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GRANTS FOR SHADE TREE RESEARCH<br />
Walter J. Sundberg notes the following: To encourage scientific research on shade<br />
trees, the International <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> Arborcul ture has several small grants available. Funds<br />
can be used to assist in the purchase <strong>of</strong> equipment, obtaining technical or student help, or<br />
otherwise contribute to research. Fifteen grants <strong>of</strong> approximately $1,500.00 each wi 11 be<br />
awarded in 1986. The required two-page proposals are due December 1, 1985 and awardees will<br />
be notified in March, 1986. For guidelines and more data write to: Spencer H. Davis,<br />
<strong>America</strong>n <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> Consulting Arborists, 315 Franklin Road, North Brunswick, NJ 08902.<br />
COMPUTERIZATION OF HERBARIUM COLLECTION DATA<br />
Amy Y. Rossman reports that a meeting <strong>of</strong> mycologists concerned with the computerization<br />
<strong>of</strong> fungal herbaria took place on November 14, 1984 at the National Fungus Collections,<br />
Be1 tsvil le, MD. David Farr met with Don Pfister (Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University) ,<br />
Barbara Thiers (New York Botanical Garden) and Joe Hennen and John McCain (Arthur Herbarium,<br />
Purdue University). These herbaria are planning to computerize the label data on their rust<br />
specimens thus forming a large data base <strong>of</strong> information on rust fungi. The National Fungus<br />
Collections has completed the computerization <strong>of</strong> 200,000 specimens, mainly rusts and smuts,<br />
and is tack1 ing the remaining 800,000 specimens.<br />
ASPT HERBARIUM TRAVEL AWARDS<br />
The <strong>America</strong>n <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> Plant Taxonomists has announced the avai 1 abi 1 i ty <strong>of</strong> competi ti ve<br />
awards for travel by graduate students to the nation's herbaria. Awards will not exceed<br />
$500 and will be used to help pay expenses to and from any herbarium (or herbaria) in the<br />
United States and per diem expenses during the visit. Competitions for awards will be held<br />
twice a year: The first competition deadline is January 1, 1985, with the second deadline<br />
July 1, 1985. The grants program will last a minimum <strong>of</strong> three years (six competitions).<br />
Interested Master's or Ph. D. graduate students should send a curriculum vitae, two letters<br />
<strong>of</strong> recommendation (including one from the major pr<strong>of</strong>essor), a two or three page outline <strong>of</strong><br />
the proposed research emphasizing the role that the visit to the herbarium will play, and a<br />
letter from the Head Curator, Chairman or Director <strong>of</strong> the institution(s) to be visited indi-<br />
cating will ingness to receive the visitor. Awards will be announced by March 1 from the<br />
January competition and during the annual banquet <strong>of</strong> the ASPT from the July competition.<br />
Students are encouraged to obtain additional funds from their home institutions (or else-<br />
where) to extend their research visits even further. This competition is open to students<br />
<strong>of</strong> both cryptogamic and phanerogamic groups. Completed applications and additional questions<br />
should be directed to Tod F. Stuessy, Chairman, ASPT Conmi ttee for Systematics Collections,<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Botany, Ohio State University, 1735 Nei 1 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210. (Phone:<br />
[6141 422-5200 or [614] 422-8952).<br />
NEED HELP IN OBTAINING SPECIMENS OR GATHERING DATA?<br />
Any investigator who would like collectjons or observations from readers <strong>of</strong> McIlvainea,<br />
the journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>n amateur mycology pub1 i shed by the-K<strong>of</strong>th <strong>America</strong>n <strong>Mycological</strong> Associa-<br />
tion, is invited to submit a full description <strong>of</strong> what is wanted to McIlvainea's editor, MSA<br />
member Walter Li tten. For the 1985 issue, which is mailed in late July, descriptions should<br />
reach iiim by April 30 and preferably much earlier.<br />
ON THE MUSHROOM POISONING CASE REGISTRY<br />
The Mushroom Poisoning Case Registry, sponsored by the North <strong>America</strong>n ?~ycological Assoc-<br />
iation, wants reports <strong>of</strong> a1 1 symptomatic cases <strong>of</strong> mushroom poisoning. A copy <strong>of</strong> the Registry's<br />
Report Form is printed on the following pages for xeroxing and subsequent use. Reports should<br />
be sent to Kenneth Cochran (see address on form). Copies <strong>of</strong> the Registry's first progress<br />
report and the NAMA Toxicology Committee's current Poison Mushrooms and Mushroom Toxins Refer-<br />
ence List are a1 so available oil request.