1985 - Mycological Society of America

Afternoon : Annual Lecture. Franz Oberwi nkler. Evolutionary Trends in Basidi omycetes.
Session 14: Contributed Papers. Biochemistry and Physiology
Session 15: Contributed Papers. Genetics, Taxonomy, and Ul trastructure
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Evening:
Awards Presentat ion and Soci a1
Thursday, August 15
Morning: Session 16: Contributed Papers. Cytology and Ul trastructure
Session 17. Symposium. Observations on the Macromycetes of the Deep South
and Gulf Coast Regions
MSA MEETING NOTES
Gerald Benny wants to make all attending this year's MSA Annual Meeting in Gainesville
aware of the following points.
It may be possible to arrange for (a) .pick up at the airport or bus station if using these
modes of transportation and (b) some pre- or post-meeting field excursions to nearby collecting
areas. Write or call Gerald Benny in advance for arrangements.
For those arriving for field trips, appetites can be serviced at the Snack Bar on the
second floor of the Reitz Union or off campus on University Avenue (just north of the campus).
Several places, which can be reached by car, are a1 so located on Archer Road (south of the
campus ) .
Bartram Room B-22, which wi 11 be used for specimen study, identification, display, etc.,
will be open Saturday and Sunday evenings and Sunday during the day by arrangement. Jim
Kimbrough's room (Bartram 218, West Wing) houses the Mycology Library and will serve as a
resource room.
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts of the papers scheduled for presentation at the 1985 MSA Annual Meeting are
included a1 phabetical ly by author on the following pages.
Truffle Hunting
The truffle's an elusive chap,
he doesn't have a sti pe or cap!
He doesn't have a gill or pore,
or veil or ring or volva or.. .
skeletal trama, what a miser!
Yet still he makes good mycorrhiza!
And if you open him then ee-bah
gum! He's got a 1 ovely gleba!
With every tree he will not grow,
when Autumn comes, no flashy show.
A modest fungus, that's for sure,
all curled up in the forest floor.
4 we1 1 -trained dog or truffle pig
(they say) will scent him out and dig
him up, though with his habits mild
I s till prefer the truffle child!
Black, white, or brown our truffles be,
too small and soily for your tea.
So gastronomes must go abroad,
to eat the truffle perigord.
But to the beech woods take your rake
and clear the leaves and start to
scrape:
they're fun to fine in their own way,
so come on, join our next foray!
---Jane Ingham