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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2002

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Abstract

This contribution of Mycological Research News features : Why are mushroom caps mushroom-shaped? An obituary for Noel F. Robertson (1923–1999), a former President of the British Mycological Society is also included in the issue.

This issue contains 15 original research papers. Fast-tracked is a major molecular phylogenetic study of Russula species in Europe with a comparison of proposed infrageneric classification systems. Molecular studies also include a technique for in situ PCR detection and identification, consider the detection of Neonectria galligena, variation and infection patterns in endophytic Lophodermium nitens, and compare a newly discovered Paraphaeosphaeria with other species of the genus. Incompatability studies between strains of Monascus purpureus have demonstrated the occurrence of different compatability groups in the species.

Ingestion of ectomycorrhizal Rhizopogon fungal spores by small mammals is explored and their subsequent effectiveness assessed. Fungi able to grow in TNT-contaminated soil have been isolated and their biotransformation ability compared. The α-amylase production in Thermomyces lanuginosus and the proteins involved has been investigated. Trichoderma koningii and T. virens protoplast fusants have been made and their biocontrol effectiveness against Rhizoctonia solani studied.

A technique for the visualization of ectomycorrhizal rhizomorphs by scanning confocal microscopy has been developed, and the use of different fluourescent stains for the detection of soil fungi is compared.

Taxonomic papers consider Mycosphaerella species in Queensland, new species of Anthostomella on Juncus and Spartina, and of Paraphaeosphaeria on Yucca.

The following new scientific names are introduced: Anthostomella spissitecta, A. torosa, Mycosphaerella cuttsiae, M. cyperi, M. dodonaeae, M. glochidionis. M. khayae, M. melaleucoides, M. morindae, M. platylobii, M. queenslandica, M. wollemiae, M. xylomeli, and Paraphaeosphaeria barrii spp. nov.; M. escalloniae (syn. Sphaerella escalloniae) comb. nov.

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Mycological Research News
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Mycological Research , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , March 2002 , pp. 257 - 258
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© The British Mycological Society 2002

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Mycological Research News is compiled by David L. Hawksworth, Executive Editor Mycological Research, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. (tel : [+34] 9 1 394 22 82 or [+34] 9 1 857 3640; fax [+34] 9 1 394 17 74; e-mail: davidh@farm..ucm.es), to whom suggestions for inclusion and items for consideration should be sent. Unsigned items are by the Executive Editor.