EUROPEAN MYCOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Objectives

The EMA has the following objectives defined in its Constitution:

	to promote study of fungi;
	to disseminate knowledge and information about fungi;
	to promote conservation of fungi;
	to promote socially responsible handling of fungi (for example in medicine, plant and animal pathology, quarantine and pharmaceutical research);
	to establish and foster relations between those working towards such objectives, through meetings, electronic media, publications, and by promoting personal contacts, collaboration and the exchange of ideas and information;
	to improve the infrastructure of mycology within Europe;
	to provide European-level input to the International Mycological Association, and other international bodies and initiatives.