rita Rentmeester in theculture collection.


MSA BUSINESS MSA BUSINESS

Dear Friends and Colleagues,As I am writing this, the first snow

showers of the year are falling outsidemy window. Even though it is alreadyOctober, memories of the terrific jointMSA-APS-CPS meeting in QuebecCity and the IMC8 in Cairns, Australiaremain vivid. Getting caught up on thelatest research in mycology and inter-acting with all of you are highlights ofeach year. Many thanks to everyonewho was involved with putting thesemeetings together and to all of youwho participated. I look forward tonext year’s MSA meeting in BatonRouge (see below).

As has been mentioned by mypredecessors, the MSA functions be-cause of the hard work and dedicationof outstanding volunteers – our mem-bers. I faced the daunting task of filling 30+ committee andother appointments with some trepidation. But once I startedmaking phone calls, I realized that my fears were unfounded– what an incredible society! I quickly had commitmentsfrom people to serve. See the new roster in this issue of In-oculum. Please contact me, or Cathie Aime, if you wish toserve the society in the future. Having a list of people whoare ready to step up to the plate will make Don Hemmes’ jobeasier next year.

Everyone who helps the MSA function is incrediblyvaluable in enabling the society to meet its mission. I thankeveryone who has rotated off committees – you all did a su-perb job and the MSA is grateful. I want to make special no-tice of several people who are stepping down after manyyears of outstanding service in key positions: Tom Harring-ton (Chair of the Endowment Committee), Roy Halling(Webmaster), and Rich Baird (Editor of Inoculum). The so-ciety owes you a debt of gratitude for your amazing contri-butions. I am very pleased to report that we have wonderfulreplacements for each of these slots – Betsy Arnold hasagreed to chair the Endowment Committee, Kathie Hodge isour new Webmaster, and Jinx Campbell will be taking overeditorship of the Inoculum starting with the next issue. Thankyou for agreeing to take on these critical positions. Of course,I also want to thank Jim Anderson and Faye Murrin fortheir many contributions to the society over the years. CathieAime has big shoes to fill in taking over from Faye as Sec-retary, the most critical job in any organization. However,Cathie has already shown that she is more than up to the taskand I know that she’ll be great. Don Hemmes and RoyHalling, we look forward to your leadership as you start your

terms as President Elect and Vice Presi-dent, respectively. Finally, I want tothank everyone who is continuing on inhis or her position through this nextyear; all of the committees continue toserve the MSA exceedingly well. In par-ticular I want to acknowledge the fan-tastic job that our Treasurer KarenSnetselaar continues to do. Jeff Stone(Managing Editor), Don Natvig (Editorin Chief) and his staff, members of theEditorial Board, and Associate Editorscontinue to do a tremendous job withMycologia. THANK YOU ALL!

The MSA in 2006 is comprised ofenthusiastic scientists and students whoare making incredible contributions tothe study of fungi. Our annual meetingsand journal, Mycologia, are second tonone. However, we have work to do. I

believe that it is imperative that we increase our membershipto better represent and serve the broad community of scien-tists studying fungi throughout the world. To accomplish thiswe need to identify and recruit new members, both fromareas where we currently have strong membership represen-tation and from areas where many scientists keenly interest-ed in fungal biology would benefit from belonging to theMSA but have not yet been reached. Once we recruit newmembers, we need to ensure that we are servicing them. Toaccomplish this, the Council voted unanimously to establisha new standing committee on Membership. Establishing newstanding committees requires a change in By-Laws, so wewill soon be asking you to vote to approve the establishmentof a Membership Committee.

Lastly, I want to mention that great progress on planningfor next year’s MSA meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana(Foray: 4 August 2007; Paper sessions: 5-9 August 2007) hasbeen made. Local Organizer Meredith Blackwell has put to-gether a fantastic venue for housing, the foray, paper presen-tations, and social events, and the Program Committeechaired by Gerry Adams is creating an outstanding scientif-ic program. There is still time to suggest symposium topics.Also, remember that we hope to attract a large contingent ofcolleagues from Latin America for this meeting, so encour-age your Latin American colleagues to submit abstracts andto attend what will be a terrific meeting.

I look forward to serving you this next year. It is a greathonor and privilege to give back to the society that has meantso much to me throughout my career. Please do not hesitateto email or call me with your ideas, suggestions, and con-cerns. I wish you all the best for the upcoming year.

From the President’s Corner . . .

Gregory Mueller, President


MSA BUSINESS MSA BUSINESS

I hope everyone will join me in thankingFaye Murrin, past-Secretary, for her dedicationand service to the Society. Faye has really goneabove and beyond in ensuring that the transitionbetween Secretaries will run as smoothly as pos-sible, and ensuring that I have all the Society’spapers in good order, and in making herselfavailable for help in numerous matters over thepast two months. Faye has left us in excellentshape and continues to be a source of support foryour fledgling Secretary.

There have been no formal motions consid-ered by Council since August to report.

New Members: It is my pleasure to extenda warm welcome to new (or returning) mem-bers: from Iran: Farideh Mostanadi; and from the UnitedStates: R. Paul Schreiner, and Norman Bret Andresen.New memberships will be formally approved by the Society

at the Annual Business Meeting in Baton Rougein August 2007.

Emeritus candidates: There has been oneapplication for emeritus status by long-standingmember J.F. Stampfer. Emeritus status is con-ferred upon retired or retiring members whohave at least 15 years good standing with the So-ciety. Emeritus status will be formally conferredafter approval is voted by the general member-ship at the Annual Business Meeting in BatonRouge in August 2007.

I very much look forward to working withCouncil and members of the Society. I wish youall happy holidays.

Respectfully submitted,Cathie Aime

MSA [email protected]

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This past August saw more than 700 mycologists con-vene in Cairns, Australia, the venue for the 8th InternationalMycological Congress. For more than a week participantswere treated to numerous exciting workshops, field trips,symposia and other mycological activities. For many the lureof the Great Barrier Reef was irresistible, whilst others whowere successful in securing collecting permits, were to befound discovering the plentitude of novel fungi in the rain-forests surrounding Cairns.

Besides Cairns being an exciting venue, the scientificcontent of the meeting was also highly satisfying, with 55symposia, 9 workshops, many offered sessions and discus-sion groups covering topics ranging from phylogenomics tofungal fitness, DNA-barcoding, cell biology, the mecha-nisms of fungal sex, biosecurity, and many more.

During the closing ceremony the venue of the next IMCcongress (1–6 August 2010), was announced. Two bids tohost the 9th International Mycological Congress had been re-ceived; one from Thailand and one from UK. The Edinburghbid, headed by Nick Read on behalf of the British Mycolog-ical Society, received the most votes from the IMA executiveand was therefore successful in acquiring the IMC9 congressfor 2010. The IMC congresses are run under the auspices ofthe International Mycological Association (www.mycolo-gy.org), which also coordinates several regional mycologicalactivities worldwide. During the IMC8 congress, the new ex-ecutive and officers were elected for the coming four yearterm. These are the following: President: Pedro Crous(Netherlands); Vice Presidents: Mike Wingfield (SouthAfrica), Susumu Takamatsu (Japan), John Taylor (USA),Wieland Meyer (Australia); Treasurer: Karen Hansen

(USA), Secretary-General: Geoff Robson (UK); ExecutiveCommittee: Lene Lange (Denmark), Laura Guzman-Daval-os (Mexico), Paolo Bonfante (Italy), Leka Manoch (Thai-land), Lorelei Norvell (USA), Jose Dianese (Brazil), Do-minik Begerow (Germany), Nick Read (UK), Keith Seifert(Canada), Gen Okada (Japan), Wen-Ying Zhuang (China)and Barbara Paulus (New Zealand).


Participants to the ANASAT2 workshop — from spore to culture.

MYCOLOGICAL NEWS

Kry-train to Kuranga in the rainforest

IMC8: Merging the Rainforest, Great Barrier Reef, and Mycology



MYCOLOGICAL NEWSNew activities: Several motions were discussed and

voted upon in a session on fungal nomenclature. Althoughthis was not an official motion, it became clear that many my-cologists were unhappy with the present Code of BotanicalNomenclature, and suggestions ranged from “if it ain’t broke,don’t fix it”, to a new code of fungal nomenclature, and ofcourse, finding a mechanism whereby we could have onename for all morphs of a single organism. Further develop-ments will undoubtedly follow in this regard. Other issuesdiscussed resolved that the database of taxonomic andnomenclatural data, MycoBank (www.mycobank.org), willhenceforth be run under the auspices of the IMA, for which aspecial committee will be established. The MycoBank sys-tem is currently endorsed by most leading mycological jour-nals, and is set to provide a current and stable research plat-form for the future. New features will include the ability toupload files, illustrations and PDFs of published papers, andlinking them to older, established names. These files will betraceable to the depositing source, which will be able tochange or add to these data should the need arise in future.Further developments entail the upload of all fungal DNAbarcodes, trace sequences, pictures, and specimen data. Aneed was also expressed to investigate how the IMA couldestablish a freely available, readily updatable dictionary offungi online, that could be linked to current literature and il-lustrations. This was seen as a crucial first step in establish-ing a virtual laboratory to further help promote mycology.

Further initiatives and events will be announced shortlythrough the IMA website, which is currently being revamped.All mycological ideas are welcome!

—Pedro [email protected]

A wine that says it all — Pedro and Johnat the wines of the world evening.

Obviously, George and Amy agree, but Jeffstill seems to be pondering Mary’s reply.

Mycologists in action at IMC8.

The Canadian connection:Seifert and Hambleton.


Growing Gourmet andMedicinal Mushrooms,Third Edition. 2000. P.Stamets. Ten Speed Press,Box 7123, Berkeley, CA94797, www.tenspeed.com. ISBN-10: 1-58008-175-4, 574 pp. Price:$45.00.

If you have ever beeninterested in growing yourown mushrooms, this bookwill definitely show youhow to acquire and use items necessary for cultivating edible(and maybe some not so edible contaminants) mushrooms.This book provides a detailed table of contents, ample intro-duction for beginners, and the “caps and gills” (heart) of thematerials needed to grow your own mushrooms. The growthparameters section encompasses nearly 230 pages in whichthe specific mushroom (31 species are included) is discussedin detail, including it’s common names, distribution and habi-tat, strains available for purchase, microscopic characteris-tics, specific media, time, and temperature parameters, andcultivation techniques, among others. After a section on har-vesting and marketing, recipes for preparing mushrooms toeat are included, as well as appendices with directions of howto build your own laboratory and spawn room, a list of re-sources, a troubleshooting guide, a detailed substrate compo-sition table and conversion guide, a glossary, a bibliography,and an index.

The first few introductory chapters provide humorousanecdotes to hook the reader onto the topic of cultivatingmushrooms. The next series of chapters uses photographs toillustrate common microbiology equipment like agar platesand autoclaves, what types of host trees each fungal speciesprefers to grow on, and introduces terminology to non-my-cologists. Stamets provides an excellent series of tables toshow which mushrooms grow on different substrates. He alsoincludes the scientific name along with the common name onalmost every reference. However, it would have been nice tosee the photograph of the actual mushroom in the table next

to its name since the chapter is introductory and newcomersmay not know what the mushroom looks like and thus haveto go through the rest of the book to find its representation.The center of the book includes 78 dramatic color photo-graphs of mushrooms, in addition to the well-labeled numer-ous black and white photographs and drawings included onalmost every page.

Besides the incredibly detailed growth parameters, chap-ters discuss inoculation techniques like using plug spawn,and items from agriculture and forestry that serve as spawnmedia to grow mushrooms. Types of growth containers, con-tamination problems, and stock cultures are discussed aswell. When one reads the book, several mushrooms appear tobe Stamets’ favorites, such as King Stropharia, Lion’s Mane,Oyster, Maitaki, and Shiitake, as they seem to be mentionedmore frequently than others.

The appendix describes in exquisite detail how to buildvarious environmental chambers with drawn floor plans, andincludes growing conditions such as temperature, lighting,and humidity. Further, requirements are discussed for thespawn laboratory, and types of buildings, like greenhouses,suitable for cultivating mushrooms. The resources directoryincludes books, suppliers, events, internet sites, and myco-logical societies. The troubleshooting guide is a comprehen-sive list that encompasses almost every problem that could beencountered, the cause, and how to correct it.

The book is well-written in a logical, technical, and un-derstandable manner, to be used as a starting guide for any-one interested in growing their own mushrooms. A scientificespecially mycological background is helpful for the vast ter-minology, but a glossary is provided for novices. Sometimesthe technical aspects made growing mushrooms seem diffi-cult, expensive, and time consuming, as precision in stocks,media, and sterilization was strongly emphasized. In reality,anyone can grow mushrooms with the proper resources,which is what Stamets provides in this valuable book thatmycologists and anyone interested in growing mushroomsshould have on their bookshelf.

— Anna R. OllerDepartment of Biology & Earth Science

Central Missouri State UniversityWarrensburg, MO 64093

[email protected]

Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms

MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELF

Six books are reviewed below. Four new books were received since the last Mycologist’s Bookshelf. Ifyou would like to review a book and a review is needed, just send me an email. I will send you the book,you write the review, and then you can keep the book. All requests for books to review should be sent toAmy Rossman at [email protected].



Essays on William Cham-bers Coker, PassionateBotanist. 2004. M. C. Joslin.University of North Carolina atChapel Hill Library and theBotanical Garden Foundation,Inc., Chapel Hill, NC.www.uncpress.unc.edu. ISBN0-9721600-0-0. 208 pp. Price:$30.00.

This book was writtenwith great affection by MaryCoker Joslin, niece of the lateWilliam Chambers Coker(1872-1953). I was delighted to discover this book, for theopportunity it affords to put flesh to the life of a well-knownfigure from the history of my academic discipline, mycology.My interest in William Coker was sharpened many years agoby my doctoral dissertation, which concerned spore expul-sion in water molds (an esoteric topic, I know, but importantif you want to understand how epidemics like potato blightspread). In reading everything that had been published aboutthe spore release mechanism, blowing the dust from morethan a century of writings, I learned that nobody came closerto nailing the truth than William Coker. All kinds of unnec-essarily complex processes had been proposed as explana-tions for spore discharge, but Coker said plainly that sporeswere shot out of their sporangia by pressure. In essence, Ispent three years proving that he was correct. I was aware thatCoker had done more than write about water molds, but I hadno idea of his wide impact upon the plant sciences beforereading this book. Mary Joslin recounts the life of this re-markable man through a series of thoughtful essays that con-stitute the book’s eight chapters.

Beginning at his beginnings, William was born inHartsville, South Carolina, seven years after the Civil War.William’s father, James, was a passionate natural historian.He had studied with Asa Gray during a brief stint at Harvardin the 1850s, but when the war interrupted his academic ca-reer he returned to the South, where he served, and waswounded, in the Confederate army. William’s grandmother,Hannah Lide Coker, was a resilient woman who traveled toTennessee to care for her wounded son, and later to Wash-ington to lobby, successfully, for his release from a prisonhospital and return home to Hartsville. William’s motherwould have accompanied Hannah, but was busy with one ofher seven pregnancies. William came from hardy stock.

Growing up in South Carolina, Coker explored thecountryside around his home and absorbed his father’s inter-est in the natural world. He became an undergraduate at

South Carolina College and then took his doctoral degree inbotany at Johns Hopkins. Following his appointment at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his early publi-cations concerned plants, but three decades of mycologicalpapers began with a 1908 report on the water mold Achlya.William also specialized in basidiomycete fungi, describingnew mushroom-forming species of Amanita, plus boletes,coral fungi, toothed mushrooms, and gasteromycetes. Thisbrings me to Mary Joslin’s account of his correspondencewith Curtis Gates Lloyd. The two mycologists exchangedspecimens and affable letters for a number of years, beforeLloyd criticized Coker’s 1920 paper on jelly fungi. Rousedby the issue of botanical nomenclature, Curtis dropped hisusual gentility and told Coker that his paper was an embar-rassment. In defense of his position William wrote, “As youare usually admitted to be a privileged character, I am not im-patient with your criticisms which, in my opinion are morefoolish than wise,” but revised the last phrase to read “in myopinion show poor judgement” in the letter mailed to Curtis(The letter received by Curtis, dated July 31, 1920, isarchived in the Lloyd Library, Cincinnati, Ohio: C. G. LloydPapers, 1859-1927, Coll. No. 11, Box No. 34.) Williamshowed admirable restraint.

Mary Joslin paints her picture of a quiet academic, a manwho “patiently played a role in the development of his stu-dents,” and who “always shunned the limelight.” It took anact of utter idiocy to arouse his fury. When one of his formerstudents was dismissed from Oklahoma Baptist Universityfor teaching evolution he wrote, “At this rate, I suppose yourcollege will soon have its staff composed entirely of preach-ers, all teaching the same subject under different names! Thatwould be an easy solution of all their difficulties in avoidingthe search for truth.”

Besides his research and teaching activities at the Uni-versity of North Carolina, William founded and directed theUNC Arboretum, expanded the university herbarium, and es-tablished the Highlands Biological Laboratory in the BlueRidge Mountains. He was also successful in developingbotanical gardens elsewhere in South Carolina. Coker’s lead-ership in all of these activities is described with great lucidi-ty in this book, portraying his impact upon biology within theregion that has become today’s Research Triangle. Throughher careful research and lively writing style, Mary Joslin of-fers a compelling picture of the rewarding life of an impor-tant American scientist.

— Nicholas P. MoneyDept. Botany

Miami UniversityOxford, Ohio 45056

[email protected]

Reprinted, with permission, from Lloydiana 10 (4), 2006.

Essays on William Chambers Coker, Passionate Botanist



Fungi: Experimental Meth-ods in Biology. 2005. R. Ma-heshwari. CRC Press, 6000Broken Sound Parkway, NW,Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL33487, [email protected],ISBN 1-57444-468-9. 350 pp.Price: $149.95.

This 24th volume in theCRC Mycology Series mightwell be called ‘Inference inFungal Physiology’. The taskthat Maheshwari set himselfwas to explicate the methodsthat have been used to address problems in fungal physiolo-gy and his success is to be commended. This work providesan overview of the state of the art in many areas of fungalphysiology including genomics and proteomics. It should bea useful, if not required, text for graduate students with inter-ests in fungi beyond their research topic. The book shouldalso prove useful as a model for future texts through both itssuccesses and its few failures.

The author’s approach is to identify a more or less broadtopic of contemporary interest to mycologists and then topresent its current status with reference to the methods usedto achieve the presented results. He is frequently succinct tothe point of being telegraphic, but usually successful in out-lining the way in which he has arrived at his conclusions. Thebook is broadly divided into six sections. As an example ofhis method, the first section is divided into two chapters. Thefirst is a discussion of the unique features of fungi comprisedof two chapters: one on hyphae, the other on the multinuclearcondition. In the first he briefly characterizes several of thephenomena that make fungi unique: their longevity and inde-terminate growth, apical and synchronized growth, cy-toskeletal assembly, protein secretion and hydrophobins, nu-trient uptake, cell wall ultrastructure, mycelium formation,and the synchronized growth that leads to the morphogenesisof macrostructures. His conclusions are derived from micro-scopic, nucleic acid, and enzymological studies. As with allhis chapters he finishes with a brief section of interestingproblems that remain to be adequately addressed.

The second section on interactions with other organismsis perhaps the book’s weakest: a chapter on symbioses cover-ing lichen biology and mycorrhiza; and a chapter on plantpathogens. The third section examines model systems in fun-gal biology: Neurospora, Saccharomyces, Aspergillus, andUstilago. The chapter on yeasts by Amithabi Chaudhuri is asummary of the state of this important subject of basic re-search and integrates genetic, biochemical and nucleic acid-based methods to gain fundamental knowledge about biolog-

ical processes. It is well-written but poorly proofed. Aftercarefully defining his nomenclature for the discussion of mat-ing and signal transduction using bold a and greek alpha (�),he writes that ‘a-cells on the other hand bind the a-pheromone produced by the a-cells’, which is confusing, tosay the least. The first a, should have been printed as �. Hegoes on to write: ‘if mutant a-cells defective in producing a-pheromone are cross-streaked on a plate with a wild type a-cell, a zone of growth inhibition is observed around the mu-tant only because a-pheromone produced by a-cells arreststhe growth of a-cells.’ This sentence is one of several used toexplain a figure in which the cells are labeled a- and �. Ifound this rather arcane, while interesting material, to be ex-ceptionally difficult to decipher.

The fourth section consisting of a single chapter reviewsthe methods and kinds of transformation of fungi and the dis-covery of gene-silencing phenomena – silencing by mutation,meiotic silencing of unpaired DNA, DNA methylation, inter-nuclear silencing, and gene quelling. I found this chapterrough going and confusing, perhaps because the informationis still somewhat sketchy, perhaps because genetics is not myarea of expertise. Alternatively, in this chapter Maheshwaricites only one of his many research publications, primarily onaspects of Neurospora biology, and it may be his relative un-familiarity with this cutting edge area of research that madethe chapter difficult. The following section reviews knowl-edge of thermophily in fungi, photoresponses and circadianrhythms, and decomposition of lignin, cellulose and hemi-cellulose by fungi. The final section presents a brief survey offungal populations; it is both slightly inaccurate and far tooshort. Again, this is not an area in which Maheshwari hasbeen an active investigator. A far better summary of fungalpopulation biology is John Burnett’s Fungal Populations andSpecies (2004). The last chapter is, appropriately, a review ofthe physiology of senescence. There is an unfortunately mis-leading appendix in which Maheshwari briefly reviews fun-gal taxonomy and nomenclature.

Despite its several errors, this is an important volume.Few authors could, with the exception of the chapter onyeasts, single-handedly write such a comprehensive review ofthe state of our knowledge about how fungi function as indi-viduals, populations, and members of the global economy ofnature. Maheshwari has done an exemplary job. Specialistsmay feel slighted and quibble about the minutia and such is, inpart, a reviewer’s job, but the integration of information fromsuch a broad area and the general clarity of presentation foundin this volume deserve wide readership among mycologists,plant pathologists, geneticists and molecular biologists.

— David S. YohalemEast Malling ResearchEast Malling, Kent UK

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Fungi: Experimental Methods in Biology

The Missing Lineages: Phy-logeny and Ecology of Endo-phytic and Other EnigmaticRoot-Associated Fungi. 2005.Richard C. Summerbell, Ran-dolph S. Currah and LynneSigler (Editors). Studies in My-cology 53: 1-262. Centraalbu-reau voor Schimmelcultures,Utrecht, The Netherlands.www.cbs.knaw.nl. Price€65.00

The pairing of the words“Endophytic” and “OtherEnigmatic” in the title aptlycharacterizes the subjects of this book. Other words thatmight have been used include “difficult” and “recalcitrant.”These endophytes, a group that excludes “classical” mycor-rhizal fungi, are sometimes, perhaps often, readily isolated

from roots and grow reasonably well as anamorphs in culture.They can be pinned down to family and often genus by mo-lecular methods, although species identifications at presentare usually only to the anamorph. Their taxonomic position isthus less enigmatic than it was prior to availability of molec-ular methods, which also can be used to develop ecologicalinformation. But their enigmatic, difficult and recalcitrant na-ture still reigns when it comes to deciphering their functionsand interactions with their hosts and associated root-inhabit-ing organisms. They can and often do stubbornly resist form-ing the same structures in host tissues in the glasshouse orgrowth chamber that they do in nature, hence doubt shadowsthe functional interpretation of results of inoculations underwell-controlled, experimental conditions.

Researches who take on the challenge of studying thesefungi must thus be either intrepid or foolhardy, or both. Thismay account for why this 262 page book has its eleven chap-ters contributed by mycologists from only ten of the world’s




Hypocreales of the South-eastern United States: AnIdentification Guide. 2006.Gary J. Samuels, Amy Y.Rossman, Priscila Chaverri,Barrie E. Overton, andKadriPõldmaa. CBS Biodi-versity Series 4. Centraalbu-reau voor Schimmelcultures,Utrecht, The Netherlands. 145pp. Price: €70.00.

The species of Hypocre-ales included in this book arethose that occur in North Car-olina, South Carolina, Ten-nessee and Georgia. They belong in four families: Bionectri-aceae (11), Clavicipitaceae (2), Hypocreaceae (56), andNectriaceae (32). Descriptions and color illustrations are pro-vided for all 101 species. Keys to genera and species are help-ful for their identification. The color illustrations demonstrateboth the appearance of fruit bodies on the substrate and mi-croscopic features including asci and ascospores. These fea-tures are important for mycologists working to recognizethese hypocrealean fungi in nature. Information on habitatand known distribution of species is also presented.

Most of the species included in this book are common intemperate and tropical areas, but some of them display spe-cific biogeographic patterns. The latter include vicariousspecies in temperate and tropical regions, such as Hydropis-phaeria peziza (Tode:Fr.) Dumort and H. suffulta (Berk. &

M. A. Curtis) Rossman & Samuels. Hypocrea cinereoflavaSamuels & Seifert demonstrates a so-called “Asa Gray dis-junction” in its distribution, collected in eastern North Amer-ica as well as eastern Asia (Japan). The same could be said ofH. megalocitrina Yoshim. Doi that is indicated for easternUnited States (MD, NC) and Japan, and was found in easternRussia recently. Hypocrea microcitrina Yoshim. Doi, Hy-pomyces completus (G. Arnold) Rogerson & Samuels, H.hyalinus (Schwein. : Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul., H. papulasporaeRogerson & Samuels var. americanus Rogerson & Samuels,and Viridispora diparietispora (J. H. Mill., Giddens & A. A.Foster) Samuels & Rossman are additional species of similarbiogeographical pattern. The color plate illustrating Nectriacoryli Fuckel suggests that the fungus reported from easternAsia under this name by Vasilyeva (1998) may be differentas it is restricted to Araliaceae, i.e. never occurs on Corylusspp., its fruit bodies are always black, never red, and as-cospores are smaller. Hypocrea ceracea Chaverri & Samuels,H. chionea Ellis & Everh., H. chromosperma M. A. Curtis &Peck, Hypomyces banningiae Peck, Nectria chlorinellaCooke, and N. rubicarpa Cooke are only known from easternNorth America, while Hypocrea scutellaeformis Berk. &Ravenel was so far not found beyond South Carolina.

Because of the biogeographical patterns mentioned, thisbook is valuable for many mycologists working on a compre-hensive account of fungal biodiversity in various countries.

— Larissa VasilyevaInstitute of Biology and Soil Science

Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesVladivostok 690022 Russia

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Hypocreales of the Southeastern United States . . .

The Missing Lineages: Physiology and Ecology . . .


MYCOLOGIST’S BOOKSHELFhundreds of mycological research groups. The last andlongest chapter (63 pages), by Richard Summerbell, presentsa comprehensive review of the pre-1985 literature on root en-dophytes, as he puts it “to liberate some of the historical lit-erature from mostly undeserved obscurity.” Of the other tenchapters, three have a taxonomic emphasis, two deal withculture methods for identification of Oidiodendron species,one surveys Oidiodendron species, three deal with the diver-sity of endophytes associated with various host plants, andone is appropriately titled “Seeking the elusive function ofthe root-colonising dark septate endophytic fungi.” Taken to-gether, these papers demonstrate (1) how much this limitednumber of determined researchers has learned about theseenigmatic, difficult and recalcitrant fungi; and (2) how muchmore study is needed to understand their taxonomy, diversityand ecosystematic functions. Let us cheer them on and hopetheir ranks will be swelled by additional mycologists and

their research given the support it deserves. After all, thesefungi are everywhere, and I venture to suggest that hardly aplant on earth lacks them to one degree or another. What arethey doing out there? What is their interaction with the “clas-sical” mycorrhizal fungi? Surely a fascinating evolutionarystory lurks, waiting to be discovered and to demand rethink-ing of the standard evolutionary theories that ignore symbio-sis and its role in natural selection.

The book is paper-bound, printed in superbly legibletype on good quality paper, and has many excellent black-and-white illustrations plus one color plate. It is a must forany research group seriously interested in mycorrhizae andtheir associated endophytic fungi.

— Jim TrappeDepartment of Forest Science

Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR 97331-5752

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Phylogenetic Relationshipsand Morphology of Cytospo-ra Species and RelatedTeleomorphs (Ascomycota,Diaporthales, Valsaceae)from Eucalyptus. 2005. G.C.Adams, M.J. Wingfield, R.Common & J. Roux. Cen-traalbureau voor Schimmel-cultures, P.O. Box 85167,Utrecht, The Netherlands.www.cbs.knaw.nl/publica-tions/index.htm. Studies inMycology 52: 1-147. Price:€55.00.

Eucalyptus species are of increasing global importanceas ornamental plants and as plantation trees for fiber andwood production. Mostly native to Australia, these specieshave been introduced to many other countries around theworld, where they have sometimes faced the emergence ofnew pathogens such as the bark canker, Cytospora eucalypti-cola, first observed in South Africa. Fungi in the anamorphicgenus Cytospora with teleomorphs Valsa spp. in the Dia-porthales are common and important pathogens causingcankers on a wide range of plants. Economic impacts can besignificant for crop plants including fruit trees such as apple,cherry, peach, and prune; ornamental trees such as maple andspruce, and, in some cases, sugarcane and wheat. Cytosporaspecies may be even more widespread than initially realized,due to their ability to persist undetected, as endophytes or la-tent pathogens.

These commonly encountered pathogens have frustratedmany plant pathologists due to the lack of clear morphologi-

cal characters for distinguishing species. These challengeshave been exacerbated by taxonomic uncertainty and the lackof a recent comprehensive treatment. While the authors havechosen to limit the scope of this work to the host Eucalyptus,the reader will find material of wider interest in the compre-hensive introduction, covering ecology and pathology, a his-torical overview of classification of both the anamorphic andteleomorphic states, and a discussion of generic and speciesconcepts. The authors present a phylogenetic analysis of theITS region of the ribosomal RNA comparing isolates of Cy-tospora on Eucalyptus to isolates on other hosts. Based onthis analysis, the authors support treating the genera Leucos-toma, Valsella, and Valseutypella as synonyms of Valsa.

In the taxonomic section that is the bulk of the book,Adams et al. provide detailed morphological descriptions oftwenty-three species of Cytospora, associated teleomorphsand synonymous names, and notes on host and distributionfor each species. Included are descriptions of eleven newspecies. Each description is richly illustrated with high-qual-ity, full-color photographs and drawings. Despite this in-depth treatment, Cytospora species on Eucalyptus may stilldefy easy identification. The authors have chosen not to pro-vide a species key, instead recommending analysis of DNAsequence data in combination with examination of morphol-ogy for anyone wishing to identify species with some level ofconfidence. Nevertheless, mycologists and plant pathologistswill find this attractive volume an essential resource and awelcome addition to the sparse taxonomic literature current-ly available for Cytospora species and their teleomorphs.

— Erica ClineSystematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory

Agricultural Research Service, USDABeltsville, MD 20905

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Phlylogenic Relationships and Morphology of Cytospora Species . . .


Recently Received Books• Fungi of Australia. Septoria. 2006. Michael J.

Priest. CSIRO Publishing, P.O. Box 1139, Colling-wood, Victoria 3066, Australia, www.publish.csiro.au, ISBN: 0643093761. 259 pp. Hardback.Price: AU $110.00. Review in progress.

• Phyllachoraceae of Australia. 2006. Ceridwen A.Pearce and Kevin D. Hyde. Fungal Diversity Re-search Series 17. Fungal Diversity Press, PokfulamRoad, Hong Kong, China, www.fungaldiversity.org/fdp/fdp.htm, ISBN 962 86765 04.308 pp. Price: $80.00. Review needed.

• Genera of Freshwater Fungi. 2006. Lei Cai,Kevin D. Hyde and Clement K.M. Tsui. FungalDiversity Research Series 18. Fungal DiversityPress, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China, www.fungaldiversity.org/fdp/fdp.htm, ISBN 988 9932008. 261 pp. Price: $80.00. Review needed.

• The Triumph of the Fungi. A Rotten History.2007. Nicholas P. Money. Oxford UniversityPress, 2001 Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513,www.oup.com, ISBN 13-978-0-19-518971-1. 197pp. Price: $29.95. Review in progress.

• Aflatoxin and Food Safety. 2005. H.K. Abbas (ed).CRC Press, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway, NW,Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487, [email protected]. ISBN 10: 0-8247-2303-1 (Hardcover).587 pp. Price: $178.95. Review needed.

• British Fungus Flora 9 / Russulaceae: Lactarius.2005. R.W. Rayner, assisted by R. Watling & E.Turnbull. Print and Publications Section, RoyalBotanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row,Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom, [email protected]. ISBN 1 872291 34 1 (Softcover). 203pp. Price: British pounds 12.50 (excludingpostage). Review in progress.

• A Colour Atlas of Diseases of Lettuce and Re-lated Salad Crops: Observation, Biology andControl. 2006. First published 2003. D. Blancard,H. Lot, & B. Maisonneauve. Translated fromFrench. Published by Academic Press. Availablefrom APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul,MN 55121, [email protected], ISBN 978-0-12-372557-8. 376 p. Price: $169.00. Reviewed in Jul-Aug issue.

• Common Mushrooms of the Talamanca Moun-tain, Costa Rica. 2005. R.E. Halling & G.M.Mueller. The New York Botanical Garden, 200th

St. & Kazimiroff Blvd., Bronx, New York 10458-5126, www.nybg.org/bcsi/spub, ISBN 0-89327-460-7. 195 pp. Price: $19.95. Review in progress.

• Diseases of Trees and Shrubs, Second Edition.2005. W.A. Sinclair & H.H. Lyon. Cornell Univer-sity Press, P.O. Box 6525, Ithaca, NY 14851,www.cupserv.org, ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-4371-8.660 pp. plus CD. Price: $85.00. Reviewed in Jul-Aug issue.

• Evolutionary Genetics of Fungi. 2005. J. Xu (ed)Horizon Scientific Press, 270 Madison Ave. NewYork, NY 10016, email: [email protected], ISBN 1-904933-15-7. 345 pp. Price:$173.00. Reviewed in Jul-Aug issue.

• Flora Agaricina Neerlandica. Volume 6. 2005.M.E. Noordeloos, Th. W. Kuyper, & E.C. Vel-linga. CRC Press, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway,NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487, [email protected]. ISBN 9-0541-0496-1, 310 pp. Price:$59.95. Requested from publisher.

• The Fungal Community: Its Organization andRole in the Ecosystem, Third Edition. 2005. J.Dighton, J.F. White, Jr. & P. Oudemans. CRCPress, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway, NW, Suite300, Boca Raton, FL 33487, email: [email protected]. ISBN 0-8247-2355-4, 936 pp. Price:$139.95. Requested from publisher.

• Fungi: Experimental Methods in Biology. 2005.R. Maheshwari. CRC Press, 6000 Broken SoundParkway, NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487,[email protected]. ISBN 1-57444-468-9. 350pp. Price: $149.95. Reviewed in this issue.

• Fusarium Mycotoxins: Chemistry, Genetics andBiology. 2006. A.E. Desjardins. APS Press, 3340Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121,[email protected], www.shopapspress.org. ISBN:09-89054-335-6. 268 pp. Price: $89.00. Reviewneeded.

• The Genus Gymnopilus (Fungi, Agaricales) inthe Czech Republic with Respect to Collectionsfrom Other European Countries. 2005. J. Holec.Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B., HistoriaNaturalis 61: 1-52. Available from the author([email protected]) or Myris Trade Company(myris.myris.cz).

• Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms,Third Edition. 2000. P. Stamets. Ten Speed Press,Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94797,www.tenspeed.com. ISBN-10: 1-58008-175-4,574 pp. Price: $45.00. Review in progress.

• Handbook of Industrial Mycology. 2005. Z. An.CRC Press, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway, NW,Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487, [email protected]. ISBN 0-8247-5655-X, 784 p. Price:$169.95. Requested from publisher.

• Hypocreales of the Southeastern United States:An Identification Guide. 2006. G.J. Samuels,A.Y. Rossman, P. Chaverri, B.E. Overton & K.Poldmaa. CBS Biodiversity Series 4. Centraalbu-reau voor Schimmelcultures, P.O. Box 85167,Utrecht, The Netherlands. www.cbs. knaw.nl/pub-lications/index.htm. ISBN-10: 90-70351-59-5, 144pp including 102 color plates. Price: €70.00. Re-viewed in this issue.

• The Identification of Fungi: An Illustrated In-troduction with Keys, Glossary, and Guide toLiterature. 2006. F. Dugan. APS Press, 3340 PilotKnob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121, [email protected],www.shopapspress.org. ISBN 0-89054-336-4, 182pp. Price: $65.00. Review in progress.

• An Illustrated Guide to the Coprophilous As-comycetes of Australia. 2005. Ann Bell. CBSBiodiversity Series 3. Centraalbureau voor Schim-melcultures, P.O. Box 85167, Utrecht, The Nether-lands. www.cbs.knaw.nl/publications/index.htm.ISBN: 90-70351-580, 172 pp. including 32 black& white plates and 66 color plates. Price: €55.00.Reviewed in Jul-Aug issue.

• Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolu-tion. 2005. F.E. Vega & M. Blackwell (eds). Ox-ford University, Oxford, United Kingdom,www.oup.com/us, ISBN 0-19-516652-3, 333 pp.Price: $49.50 (hardbound). Review in progress.

• Introduction to Biodeterioration, Second Edi-tion. 2004. D. Allsopp, K. Seal & C.. Gaylarde.Cambridge University Press, New York, NY,uk.cambridge.org/, 237 pp. Price: $75.00 hardback,$34.99 paperback. Reviewed in Jul-Aug issue.

• The Missing Lineages. Phylogeny and Ecologyof Endophytic and Other Enigmatic Root-asso-ciated Fungi. 2005. Centraalbureau voor Schim-melcultures, P.O. Box 85167, Utrecht, The Nether-lands. www.cbs.knaw.nl/publications/index.htm.Studies in Mycology 53: 1-262. Price: €55.00.Re-viewed in this issue.

• Monograph of the Genus Hemileia (Uredi-nales). 2005. A. Ritschel. Bibliotheca Mycologica200: 1-132. www.schweizerbart.de/pubs/series/bibliotheca-mycologica-59.html. ISBN 3-443-59102-7. Price: €55.00.Review in progress.

• Mycelium Running. How Mushrooms CanHelp Save the World. 2005. P. Stamets. TenSpeed Press, Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94797,www.tenspeed.com. ISBN-13: 978-1-58008579-3(Paperback). 339 pp. Price: $35.00. Reviewed inSept.-Oct. issue.

• MycoAlbum CD Introductory Mycology Labo-ratory Review. 2006. G. Barron. For availability,contact the author: www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/.Over 1,000 illustrations. 2 CDs. US $25 plus ship-ping and handling for professional biologists, US$15 plus S & H for students. An Instructor’s Ver-sion US $35 plus S & H includes an image folderwith over 600 downloadable images at 800 x 600pixels for power point presentations. Review inprogress.

• 100 Years of Fungal Biodiversity in SouthernAfrica. 2006. P.W. Crous, M.J. Wingfield, B. Slip-pers, I.H. Rong, & R.A. Samson (eds.) Centraalbu-reau voor Schimmelcultures, P.O. Box 85167,Utrecht, The Netherlands, www.cbs.knaw.nl/pub-lications/index.htm. Studies in Mycology 55: 1-305. Price: €65.00. Reviewed in Sept.-Oct. issue.

• Taxonomy and Pathology of Tognina (Dia-porthales) and its Phaeoacremoniumanamorph. 2006. L. Mostert, J.Z. Groenewald,R.C. Summerbell, W. Gams & P.W. Crous. Cen-traalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, P.O. Box85167, Utrecht, The Netherlands, www.cbs.knaw.nl/publications/index.htm. Studies in Mycol-ogy 54: 1-115. Price: €55.00.Reviewed in Sept.-Oct. issue.



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Registration forms for all European Mycological Associationmeetings will be available from the EMA website (www.euro-mould.org) - select the menu option “Activities” and hyperlinks toregistration forms will be shown. Nonmembers are welcome.

ECCF Microfungi ConservationWorking Group Meetinglate February 2007 [exact dates to be confirmed]. Ukraine, Kiev.Organizer: Dr V.P. Hayova.

The first meeting of this new working group with the aim ofraising awareness of the need to promote conservation of micro-fungi.

19th International Days for Search & Studyof Nivicolous Myxomycetes20-28 April 2007. Ukraine, Carpathian Mountains. Organizer:Ms T.I. Krivomaz.

A meeting organized jointly with the Féderation My-cologique Botanique Dauphiné-Savoie. A wonderful opportunityto visit and collect in some of Europe’s wildest mountains.

EMA Spring Foray25-29 April 2007 [dates subject to confirmation]. Greece, Thes-saloniki. Organizer: Dr S. Diamandis.

The emphasis of this meeting will be to strengthen the Greekfungal checklist in records of ascomycetes and other smaller fungi,though larger fungi will also be studied: sites visited will includecoastal native pine and maquis, chestnut/beech/black pine forest,and fir and pine forests at higher altitudes. The foray will build onthe work done through the British Mycological Society’s foray tonorthern Greece in the 1980s.

EMA Linnaeus Symposium [celebrating the tercentenary ofthe birth of Linnaeus]14-18 May 2007. Sweden, Uppsala. Organizer: Mr AndersBohlin.

This meeting, the week before Linnaeus’ birthday, is likelyto be the only international event centered on mycology duringthe whole of this year’s jubilee program. In addition to paper-reading sessions, there will be a workshop on assessing the con-servation status of fungi using IUCN criteria, and there will be afield trip to Hammarby, Linnaeus’ country house.

XV Congress of European Mycologists16-21 September 2007. Russia, St Petersburg. Organizer: Dr A.E.Kovalenko.

In addition, an update regarding Cyberliber, the Digital Li-brary for Mycology... Work to make mycological literature freelyavailable on the internet continues through the Cyberliber(www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber) and Libri Fungorum(http://194.203.77.76/LibriFungorum) websites. Scanned imagesof over 75,000 pages can already be viewed and it is hoped that,by the end of 2006, the number will exceed 100,000. This will in-clude 20 volumes of Saccardo’s Sylloge Fungorum, all ofZahlbruckners Index Lichenum, all of Petrak’s Lists, 4 volumesof the Index of Fungi, 40 volumes of Mycotaxon, all of Grevil-lea, all of Michelia, 10 volumes of Sydowia, all of the Fries andPersoon sanctioning works, and various other important earlymycological works, including Corda’s Icones Fungorum. TheMSA has kindly agreed to permit back volumes of Mycologia tobe scanned for Cyberliber and images of the first 10 volumes arecurrently being edited and will soon be available.

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A 2 or 3 year assistantship is available in the Department ofPlant and Environmental Protection Sciences at the University ofHawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, to support a qualified graduate studentin the Master’s Program with interest in Tropical Plant Pathologyand Mycology. Admission to the UH Graduate Program and theGraduate Program in the Department is required. Information canbe obtained at www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/peps/. The student will con-duct a statewide survey of orchid nurseries and determine the fre-quency of Fusarium species at each nursery. Pathogenicity tests ofpure cultures of each Fusarium species will be conducted and iso-lates will be identified using morphological and molecular meth-ods. Fungicides and biocontrol agents will be screened against theFusarium species. Applicants should have a B.S. or B.A. degreein botany, biology, or related sciences. Preference will be given to

applicants with excellent academic credentials, strong letters ofreferences, research experience and commitment to research en-deavors. Highly motivated individuals with strong backgrounds inmycology, plant sciences, or biology are encouraged to apply.Salary: stipend, tuition waiver, optional health insurance. Closingdate November 30, 2006 but will be extended until a qualified ap-plicant is found. Position begins in the Spring of 2007. Interestedindividuals should send a letter of application, and CV electroni-cally to Dr. Janice Y. Uchida at [email protected] or to the De-partment of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences [email protected] with attention to Dr. Uchida. Transcriptsand three letters of recommendation should be sent to the Depart-ment or Dr. Uchida, at 3190 Maile Way, St. John Hall 304, Uni-versity of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.

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EMA Linnaeus Symposium Uppsala 2007PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Monday, May 14 - arrival

Tuesday, May 15; Anders Bohlin – “Linnaeus and the Fungi”, Åke Strid – “Elias Fries – theMan and the Mycologist”, Ove Eriksson – “Fungi of Sweden, Ascomycota”, Svengunnar Ryman -visit to the Herbarium, Anders Bohlin - Visit to the Linnean garden and museum

Wednesday, May 16; Anders Dahlberg –“Fungal conservation in Sweden” and “IUCN criteriafor a European Red list”, Svengunnar Ryman - excursion at one of Linnaeus’ pathways in thesurroundings of Uppsala.

Thursday, May 17 (holyday in Sweden, Ascension Day); EMA meeting session, visit to Hammarby

Friday, May 18 – departure or private sight-seeing

Reasons for Celebrating Carl Linnaeus



Dear colleague,

It is a great honour to announce that the XV Congress ofEuropean Mycologists [XVCEM] will be held in St Peters-burg, Russia, 16-21 September 2007.

The principal organizer of the Congress is the KomarovBotanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. TheCongress is being organized under the auspices of the Euro-pean Mycological Association, with close co-operation ofseveral other organizations, including the All-Russian Insti-tute of Plant Protection, the Lomonosov Moscow State Uni-versity and the National Academy of Mycology.

For the first time the Congress of European Mycologistswill have an extended format as a meeting of the EuropeanMycological Association, which was established during theXIVCEM. As a result it will be possible to present EuropeanMycology in its full variety.

The Preliminary Scientific Programme of theXVCEM will accordingly include symposia, workshops andround tables on the following topics:

• Fungal systematics and taxonomy; • Fungal genomics; • Development mycology (morphology, cytology, biochem-istry, physiology of fungi); • Plant-fungus interactions (lichen-forming, ecto- and en-domycorrhizal, endophytic fungi); • Phytopathogenic fungi; • Mycogeography and population mycology; • Fungi in ecosystems; • Fungal diversity and conservation; • Fungal biotechnology, mushroom cultivation, medicinalmycology.

An open meeting of the ECCF will take place duringthe Congress, and the following satellite symposia areplanned:

• Medical mycology; • Toxigenic micromycetes in Europe; • Centenary of the Jaczewski Laboratory of Mycology &Phytopathology.

Several invited plenary meeting lectures will be includ-ed in the programme. Pre- and post-Congress tours, a one-day mycological excursion, exhibitions and a cultural pro-gramme during the Congress will also be arranged. Theprogramme is opened for discussion. Ideas and suggestionsfor topics and contents of symposia, workshops, round ta-bles, satellite symposia, etc., and for cultural events duringthe Congress will be most welcome.

XVCEM Organizing Committee:

Dr Alexander Kovalenko (Chairman, Russia)Dr Nadezhda Psurtseva (Secretary, Russia)Dr Michael Andreev (Russia) Dr Tetiana Andrianova (EMA Secretary, Ukraine)Prof. Margarita Bondartseva (Russia)Prof. Yuriy Dyakov (Russia)Prof. Leo van Griensven (the Netherlands)Prof. David Hawksworth (Spain & UK)Prof. Sergei Inge-Vechtomov (Russia)Prof. Mark Levitin (Russia)Dr David Minter (EMA President, UK)Dr Yuriy Novozhilov (Russia)Prof. Yuriy Sergeev (Russia)Prof. Igor Tikhonovich (Russia).

The language of the Congress is English. The basic lo-cation of the Congress is Park inn Pulkovskaya. Managementsupport and technical service of the Congress is handled byPCO Monomax, Ltd. We will regularly update the Congresswebsite and distribute the further information by e-mail.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we hope thatthe coming Congress will be an exiting and productive my-cological event, and we look forward to seeing you in St Pe-tersburg in September 2007.

Contact: Dr Nadezhda Psurtseva, Congress SecretaryE-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]: +7 (812) 234-45-12Address: Komarov Botanical Institute, Prof. Popov Street,2, 197376, St Petersburg, RUSSIACongress website: www.xvcem.org.

Alexander Kovalenko, Congress ChairmanNadezhda Psurtseva, Congress Secretary

David Minter, EMA PresidentTetiana Andrianova, EMA Secretary

XV Congress of European Mycologists


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2007 (August 4-9)MSA Meeting

Baton Rouge, LouisianaLouisiana State University

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Ascomycota of Swedenwww.umu.se/myconet/asco/indexASCO.html

Australasian Mycological Society Website for Introductory Fungal Biology (53-4)bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/mycology/default.htm

Authors of Fungal Names (54-2)www.indexfungorum.org/AuthorsOfFungalNames.htm

Bibliography of Systematic Mycologywww.speciesfungorum.org/BSM/bsm.htm

British Mycological Society (54-1)britmycolsoc.org.uk

Collection of 800 Pictures of Macro- and Micro-fungiwww.mycolog.com

Cordyceps Websitewww.mushtech.org

Corticiod Nomenclatural Database (56-2)phyloinformatics.org

Coverage in Ukraine of Higher Fungal Ranks (56-2)www.cybertruffle.org.uk/lists/index.htm

Cyberliber Mycological Publications (57-4)www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/index.htm

Cybertruffle’s Fungal Valhalla (56-2)www.cybertruffle.org.uk/valhalla/index.htm

Dictionary of The Fungi Classificationwww.indexfungorum.org/names/fundic.asp

Distribution Maps of Caribbean Fungi (56-2)www.biodiversity.ac.psiweb.com/carimaps/index.htm

Distribution Maps of Georgian Fungi (56-2)www.cybertruffle.org.uk/gruzmaps/index.htm

Distribution Maps of Ukrainian Fungi (56-2)www.cybertruffle.org.uk/ukramaps/index.htm

Electronic Library for Mycology (56-2)www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/index.htm

Fun Facts About Fungi (55-1)www.herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/funfacts/factindx.htm

Funga Veracruzana (53-6)www.uv.mx/institutos/forest/hongos/fungavera/index.html

Index of Fungi www.indexfungorum.org/names/names.asp

ING (Index Nominum Genericorum) Database (52-5)ravenel.si.edu/botany/ing/ingForm.cfm

Interactive Key, Descriptions & Illustrations for Hypomyces (52-6)nt.ars-grin.gov/taxadescriptions/hypomyces/

Interactive Key to Hypocreales of Southeastern United States (57-2)nt.ars-rin.gov/taxadescriptions/keys/HypocrealesSEIndex.cfm

ISHAM: the International Society for Human and Animal Mycologywww.isham.org

Libri Fungorum Mycological Publications (57-4)194.203.77.76/LibriFungorum/Index.htm

Mycologia On-Line (53-3, page 18)www.mycologia.org

Mycological Progress (52-3)www.mycological-progress.com

The Myconet Classification of the Ascomycotawww.fieldmuseum.org/myconet

Mycosearch web directory/search engine (51-5)www.mycosearch.com

Mushroom World [new Korean/English site in 2001] (51-6)www.mushworld.com

NAMA Poison Case Registry (51-4)www.sph.umich.edu/~kwcee/mpcr

Plant-associated Fungi of Brazil (54-2)nt.ars-grin.gov(Select Search Fungal Databases, option 3, Host-Fungus Distributions)

Pleurotus spp.www.oystermushrooms.net

Rare, Endangered or Under-recorded Fungi in Ukraine (56-2)www.cybertruffle.org.uk/redlists/index.htm

Registry of Mushrooms in Art Websitemembers.cox.net/ mushroomsinart/

Searchable database of culture collection of wood decay fungi (56-6, page 22)www.fpl.fs.fed.us/rwu4501/index.html

Species of Glomeromycota Website (55-3)www.amf-phylogeny.com

Systematics of the Saprolegniaceae (53-4)www.ilumina-dlib.org

Tripartite Similarity Calculator (55-1)www.amanitabear.com/similarity

U.S. National Fungus Collections (BPI)Complete Mushroom Specimen Database (57-1, page 21)www.ars.usda.gov/ba/psi/sbml

Website for the mycological journal Mycena (56-2)www.mycena.org/index.htm

Wild Mushrooms From Tokyowww.ne.jp/asahi/mushroom/tokyo/

MYCOLOGY ON-LINEBelow is an alphabetical list of websites featured in Inoculum during the past 12 months. Those wishing to add sites to this direc-tory or to edit addresses should email <[email protected]>. Unless otherwise notified, listings will be automaticallydeleted after one year (at the editors discretion). * = New or Updated info (most recent Inoculum Volume-Number citation)


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