NAMC – Newsletter of the Asian Mycological Committee

� “Mini Symposium on Advances in Fungal Genomics and Evolution - In Celebration of the
Founding of the State Key Laboratory of Mycology” kicked off at the Institute of Microbiology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, on 22 October. Six prestigious international mycologists
were invited to give presentations at this mini-symposium. The speakers shared their state-of-art
research and ideas in fungal genomics and evolution with over 140 Chinese participants of this
mini-symposium.
Publications
� An official journal of Mycological Society of China entitled “Mycology, an international
journal on fungal biology” had been launched in January 2010 and published by Taylor &
Francis. Mycology publishes papers on all aspects of mycology including lichens, with
preference in systematics, ecology and biodiversity, genomics and proteomics, and
molecular phylogeny and evolution. Other appreciate subjects for the journal include
bioinformatics, physiology and biochemistry, pathology, morphology development, cell
biology, genetics, molecular biology, fungal enzymology, fungal metabolites and new
techniques.
� Mycosystema is a merger of former Acta Mycologica Sinica (1982-1997) and Mycosystema
(1987-1997) sponsored by the Mycological Society of China and the Institute of
Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science and published bimonthly. The journal includes
original papers and short communications based on research results, as well as literature
and book reviews dealing with various aspects of mycology. Mycosystema publishes
papers mainly in the fields of taxonomy, biodiversity, molecular systematics of fungi. The
papers related to ecology, phytopathology, physiology, genetics, medical mycology,
industrial mycology and veterinary mycology are also encouraged and acceptable.
� Journal of Fungal Research is a quarterly journal sponsored by MSC and Jilin Agricultural
University and was launched in December 2003. The journal publishes the papers
concerning the scientific researches on the organisms studied by mycologists, which are
accepted as fungi in the Kingdom (Mycota), pseudofungi and slime molds along with
bacteria (Monera), plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) and protists (Protista). The journal