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The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature was agreed at an international symposium convened in Amsterdam on 19-20 April 2011 under the auspices of the International Commission on the Taxonomy ...of Fungi (ICTF). The purpose of the symposium was to address the issue of whether or how the current system of naming pleomorphic fungi should be maintained or changed now that molecular data are routinely available. The issue is urgent as mycologists currently follow different practices, and no consensus was achieved by a Special Committee appointed in 2005 by the International Botanical Congress to advise on the problem. The Declaration recognizes the need for an orderly transitition to a single-name nomenclatural system for all fungi, and to provide mechanisms to protect names that otherwise then become endangered. That is, meaning that priority should be given to the first described name, except where that is a younger name in general use when the first author to select a name of a pleomorphic monophyletic genus is to be followed, and suggests controversial cases are referred to a body, such as the ICTF, which will report to the Committee for Fungi. If appropriate, the ICTF could be mandated to promote the implementation of the Declaration. In addition, but not forming part of the Declaration, are reports of discussions held during the symposium on the governance of the nomenclature of fungi, and the naming of fungi known only from an environmental nucleic acid sequence in particular. Possible amendments to the Draft BioCode (2011) to allow for the needs of mycologists are suggested for further consideration, and a possible example of how a fungus only known from the environment might be described is presented.
...International Congress on Fungal Conservation Gökova Bay, Muğla, Turkey, 11–15 November 2013 For nature conservation to be successful, it is critically important to ensure that fungi get just as ...much protection as animals and plants. The previous congress, in England in 2009, laid the way for establishing this society, and the first congress, in Spain in 2007 brought fungal conservation to the global arena. Since its formation, the IFSC has successfully lobbied for change in the wording of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation to make clear that fungi are not plants but also need separate protection. IMA Fungus 4, A39 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03449310 Download citation * Published: 22 December 2013 * Issue Date: December 2013 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03449310 Authors* David W. Minter View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Rights and permissions This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Codinaea delicata sp. nov., a new microfungus (hyphomycete) collected on decaying leaves of an unidentified plant, is described and illustrated. It is distinguished by synnematous determinate ...conidiomata and monophialidic and polyphialidic conidiogenous cells that produce subreniform
unicellular hyaline conidia with a single unbranched setula at each end. Codinaea dendroidea comb. nov. is proposed, and a key to synnematous Codinaea species is provided.
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Keith A. Seifert (keith.seifert@agr.gc.ca) Jim Ginns — An authority on wood decay fungi at 80 George Barron, who spent his career at the Department of Environmental Sciences of the University of ...Guelph, Ontario, Canada, celebrates his 90th birthday later this year. Keith A. Seifert (keith.seifert@agr.gc.ca) Jim Ginns — An authority on wood decay fungi at 80 Jim Ginns celebrates his 80th birthday this year. Jim and his master gardener wife Anne lived on a farm in Cantley, Quebec, inviting visiting colleagues to contribute to the All Fungus Biological Inventory of their property, usually attended by a pack of large, friendly dogs. Since his retirement in 1997, Jim has kept active studying his favourite fungi, especially as a member of the South Okanagan Naturalist Club in Summerland, British Columbia. Keith A. Seifert (keith.seifert@agr.gc.ca) John Haines — Leading specialist of the cup fungi John H. Haines, retired Curator of Fungi at the New York State Museum (NYS), is turning 80 this year following a career studying the systematics of Leotiomycetes and airborne fungal spores.
Two microfungi from a forest in Portugal are described and illustrated. The new species Minimelanolocus manifestus is distinguished by polyblastic, integrated, sympodial conidiogenous cells, and ...solitary, cymbiform, (2−)3-septate, smooth conidia with pale brown middle cells
and subhyaline end cells. A new combination Vermiculariopsiella pediculata is proposed for Gyrothrix pediculata.
A new microfungus collected on dead plant material from the "Cerro El Ávila" mountain range and "Parque Nacional Canaima" tropical forest in Venezuela is described and illustrated. Scolecobeltrania ...vermispora gen. & sp. nov. is characterized
by macronematous branched conidiophores, polyblastic conidiogenous cells, and unicellular vermiform to sigmoid pale brown conidia with up to 11 hyaline transverse bands.
Two new microfungi are described and illustrated from a forest in Portugal. Magnohelicospora iberica gen. & sp. nov. is distinguished by polyblastic, integrated, sympodial conidiogenous cells and ...solitary, doliiform or conical, multi-euseptate, brown conidia tightly coiled
in three planes. Phaeodactylium stadleri sp. nov. is characterized by obovoid to clavate, 0- to 2-septate, coarsely verruculose, subhyaline to very pale brown conidia. A key to accepted Phaeodactylium species is provided.
Mycotaxon is pleased to add to our 'web-list' page the following new annotated species distribution list under Central America (Costa Rica): A check list of asexual fungi from Costa Rica by Milagro ...Granados-Montero, David W. Minter, Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruiz. This brings to 129
the number of free access mycobiota now available on our website: http://www.mycotaxon.com/resources/weblists.html
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