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Directory: The new MSA directory, which now includes the <strong>of</strong>ficers, geographical<br />
index, and bylaws, was mailed out with the January issue <strong>of</strong> the Newsletter. All<br />
new members will receive a copy. The cost <strong>of</strong> the directory was approximately<br />
$3200 plus the postage above what the newsletter would have cost. This figure<br />
will show up in the Treasurer's and Newsletter reports.<br />
Summary: I thank the council and membership for their support and patience<br />
through this past year. If there are suggestions for improved service, please<br />
let me know <strong>of</strong> them and I w ill see if they would work in this situation.<br />
Respectfully submitted,<br />
*dwf"p-<br />
Harold H. Burdsal 1 , Jr., Secr ry<br />
Lines From A Light Opera Based On Ainsworth And Bisby's Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Fungi<br />
If someday it should happen that a paper must be writ<br />
I've got a little list (He's got a little list)<br />
Of ancient tomes on fungi which just aren't worth a bit<br />
And would none <strong>of</strong> them be missed - they'd none <strong>of</strong> them be missed<br />
Of epithets unnumbered which must be synonymized<br />
With types that look identical to a modern viewer's eyes<br />
There's the chap who in one article one species did describe<br />
In three quite different genera, and in two separate tribes<br />
Another fellow wrote at length on species <strong>of</strong> morels<br />
And then served up the holotypes as champignons duxelles<br />
There are also modern workers against whom we have gripes<br />
Herbaria which won' t send loans, and lock up a1 1 their types<br />
And sometimes in a prose that's quaint, with murky photos blurred<br />
New families and genera3uite boldly are averred<br />
Amongst the ephemeral pages <strong>of</strong> the 'Soybean news <strong>of</strong> Swat'<br />
Which is xeroxed onto newsprint, and is liable to rot<br />
And the medical mycologist<br />
I've got him on the list<br />
And blankety-blank, and whatsisname, and - well, you know who<br />
But the task <strong>of</strong> clearing up the names I'd rather leaveyo you<br />
For it really doesn' t matter whom you place upon the 1 ist<br />
They'd none <strong>of</strong> them be missed - they'd none <strong>of</strong> them be missed*<br />
--ci-avoni a<br />
.*<br />
*For certain exceptions to this general ization, see nomina conservanda
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