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16th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG16) took place in Innsbruck, Austria on March 5–8, 2023. Since the last ECFG conference held in Rome in 2020, the conference provided an excellent opportunity to present and discuss progress and latest advances in the field, with three plenary and twelve parallel sessions as well as several satellite meetings. Main topics: Biodiversity and Molecular Taxonomy, Evolution, Cell Biology and Development, Genome Function and Epigenetics, Metabolism and Metabolites, Sensing and Signaling, Molecular Tools and Synthetic Biology, Fungal Interactions (Pathogens and Symbionts), Antifungal Compounds, Fungal Biotechnology. Visit the conference web site for more information and updates.

Protected Fungi of Poland. Distribution, Threats, Conservation Recommendations [Grzyby chronione Polski. Rozmieszczenie, zagrożenia, rekomendacje ochronne] is Poland’s first comprehensive and extensive monograph covering all fungal species currently protected in the country. The monograph, the result of a project under the auspices of the Polish Mycological Society and produced by a team of twenty authors, compiles as much information as possible about the 117 species of fungi which currently enjoy legal protection in Poland. For each species, the history of its protection in Poland and the Polish Red List threat category are presented. The account also identifies the most important current threats affecting the species and includes recommended conservation measures. In addition, there is more general advice about identification of species, documentation and a uniform system for reporting and recording the localities in which they occur. In the cases of the 90 rarer species, distribution maps using the ATMOS square system (10 km by 10 km) are provided. The book addresses a wide audience of individuals and institutions involved in management and protection of Poland’s natural resources. These include governmental administration, State Forests, national and landscape parks, nature NGOs and their members, teachers, educators, students, amateurs, and all who care about protection of fungi and nature in Poland and beyond. It is written in Polish and can be downloaded here. Further details are available in the English summary of the Introduction, by co-editor Izabela Kałucka.

The European Fungal Red List Initiative has a roster of 280 fungi and lichen species since December 2019, and gathered support from the IUCN to organise a second workshop next April. This initiative is a community effort largely depending on the contributions by motivated mycologists, and assessment leaders get a publication credit. More details in the ECCF website (Activities section).

Rise of the Fungi,

Following up on the founding edition in 2021, the 2nd International Conference on Botany and Mycology in Sofia, Bulgaria took place on September 19–20, 2022, in virtual mode. Organized by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and MYCOBIOTA. The conference topics were: Plant Systematics, Floristics, and Vegetation Science; Applied Botany; Plant Conservation; Fungal Taxonomy and Phylogeny; Fungal Conservation; Sustainable Use of Plants and Fungi; and Current Research Projects in Botany and Mycology. On the conference archive one can obtain the Programme and Abstracts books.

Francesco Bellù, Italian taxonomist and educator, has passed away at 75 on July 26, 2022, surrounded by mycologists that were attending a regional meeting of which he was organizer, at the Istituto Vescovile Vinzentinum in Brixen/Bressanone/Porsenù. An internist at the Oncology section of the San Maurizio Hospital in Bolzano/Bozen/Bulsan until his retirement in 2011, he was curator of the tumour register of his native Alto Adige region, responding to the call to return to clinical activity at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Bellù was a pupil of Meinhard Moser (Innsbruck, Austria), becoming an internationally highly reputed cortinariologist, also producing important chorological work on the Funga of the Alto Adige region. Noted for his didactical predilection, one of his recent contributions was Per non confondere i funghi/Um die Pilze nicht zu verwechseln (2014, with Giulio Veroi. Casa Editrice Panorama), an Italian/German bilingual work instructing on the correct determination of macrofungi. He remained president of the Bolzano section of the Bresadola Mycological Association to his death.
The video on the right shows Dr. Bellù, in an interview to an Italian TV channel, sharing the memories of how he became involved in Mycology.

Rise of the Fungi, the Westerdijk Institute 2022 Spring Symposium, convened at Uthrecht, the Netherlands, on April 21-22, 2022, «to address how global and climate change impact on fungi, specifically those involved with plant and human diseases, as well as food and forest security». Furthermore, new developments on fungal taxonomy were discussed, such as the inclusion of Digital Sequence Information (DSI) under the Nagoya Protocol, and the naming of environmental sequences (dark taxa). Now lodged in the Meetings archive of the Westerdijk Institute, one can still visit this page for the announcement, with the programme, registration and venue details. Featured speakers: Vladimiro Guarnaccia & Maria Lodovica Gullina (Italy), Vishnu Chaturvedi (USA), Sarah de Saeger (Belgium), Gianluigi Cardinali (Italy), Axel Brakhage (Germany), Toni Gabaldón (Spain), Esther Gaya (UK), Benedetta Turchetti (Italy) and Jörg Overmann (Germany).

A recent campaign by IN-PART Discover, to connect academic researchers with industry R&D teams for filamentous fungi fermentation (running until March 28) has called our attention to the important topic of University-Industry collaboration. A reading of Elsevier's comprehensive assessment is highly recommended, and we are compiling a list of web addresses relevant to this topic in the Resources section. Comments and suggestions to the Webmaster are welcome.


new Alexander Kovalenko, a leading Russian mycologist, passed away on December 10th, 2021, at the age of 68. Born into a family of biologists on 13 September 1953 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, he graduated in 1975 with honours from the Faculty of Biology of Kuban State University, followed by postgraduate studies at the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. He successfully defended his PhD thesis "Fungi of the order Agaricales s. l. in the mountain forests of the central part of the Northwest Caucasus" in 1981. Subsequently, his scientific activity was all connected with this institute, supervising several generations of undergraduate and graduate students throughout his tenure. Alexander was an outstanding mycologist, known throughout the world for his research on different aspects of biology, ecology, and diversity of agaricoid fungi, including systematics of Hygrophoraceae and Boletaceae as well as mycorrhizal symbiosis and conservation of fungi. From 1986 to 2018 he headed the Laboratory of Systematics and Geography of Fungi, and thanks to his efforts the Laboratory became a leader of mycological studies in Russia. From 2002 to 2018 he was also a deputy director for science at the Komarov Institute, and eventually the first deputy. He was editor-in-chief of the leading Russian mycological journal Mycology and Phytopathology, and a member of the editorial boards of the international journals Mycological Progress (Germany), Acta Mycologica (Poland), and Ukrainian Botanical Journal. He was the founder and head of the Commission for the Study of Macromycetes, the St. Petersburg Mycological Society, as well as the main editor of the popular scientific journal Planet of Fungi. Alexander was the initiator of a long-term project to study fungi and myxomycetes in Vietnam. He led fungal conservation activities in Russia and was a member of the Executive Committee of the European Council for the Conservation of Fungi involved in the work on the protection of fungi of the World.

Further reading:
Phylogeography as a new direction of mycological research (in Russian: Ôèëîãåîãðàôèÿ êàê íîâîå íàïðàâëåíèå ìèêîëîãè÷åñêèõ èññëåäîâàíèé), with V. F. Malysheva & E. F. Malysheva (2011). Mycology and Phytopathology 45(4): 303–312.

The First International Conference on Botany and Mycology took place online (due to the pandemic) between October 25 and 26, 2021. Topics included: Vegetation and Habitats, Fungal Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Fungal Conservation, Sustainable Use of Plants and Fungi, Current Research Projects in Botany and Mycology, among others. The focus was mainly on studies in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasian Region, and Western Asia, but research from other parts of the world was also welcome. Organized by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, it is projected to recur annually. Further information, including guidelines for the submission of contributions, can be found on the conference archive.

Forest-Based Mushrooms and Instrumental Methods of Intensive Production, a Special Issue in Forests (ISSN 1999-4907, CiteScore : 2.7, 71% percentile in Forestry), section Forest Ecology and Management, is now open for submissions. Guest Editors are Nick Sigrimis (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece), Yu Li (Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China) and George Fotiadis (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece). The deadline for manuscript submissions is October 5th, 2021. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website. Keywords: edible fungi, nutritional-absorbed methods, environmental physiology, genetic characteristics, domestication and cultivation, biological characteristics, factory production.

Molecular characterization of Fungi, a Special Issue in Biology (ISSN 2079-7737, CiteScore 2019: 6.2, 93% percentile in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 81% in General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology), section Ecology, is now open for submissions. Guest Editors are María P. Martín (Royal Botanic Garden, CSIC, Spain) and Pablo Alvarado (ALVALAB — DNA analysis of Biodiversity, Spain). The deadline for manuscript submissions is December 1st 2021. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website. Keywords: mycology, phylogeny, barcoding, biodiversity, taxonomy.

Integrated Pest and Disease Management of Mushrooms and Vegetable Crops, a Special Issue in Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395, CiteScore 2019: 1.8, 53% percentile in Agronomy and Crop Science), section Pest and Disease Management, is now open for submissions. Guest Editors are Dr. Jaime Carrasco (CTICH and Oxford University) and Dr. Francisco J. Gea (CIES — Mushroom Research, Experimentation and Service Centre). The deadline for manuscript submissions is August 30th 2021. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website. Keywords: plant pathology, mushroom pathology, breeding, incidence and impact, emerging diseases and pests, pest and disease ecology, pesticide resistance, biocontrol, etc.


Special issue Fungal Diversity in the Mediterranean Area, edited by Prof. Giuseppe Venturella (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy), is available at the Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections section of the online open access journal Diversity. Keywords: Fungi, Diversity, Applied Mycology, Mediterranean area.
Francisco de Diego Calonge, Spanish mycologist. On November 5th 2019, came the sad news of the passing of Francisco de Diego Calonge, one of the most distinguished mycologists of the last 50 years. Honorary Member of the European Mycological Association, the brilliant scientific production and dissemination activity attest his greatness, both as a scientist and as a person. Starting his scientific work in the early 60’s as a phytopathologist in the UK, his return to native Spain did not allow him to maintain the momentum in his scientific production, leading him to Field Mycology, more adequate for the resources available to him, and in dire need of a personality with the background, ability and heart to restore it to earlier brilliance. Hence the extraordinary legacy of mycologists that made their doctoral theses under his supervision, the numerous taxonomic, chorologic and floristic works, first in his country and later in Europe, Latin America, tropical Africa and India. Well versed in all macromycetes groups, his standing in the Gasteromycetes group is of the highest calibre. Species Fungorum lists 2 genera and 14 species (including 1 Myxogastrea) named after Calonge. After retirement in 2008 he published a book that merges his pharmaceutical background with a long and deep experience in Mycology: Hongos medicinales (Medicinal fungi). His tenure as Director of the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid led to its reopening to the public, after years of neglect. Calonge, or simply Paco, was a reference to every mycologist in Spain, and beyond. The announcement of his loss garnered eloquent expressions of appreciation: «a great sage, a master and best person», «unforgettable director of the Royal Botanical Gardens», «all an example as a scientist», «greatest scholar».
Further reading (in Spanish):
A scientific portrait by M. T. Tellería, on occasion of his retirement.
The Royal Botanical Gardens in 1980, a report by the Spanish leading newspaper El País.
Stanley John Hughes, Welsh-Canadian mycologist. Dr. Stanley John Hughes, a notable taxonomist of sooty moulds (Capnodiales), has quietly passed away on November 7th 2019, at the age of 101. Born and raised in Llanelli, Wales, he completed his BSc Honours Botany at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth in 1941, studying Mycology, and proceeded to the Wartime Ministry of Agriculture as plant pathologist. After WWII he worked as Assistant Mycologist at the Commonwealth Mycological Institute in Kew, before moving to Canada to fill a position at the Division of Botany and Plant Pathology in the Department of Agriculture (Agriculture Canada), Ottawa. He launched a taxonomy of mitosporic fungi based on the conidial mode of development, which, as stated in the abstract of his monumental paper in 1953, promised «to provide the most stable character for the classification of Fungi Imperfecti as a whole». New Zealand fungi were also a momentous subject of his discoveries, and his publication record extends to 2012, as Honorary Research Associate at the Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre. His surname serves as an eponym for 6 genera and over 40 species of fungi (e.g. Hughesinia [3 spp.], Hughesiella [1 sp.], Stanjehughesia [18 spp.] and Stanjemonium [4 spp.]). Accolades include the Jakob Eriksson Gold Medal from the Swedish Academy of Science (1969), the George Lawson Medal from the Canadian Botanical Association (1981), and the Order of Canada (2010). Elected President of the Mycological Society of America in 1974 and, the same year, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, FRSC; elected Vice-President of the International Mycological Association in 1976. He started a family with Canadian teacher Lyndell (née Rutherford), and together they had three children. Stan remained attached to native Wales and to the International Mycological Institute, visiting colleagues regularly, and his donation of taxonomic books and papers was welcomed in the National Botanical Gardens of Wales. Recently elected as fellow of The Learned Society of Wales, a distinction that was deeply felt by him. He was also Honorary Member of the British Mycological Society since 1987, and Foreign Member of the Linnean Society.
The EMA is grateful for the help provided by Dr. Gareth Wyn Griffith, Aberystwyth University
Further reading:
Scopus record for Hughes, Stanley J. and Mendeley directory.
Hughes, S.J. (1953). Conidiophores, Conidia, and Classification.
Issue of Canadian Journal of Botany dedicated to Stan on the event of his 80th birthday
Griffith, G.W. & Seifert, K.A. (2011). Stan Hughes - Order of Canada.
State of the World's Fungi Symposium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, which took place on 13-14 September 2018. Inspired by the successful State of The World’s Plants project in the same institution, this symposium centered on the State of the World’s Fungi report, prepared by Kew with contributions by 100 scientists from 18 countries, an important document that provides a review of our current state of knowledge and the major issues affecting fungal diversity and abundance. Also featured are fungal-plant interactions, conservation and uses of fungi, and the fungal tree of life. The two-day symposium brought together plant and fungal scientists, ecologists, conservationists and industry and policy experts from around the world, to discuss issues raised in the report. The full report is available at the State of the World's Fungi 2018 website.

Elias Magnus Fries Medal. At each International Mycological Congress, six awards are made by the International Mycological Association [IMA] to young mycologists, with the intention of helping advance their careers. Each region recognized by the Association is responsible for one award. The Elias Magnus Fries Medal is the award for Europe, and is administered by the EMA through its Award Committee, which recommends a winner based on nominations received. The last presentation of this award took place at the XI International Mycological Congress in Puerto Rico (16-21 July 2018). 14th European Conference on Fungal Genetics took place in Haifa, Israel, on February 25-28, 2018, hosted by the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and co-organized with the Israel Society for Microbiology and the Israeli Phytopathological Society. You can visit the website for general information.

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FUNGAL CONSERVATION IN A CHANGING EUROPE. The Challenges Ahead. This was a special meeting organized by the EMA jointly with the ISFC, and hosted by Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The meeting took place from Sunday 1 to Friday 6 October 2017 in Ohrid, a UNESCO World Heritage Natural and Cultural Site, and was open to anyone interested in fungal conservation in Europe and beyond. Here is the full Programme. The Macedonian Mycological Society has included in their blog a detailed follow-up of the proceedings since June 15, featuring a final report and very well-designed photo albums available through the Live Proceedings entry. The information is complemented by a facebook page (hashtag: #EMAohrid2017).

Ninth International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference. The Ninth International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference was held in Palermo, Italy, on 24-27 September 2017, with a focus on building bridges between Western and Eastern medicine. The EMA is delighted to have supported this meeting, which was organized by the University of Palermo, with Giuseppe Venturella, one of the Association’s Founder Members, leading the Organizing Committee. Do visit the conference website. The complete Scientific Programme is available, and a selection of full papers presented at the conference will be published by the International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms (IJMM).

21th Workshop on ”Biodiversity of Aquatic Fungi”. Organized by the Assiut University Mycological Centre (AUMC), will be held in Assiut, Egypt, on November 12-16, 2017. The workshop comprises lectures and practical sessions covering habitats (freshwater, brackish water, marine), methods for isolation and purification, methods for preservation, identification by conventional methods and molecular techniques, biological and environmental role (biodegradation of wastes and polluted sites, biocontrol of harmful insects and nematodes, natural products, plant and animal diseases), of aquatic fungi. Application deadline November 1, 2017. Fees, further information and contacts available in the circular.

Fungi models in terracotta. The "Accademia dei Fisiocritici" in Sienna, located by the Botanical Garden, has a spectacular collection of life-sized terracotta models of fungi by the sienese doctor Francesco Valenti Serini (1795-1872) who, aware of the sufferings caused by mushroom poisonings, produced them to help everyone recognize edible fungi. It is open to the public, and an article by Claudia Perini and colleagues highlighting this collection was published in the APSnet Features. The collection was originally curated by Arturo Nannizzi [WikipediA, text in Italian].

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XVIICEM participants
Some of the participants pose for an "end of Congress" group photograph, 25 September 2015

XVII Congress of European Mycologists in Madeira, a great success. The XVII Congress of European Mycologists was held in Funchal (Madeira, Portugal) from 20-25 September 2015, first time the Congress has visited Portugal, and the first time it has been staged on a truly Atlantic island off the continental shelf. There were 143 participants from 32 countries (Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom). The Chair of the Organizing Committee was Prof. João Baptista-Ferreira, and the President of the Congress was EMA President, Dr. David Minter. Following an icebreaker party on the evening of arrival, and a formal opening session, the main programme comprised invited keynote lectures, with four days of lectures and presentations in a mixture of plenary and parallel sessions, plus demonstrations, and poster sessions. One day was devoted to excursion with options to see the fungi and associated plants at the Vereda dos Balcões or along the Levada do Furado. In addition, there was a meeting of the European Council for Conservation of Fungi, and on the last morning, the General Assembly of the EMA convened. On the Thursday evening, there was a superb reception for participants at the historic São Tiago Fortress in Funchal. A full report of the event is in preparation and will appear in the Association's next Newsletter.

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19-24 June 2011. Fusarium 2011: Fusarium Laboratory Workshop. This meeting will be held at the Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Topics will include: laboratory strain identification, VGC analysis, mating types and crosses, species concepts, and molecular identification. The organizer is John F. Leslie. For further information, see www.plantpath.k-state.edu. [new item posted 13 January 2011, archived 24 August 2011]

14-19 July 2011. Fungimap VI Conference. This meeting will be held in Western Australia, in the town of Denmark, at the College of Agriculture. Topics will include: Walpole Fire Mosaic Biodiversity Research; Fungi, Bettongs and Beetles; The Global Importance of Beneficial Fungal Plant Associations; The Genus Amanita; Slime Moulds of the Kimberley Region. There will also be fungal forays. The organizer is Katrina Syme. For further information, see www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap/fungimap-vi-conference. [new item posted 1 March 2011, archived 24 August 2011]

18-21 July 2011. VII Latin American Mycological Congress. San José, Costa Rica. For further information, see http://www.almic.org. [new item posted 3 March 2011, archived 24 August 2011]

1-6 August 2011. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America. Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. For further information, see http://mercury2.iab.uaf.edu/msa. [new item posted 3 March 2011, archived 24 August 2011]

7-11 August 2011. Asian Mycological Congress. This meeting will be held in Incheon, Korea, jointly with the 12th International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposium, hosted by the Korean Mycological Society. For further information, see www.amc2011.org/sub/invitation.asp. [new item posted 3 March 2011, archived 24 August 2011]

7-11 August 2011. 12th International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposium. This meeting will be held in Incheon, Korea, jointly with the Asian Mycological Congress, hosted by the Korean Mycological Society. For further information, see www.amc2011.org/sub/invitation.asp. [new item posted 3 March 2011, archived 24 August 2011]

3-5 March 2011. The Dynamics of Zygomycete Research in a Changing World. This workshop on zygomycete biodiversity will be held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The Zygomycota were recently abandoned as a phylogenetic group, but in the real world they still exist. They are all around us, in our homes, in our gardens. Clinically their significance is increasing, with sometimes horrifying and severely mutilating infections. Remarkably, close relatives of these agents of fatal disease are used in the food industry. It is quite essential to understand the factors determining these controversial ecologies. But then we first have to be able to recognize the species properly. Zygomycete taxonomy has been revolutionized by the application of molecular methods. This workshop is devoted to the biodiversity, systematics, phylogeny and ecology of fungi classically known as Zygomycota in its widest sense. The workshop is organized in Utrecht, a small city in the central part of The Netherlands at only 30 minutes from Amsterdam Schiphol airport which has direct connections to more than 400 cities worldwide. The organizers hope to keep participation free of charge, the main organization costs being borne by sponsors. Organizers: Kerstin Voigt (Jena, Germany), Anna Skiada (Athens, Greece), Sybren de Hoog (Utrecht, The Netherlands). For full information, contact the workshop's homepage at www.zygomycota.eu. [item posted 9 January 2011, archived 20 April 2011]

CANCELLED 5-6 March 2011. 4th Pan African Medical Mycology Society Congress. This meeting, organized in collaboration with the Assiut University Mycological Centre, was to be held in Assiut, Egypt, but has now been cancelled in view of recent political developments. The Workshop on Medical Fungi from 7-9 March 2011 at the same location has also been cancelled (first circular, registration form and the workshop information sheet). [item posted 28 October 2010, updated 1 March 2011, archived 20 April 2011]

19-21 April 2011. One Fungus = One Name Symposium. Amsterdam, Netherlands. This meeting will be hosted by the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures. For further information, see http://www.cbs.knaw.nl. [item posted 3 March 2011, archived 20 April 2011]
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6 August 2010. Fungal Conservation: science, infrastructure, politics. A short meeting will be held in Edinburgh, following up the 2009 meeting in Whitby. For further information, please contact the EMA President. [activity archived 3 March 2011]

1 – 6 August 2010. 9th International Mycological Congress. Edinburgh, UK. The congress title is "The Biology of Fungi". The scientific programme will be divided into five themes: cell biology, biochemstry and physiology [chair Prof. Gero Steinberg]; environment, ecology and interactions [chair Prof. Lynne Boddy]; evolution, biodiversity and systematics [chair Prof. Pedro Crous]; fungal pathogenesis and disease control [chair Prof. Alistair Brown]; genomics, genetics and molecular biology [chair Dr Paul Dyer]. Forty-five symposia are planned, on the following topics:
  1. Ascomycete systematics;
  2. Basidiomycete biodiversity, ecology and mechanisms of host interaction;
  3. Beyond sequence - applied genomics;
  4. Biocontrol with fungi;
  5. Cell biology of infection;
  6. Comparative evolutionary genomics and the Fungal Tree of Life;
  7. Cryptic species and speciation;
  8. Cytoskeleton and motors;
  9. Ecology of invasive and threatened species;
  10. Emerging fungal diseases and potential pandemics;
  11. Endocytosis and exocytosis;
  12. Environmental sensing and responses;
  13. Exploitation of fungi: biofuels and beyond;
  14. Evolutionary adaptation of fungal pathogens to their human host;
  15. Evolutionary genetics of sex in fungi;
  16. Fungal barcoding;
  17. Fungal effectors and host manipulation;
  18. Fungal epigenetics;
  19. Fungal interactions with microbes;
  20. Fungal recycling matters: from enzymes to communities;
  21. Fungal RNA-regulatory processes;
  22. Fungal Tree of Life: linking genomics to physiology and morphology;
  23. Fungi and global change 1: nitrogen enrichment and land use change;
  24. Fungi and global change 2: climate change responses;
  25. Future strategies for the control of fungal diseases;
  26. Genomics of fungal-plant symbioses;
  27. Hyphal networks: mechanisms, ecology and modelling;
  28. Living on the edge: fungi at extremes;
  29. Origin and co-evolution of lichen and mycorrhizal fungi with plants;
  30. Population genetics: from single cell to community;
  31. Programmed cell death and autophagy;
  32. Revealing true fungal diversity - metagenomics;
  33. Rhythmic fungal biology;
  34. Rusts: taxonomy, host specificity and geographical distribution;
  35. Secondary metabolism;
  36. Secret world of endophytes;
  37. Signalling and development;
  38. Stress responses, fungal development and pathogenicity;
  39. Systems biology: functional genomics to molecular networks and systems;
  40. The dynamic fungal cell;
  41. The emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs;
  42. The fungal nucleus;
  43. The fungal-plant interface in mycorrhizal and lichen associations;
  44. Tropical mycology;
  45. 200 anniversary of the hypha.

In addition to symposia, there will be special interest group meetings on Sunday 1 August prior to the opening ceremony in the evening. For further information, see the Congress website. [activity posted 10 June 2009]

9 – 11 March 2010. 1st International Conference of Basic & Applied Mycology. Assiut, Egypt. This conference is being organized by Assiut University Mycological Centre (AUMC and the Society of Basic & Applied Mycology (SBAM, Egypt). The deadline for abstracts is 31 December 2009. The deadline for full papers and registration fees is 31 January 2010. The final programme of the conference is scheduled to be issued on 20 February 2010. For further information, please contact Prof. Abdel -Al Hassan Moubasher (Assiut University Mycological Centre). [news item archived 13 July 2010]

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26-30 October 2009. Fungal Conservation: science, infrastructure, politics. A special meeting will be held in Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK to review recent developments in fungal conservation and to plan future activities. Organized by the Association under the auspices of the IUCN and the UK Darwin Initiative, this event will be held jointly with a meeting of the ECCF. For further information, see the meeting's website. [activity posted 5 July 2009; archived 4 July 2010]

Autumn 2009. EMA Autumn Foray. The Association has been invited to hold an Autumn Foray in 2009 in Armenia. Further information will be posted as soon as it becomes available. [activity posted 18 October 2007]
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Spring 2008. EMA Spring Foray. The Association's 2008 Spring Foray is expected to be in Portugal. Further information will be posted as soon as it becomes available. [activity posted 18 October 2007]

Autumn 2008. ECCF Meeting. The Association's conservation wing, the ECCF, has been invited to hold a meeting in Rumania in the autumn of 2009. Further information will be posted as soon as it becomes available. [activity posted 18 October 2007]

October 2008. ICSEM6, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine. The Sixth International Congress on the Systematics & Ecology of Myxomycetes will be held in Ukraine in the Crimean coast resort of Yalta from [exact dates provisional] 4-11 October 2008. This Congress is being organized under the auspices of the Association. for further information, please visit the Congress website. [activity posted 18 October 2007]
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Guidance for Conservation of Macrofungi in Europe. The Association's Conservation Body, the ECCF recently submitted a report with this title to the Council for Europe in Strasbourg. This is a major step forward, as it represents perhaps the first time that fungi have been recognized as organisms meriting conservation at a European level: congratulations to all who worked to prepare this report! ECCF Chairman, Dr Beatrice Senn-Irlet will make a presentation about this document to representatives of the Bern Convention in November. A copy of the report can be downloaded from the ECCF website (Guidance for Conservation of Macrofungi in Europe). [activity posted 22 October 2007]

10 – 16 December 2007. International Conference: World Fungi 2007. The 1st World-wide Conference on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wild Fungi. Córdoba, Spain. An impressive programme, already featuring many big names in the world of fungal conservation, including several EMA members. The Conference is offering a total of 225 grants for participants, of which 75 are specifically reserved for members of mycological associations, 75 for members of rural development and agricultural groups, and 75 for students. The grants cover the €300 registration fee, but do not cover travel or food and accommodation. For further information, see the Conference website. [activity posted 18 October 2007]

16 – 21 September 2007. XV Congress of European Mycologists, St Petersburg, Russia. Visit the Congress website for further information. [activity up-dated 23 March 2006; archived 18 October 2007]

26 – 29 August 2007. International Conference: Biodeterioration of Wood and Wood Products BWWP 2007, Riga, Latvia. For further information, see the first announcement of this conference. [activity posted 7 January 2007; archived 18 October 2007]

14-18 May 2007. Linnaeus Jubilee. In May 2007, Sweden celebrates the tercentenary of the birth of Linnaeus, its most famous son. One of the events connected with that celebration will be an EMA meeting, kindly hosted by the University of Uppsala, which will focus on the enormous contributions to world mycology made by Swedish scientists. Dates are happily timed for the days immediately leading up to Linnaeus’ birthday, so that Members have the opportunity, if they wish, to remain in Sweden after the meeting and participate in the other celebrations. If you wish to participate, please download, fill in and submit the registration form. [activity posted 23 March 2006; most recent update 7 January 2007; archived 18 October 2007]

25-28 April 2007. Spring Foray, Northern Greece. The EMA‘s first Spring Foray will be held in northern Greece in early April 2007. EMA Treasurer Dr Stephanos Diamandis, and EMA Member Dr Charikleia Perlerou have kindly agreed to provide a rare opportunity for mycologists to gather in this mycologically rich part of Europe (the last time was the British Mycological Society’s overseas foray in 1988, also organized by Steph, when three new species and two new genera were described - including Zeus, an endemic on Mount Olympus). Dr Diamandis is currently completing the second edition of his book on the fungi of Greece, which should be available before this foray - the first edition sold out long ago. He comments that the microfungi component of the Greek mycota remains very poorly covered and that Members specializing in such groups will be particularly welcome. The programme is currently being set up, with a mouth-watering range of potential sites. If you wish to participate, please download, fill in and submit the registration form. [activity posted 23 March 2006; most recent update 7 January 2007; archived 18 October 2007]

20-28 April 2007, Nivicolous Myxomycetes, Carpathians, Ukraine. The Fédération Mycologique Botanique Dauphiné-Savoie and the Associazione Micologica Bovesana e delle Alpi Cuneesi “Ugo Maria Cumino” have, for many years, organized an annual event entitled “International Days of Research & Study of Nivicolous Myxomycetes”, which surveys nivicolous myxomycetes. Now the EMA is joining those two societies in organizing the nineteenth meeting of the series, to be held in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine in late April 2007. EMA Member Ms Tetiana Krivomaz is organizer. She has already made an exploratory visit to the area with Marianne Meyer and Alain Michaud in May 2005, and their discoveries (in press) indicate that the 2007 foray will be sure to generate many exciting new records. The work base will be Kermanichi, near Yaremcha, and nestling under Hoverla, Ukraine’s highest mountain, where snow regularly lies until mid-summer. This is a superb and extensive area of mountain, forest and upland meadow. After the delights of the XIV Congress of European Mycologists in Crimea, EMA Members will hopefully be inspired to visit another part of this wonderful and mycologically rich country. If you wish to participate, please download, fill in and submit the registration form. [activity posted 23 March 2006; most recent update 7 January 2007; archived 18 October 2007]

Late February 2007. Microfungi Conservation Work-group, Kiev, Ukraine. The Microfungi Conservation Work-group, set up by the ECCF at its meeting in Córdoba in November 2005, will hold its first meeting in Kiev this spring - the meeting has been delayed from its originally planned date of November 2006. Further information will be posted soon. [activity posted 23 March 2006; most recent update 7 January 2007; archived 18 October 2007]
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Early October 2006. Autumn Foray: Temperate Rainforest Fungi, Western Scotland. The objective of this mini-meeting is to foray for fungi growing in the moist Atlantic airstream which bathes the Scottish highlands. All are welcome, but because the accommodation will be very basic (you will need to bring a sleeping bag and rain-ware), this event may appeal more to the more adventurous and spartan elements of the EMA. Members from central, eastern and southern Europe are particularly invited to enjoy a taste of something different. EMA President Dave Minter will lead. The foray will be informal in character, and will use very simple self-catering accommodation to keep costs to a minimum. For further information contact Dave Minter. [activity posted 23 March 2006; archived 7 January 2007]

4 – 7 September 2006. Workshop on Hypogeous Fungi, Poland. You can download the first announcement of this workshop. To participate, you will need to fill in and submit the pre-registration form by 1 May 2006. [activity posted 23 March 2006; archived 7 January 2007]

VIII International Mycological Congress. 21 – 26 August 2006. Australia, Cairns. Chairman: Wieland Meyer. Vice-chairman: Ceri Pearce. For further information, see the congress website. [news item posted 18 May 2005; archived 7 January 2007]

V International Congress on the Systematics & Ecology of Myxomycetes. 15 – 19 August 2005. Mexico, Tlaxcala. For further information, contact Arturo Estrada Torres (arturomixo@hotmail.com). [news item posted 18 May 2005; archived 7 January 2007]
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V Congreso Latino-americano de Micología [V Latin-american Mycological Congress]. 1 – 5 August 2005. Brazil, Brasilia. For further information, see the Asociación Latino-americana de Micología website. [Spanish, Portuguese, English] [news item posted 18 May 2005; archived 7 January 2007]

New Logo Emphasizes Importance of Fungi. The National Botanic Garden, Havana, Cuba [Jardín Botánico Nacional, Havana, Cuba] recently adopted a new and rather cheerful logo for its public education programme aimed at emphasizing the importance of fungi. The logo was launched with a British Council supported national exhibition on "Fungi in the Natural Environment", on view in the Havana Museum of Natural History Museum until mid-May 2005, then touring the country. The logo adapts an earlier version which showed a tree in human form with a happy smile. In the new version, a toadstool in human form has been added, also smiling and holding hands with the tree to indicate the beneficial nature of mycorrhizal symbioses. [news item posted 18 May 2005; archived 7 January 2007]
Logo of the Jardín Botánico Nacional de Havana

Third International Medicinal Mushroom Conference. 12 – 17 October 2005. USA, Port Townsend, Washington. Organizers: Steven Cividanes, James Gouin, Omon Isikhuemhen, Paul Stamets, David Sumerlin, Solomon Wasser, Dusty Wu Yao. Approximate cost not known. For further information, see the Advance Notice page of the Fungi Perfecti website. [English] [news item posted 23 May 2004; archived 7 January 2007]

Līgatne, Latvia. XVI Symposium of Mycologists and Lichenologists of the Baltic States. Deadline for Submission of Papers: 30 June 2005. The XVI Symposium of Mycologists and Lichenologists of the Baltic States will be held in Līgatne, Latvia from 21 – 25 September 2005. The meeting is expected to cover the following themes: 1. Systematics & Taxonomy; 2. Ecology & Diversity; 3. Conservation; 4. Applied Mycology. The location, about 70 km from Riga, will be the Līgatne Hotel. Līgatne is one of the most picturesque places on the Gauja River, the village of Līgatne having evolved in the 19th century by the Līgatne River, around the Līgatne paper mill. Līgatne itself is situated in the Gauja National Park. The second circular and instructions for authors are now available. Those wishing to participate should complete the pre-registration form (note, this should have been submitted by 28 February 2005 so it's now late). Abstracts, which should be submitted by the same date, should be in English, one (A4) page maximum, including title, author(s), address(es) and text, up to a maximum of 250 words. Authors should indicate the topic area and whether they would like to make an oral presentation or a poster. The final decision will be made by the Scientific Committee. Abstracts may be sent as e-mail attachments to Diāna Meiere (e-mail: miko @dabasmuzejs.gov.lv). [news item posted 17 May 2005; archived 7 January 2007]

New Initiatives in Fungal Conservation. 11 March 2005. London. EMA President, Dave Minter and EMA Member, Anders Dahlberg, were invited to participate in a workshop organized by the IUCN (World Conservation Union). The objective of this workshop was to discuss establishment of "Sampled Red Lists" for key groups of organisms. As a result of the workshop, fungi will be represented in the IUCN scheme through three groups: Basidiomycetes (organized by Anders Dahlberg), lichen-forming species (organized by Swiss lichenologist, Christoph Scheidegger), and all other species (organized by Dave Minter). A website for the third of these groups has now been set up. To facilitate the work of that group, and to help the IUCN to move towards better coverage of the fungi in its specialist groups, three informal specialist conservation groups have also been proposed, dealing respectively with rusts & smuts, non-lichen-forming ascomycetes (including anamorphic fungi) and chromistans, chytrids, myxomycetes and zygomycetes. [news item posted 17 May 2005; archived 7 January 2007]

24 – 28 April 2005. St Petersburg. Fungi in Natural and Man-made Ecosystems. A special conference was held in the Komarov Botanical Institute, St Petersburg, in April 2005. In 1905 Apollinary Semenovich Bondartsev, one of the founders of mycology and plant pathology in Russia, joined staff of the Imperial Botanic Garden (now the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences). All his subsequent scientific activity through almost 60 years was connected with that Institute. Mycologists in St Petersburg celebrated the centenary of the event with this anniversary conference Fungi in Natural and Man-made Ecosystems. The following themes were treated: systematics, biodiversity, ecology, geography, physiology and biochemistry of fungi and lichens, fungus indicators (including lichen indicators), symbiosis of fungi with other groups of organisms (lichens, mycorhizas, mutualistic endobionts etc.). The language of the Conference was Russian but, where appropriate, translation to English was provided. [news item posted 17 May 2005; archived 7 January 2007]

1 May 2005. EMA Endorses New Initiatives in Fungal Conservation. EMA President, Dave Minter and EMA Member, Anders Dahlberg, were invited to participate in a workshop organized by the IUCN (World Conservation Union) in London on 11 March 2005. The objective of this workshop was to discuss establishment of "Sampled Red Lists" for key groups of organisms. As a result of the workshop, fungi will be represented in the IUCN scheme through three groups: Basidiomycetes (organized by Anders Dahlberg), lichen-forming species (organized by Swiss lichenologist, Christoph Scheidegger), and all other species (organized by Dave Minter). A website for the third of these groups has now been set up. To facilitate the work of that group, and to help the IUCN to move towards better coverage of the fungi in its specialist groups, three informal specialist conservation groups have also been proposed, dealing respectively with rusts & smuts, non-lichen-forming ascomycetes (including anamorphic fungi) and chromistans, chytrids, myxomycetes and zygomycetes. Along with the International Mycological Association and several other continental-level mycological societies, the EMA has endorsed all of these initiatives. [activity posted 17 May 2005]

8 – 13 November 2005. Meeting of the European Council for Conservation of Fungi. Spain, Córdoba. In addition to the ECCF's scheduled business meeting, this event will include a workshop on preparing red lists of fungi. For further information contact the EMA's Conservation Officer, Anders Bohlin [activity posted 17 May 2005]


The new Mycology Building at the Komarov Institute, St Petersburg, Russia

The new Mycology Building at the Komarov Institute, St Petersburg, Russia

New Mycology Building in St Petersburg Nears Completion. The new Mycology Building at the Komarov Institute in St Petersburg is nearly finished and will be ready for occupation by St Petersburg's lucky mycologists by the end of April 2005. The EMA congratulates Sasha Kovalenko and his colleagues on this singular achievement. [news item posted 2 April 2005; archived 7 January 2007]

New Slovenian Mycological website. Slovenian mycologists have just set up a website providing an inventory of their country’s fungi, with distribution maps, a red list, and a downloadable recording package. The address of the English language version is: http://www.gozdis.si/departments/forestprotection/boletus/arealnekarte/eng/bi.htm. [news item posted 2 April 2005; archived 7 January 2007]

24 – 28 April 2005. St Petersburg. Fungi in Natural and Man-made Ecosystems. A special conference will be held in the Komarov Botanical Institute, St Petersburg, in April 2005. In 1905 Apollinary Semenovich Bondartsev, one of the founders of mycology and plant pathology in Russia, joined staff of the Imperial Botanic Garden (now the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences). All his subsequent scientific activity through almost 60 years was connected with that Institute. Mycologists in St Petersburg plan to celebrate the centenary of the event with this anniversary conference Fungi in Natural and Man-made Ecosystems. The following themes will be treated: systematics, biodiversity, ecology, geography, physiology and biochemistry of fungi and lichens, fungus indicators (including lichen indicators), symbiosis of fungi with other groups of organisms (lichens, mycorhizas, mutualistic endobionts etc.). The language of the Conference will be Russian but, where appropriate, translation to English will be provided. Although no expenses can be covered by the Conference, members of the EMA are invited to participate, and suitable papers will be considered for inclusion in the programme. Those wishing to participate are urged, as soon as possible, to contact the Organizing Committee with the title of any offered presentation. Further information will then be sent in response to that message. Please contact Professor Margarita A. Bondartseva, DSc, President of the Organizing Committee or Dr Vera M. Kotkova, Secretary of the Organizing Committee (e-mail: mycoconf @mail.ru). [news item posted 2 April 2005, archived 17 May 2005]

New International Mycological Websites. Two big websites have recently been set up to deal with mycological publications. Cyberliber and LibriFungorum together provide access to over 85,000 bibliographic references to published mycological works. Cyberliber is relatively strong in earlier publications and literature in the Cyrillic alphabet. Both of these websites are trying to build an electronic library of scanned mycological literature freely available on the internet through collaboration to avoid duplication of effort. Already more than half of the volumes of Saccardo, 40 volumes of Mycotaxon, all of Catathelasma, all of Grevillea, all of Michelia, and all of the sanctioning works by Fries and Persoon can be viewed in this way. The availability of such literature through these two websites has already resulted in major enhancements to the IndexFungorum website. Another website which may be of interest is Cybertruffle’s Fungal Valhalla, which provides information about dead mycologists, in some cases linking entries to photographs or other portraits, biographies, obituaries, and lists of publications (these are made through a direct link to Cyberliber). An upgrade enabling the user to find fungal taxa established by each of those mycologists is planned for later this year. [news item posted 1 April 2005; most recent update 7 January 2007; archived 18 October 2007]

4 – 9 October 2005. First Autumn Foray of the EMA. The EMA will hold its first Autumn Foray, jointly with the Slovak Mycological Society, in northeastern Slovakia, at the beautiful resort of Podskalie, near Pružina, at the western end of the spectacular High Tatra Mountains. The EMA is most grateful to the Slovak Mycological Society for hosting this event which is, simultaneously, their 9th Foray. The Foray will include excursions to a superb range of collecting sites in Strážovské Vrchy, and the Javorníky and eventually Biele Karpaty Mountains. Alongside the Foray, there will be a one-day meeting comprising papers and reports devoted to Fungi of the Western Carpathians. This meeting is being organized jointly with the Slovak Mycological Society, the Strážovské Vrchy Landscape Protected Area, the Institute of Botany of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum (Slovak National Museum). The papers and reports will focus on biodiversity and taxonomy of fungi great and small. Full information about the Foray, the full programme of the one-day meeting, and details of the accommodation will be provided in the second circular. Those interested in participating should download and fill-in the first circular sending it to the e-mail address included within the document. [activity posted 15 March 2005]

21 February 2005. Second Electronic Newsletter Issued. The EMA's first Electronic Newsletter has been issued, and is now available on the Association's website (Electronic Newsletter 2, 21 February 2005). [activity posted 21 February 2005, archived 17 May 2005]

28 February 2005. Līgatne, Latvia. XVI Symposium of Mycologists and Lichenologists of the Baltic States. Closing date for Pre-registration. The XVI Symposium of Mycologists and Lichenologists of the Baltic States will be held in Līgatne, Latvia from 21 – 25 September 2005. The meeting is expected to cover the following themes: 1. Systematics & Taxonomy; 2. Ecology & Diversity; 3. Conservation; 4. Applied Mycology. The location, about 70 km from Riga, will be the Līgatne Hotel. Līgatne is one of the most picturesque places on the Gauja River, the village of Līgatne having evolved in the 19th century by the Līgatne River, around the Līgatne paper mill. Līgatne itself is situated in the Gauja National Park. Those wishing to participate should complete the pre-registration form and submit it by 28 February 2005. Abstracts, which should be submitted by the same date, should be in English, one (A4) page maximum, including title, author(s), address(es) and text, up to a maximum of 250 words. Authors should indicate the topic area and whether they would like to make an oral presentation or a poster. The final decision will be made by the Scientific Committee. Abstracts may be sent as e-mail attachments to Diāna Meiere (e-mail: miko @dabasmuzejs.gov.lv). [news item posted 1 February 2005, archived 17 May 2005]

29 – 30 January 2005. Prague. EMA Governing Committee Meeting. The first meeting of the EMA Governing Committee was held. [activity posted 1 February 2005, archived 17 May 2005]

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15 September 2004. First Electronic Newsletter Issued. The EMA's first Electronic Newsletter has been issued, and is now available on the Association's website (Electronic Newsletter 1, 15 September 2004). [activity posted 15 September 2004, archived 17 May 2005]

Prof. Alina Skirgiello, at the XIV Congress of European Mycologists in September 2003

Prof. Alina Skirgiełło, at the XIV Congress of European Mycologists in September 2003 [photo Anna Ronikier]

15 September 2004. Prof. Alina Skirgiełło becomes EMA's first Honorary Member. Prof. Alina Skirgiełło is an exceptional Founder Member of the EMA. She is the only person to have attended every Congress of European Mycologists. Moreover, she has been not only a representative of Poland; but she also, for many years, played a key rôle as the contact person in co-operation between mycologists of western and eastern Europe. She always reported thoroughly the content of Congress sessions, shared Congress materials and information about the current trends in mycology with those mycologists who could not themselves attend Congresses for political or financial reasons. In September 1966 Prof. Skirgiełło organized the IV CEM in Poland: 150 mycologists took part, half coming from the so called “socialist countries”, especially the Soviet Union. That Congress was a milestone in integration of European mycologists. In 1956 Prof. Skirgiełło also founded the Mycological Section of the Polish Botanical Society. Up to the present, for almost 50 years, she has been its President and soul. She also established the journal Acta Mycologica and was Editor-in-Chief for 37 years. She is still an Honorary Editor. Prof. Skirgiełło has been conferred honorary membership of the Polish Botanical Society and the Committee of Botany (Polish Academy of Sciences). For scientific achievements she has received medals of the University in Bologna, the University of Lodz and Warsaw University. All members of the EMA send her their congratulations and warm wishes. [activity posted 15 September 2004, archived 17 May 2005]



New Books, Including Special Offer to EMA Members. See Mycorrhizas: Anatomy and Cell Biology (R.L. Peterson, CABI Publishing, 20% discount to EMA members) and Die Pilzflora des Ulmer Raumes (M. Enderle). [news item posted 15 September 2004; archived 18 October 2007]

19 November 2004. Giornata di Studio sulla Tartuficoltura [Session on the Study of Culturing Truffles] (Società Botanica Italiana [Italian Botanical Society]). Italy, Ascoli Piceno o Sarnano. Organizer: Mattia Bencivenga. Approximate cost not known. For further information, see the Appuntamenti page of the SBI website [Italian]. [news item posted 23 May 2004, archived 17 May 2005]

23 – 30 October 2004. Upland Foray of the British Mycological Society. High Peak. Organizer: Carol Hobart. Approximate cost UK pounds sterling 200-250 (still to be finalized). For further information, see the Meetings and Forays page of the BMS website [English]. [news item posted 23 May 2004, archived 17 May 2005]

8 – 15 October 2004. Autumn Foray of the British Mycological Society. East Sussex, Ashburnham Place. Organizer: Patrick Leonard. Approximate cost UK pounds sterling 190-305 (sharing rooms). For further information, see the Meetings and Forays page of the BMS website [English]. [news item posted 23 May 2004, archived 17 May 2005]

17 – 25 August 2004. Overseas Foray of the British Mycological Society. Finland. Organizers: Ern Emmett & Seppo Huhtinen. Approximate costs UK pounds sterling 310-350 depending on exchange rates. For further information, see the Meetings and Forays page of the BMS website [English]. [news item posted 23 May 2004, archived 17 May 2005]


Dr Andrianova congratulates CBS Director Dr Pedro Crous on the occasion of his institute's centenary

13 – 14 May 2004, Amsterdam. CBS Centenary: 100 Years of Fungal Biodiversity and Ecology. EMA Secretary Dr Tetiana Andrianova (right of centre) presented the Association's congratulations to the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures and its Director Dr Pedro Crous (far right) with a small framed picture commemorating the CBS's important role in European mycology. EMA Founder Members Prof. Leo van Griensven (far left), Mrs Patricia Taylor-Hawksworth (left of centre) and Prof. David Hawksworth (centre) lent support [photo: Jan Norbuis, CBS archive]. [activity posted 21 May 2004, archived 17 May 2005]

January 2004. A Red List of European Larger Fungi. A new proposal to produce a Red List of European Larger Fungi has been prepared jointly by the Mr Anders Bohlin (EMA Conservation Officer and Chairman of the ECCF) and Dr David Minter (EMA President). [activity posted 1 February 2004, archived 17 May 2005]

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