MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY

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MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER - JUNE, 1961

VOL. XI1 NO. 1

Edited by: Richard K. Benjamin

CONTENTS

The President's Letter.

The Annual Meeting and Foray-1961, Purdue University.

Membership.

Election of Officers.

Sustaining Members.

Publications.

Research Materials.

Major Research Projects.

Mycological Instruction.

Assistantships, Fellowships, and Scholarships.

Mycologists Available.

Recent Appointments and Transf era.

News of General Interest.

Other News about Members.

Visiting Scientists.

Honors, Degrees, Promotions, Invitational Lectures.

The F1- F2 Generations.

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Claremont, California

I. THE PRESIDEI\JT1 S LETTER

May 1, 1961

Members

Mycological Soc ie ty of America

Dear Fellow Mycologists:

The a r r i v a l of t h e November-December, 1959, i s s u e of Mycologia was

chee r ing n o t i c e t o a l l of us , I a m c e r t a i n , that o u r j ou rna l , t h e p r i n c i -

p a l bond between members, i s w e l l on i t s way t o resumption of c u r r e n t

p u b l i c a t i o n . Arrangements f o r t h e 1960 i s s u e s a r e nea r ly completed,

and monthly p u b l i c a t i o n i s planned u n t i l a c u r r e n t s t a t u s i s achieved.

Manuscr ipts f o r t h e 1961 i s s u e s a r e now needed) A l l of us owe a very

g r e a t deb t t o Clark Rogerson, who took over t h e d i f f i c u l t t a s k of tem-

po ra ry e d i t o r s h i p and has done a wonderful job, and t o t h e New York

B o t a n i c a l Garden, which generously f r e e d Clark from most of h i s ord-

i n a r y d u t i e s s o that t ime would be a v a i l a b l e f o r p rocess ing t h e enormous

backlog of manuscr ipts .

You as members have been p a t i e n t and have demonstrated your f a i t h

by renewal of membership i n almost undiminished numbers; t h e p r i n t e r s

have cooperated f u l l y ; and t h e P o s t o f f i c e a s s i s t e d by g iv ing us a

g r a c e p e r i o d t o f u l f i l l ou r promises of pub l i ca t ion . Although a l l

d i f f i c u l t i e s a r e no t y e t f u l l y r e so lved , complete conf idence i s h e l d

that t h e monthly p u b l i c a t i o n schedule w i l l be mainta ined u n t i l c u r r e n t

s t a t u s i s achieved.

This i s s u e of t h e Newslet ter w i l l have t h e d e t a i l s of t h e Foray and

AIBS meetings a t Purdue i n August. I am looking forward t o s e e i n g you

t h e r e .

S i n c e r e l y yours,

J o s i a h L. Lowe P r e s i d e n t

II* THE ANNUAL MEETING AND FORAY-1961. PURDUE UNIVERSITY

The Annual Meeting w i l l b e he ld August 27-31, 1961, on t h e campus of Purdue U n i v e r s i t y , L a f a y e t t e , Ind iana . Informat ion on housing accommo- d a t i o n s and food s e r v i c e has been publ i shed i n t h e Apr i l i s s u e of t h e A I B S B u l l e t i n . The g e n e r a l procedure w i l l be similar t o t h a t of p a s t AIBS meetings. Persons planning t o a t t e n d t h e meetings a r e urged t o p r e r e g i s t e r on o r be fo re August 1 , 1961. An a p p l i c a t i o n form i s appended t o t h i s i s s u e of t h e Newsle t te r f o r t h e convenience of members needing one.

D r . J o s i a h L. Lowe w i l l d e l i v e r t h e p r e s i d e n t i a l add res s , and t h e t w e l f t h annual l e c t u r e w i l l be p re sen ted by a d i s t i n g u i s h e d mycologist b e i n g s e l e c t e d by a committee composed of D r s . F.'K. Sparrow, L. S. O l i v e , and Ralph Emerson.

D r . James S- Love t t , Department of B io log ica l Sc iences , Purdue U n i v e r s i t y , i s i n charge of l o c a l arrangements f o r t h e Mycological Soc- i e t y .

The Annual Foray w i l l be h e l d J u s t p r i o r t o t h e annual meeting on - August 25-216. F i e l d t r i p s i n t h e L a f a y e t t e a r e a and a t Shades S t a t e Pa rk a r e planned. If you i n t e n d t o t a k e p a r t i n t h e fo ray b e s u r e t o i n d i c a t e t h i s on your p r e r e g i s t r a t i o n form t o AIBS. Also f i l l i n and r e t u r n t h e q u e s t i o n n a i r e included i n t h e d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e f o r a y ap- pended t o t h i s Newslet ter .

Local arrangements f o r t h e f o r a y a r e being handled by D r . John T u i t e and M r . Yasuyuki Hi ra t suka , Dept. of Botany and P l a n t Pathology, Purdue Un ive r s i t y .

A s of May 1 8 , 1961, membership of t h e s o c i e t y , i nc lud ing a p p l i c a t i o n s on hand t o be preeen ted f o r e l e c t i o n at t h e annual bus iness meeting i n August, w a s c o n s t i t u t e d as fo l lows :

L i f e Members . 6

Regular Members 716

S u s t a i n i n g Members 21

A f f i l i a t e d S o c i e t i e s 5

Corresponding Members 3

Emeritus Members 11

Assoc ia te Members

With 788 members i n a l l c a t e g o r i e s , Soc ie ty membership has remained unchanged s i n c e t h i s t ime las t y e a r , however, 78 r e g u l a r members have n o t pa id t h e i r 1961 dues. This compares w i t h 53 unpaid members a y e a r ago. Twelve r e g u l a r members and 0n.e sustaining member have resigned.

It i s w i t h much r e g r e t t h a t we announce t h e d e a t h of f o u r of our members :

Hans Nicholas Hansen

D r . Hansen d i e d A p r i l 26, 1960, a t Berkeley, C a l i f o r n i a . He w a s born i n Varde, Denmark, November 8 , 1891. P ro fe s so r Hansen jo ined the Department of P l a n t Pathology, Un ive r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , i n 1925, where he remained u n t i l h i s death .

To t h o s e who d i d not know him p e r s o n a l l y , he w i l l b e s t be re- membered f o r h i s work on t h e genus Fusarium and f o r t h e f i r s t pape r s o f f e r i n g proof of he t e roca ryos i s .

Leo Kaplan - D r . Kaplan d i e d 2 December, 1960, at t h e age of 42. He re-

ce ived h i s Ph.D. at Harvard Un ive r s i t y i n 1950 and joined t h e Department of Botany, Southern I l l i n o i s Un ive r s i t y , Carbondale, t h e same year as A s s i s t a n t P ro fe s so r . D r . Kaplan ts r e s e a r c h inc luded work i n t h e a r e a s of fungus physiology and t h e r e l - a t i o n s h i p of a i r borne fung i t o i n h a l a n t a l l e r g y .

J u l i a n Howell M i l l e r

D r . M i l l e r , 70, d i e d of a h e a r t a t t a c k on March 25, 1961, a t h i s home, a f t e r a s h o r t i l l n e s s . He w a s t h e former head of t h e Department of P l an t PaBhology and P l a n t Breeding at t h e Univer- s i t y of Georgia, and s i n c e 1958 had se rved as P ro fe s so r Emeritus. An a u t h o r i t y on t h e Pyrenomycetes, he r e c e n t l y had completed a monograph on Hypoxslon and w a s working on a monograph of t h e Xy la r i aceae w i t h t h e except ion of Hypoxylon at t h e time of h i s dea th .

D r . M i l l e r w a s p r e s i d e n t of t h e Mycological Soc ie ty i n 1948.

George Edward Thompson

D r . Thompson d i e d of a h e a r t a t t a c k on November 23, 1960; he w a s 57. P ro fe s so r Thompson had been w i t h t h e Department of P l a n t Pathology and P lan t Breeding, Un ive r s i t y of Georgia, s i n c e 1937, and had been p r i m a r i l y i n t e r e s t e d i n f o r e s t pathology and f u n g i a s s o c i a t e d w i t h f o r e s t t r e e d i s e a s e s .

I V * ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Nominations have been r ece ived f o r t h e f o u r o f f i c e r s t o be e l e c t e d i n 1961, and b a l l o t s w i l l be mailed soon. P lease be s u r e t o vo te .

V. MYCOLOGIA

May 1, 1961

Every e f f o r t i s be ing made t o p u b l i s h one i s s u e of Mycologia each month u n t i l t h e Journa l i s back on schedule. The January- February , 1960, i s s u e (Volume 52 , Number 1) w i l l be mai led i n May, 1961; t h e March-April, 1960, i s s u e i s i n g a l l e y proof and w i l l be mai led i n June; manuscr ipts f o r t h e May-June and July- August, 1960, i s s u e s have been marked f o r t h e p r i n t e r and should b e ready f o r mai l ing a t monthly i n t e r v a l s du r ing t h e summer. Enough manuscr ipts have been submi t ted t o complete t h e 1960 is- s u e s , b u t t h e y a r e not y e t processed.

The unprocessed manuscr ipts mentioned a b ~ v e c o n s i s t of 25 o r more papers , b r i e f a r t i c l e s , and reviews, submit ted d u r i n g 1957-1960, accord ing t o t h e a u t h o r s , t o t h e former e d i t o r , D r . D. P. Rogers, and s t i l l J-& possess ion as of May 1, 1961. These papers should - b e cons idered f o r t h e remaining two i s s u e s of t h e 1960 volume.

Call f o r Manuscripts -- It i s now v i t a l t h a t a d d i t i o n a l papers b e submit ted f o r con-

s i d e r a t i o n . Members of t h e Soc ie ty a r e urged t o send i n manu- s c r i p t s as soon as p o s s i b l e . Papers s e n t t o t h e Acting Edi tor- in-Chief , Cla rk T o Rogerson, w i l l r e c e i v e immediate a t t e n x i o n by t h e E d i t o r i a l Board. These papers w i l l b e reviewed and, i f ac- cep ted , w i l l b e scheduled f o r t h e e a r l y i s s u e s of t h e 1961 volume ( o r f o r t h e las t two i s s u e s of 1960) .

I f a l l goes w e l l , t h e f i rs t i s s u e of Volume 5 3 (1961) w i l l b e mai led i n November, 1961, w i t h subsequent i s s u e s fo l lowing a t monthly i n t e r v a l s . There i s every reason t o b e l i e v e t h a t Mycologia can be back on a r e g u l a r p u b l i c a t i o n schedule e a r l y i n 1962.

Authors whose manuscr ipts have been accep ted f o r p u b l i c a t i o n should keep Clark T. Rogerson informed of t h e i r whereabouts dur ing t h e summer s o that t h e r e w i l l be no de lay i n handl ing t h e g a l l e y p roo f s .

Clark T. Rogerson Acting Editor-in-Chief The New York Bo tan ica l Garden New York 58, N. Y.

VI SUSTAINING MEMBERS OF THE IvIYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The Society is extremely grateful for the support of its Sustaining Members. These organizations are listed below in alphabetical order. Patronize them and let their representatives know of our appreciation whenever possible.

ABBOTT LABORATORIES Pharmaceutical products for the medical profession since 1888

North Chicago, Illinois

BALTIMORE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, INC. A division of Becton, Dickinson and Company Products for the microbiological laboratory

BUCKMAN LABORATORIES, INC. Industrial microorganism control special 1st s

Memphis 8, Tennessee

BURROUGHS WELLCOME AND CO. (U.S.A. ) INC. Manufacturers of Fine Pharmaceuticals

Tuckahoe 7, New York

BUTLER COUNTY MUSHROOM FARM West Winf ield, Pennsylvania

CIBA PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT$, INC In the service of medical science

Summit, New Jersey

CONSOLIDATED LABORATORIES, INC. COLAB and OXOID Products for the Laboratory

Chicago Heights, Illinois

DIFCO LABORATORY PRODUCTS The complete line of . .

microbiological reagents and media

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE, INC . Pharmaceuticals, Vitamins and Aromatic Chemicals

Nutley 10, New Jersey

THE FLEISCHMANN LABORATORIES Standard Brands Incorporated

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LEDERLE LABORATORIES DIVISION, AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY Antibiotic, biological and pharmaceutical research and manufaohre

Pearl River, New York

SUSTAINING MEMBERS OF THE MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY Pharmaceuticals, biologicals, and agricultural and industrial products

740 South Alabama Street, Indianapolis, Indiana

MILES LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED Pharmaceutical and chemical research and manufacture

Elkhart, Indiana

NORWICH PHARMICAL COMPANY, EATON LABORATORIES DIVISION Ethical pharmaceuticals

Norwich, New York

ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION Obstetrical and gynecological products, biologicals

Raritan, New Jersey

CHAS. PFIZm AND CO. , INC. 11 Bartlett Street, Brooklyn 6, New York

Fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals by means of microorganisms

SCHERING CORPORATION Pharmaceutical manufacturer8

Bloomf ield, New Jer8ey

SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FOUNDATION, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS Supported by companies dedicated to the biological sciences

(Member company names on request)

THE SQUIBB INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH Em R. Squibb and Sons, Div. off Olin Mathieeon Chemical Corporation

New Brunswick, New Jersey

ARTHUR H* THOMAS COMPANY 22,000 items of chemical and biological apparatus for immediate shipment

Vine Street at Third, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

THE UPJOHN COMPANY Pine pharmaceuticals since 1886

Kalamazoo, Michigan

V I I . PUBLICATIONS

Thes i s a v a i l a b l e :

D r . Wm. I. I l lman , Dept. o f Biology, Car le ton Univ. , Ottawa, Ont. , Canada, s t a t e s t h a t cop ies of h i s d o c t o r a l t h e s i s on tomato anthracnose a r e a v a i l a b l e upon r eques t .

P u b l i c a t i o n s o f f e r e d -- f o r s a l e :

Complete s e t of Phgtopathology, bound. Write L. R. Hes le r , Univ. of Tenn. , Dept. of Botany, Knoxvil le, Tenn.

The fo l lowing mycological books a r e f o r s a l e by David R. Sumstine, King Edward Apartments, Bayard S t . , P i t t s b u r g h 1 3 , Pa. Anyone i n t e r - e s t e d , p l e a s e make D r . Sumstine an o f f e r : Coker and Couch, Gasteromgc- e t e s ; E l l i s and Everhar t , North American Pyrenomgcetes; Ar thu r , Manual of R u s t s - - - of t h e U. S. and Canada; Seaver , North American Cup Fungi (1st ed.) ; Macbride, North American Slime-molds (New and r e v i s e d ed. , 1922) ; North American F l o r a , Vol. 9 , l~07-l~16,~garicales-~ol~~oraceae, Agaricaceae -(bound); North American F l o r a , Vol. 3, P a r t 1-Hypocreales, Vol. 6 , P a r t 1 - P h y l l o s t i c t a , Vol. 1 0 , P a r t s 1, 2 , 4, 5-Agaricaceae.

P u b l i c a t i o n s wanted:

Cos t an t in , J- 1888. - Les Mucedinees Simples. P a r i s . 210 pp. Wanted by D r . H. H. Kuehn, Bac te r io logy Research Dept . , Campbell Soup Co., Cambden 1 , N . J.

Dangeard, P. A. 1907. Recherches s u r l e developpement du p e r i t h e c e chez l e s Ascomycetes. Le Bo tan i s t e 10: 1-385, i l l u s t . Wanted by G. F. Or r , Dept. of Botany, Univ. of C a l i f . , Los Angeles.

Kauffman, C. H. 1918. - The Agaricaceae of Michigan. Wanted by D r . Harry D. T h i e r s , Dept. of Biology, San ~ r a n x s c o S t a t e Col lege, San F ranc i sco 27, Calif.

Seymour, A. B. 1929. Host - Index -- of t h e Fungi of North America. Wanted by D r . F. W. Holmes, Shade Tree Labs. , ~ n i v . of Mass. , Amherst.

V I I I . RESEARCH MATERIALS

Notices of t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y of c u l t u r e s of unusual fung i p a r t i c u l a r l y s u i t a b l e f o r t each ing purposes o r f o r s p e c i a l t ypes of r e s e a r c h w i l l be accep ted f o r t h e Newslet ter from those who are w i l l i n g t o d i s t r i b u t e such c u l t u r e s . Requests f o r c u l t u r e s of fung i t h a t a r e not a v a i l a b l e f o r s a l e by t h e A- T. C . C. and of o t h e r r e s e a r c h m a t e r i a l s w i l l a l s o b e accep ted f o r t h i s s e c t i o n .

C u l t u r e s a v a i l a b l e f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n : - 1. C i l i o s p o r a gelatinosa--Dr. Donald P. Limber, 209 River S t . ,

Hoboken, N. J.

2. Wardomgces anomala--Dr. Wm. I. I l lman , Dept. of Biology, Ca r l e ton Univ., Ottawa, Ont. , Canada.

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3- About 50 s p e c i e s of South Afr ican Hp-poxylon, R o s e l l i n i a , and P e n z i g i a i n c u l t u r e and ' . a l so a s d r i e d herbarium material .-P. M. D - D e p t . of Botany, Univ. of C a l i f . , Los Angeles 24, Ca l i f .

4. Pure c u l t u r e s of a wide v a r i e t y of l i c h e n fung i a r e a v a i l a b l e from D r . Vernon Ahma.dj.ian, Dept. of Biology, Cla rk Univ., Worcester , Mass.

5. S t r a i n s of fungi c u r r e n t l y regarded as Sporotrichum schenck i i which f a i l t o produce d i s e a s e i n mice.-Dexter H. Howard, Dept. of In f - e c t i o u s Diseases , School of Medicine, Univ. of C a l i f . , Los Angeles 24.

Cu l tu re s - o r o t h e r r e s e a r c h m a t e r i a l s wanted:

1. Cu l tu re s of any s p e c i e s of Entomophthora.-Dr. James A. Hutchi- s o n , Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence. Dept. of Botany.

2. Cu l tu re s of Cephalosporium m i l i t a r e , Monosporium acuminatum va r . t e r r e s t r e , Rhizophagus spp . , and Sporotrichum su1fureum.-Tadeusz Dominik, I n s t . Badawczy Leonictwa, Szczecin u l . Slowackiego 1 7 , Poland.

3- Cu l tu re s o r specimens r e p r e s e n t i n g any of t h e fo l lowing genera of imper fec t fung i : Bartal i n i a , ~ o b i l l a r d a , - ~ e t e ropa t e l l a , ~ e s t a i o i i n n a , T i a r o s p o r e l l a , Kellermannia, Amphorula, Shanoria , and Neott iospora . - L a f a y e t t e F rede r i ck , Dept. of Biology, Southern Univ. , B a t on Rouge, La.

4. Anthracnose c u l t u r e s i s o l a t e d from s t a k e grown tomatoes ha rves t ed g reen b e f o r e a k i l l i h g f r o s t and developing t h e d i s e a s e upon r i p e n i n g i n storage.-Wm. I. I l lman , Dept. of Biology, Car le ton Univ., O t t a w a , Ont . , Canada.

5 . Cu l tu re s of Cicinnobolus c e s a t i and Darluca f i lum, o r f r e s h mat- e r i a l from which c u l t u r e s may be obtained.-H. L. B a r n e t t , Dept. of P l a n t Pathology, West V i r g i n i a Univ., Morgantown.

6. F re sh m a t e r i a l of "Dimerosporium t sugae , D. a b i e t i s , and 2. balsamicola . "-Marie L- F a r r , Nat ional Fungus Co l i ec t i o n s , P l a n t Ind- u s t r y S t a t i o n , B e l t s v i l l e , Md.

7. Specimens o r c u l t u r e s of Helicocephalum, Rhopalomyces, and Spinel- l u s species.-C. W. H e s s e l t i n e , NRRL, 1815 N . Un ive r s i t y S t . , Peo r i a , I l l . -

8. Mar jo r i e Anchel, New York Botan ica l Garden, Bronx Park, New York 58 , would a p p r e c i a t e f r e s h c u l t u r e s o r sporophores of Cl i tocybe and Dro- s o p h i l a s p e c i e s , e s p e c i a l l y Cl i tocybe d i a t e t a and Drosophi la suba t ra ta - a l s o Polyporus: lu formis .

9 Specimen0 o r Lep io t a morgani and r e l a t e d s p e c i e s ; Amanita phal- l o i d e s , A. muscar ia , and o t h e r poisonous Amanitas; He lve l l a e scu len t a ; ha l lucogen ic s p e c i e s . -Mary E. P inker ton , Dept. of Dermatology, Univ. of Texas Med. Branch, Galveston, Texas.

10. Recent ly i s o l a t e d c u l t u r e s of C e r a t o c y s t i s - ulmi w i t h known l o c a l - i t ya -F . W. Holmes, Shade Tree Laboratory, Univ. of Mass, Amherst.

11. Any s p e c i e s of Didymosphaeria.-Donald T . Kowalski, 1678-5 Murfin, Ann Arbor, Mich.

12. D r . E. G o Duncan, Dept. of Botany, Bedford Col lege, Univ. of London, Regen t ' s Park , London N.W. 1 , has beenuunable t o complete h i s comparat ive s tudy of r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of A u r i c u l a r i a au r i cu l a - judae owing t o l a c k of m a t e r i a l . He would very much a p p r e c i a t e l i v i n g specimens co l - l e c t e d d u r i n g t h e summer o r autumn of t h i s year . If p o s s i b l e he a l s o would l i k e t o know t h e hos t .

13. Cu l tu re s of any wood-destroying fung i t h a t cause t h e whi te-rot t y p e of decay and produce monokaryotic con id i a o r bas id iospo res i n cul- t u r e . - E l l i s B . Cowling, School of F o r e s t r y , Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.

14- P u f f b a l l sporophores . -Glenn So Bulmer, Microbiology Dept . , Univ. of Oklahoma Med. School, Oklahoma Ci ty .

1 5 - Coprinus l a ~ o p u s - c u l t u r e which f r u i t s r e a d i l y on a g a r media.- Deana T. K le in , Dept. of Microbiology, Alber t E i n s t e i n Col l . of Med., New York 61.

16. Spec ies of Taphrina and Exobasidium.-R. P. C o l l i n s , Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Conn., S t o r r s .

17. Cu l tu re s o r specimens of Chalara , Cha la rops i s , and T h i e l a v i o p s i s a r e wanted by D r . W. Kendrich, and c u l t u r e s o r specimens of Amblgosporium SPP. a r e wanted by D r s . S. J. Hughes and G - L. Hennebert of t h e P l a n t ~ e b e a r c h I n s t . , c e n t r a l Expt l . Farm, O t t a w a , Ont - , Canada.

18. L iv ing c u l t u r e s of Marssonina spp. from Sa l lx . -Donald P. Limber, 209 River S t . , Hoboken, N. Jb

19. Luminescent bas idiomycetes-cul tures and f r e s h specimens.- Martha D - B e r l i n e r , AVCO, Research and Advanced Development Div. , 201 Lowell S t . , Wilmington, Mass.

20. Psych roph i l i c molds.- H. H- Kuehn, Bact. Res. Dept . , Campbell Soup Co. , Cambden 1, N. J.

21. Any r e c e n t c o l l e c t i o n s of Myxomycetes, excluding Lycoga1a.- I a n K. Ross, Dept. of Botany, Yale Univ. , New Haven, Conn.

22. Any v i a b l e s t r o m a t i c m a t e r i a l of t h e Xylar iaceae and any cu l - t u r e s . -Po M. D. Mar t in , Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Calif. , Los Angeles 24.

23. Spec ies of Gymnoascaceae, Anix iops i s , Aphanoascus ( e s p e c i a l l y - A. c i n n a b a r i n u s ) and o t h e r lower Ascomycetes.--G. F. O r r , Dept. of Botany, - Univ. of Calif. , LOS Angeles 24.

24. a. S t r a i n s of Sporotrichum and c l o s e l y r e l a t e d genera i s o l a t e d from sap rophy t i c sources . b. S t r a i n s of Histoplasma capsulatum i s o l a t e d from sap rophy t i c s o u r c e s , e s p e c i a l l y s t r a i n s t h a t do no t produce l e s i o n s i n exper imental animals.-Dexter H. Howard, Dept. of I n f e c t i o u s Diseases , Univ. of Calif . Med. School, Los Angeles 24.

25. I s o l a t e s of Thamnidiaceae, e s p e c i a l l y s p e c i e s of Chaetocladium, Chaetostglum, and Helicostg1um.-Richard K. Benjamin, Rancho Santa Ana Bo tan ic Garden, Claremont, Calif.

I X . MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

A l b e r t E i n s t e i n Col lege of Medicine, New York 61, N. Y. - D r . Deana T. Kle in , E p t . of Microbiology, c u r r e n t l y i s engaged i n

s t u d i e s of t h e physiology and g e n e t i c s of Trichophyton and pleomorphism i n dermatophyt e s . B and M Col lege of Texas, Col lege S t a t i o n , Texas.

A s t udy of p ~ s m o d i o p h o r a c e o u s and o t h e r funga l p a r a s i t e s of f u n g i i s b e i n g under taken by D r . C . E. M i l l e r , Dept. of Biology.

Boston Mycological Club. The chairman of t h e Committee on Toxicology of t h e Boston Mycological

Club, D r . Robert W. Buck, 22 Fenway, Boston 15, Mass., has found fewer t h a n a dozen r e p o r t s of f a t a l i t i e s i n t h e U. S. A. du r ing t h e p a s t 25 y e a r s fo l l owing i n g e s t i o n of w i l d mushrooms. He would a p p r e c i a t e h e a r i n g of any known c a s e s , t h e d a t e , l o c a t i o n and t h e name of t h e h o s p i t a l and p h y s i c i a n concerned.

Campbell Soup Co., Cambden 1, N . J. - D r . H. H. Kuehn, Bact. Res. Dept., i s under taking a s tudy of psychro-

p h i l i c molds.

I n s t . Badawczy Leenictwa, Szczecin u l . Slowackiego 1 7 , Poland. D r . Tadeusz Dominik i s i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e mycoflora and k e r a t i n o l y t i c

f u n g i of s o i l i n t h e cemetery at Szczecin.

Middle America Research U n i t , Box 2011, Balboa Heights , Canal Zone. D r . Robert L. Taylor i s s tudying h i s top l a smos i s on t h e Isthmus of

Panama and i n Cen t r a l America.

N a t i ~ n a l Fungus C o l l e c t i o n s , P l an t I n d u s t r y S t a t i o n , B e l t s v i l l e , M d . D r . Marie L. F a r r i s making a taxonomic s tudy of c e r t a i n llDimerosporiumll

spp . on Pinaceae i n an e f f o r t t o p l a c e them i n v a l i d genera .

Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Columbus, Ohio. D r . J. A. Schmit t (Dept- of Botany) and D r . M. S. Rheins (Dept. of . - - -

B a c t e r i o l o g y ) have r ece ived a u n i v e r s i t y g r a n t t o s t udy s t r a i n s of @- t r i chum us ing agg lu t in in -adso rp t ion s e r o l o g i c a l t echn iques as a p o s s i b l e - t o o l f o r e s t a b l i s h i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p s of t h e organisms i n t h e Geotrichum- Oospora complex. -

Purdue U n i v e r s i t y , L a f a y e t t e , Ind iana . M r . Yasuyuki H i r a t suka , working w i t h D r . G. B. Cummins, i s s tudying

"The Spermogonial Morphology of t h e Rust Fungi" under a g r a n t from t h e N a t i o n a l Sc ience Foundation. M r . H i ra t suka i s t h e son of D r . Naohide H i r a t s u k a ~f Tokyo Un ive r s i t y .

D r . Cummins w i l l b eg in i n June a " F i e l d Study of t h e Grass Rust Fungi o f t h e Uni ted States-Mexican Border AreaH under a g r a n t from NSF. He w i l l b e on s a b b a t i c a l l e a v e from Purdue Un ive r s i t y from J u l y 1 , 1961, t o June 30 , 1962.

During J u l y and August, 1961, D r . Joe F. Hennen, Ind iana S t a t e Teachers Co l l ege , w i l l work at Purdue Un ive r s i t y on t h e taxonomy of t h e r u s t f u n g i o f Mexico and Cen t r a l America. From J u l y 1, 1961, t o February, 1962, D r . John We Bax te r , Univ. of Wis., Milwaukee, w i l l a l s o be a t Purdue working on t h e same p r o j e c t .

R o b e r t A. Taf t S a n i t a r y Eng ineer ing C e n t e r , C i n c i n n a t i , Ohio. D r . Wm. B r i d g e Cooke i s making a s t u d y of molds and y e a s t s o f was te

s t a b i l i z a t i o n ponds. He a l s o i s d e v e l o p i n g a key t o f u n g i a s s o c i a t e d w i t h p o l l u t e d w a t e r s and sewage. Sugges t ions w i l l b e a p p r e c i a t e d .

S- C - Johnson and Son, m., Racine , Wis. D r . E. D. K i t z k e and h i s a s s o c i a t e s a r e s t u d y i n g t h e o c c u r r e n c e and

s i g n i f i c a n c e of molds found i n machine shop c o o l a n t s r

S t . J o h n ' s U n i v e r s i t y , Jamaica , IS. Y. - D r . Michael A. P i s a n o and h i s g roup i n t h e Dept,. of Biology a r e

engaged i n a s t u d y of o r g a n i c a c i d - p r o d u c t i o n by v a r i o u s ~ e u t e r o m y c e t e s and a s t u d y of enzyme p r o d u c t i o n by synnemat in B y i e l d i n g s t r a i n s of P a e c i l o - myces p e r s i c i n u s .

U n i v e r s i t y of Buenos A i r e s , Argen t ina . ~ r o j e c t s b e i n g c a r r i e d o u t i n t h e Dept. of Botany i n c l u d e : 1. I1A

s t u d y of t h e s t i p i t a t e p o l y p o r o i d s of s o u t h e r n S o u t h America ," by D r . J o r g e E. Wright , sponsored by t h e N a t i o n a l S c i e n c e Foundat ion . 2. Spon- s o r e d by t h e A r g e n t i n e Resea rch Counc i l , D r . Irma Gamundi d e Amos i s working on a nDiscomycete f l o r a of t h e N a t i o n a l P a r k s , a two-year pro- J e c t l e a d i n g t o a major work on t h e mycologica l f l o r a of t h e A r g e n t i n e E a t i o n a l P a r k s . 3. I1Sterea of A r g e n t i n a , " by M r . Ca r los E. Gomez ( t h e s i s ) .

U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a Medical Schoo l , Los Angeles 24. D r . ~ e x t e r E. Howard and h i s group a t t h e Dept. of I n f e c t i o u s D i s e a s e s

a r e engaged i n t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s e a r c h e s : 1. he i n t r a c e l l u l a r b e h a v i o r o f His top lasma capsula tum i n t i s s u e c u l t u r e s of mouse monocytes. 2 . The sequence of msrphologic changes which t a k e s p l a c e as a d imorph ic fungus t r a n s f o r m s from t h & s a p r o p h y t i c t o t h e p a r a s i t i c phase of growth. 3. S t u d i e s on non-pathogenic s t r a i n s of Sporotr ichum s c h e n c k i i .

U n i v e r s i t y o f Kansas, Lawrence. The u n i v e r s i t y of Kansas has two new r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t s t o b e conducted

j o i n t l y by t h e Depts . of Botany and Entomology, w i t h Drs. Rober t W. L i c h t - wardt and C h a r l e s D. Michener as c o - p r i n c i p a l i n v e s t i g a t o r s and D r . Lekh R. Batra as R e s e a r c h A s s o c i a t e . One i s s u p p o r t e d by a 4 y e a r g r a n t from t h e N I H f o r a s t u d y o f t h e r o l e of f u n g i and i n s e c t s i n p l a n t g a l l f o r m a t i o n . The o t h e r , sponsored by t h e NSF, i s a t h r e e y e a r s t u d y of t h e b i o l o g i c a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f ambros ia f u n g i and b e e t l e s .

D r . L i c h t w a r d t a l s o has r e c e i v e d a t h r e e - y e a r renewal o f h i s NSF g r a n t f o r deve lopmenta l and s y s t e m a t i c s t u d i e s o f f u n g i i n a r t h r o p o d h i n d g u t s ( T r i c h s m y c e t e s ) .

U n i v e r s i t y -- of Mass. , Amherst. D r . F. W- Holmes, Shade Tree L a b o r a t o r i e s , i s making a s t u d y of com-

p a t i b i l i t y t y p e s of C e r a t o c y s t i s ulmi.

U n i v e r s i t y of Texas Medical Branch, Galves ton . The Medica l Resea rch Founda t ion of Texas h a s awarded a g r a n t t o D r .

Mary E. P i n k e r t o n f o r a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n of mushrooms of t h e E u l f Coast a r e a . R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from t h e Departments of Mycology, P a r a s i t o l o g y , Pharmacology, Phys io logy , Pa tho logy , B iochemis t ry , P e d i a t r i c s and I n t e r n a l Medic ine a r e c o o p e r a t i n g on t h i s p r o j e c t .

U n i v e r s i t g of Wisconsin, Madison 6. ~ r o j e c t s b e i n g c a r r i e d o u t by members of t h e Dept. of Botany i n c l u d e :

1. The i n d u c t i o n and i n h e r i t a n c e of acenaphthene t o l e r a n c e i n Neurospora ( D r . Whittingham). 2. S o i l f ung i of Wisconsin and t h e i r ecology ( D r s . C h r i s t e n s e n , Whit tingham, and Backus ) . 3. Sexual phenomena i n h ighe r Ascomycetes (Backus) .

Ya le U n i v e r s i t y , New Haven, Conn. D r . E l l i s B. Cowling, School of F o r e s t r y , i s s tudying development of

b iochemica l mutants of whi te-rot f u n g i t h a t l a c k an e x t r a c e l l u l a r poly- phenol ox idase i n o r d e r t o determine whether t h i s enzyme i s involved i n l i g n i n metabolism by t h e s e fung i . He a l s o i s s tudy ing t h e comparative b iochemis t ry of wood decay by whi te - ro t , brown-rot, and s o f t - r o t f ung i .

D r . I an K. Ross, Dept. of Botany, i s ca r ry ing ou t i n v e s t i g a t i o n s on s e x u a l i t y and h e t e r o t h a l l i s m i n Myxomycetes, c u l t i v a t i o n and cy to logy of Monoblephar idales , v a r i a t i o n of r a c e s of Fusarium, and cy to logy of Mucor- a l e s .

X * MYCOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION, SUMMER OF 1961, AND NEW COURSES

Duke U n i v e r s i t y , Durham, N. C. Medical Mycology w i l l be tought by D r . Norman F. Conant, J u l y 3-29,

1961. Aquat ic Mycology w i l l be o f f e r e d by D r . T. W. Johnson, Jr . , a t t h e

Marine Labora tory , Beaufor t , N. C., June 13-July 1 8 , 1961.

Ca r l e ton U n i v e r s i t y , Ottawa, Ont., Canada. D r . Wm. I - I l lman w i l l t e a c h In t roduc to ry Mycology du r ing t h e Summer

S e s s i o n , J u l y 3-Aug. 1 8 , 1961.

Communicable Disease Cente r , A t l a n t a 22, Ga . The Mycology Unit s t a f f w i l l o f f e r s e v e r a l s h o r t courses nex t w i n t e r as

f o l l o w s : #815-~abora to ry Methods i n Medical Mycology, Jan. 8-Feb. 2 , 1962; #817-Laboratory Methods i n t h e Study of Pulmonary Mycoses, Feb. 12-23, 1962; #940-~abora to ry Diagnos t ic Methods i n Vete r inary Mycology, March 7-9, 1962.

New York S t a t e Dept. of Hea l th , Albany 1, N. Y. D r . Morr is A* Gordon, D iv i s ion of Labs. and Res. , w i l l t e a c h a grad-

u a t e course i n Medical ~ ~ c o l o ~ ~ next f a l l at t h e ~ l b a n ~ Medical c o l i e g e of Union Un ive r s i t y .

Ohio S t a t e Un ive r s i t y B i o l o g i c a l S t a t i o n , Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Aquat ic Mycology w i l l be p r e sen t ed at t h e F. T . Stone Laboratory t h i s

stemmer. D r . C. R. L e a t h e r s , Ar izon ia S t a t e Univ., Tempe, w i l l be t h e g u e s t p r o f e s s o r . For d e t a i l s w r i t e D r . John A. Schmi t t , Dept. of Botany, Ohio S t a t e Univ. , Columbus.

U n i v e r s i t y or Michigan B i o l o g i c a l S t a t i o n , Douglas Lake, Mich- D r . A. H. Smith w i l l o f f e r i n s t r u c t i o n i n i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of h ighe r -

Basidiomycetes du r ing t h e Summer Ses s ion , June 26 -~ug . 19, 1961. Courses 490 and 790.

Washington S t a t e Un ive r s i t y , Pullman, Wash. D r . Char les Gardner Shaw, Dept. of P l a n t Pathology, w i l l o f f e r F i e l d

Mycology from June 1 9 t o Aug. 4, 1961. The course w i l l i n c l u d e f i e l d t r i p s t o c o l l e c t f ung i i n t h e i r n a t i v e h a b i t a t s , l a b o r a t o r y work, i d e n t i f - i c a t i o n , and herbarium methods.

XI. ASSISTANTSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS I N MYCOLOGY

A. a n d M . C o l l e g e of Texas , C o l l e g e S t a t i o n . - Teaching a s s i s t a n t s h i p s a r e a v a i l a b l e i n t h e Department of B io logy

f o r s t u d e n t s i n t e r e s t e d i n myco log ica l t r a i n i n g . W r i t e D r . C . E. M i l l e r .

Auburn U n i v e r s i t y , Auburn, Alabama. I n d i v i d u a l s i n t e r e s t e d i n working on t h e p h y s i o l o g y of p l a n t p a t h o g e n i c

f u n g i o r s e e d s t o r a g e f u n g i c o n t a c t D r . James L y l e , Head, Botany and P l a n t P a t h o l o g y Department .

Duke U n i v e r s i t y , Durham, N. C . 4 e s e a r c h A s s i s t a n t s h i p , one t o t h r e e y e a r s d u r a t i o n , i n deve lopmenta l

morphology of Ascomycetes i s a v a i l a b l e . Summer trork a t t h e Marine Lab- o r a t o r y , B e a u f o r t , i s s u p p o r t e d . W r i t e D r . T . W. Johnson, Jr.

Oklahoma U n i v e r s i t y , Norman. One p r e - d o c t o r a l r e s e a r c h a s s i s t a n t s h i p i n Med ica l Mycology i s a v a i l -

a b l e i n t h e Dept. o f Botany and M i c r ~ b i o l o g g . Contac t D r . Howard Lar sh .

A l s o , a p o s t - d o c t o r a l f e l l o w s h i p i n Medica l Mycology w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e s t a r t i n g J u l y 1, 1961. W r i t e D r . La r sh .

U n i v e r s i t y - of Buenos A i r e s , F l o r i d a 656, 4Opis0, Buenos A i r e s , A r g e n t i n a . Two y e a r l y a s s i s t a n t s h i p s i n Mycology have been e s t a b l i s h e d i n t h e

Dept . of 8 o t a n y . S t i p e n d s cove r main tenance and some t r a v e l . O b l i g a t i o n s i n c l u d e o n l y p a r t - t i m e work, main ly on t h e h i g h e r f u n g i . The s i t u a t i o n i s i d e a l , however , f o r p e r s o n s i n t e r e s t e d i n o t h e r groups of f u n g i . W r i t e D r . J s r g e E. Wright .

U n i v e r s i t y - of C a l i f o r n i a , School of Med ic ine , Los Angeles 24. A p r e - d o c t o r a l t r a i n e e s h i p i n i4edica l Mycology i s a v a i l a b l e i n t h e

Depar tment of I n f e c t i o u s D i s e a s e s . For d e t a i l s w r i t e D r . John F. K e s s e l .

X I I . MYCOLOGISTS AVAILABLE FOR TEACHING OR RESEARCH POSITIONS I N 1 9 6 1

C r i s a n , - - E. V. ( ~ x p e c t s Ph.D. i n September, 1961. ) Purdue U n i v e r s i t y , L a f a y e t t e , I n d i a n a . H a s majored i n mycology w i t h D r s . C. L. P o r t e r a n d J. S o K a r l i n g . S p e c i a l t y : Thermoph i l i c f u n g i .

Long T e r r i l J. ( ~ x p e c t s Ph.D. i n August , 1 9 6 1 . ) Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , -9 - Columbus, Ohio. Fungus p h y s i o l o g y , e s p e c i a l l y as it i s i n v o l v e d i n morphogenes is . ( ~ r . John A. S c h m i t t )

m i l l e r , Orson K . , Jr. ( ~ x p e c t s Ph.D. i n 1962) M r . M i l l e r d e s i r e s a pos- i t i o n s t a r t T n g 5 September, 1961. He r e c e i v e d h i s B. S. i n F o r e s t r y a t t h e Univ. of Mass. i n 1952, h i s Mas te r of F o r e s t r y d e g r e e at t h e Univ* of Michigan i n 1957, and s i n c e 1958 h a s been working under D r . A - H. Smi th a t Michigan. H i s s p e c i a l t y i s p o l y p o r e s and a g a r i c s .

X I I I . RECENT APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS

D r . Yousef Al-Doory, Pos t -Doc to ra l Fel low a t Oklahoma U n i v e r s i t y has a c c e p t e d a new p o s i t i o n , s t a r t i n g J u l y 1, 1961, as Post -Doctora l Fel low i n Medica l Mycology at t h e D i v i s i o n of L a b o r a t o r i e s and Resea rch , Dept. of H e a l t h , Albany, N . Y o

D r . Lekh R. B a t r a has jo ined t h e Botany Department s t a f f a t t h e Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, as a Resea rch A s s o c i a t e . He w a s f o r m e r l y at Swarth- more Col lege .

D r . Fernando C a r v a j a l has been a p p o i n t e d D i r e c t o r of R e s e a r c h i n Micro- b i o l o g y f o r Arroyo P h a r m a c e u t i c a l C o r p o r a t i o n , Arroyo, P u e r t o Rico.

D r . E l l i s B. Cowling r e t u r n e d i n September, 1960, from a p o s t - d o c t o r a l appo in tment at t h e Royal Pharmaceu t i ca l I n s t i t u t e , Stockholm, Sweden, t o become A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r of F o r e s t Pathology a t t h e Yale U n i v e r s i t y S c h o o l of F o r e s t r y .

D r . Eugene C. G a s i o r k i e w i c z , f o r m e r l y a t t h e Waltham R e s e a r c h S t a t i o n of t h e Univ. of Mass., has j o i n e d the s t a f f of S. C . Johnson and Son, I n c . , R a c i n e , Wis. , a c c o r d i n g t o D r . E. D. Ki tzke .

D r . Car lyn Halde completed a two y e a r p e r i o d at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of I n d o n e s i a where s h e w a s on t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a F i e l d S t a f f . Her job t h e r e w a s t o i n s t i t u t e a c o u r s e i n medica l mycology f o r t h e medica l s t u d e n t ' s c u r r i c u l u m and t o h e l p i n t h e development of a l o b o r a t o r y f o r s t u d y i n g fungus d i s e a s e s found i n I n d o n e s i a . Upon h e r r e t u r n s h e r e c e i v e d a n appointment as A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r i n the Dept. of Mic rob io logy , Univ. of C a l i f o r n i a Medical C e n t e r i n San F r a n c i s c o .

D r . D. M. Huffman has j o i n e d D r . L. S. O l i v e ' s group a t Columbia Univ. as a p o s t - d o c t o r a l i n v e s t i g a t o r where h e w i l l work on c e l l u l a r s l ime molds.

D r . Haro ld H. Kuehn, f o r m e r l y S e n i o r Resea rch Mycolog i s t , G r a i n Pro- c e s s i n g Corp. , Musca t ine , Iowa, i s now w i t h t h e B a c t e r i o l o g y Resea rch D e p t . , Campbell Soup Co., Cambden, N. J . , as R e s e a r c h M i c r o b i o l o g i s t .

I n a d d i t i o n t o his p r e s e n t p o s i t i o n as C h i e f , D i v i s i o n of Mic rob io logy , P h i l a d e l p h i a Genera l H o s p i t a l , D r . A l b e r t Scha tz r e c e n t l y has been ap- p o i n t e d A s s o c i a t e i n Medicine a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a Gradua te School of Medicine.

D r . J o s e p h S tevens has a c c e p t e d a p o s i t i o n as A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r of Mic rob io logy , Dept. o f Microbiology, Chicago Col lege of Osteopathy. He f o r m e r l y w a s a Resea rch A s s o c i a t e w i t h D r . E. S. Beneke a t Michigan S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y .

D r . J o r g e E. Wright , f o r m e r l y Mycolog i s t , ~ e c c i o n dent if i c a c i o n d e P l a g a s y Enfermedades, S e c r e t a r i a d e A g r i c u l t u r a y Ganader ia , Buenos A i r e s , A r g e n t i n a , has been a p p o i n t e d P r o f e s s o r i n t h e Dept. of Botany, S c h o o l of Exact and N a t u r a l S c i e n c e s , Univ. of Buenos Ai res . He as- sumed h is new d u t i e s Jan. 1 , 1961.

X I V . NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST

Auburn U n i v e r s i t y , Auburn, Alabama. A new b i o l o g i c a l s c i e n c e s b u i l d i n g r e c e n t l y w a s completed and w a s

occupied t h i s s p r i n g . Teaching and l a b o r a t o r y f a c i l i t i e s f o r mycology, microb io logy , physiology of fung i , and p l a n t pathology a r e e x c e l l e n t .

Cent raa lbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baasn, Nether lands . Dorthy I . Fennel1 add re s se s t h e fo l lowing l e t t e r t o a l l members of t h e

S o c i e t y , k s p e c i a l l y t h o s e l i v i n g i n t h e u n i t e d S t a t e s and Canada:

HAS some of you know, I have j u s t r e t u r n e d from spending a y e a r on t h e s taff of t h e Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures i n Baarn, Nether lands . During t h a t t ime one of my d u t i e s was i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of l e t t e r s r ece ived from t h e Uni ted States-and I do mean i n t e r p r e - t a t i o n , not t r a n s l a t i o n .

' ' A l l of t h e very a b l e mycologis ts a t CBS not only speak Eng l i sh b u t r e a d and unders tand i t p e r f e c t l y when it i s w r i t t e n p roper ly . They do not unders tand long and involved sen t ences l a c k i n g s u b j e c t s and p r e d i c a t e s , o r f i l l e d w i t h dangl ing p a r t i c i p l e s , s p l i t i n f i n i g i v e s , and t h e ramblings r e q u i r e d t o p rov ide mycological loop-holes.

" I n r e t u r n f o r t h e many k indnesses and wonderful h o s p i t a l i t y of my Dutch f r i e n d s , I should l i k e t o make t h e fo l lowing sugges t i ons t o t h e i r American cor respondents :

1. Remember t h a t Eng l i sh i s not t h e i r n a t i v e language. 2. Make every s en t ence as c l e a r , conc i se , and s t r a i g h t -

forward as p o s s i b l e . 3. Do no t use a b b r e v i a t i o n s of genera , s p e c i e s , o r

a u t h o r s names. 4. Avoid a l l puns and s l a n g express ions . 5. U n t i l you a r e a b l e t o w r i t e p e r f e c t Dutch, r ead t h e

E n g l i s h l e t t e r s you r e c e i v e from them a t l e a s t tw ice b e f o r e r ep ly ing . '1

Communicable Disease Cente r , A t l a n t a 22, Georgia. - During t h e p e r i o d September 11, 1961, t o A p r i l 13, 1962, t h e Lab-

o r a t o r y Branch w i l l o f f e r a v a r i e t y of Laboratory Re f r e she r T ra in ing Courses of one t o f o u r week's d u r a t i o n . For d e t a i l e d in format ion w r i t e Labora tory Branch, Communicable Disease Center , U..S. Pub l i c Hea l th Ser- v i c e , A t l a n t a 22, G a .

Mgcological Soc i e ty of America brochure "A CAREER I N MYCOLOGY.n Copies of ou r brochure s t i l l a r e a v a i l a b l e . Write t h e Secre ta ry-

T r e a s u r e r , Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Calif.

New York B o t a n i c a l Garden, Bronx Park , New York 58. -- ANT\!OUNCEDiENT

The herbarium of t h e New York Bo tan i ca l Garden, as a r e s u l t of ex- t e n s i v e r enova t ion of t h e Museum Bui ld ing , has been c lo sed s i n c e June, 1960. Although i n i t i a l schedules presupposed t h e completion of renovat- i o n w i t h i n 120 days , d e l a y s have occur red and i t i s now d e f i n i t e that t h e Garden 's herbarium c o l l e c t i o n s and l i b r a r y w i l l not be a c c e s s i b l e t o e i t h e r %.he Garden s taf f o r v i s i t o r s u n t i l a f t e r J u l y of t h i s y e a r .

Many r e q u e s t s f o r t h e l o a n of specimens have been r e c e i v e d . Because t h e need f o r many of t h e s e r e q u e s t s may have e x p i r e d , a l l c o r r e s p o n d e n t s s h o u l d submit a renewal of t h e r e q u e s t s f o r l o a n s t o become e f f e c t i v e i n July-or as soon t h e r e a f t e r as c o n d i t i o n s p e r m i t .

Anyone who p l a n s t o v i s i t t h e Garden t o s t u d y specimens o r u s e t h e l i b r a r y s h o u l d w r i t e i n advance and de te rmine i f t h e b u i l d i n g r e n o v a t i o n has been completed.

Clark T. R o g e ~ s o n C u r a t o r , Crypt ogamic Botany The New York B o t a n i c a l Garden

Stamps and Fungi . I n p u r s u i t of h i s hobby of stamp c o l l e c t i n g , D r . F. T. Wolf, Vander-

b i l t u n i v e r s i t y , has come a c r o s s t h r e e i s s u e s of stamps from I r o n C u r t a i n c o u n t r i e s t h a t p i c t u r e f u n g i . He though t pe rhaps many of you would be i n - t e r e s t e d i n t h e s e , and h e s u b m i t t e d t h e f o l l ~ w i n g l i s t :

CZECHOSLOVAKIA ( 1 9 5 8 ) : 30h, L e p i o t a p r o c e r a ; 40h B o l e t u s e d u l i s ; 60h Krombholzia r u f e scens ; l .4Ok Amanita muscar ia ; 1- A r m i l l a r i e l l a me l l ea .

POLAND (1959 , t r i a n g l e s ) : 20gr Amanita p h a l l o i d e s ; 30gr B o l e t u s l u t e u s ; 40gr B o l e t u s e d u l i s . The s e r i e s a l s o i n c l u m r , l z , 2 - 5 0 2 , 3.402, and=, b u t D r . Wolf has n o t been a b l e t o f i n d what f u n g i a r e p i c t u r e d on t h e s e .

ROMA ,NIA ( 1 9 5 8 ) : 5b L e p i o t a p r o c e r a ; l o b c a e s a r e a ; 30b L a c t a r i u s d e l i c i o s u s 55b Coprinus comatus; 1 1 M o r c h e l l a c a m p e s t r i s ; 1.75 1 Bole tus e d u l i s ;

C l a v a r i a a u r e a ; 20b Amanita 35b A r m i l l a r i e l l a m e l l e a ;

c o n i c a ; 1-55 1 ~ s a l l i o t a 2 1 C a n t h a r e l l u s c i b a r i u s .

The Medical Mycology S o c i e t y of New York - --- A newly o r g a n i z e d s o c i e t y , THE MEDICAL MYCOLOGY SOCIETY OF NETrI YORK,

h e l d i t s f i r s t b u s i n e s s and s c i e n t i f i c meet ing March 1 7 , 1961, at t h e Mount S i n a i H o s p i t a l i n New York. D r . Donald L o u r i a , B e l l e v u e H o s p i t a l ( C o r n e l l D i v i s i o n ) , New York, p r e s e n t e d I1An A n a l y s i s of Pa thogen ic Mech- a n i s m s i n Candida I n f e c t i o n . Membership now t o t a l s 25 a c t i v e r e s e a r c h i n v e s t i g a t o r s i n t h e f i e l d of med ica l mycology from Bew York, New J e r s e y , P e n n s y l v a n i a , and Connec t i cu t . P r o v i s i o n i s made f o r A s s o c i a t e and A f - f i l i a t e d membership f o r t h o s e who have a n i n t e r e s t i n t h e s u b j e c t . The p u r p o s e of t h e s o c i e t y i s t o p rov ide a s t u d y g roup atmosphere f o r mem- b e r s t o p r e s e n t t h e r e s u l t s of t h e i r r e c e n t r e s e a r c h e s f o r d i s c u s s i o n and rev iew. O f f i c e r s of t h e s o c i e t y a r e : President-Dr. M. L. L i t tman , Department of Microbiology, The Mount S i n a i H o s p i t a l , New York; Secre- t a r y - ~ i e a s u r e r - ~ r . E l i z a b e t h M. OIHern, Microbiology Department , S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y of New York, Co l l ege of Medic ine , Brooklyn 3, N. Y. I n q u i r i e s c o n c e r n i n g a p p l i c a t i o n f o r membership shou ld b e s e n t t o D r . OIHern.

U n i v e r s i t y of Buenos A i r e s , Argent ina . - The Department of Botany t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e Departments of Zoology and

B i o l o g y a r e r a p i d l y expanding t h e i r e x i s t i n g f a c i l k t i e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t h e f i e l d s of marine b i o l o g y , mycology, a l g o l o g y and p l a n t phys io logy . P l a n s f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l exchange of groups of s t u d e n t s a r e under way.

-Jorge E. Wright

Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y , New Haven, Conn. The School of F o r e s t r y announces a n o t a b l e exDansion i n i t s program

o f g r a d u a t e i n s t r u c t i o n a n d r e s e a r c h i n F o r e s t ~ a t h o l o ~ ~ . ~ r a i n i n ~ - o f - f e r e d a t t h e d o c t o r a l l e v e l w i l l have g r e a t e r emphasis on p h y s i o l o g i c a l a n d b i o c h e m i c a l a s p e c t s o f f o r e s t d i s e a s e and wood p r o d u c t s d e t e r i o r a t i o n p rob lems t h a n h e r e t o f o r e h a s been a v a i l a b l e i n t h e Uni t ed S t a t e s . A t t h e same t i m e , t h e c o n v e n t i o n a l program i n t h e d e s c r i p t i v e p h a s e s o f t h e sub- j e c t w i l l b e m a i n t a i n e d , e s p e c i a l l y a t t h e M a s t e r ' s l e v e l . To i n i t i a t e t h i s new program, t h e School has a p p o i n t e d D r . E l l i s B. Cowling as A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r of F o r e s t P a t h o l o g y t o s u c c e e d D r . J. S o Boyce who r e t i r e d as P r o f e s s o r Emer i tus i n 1958.

U n i v e r s i t y of M i a m i , - The Mar ine L a b o r a t o r y , M i a m i 49 , F l o r i d a . ~ i c r o b i a o g i c a l c r u i s e s a r e m g p l a n n e d f o r t h e w i n t e r of 1961 and

t h e s p r i n g of 1962. P a r t i c i p a t i o n by o t h e r m y c o l o g i s t s w i l l b e welcomed. S p e c i a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n w i l l b e g i v e n t o t h o s e i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e Phycomyc- e t e s and t h e g e n e r a l r e l a t i o n s h i p o f p a r a s i t e s t o p l a n t s and an ima l s . I n t e r e s t e d i n d i v i d u a l s s h o u l d c o n t a c t D r . S. P. Meyers soon.

Washington S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Pul lman, Wash. The Dept . of P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , a c c o r d i n g t o D r . C h a r l e s Gardner Shaw,

now i s s e t t l e d i n i t s new q u a r t e r s i n Johnson H a l l , a 3 1 /2 m i l l i o n d o l - l a r b u i l d i n g h o u s i n g a l s o t h e Depts . o f H o r t i c u l t u r e , Agronomy, F o r e s t r y , a n d Entomology. P l a n t p a t h o l o g y f a c i l i t i e s i n c l u d e a g rowth chamber room, s e v e n r e s e a r c h l a b o r a t o r i e s , t h r e e l a r g e t e a c h i n g l a b o r a t o r i e s , depa r tmen t - a l l i b r a r y , and he rba r ium.

W i l l i a m B r i d g e Cooke, 1135 W i l s h i r e Ave. , C i n c i n n a t i 30, Ohio. D r . Cooke would l i k e t o r e c e i v e l i s t s of f u n g i c o l l e c t e d on t h e Gaspe

F o r a y and on t h e L o u i s i a n a Foray.

XV. OTHER NEWS ABOUT MEMBERS

D r . Yousef Al-Doory m a r r i e d Miss S h i r l e y Ramsey on A p r i l 1, 1961 , i n Norman, Oklahoma. She w i l l r e c e i v e h e r B.S. i n J o u r n a l i s m i n August , 1961, from Oklahoma U n i v e r s i t y .

D r . Clyde C . A l l i s o n , Dept. of Botany and P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , r e t u r n e d e a r l y t h i s y e a r from a s t a y o f some e i g h t months i n A f r i c a . E n r o u t e home, h e v i s i t e d D r . M. J. Th i rumalacha r a t P i m p r i ( ~ o o n a ) , I n d i a , and many o t h e r s c i e n t i s t s i n tha t p a r t of t h e wor ld .

U n i v e r s i t y of Minneso ta , The Medical Schoo l , Minneapo l i s 14. A workshop on t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f a c t i n o p h a g e - t y p i n g t o c l a s s i f i c a t i o n

of S t r e p t o m y c e t e s , o r g a n i z e d by D r . S. Gaylen B r a d l e y , Dept. o f B a c t . , w a s h e l d J a n u a r y 18-20, 1961. The workshop was s p o n s o r e d by t h e Subcommittee on Ac t inomyce tes of t h e S o c i e t y of American B a c t e r i o l o g i s t s , D r . David G o t t l i e b , Dept. of P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , Univ. of I l l i n o i s , Chairman. Twenty a c t i n o m y c e t e t a x o n o m i s t s f rom government , i n d u s t r i a l and academic l a b o r - a t o r i e s a t t e n d e d and p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the program. D r . T. G. Pridham, NRRL, P e o r i a , I l l . , a r r a n g e d a comparison of d i f f e r e n t media made i n v a r - i o u s l a b o r a t o r i e s a c c o r d i n g t o d e t a i l e d i n s t r u c t i o n s .

D r . Donald P. Limber, 209 R i v e r S t . , Hoboken, N . J . , w a s h o s p i t a l i z e d as t h e r e s u l t of a c o r o n a r y on Oct . 1, 1960. He r e t u r n e d t o f u l l t i m e d u t y a b o u t March 1 , 1961.

I n February, 1960, Mr. E. fir. Mason r e t i r e d a f t e r n e a r l y 40 yea r s se r - v i c e as Mycologist a t t h e Commonwealth Myco2ogical I n s t i t u t e , Kew, and i n September Major A. H. Dade, A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r , r e t i r e d a f t e r 25 years . D r . M. B. E l l i s i s now Mycologist and D r . G. C. Ainsworth i s A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r .

D r . L. S. O l ive , Columbia Un ive r s i t y , spen t f i v e weeks l a s t December and January c o l l e c t i n g c e l l u l a r s l ime molds i n t h e Caribbean a r e a .

A t t h e 9 8 t h annual meeting of t h e Nat ional Academy of Sciences he ld A p r i l 25, 1961, D r . Kenneth B. Raper, Univ. of W i s . , w a s e l e c t e d t o a t h r e e - y e a r term as member of t h e academy's counc i l .

X V I VISITING SCIENTISTS

D r . En S. Beneke has been i n v i t e d t o t e a c h courses i n medical mycology and a q u a t i c f u n g i a t t h e I n s t i t u t o de Botanica , S a o P a u l o , B r a s i l , du r ing June-August of t h i s year . He w i l l b e t e ach ing and doing r e s e a r c h w i t h D r . Oswaldo F ida lgo , Chief of t h e Cryptogamic Sec t ion at t h e I n s t i t u t o .

M r . K. R. B u t l i n , fo rmer ly w i t h t h e Microbiology Research Group a t C.S.1.R. a t Teddington, England, v i s i t e d t h e Nat iona l Research Council P r a i r i e Regional Labora to r i e s i n Saskatoon, Sask . , f o r s e v e r a l days i n A p r i l . During h i s v i s i t he p re sen t ed a paper on nonsymbiotic f i x a t i o n of n i t r o g e n . -R. H. Haskins.

During t h e s p r i n g D r . J. N. Couch spen t t h r e e days v i s i t i n g t h e lab- o r a t o r i e s of D r . Robert F. Smart a t t h e Un ive r s i t y of Richmond, V a .

Las t w i n t e r D r s . C . W. Emmons, Nat iona l I n s t i t u t e s of Hea l th , Bethesda, Md., and M. L. Furcolow, Kansas C i ty S t a t i o n , P u b l i c Hea l th S e r v i c e , v i s - i t e d D r . R. L. Tay lor of t h e Middle America Research Uni t , Balboa Heigh ts , Canal Zone.

D r . J ean Mayo, funga l g e n e t i c i s t from t h e Univ. of Adela ide , A u s t a a l i a , v i s i t e d D r . L. S. Ol ive and h i s group a t Columbia Un ive r s i t y l a s t December.

D r . K m A. Har r i son , Dept. of Agr., K e n t v i l l e , N. S . , Canada, spen t J anua ry , February and March of t h i s yea r a t t h e Univ. of Michigan Herb- arium s tudy ing s t i p i t a t e Hydnums. -A. H. Smith.

D r . G - W - Mart in v i s i t e d t h e Dept. of Botany, Duke Un ive r s i t y , Durham, N o C., l a s t w i n t e r . During his s t a y he p re sen t ed a seminar.--T. W. Johnson.

D r . Heinz S e e l i g e r of t h e Hygiene- Ins t i tu t d e r ~ n i v e r s i t g t Bonn v i s - i t e d t h e D i v i s i o n of Labora to r i e s and Research, N. Y. S t a t e Dept. of P u b l i c Hea l th , Albany, i n March. He i s p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t e d i n s e r o l o g i c a l a s p e c t s of mycology.

According t o D r . Libero A j e l l o , D r . G. S e g r e t a i n , D i r e c t o r , Medical Mycology Labora tory , P a s t e u r I n s t i t u t e , P a r i s , v i s i t e d t h e Communicable D i sease Cente r , A t l a n t a , G a . , r e c e n t l y .

D r . Harry D. Th i e r s , San F ranc i sco S t a t e Col lege, w i l l spend t h e sum- mer working on western a g a r i c s a t t h e Univ. of Michigan Herbarium.

D r . Norman C . Schenck, A s s i s t a n t P l an t P a t h o l o g i s t , Univ. of F l o r i d a Watermelon and Grape Laboratory , Leesburg, was a r e c e n t v i s i t o r t o t h e Dept. of Botany and P l a n t Pathology, Auburn Univ. , Auburn, Alabama. D r . Schenck s t u d i e d s o i l m ic rob io log i ca l methods f o r t e n weeks i n a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h D r . E. A. Cur l , Assoc i a t e P l a n t P a t h o l o g i s t , Auburn Un ive r s i t y .

D r . K. S. Thind, Panjab Un ive r s i t y , I n d i a , v i s i t e d D r . I an , K . Ross a t Yale Un ive r s i t y i n January t o d i s c u s s common niyxomycete problems. D r . 0. R. C o l l i n s , Queens Col lege, N. Y . , w i l l spend t h e summer i n D r . R o s s l s l abo r - a t o r y t o work on h e t e r o t h a l l i c Myxomycetes.

Among t h o s e who v i s i t e d D r . Myron P. Backus 's l a b o r a t o r y l a s t w i n t e r were D r . Karol Manka, Cha i r of Fo re s t Pathology, School of A g r i c u l t u r e , Poznan, Poland, D r . B. S. B a jaj, Div. of Mycology and P l a n t Pathology, I n d i a n A g r i c u l t u r a l Research I n s t i t u t e , New Delh i , D r . I an Macfar lane, Rothamsted Expt. S t a t i o n , England, D r . Johanna Went, I n s t i t u t e f o r F i e l d Bio logy , Arnhem, Nether lands , and D r . K. S. Thind, Pan jab Univ. , Ind i a .

Upon h i s r e t u r n from Europe r e c e n t l y , D r . Rolf S inger v i s i t e d t h e newly organ ized Dept . of Botany, Univ. of Buenos Ai res , Argent ina . - D r . J o r g e E. Wright.

D r . Yan-chin Lu, Nat iona l Taiwan Un ive r s i t y , Taiwan, and D r . Tien-ming J e n , Nat iona l Defense Medical Cente r , Ta ipe i , Taiwan, r e c e n t l y v i s i t e d D r . Norman F. Conant at Duke Univers i ty .

D r . W i l l i a m Zaumeyer, USDA, B e l t s v i l l e , Md., w a s a r e c e n t v i s i t o r of t h e Dept. of P l a n t Pathology, Washington S t a t e Univ., i n i t s new q u a r t e r s i n Johnson H a l l , and a l s o at t h e I r r i g a t i o n Experiment S t a t i o n i n P r o s s e r , Washington. -Dr . Char les Gardner Shaw.

X V I I . HONORS, DEGREES, PROMOTIONS, INVITATIONAL LECTURES

D r . A. L. Car r ion d e l i v e r e d an i n v i t i t a t i o n a l address a t t h e c l o s i n g d i n n e r of t h e Symposium on Fungi and Fungus Diseases at t h e New York Acad- emy of Medicine commemorating t h e t h r e e p ioneer New York Medical Mycolo- g i s t s : B. 8. Dodge, R . W. Benham, and J. G. Hopkins. March 9-10, 1961.

D r . Tadeusz Dominik, I n s t . Badawczy Lesnictwa, Szczecin u l . Slowackiego 1 7 , Poland, has been awarded t h e t i t l e of Ordinary Professor- the h i g h e s t academic t i t l e i n Poland.

D r . Mercedes R. Edwards of t h e Mycology Group, New York S t a t e Dept. of Hea l th , Albany, has been appoin ted Research S c i e n t i s t , D i v i s i o n of Lab- o r a t o r i e s and Research.

On A p r i l 1 1 , 1961, a t Washington, D . C . , D r . L u c i l l e K. Georg, Mycology U n i t , Communicable Disease Center , A t l an t a , G a . , w a s awarded a Dept. of H e a l t h , Educat ion, and Welfare-Honor Award f o r Supe r io r Serv ice .

D r . Morris A. Gordon, N e w York S t a t e Dept. of Hea l th , Albany, p a r t - i c i p a t e d i n an i n v i t a t i o n a l symposium on I1Fungi and Fungus Diseasesl1 a t t h e N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, March 9-10, 1951. He d e l i v e r e d a paper en- t i t l e d " D i f f e r e n t i a t i o n and C l a s s i f i c a t i o n of Yeasts by t h e Coons Fluor- e s c e n t Antibody Technique.

A s of J u l y 1, 1961, D r . F r a n c i s W. Holmes w i l l b e promoted from A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r t o A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r , Shade Tree L a b o r a t o r i e s , Dept. of Entomo- l o g y and P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , Univ. of Mass. , Amherst.

W i l l i a m I . I l l m a n r e c e i v e d his Ph.D. a t t h e Univ. of Western O n t a r i o on May 27, 1 9 6 1 , and became A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r i n t h e Dept. of Biology, C a r l e t o n Univ. , O t t a w a , Ont. , Canada.

D r . E. S i l v e r Keeping, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of A l b e r t a , Edmonton, and D r . J. Wei.ier, Dept. of P l a n t S c i e n c e , Univ. of A l b e r t a , spoke on llMitosis - . .

i n N e u r ~ s p o r a ~ ~ a t - t h e F i r s t ~ e u r o s p o r a I n f o r m a t i o n Conference a t La J o l l a , Ca l i f . , March 1-4, 1961.

D r . P h i l i p Kozinn and Mrs. C l a i r e Taschd j i an d i s c u s s e d G a s t r o i n t e s t i n a l C a n d i d i a s i s I 1 a n d P a t h o g e n e s i s , Epidemiology and P r e v e n t i o n of Neonata l O r a l Thrusht1 i n a p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n on fungus i n f e c t i o n s a t t h e 8 8 t h Annual Meet- i n g of t h e American P u b l i c H e a l t h A s s o c i a t i o n , Oc tober , 1960, i n San Fran- c i s c o , Calif .

D r . Rober t W. L i c h t w a r d t , Univ. of Kansas, p r e s e n t e d two i n v i t a t i o n a l l e c t u r e s a t t h e Univ. of Missour i i n March, 1961. He spoke on " I n s e c t - Fungus R e l a t i o n s h i p s " and Arthropods and t h e i r Gut-Fungi. "-Dr. John E. P e t e r s o n .

D r . L- S o O l i v e gave an a d d r e s s on IlMechanisms of G e n e t i e Recombinat ion i n F u n g i 1 a t t h e symposium h e l d a t t h e N. Y. Academy of Medic ine , March 9- 1 0 , 1961. D r . George B i s t i s , p o s t - d o c t o r a l i n v e s t i g a t o r w i t h t h e mycology g r o u p at Columbia U n i v e r s i t y l e c t u r e d a t t h e R o c k e f e l l e r I n s t i t u t e on March 27 a n l l P h y s i o l o g i c Express ion of Mating Type i n Ascobolus s t e r c ~ r a r i u s . ~ ~

D r s . Leo P i n e and Norman F. Conant a l s o p r e s e n t e d i n v i t a t i o n p a p e r s a t t h e New York Academy o f Medicine symposium on Fungi and Fungous D i s e a s e s , March 9-10, 1961.

D r . M e A. P i s a n o , S t . J o h n ' s U n i v e r s i t y , d e l i v e r e d a n i n v i t a t i o n a l l e c - t u r e on llThe L a b o r a t o r y I d e n t i f i c a t i o n of Candida a l b i c a n s I 1 a t a meet ing of t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n New York S o c i e t y of Medical T e c h n o l o g i s t s on January 1 4 , 1961.

The S o i l and H e a l t h Foundat ion i n Allentown, Penna. , r e c e n t l y awarded D r . A l b e r t S c h a t z , P h i l a d e l p h i a Genera l H o s p i t a l , a $4,000 D e n t a l Resea rch P r i z e f o r h i s P r o t e o l y s i s - C h e l a t i o n Theory o f D e n t a l C a r i e s . T h i s t h e o r y , i n v o l v i n g a non-acid approach t o t h e problem o f t o o t h d e c a y , h a s begun t o r e p l a c e t h e u n p r o d u c t i v e a c i d t h e o r y h e l d f o r n e a r l y a c e n t u r y .

D r . Rober t L. T a y l o r , Middle America Resea rch U n i t , Balboa H e i g h t s , Cana l Zone, r e c e n t l y p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r e n t i t l e d I1Recent Advances i n t h e Knowledge of H i s t o p l a s m o s i s ~ ~ a t t h e monthly meet ing of t h e I s t h m i a n Med- i c a l S o c i e t y .

D r . Eugene W. Smith, Aquinas C o l l e g e , Grand Rap ids , Mich., h a s been promoted t o A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r of Biology.

A l c i d e s R. T e i x e i r a , D i r e c t o r G e n e r a l , I n s t i t u t e o f Botany Sao Pau lo , B r a z i l , r e c e i v e d h i s Ph.D. a t t h e Univ. of Sao Pau lo on J a n u a r y 6, 1961. D r . T e i x e i r a s e r v e d as p r e s i d e n t of t h e X I 1 a n n u a l meet ing of t h e Sociedade B o t a n i c a do B r a s i l h e l d i n Sao Pau lo January 22-29, 1961.

X V I I I . THE F1 - F2 GENERATIONS

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D r . and Mrs. Vernon Ahmadjian, Dept. of Biology, Clark Un ive r s i t y , Worcester , Mass., announce t h e b i r t h of Chris topher John, born July 5 , 1960.

The T o J. Bu la t s have t h e i r f i f t h c h i l d and t h i r d son, John, born March 8, 1961. D r . Bulat i s wi th t h e Sonic Engineering Dept., Bendix Corp. , Davenport, Iowa.

D r . and Mrs. S t an l ey J. Hughes, P l an t Research I n s t i t u t e , O t t a w a , Ont. , announce t h e a r r i v a l of Robert Conway on January 13, 1961.

A son, Barry , was born Apr i l 26, 1961, t o M r . and Mrs James A. Hutchi- son , Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

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D r . George W. F i s c h e r , Washington S t a t e Un ive r s i t y , Pullman, happi ly announces t h e a r r i v a l of h i s f i r s t grandchi ld ren , Gary Edward, born Mar. 7 , 1961, and Robert William, born Apr. 24, 1961.

D r . Robert F. Smart, Un ive r s i t y of Richmond, V i r g i n i a , a l s o has a new grandson, Robert Tyson.

THE ANi\UAL FORAY-Lafayette, I n d i a n a , August 25-26, 1961

D r . John T u i t e and M r . Yasuyuki H i r a t s u k a w i l l b e i n c h a r g e of t h e F o r a y . D r . W i l l i a m B r i d g e Cooke w i l l a c t as r e c o r d e r .

H e a d q u a r t e r s w i l l b e m a i n t a i n e d a t t h e L i l l y H a l l of L i f e S c i e n c e , Room 1-411, w i t h t h e f i e l d t r i p s d e p a r t i n g from and r e t u r n i n g t o t h e cam- p u s e a c h day . L i b r a r y , l a b o r a t o r y and d r y i n g f a c i l i t i e s w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e . P r o v i s i o n of p r e s s e s and o t h e r c o l l e c t i n g equipment b r i l l b e t h e respons- i b i l i t y of t h e i n d i v i d u a l .

F i e l d t r i p s a r e s c h e d u l e d f o r F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y , Aug. 25 and 26. F r i d a y ' s t r i p w i l l b e t o t h e Shades S t a t e P a r k abou t 40 m i l e s s o u t h of P u r d u e o f f I n d i a n a 234. I n t h e a f t e r n o o n we w i l l v i s i t t h e P i n e H i l l a r e a . S a t u r d a y ' s t r i p , of abou t 1 / 2 day , w i l l b e t o t h e High b r i d g e a r e a , a b o u t 1 2 m i l e s n o r t h wes t of Purdue. C o l l e c t i n g by members of t h e s o c i e t y i s p e r m i t t e d o n l y on t h e o r g a n i z e d t o u r s . G e n e r a l c o l l e c t i n g i s p r o h i b i t e d i n a l l I n d i a n a S t a t e P a r k s .

Assembly p o i n t - f o r s t a r t of f i e l d t r ips .-On b o t h F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y , t r i p s w i l l l e a v e from t h e p a r k s g l o t wes t ~ f t h e L i l l y H a l l of L i f e S c i e n c e a t 8 :30 a .m. , CDT. L a t e comers on F r i d a y may j o i n t h e g roup a t t h e Shades S t a t e P a r k a t 9:45 a . m . o r a t 1 : 3 0 p.m. a t t h e p a r k i n g l o t n e x t t o t h e g a t e h o u s e .

T r a n s p o r t a t i o n . - I t i s a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t a d e q u a t e s p a c e w i l l be a v a i l - a b l e i n t h e c a r s o f members a t t e n d i n g t h e f o r a y .

Family r ec rea t ion . -The Shades S t a t e P a r k h a s p layground equipment , p i c n i c a r e a s and t r a i l s . E x t e n s i v e r e c r e a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e on t h e Purdue campus.

Camping.--Camp grounds a r e a v a i l a b l e a t t h e Shades on a f i r s t come f i r s t s e r v e b a s i s . The cha rge i s 5 0 c e n t s p e r day.

Meals.--Meals a r e a v a i l a b l e at t h e Shades; luncheon i s $1.35 and t h e s n a c k shop w i l l b e open. Meals at t h e v a r i o u s c a f e t e r i a s on t h e Purdue campus w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e on a f r e e c h o i c e b a s i s .

H o ~ s i n g . ~ M a k e your own a r rangements w i t h AIBS R e g i s t r a t i o n , Room 1 1 0 , Memorial C e n t e r , Furdue Univ. Housing w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e from August 24 on and a n a t t e m p t w i l l b e made t o make t h i s s o u r r e s i d e n c e f o r t h e e n t i r e meet- i n g . p l e a s e - c o n s u l t t h e A p r i l i s s u e of t h e AIBS B u l l e t i n f o r d e t a i l s and t h e a p p l i c a t i o n form. - -A Be s u r e t o s t a t e your f i e l d - t r i p i n t e n t i o n s . Housing (American P l a n ) a t t h e i n n at Shades S t a t e Pa rk i s a v a i l a b l e w o n ea r l%- r e s - e r v a t i o n . w r i t e t o Mrs. F loy Overpeck, Manager, Shades I n n , Waveland,- ~ ~ d .

The f o r a y committee r e q u e s t s , if you p l a n t o a t t e n d t h e Foray , t h a t you p l e a s e s e n d t h e f o l l o w i n g i n f o r m a t i o n t o John T u i t e , Dept. of Bot . and P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , Purdue Univ . , L a f a y e t t e , I n d . , by August 1. Name and a d d r e s s :

Number i n p a r t y :

W l 1 1 you have c a r : Space f o r how many:

W i l l you be a t t e n d i n g Aug. 25 ? Aug. 26 ?

Q u e s t i o n s and s p e c i a l needs :