A history of mycology in Canada

Estey, R. H.

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“…In addition to the CJB publication of symposium papers, the congress issued a General Program of 158 pages and a 272-page book of abstracts. A special contribution, A History of Mycology in Canada ( R. H. Estey 1993 ), had been commissioned by the Organizing Committee of the congress and was distributed at the congress as a reprint from the Canadian Journal of Botany.…”

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The International Mycological Association: its history in brief with summaries of its International Mycological Congresses and diverse international relationships

Simmons¹

2010

IMA Fungus

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This history presents a review of International Mycological Association activities, its international congresses, and its relationships with regional mycological associations as well as with international organizations of other scientific disciplines. The IMA was organized in 1971 during the First Mycological Congress (IMC-1) convened at Exeter, U.K. In the period 1971 to 2010, nine international congresses have been held, each with its own organizational structure but under the guidance of one of the successive inter-Congress management groups of IMA officers and executive committee members. The congress list includes Exeter, U.K.; Tampa, U.S.A.; Tokyo, Japan; Regensburg, Germany; Vancouver, Canada; Jerusalem, Israel; Oslo, Norway; Cairns, Australia; and Edinburgh, Scotland. Inter-congress activities of each IMA executive group are summarized. The characteristics of each congress are surveyed as to organization, programming, attendance numbers, finances, and satellite meetings.The IMA has sponsored the establishment of Regional Mycological Associations beginning in 1977 and has lent operational funding. Regional associations currently are functional and hold their own regional congresses in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Latin America. The relationships of the IMA with other organizations recognized within the supra-national International Council of Scientific Unions are discussed.

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The International Mycological Association: its history in brief with summaries of its International Mycological Congresses and diverse international relationships

Simmons¹

2010

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“…It was SchweinRz's early work that laid the foundations of the North American mycota, so admirably discussed in "A Brief History of Mycology in North America" by Rogers (1927). Estey (1994) has more recently plotted the development of mycology in Canada, although this country, despite having some out- standing professionals, had few noteworthy amateur contributors. Apart from these early collectors the mycota of the colonies of the European powers were poorly known, especially those countries of the mycophobic motherlands; the areas were mainly exploited for goods for the European market.…”

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The role of the amateur in mycology – what would we do without them!

Watling

1998

Mycoscience

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The amateur's role in the history of mycology will be traced from its early roots deeply based in the collection of fungi for food to the amateur's present day activities. Attention will be drawn to the most important key amateur figures studying fungi solely or as a wider part of natural history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the early part of the present century. How their work influenced the development of mycology will be demonstrated. It is often forgotten that the authorities attached to fungal names, including those we use in mycology on a daily basis, often belong to amateurs. The true professions of these amateurs, the net-work of correspondents they developed, etc. will be revealed and discussed in the context of an overall understanding of fungi as organisms. In addition the formation of mycological societies, and how they have become a focus of amateur activity and a source of accurate and disciplined information valuable to professional scientists will be plotted. The kind of work undertaken by amateurs I refer to will be demonstrated by documenting the activities of the British Mycological Society which celebrated its centenary in 1996. The continuing work of this band of workers and their counterparts throughout the world in the closing years of the millennium will be described. It is argued that they are nationally important and necessary resources, despite many governments or their advisers, especially the most influential ones, being under the delusion that systematics is not cutting edge science. It is also emphasized that amateurs will have an even more important role to play in the future as custodians of knowledge -until hopefully opinions change.

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