NAMC – Newsletter of the Asian Mycological Committee
NAMC – Newsletter of the Asian Mycological Committee
NAMC – Newsletter of the Asian Mycological Committee
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E.Esfandiari F.Petrak G. Scharif<br />
4. Fourth period: from 1963 to 2000<br />
This period is distinct from o<strong>the</strong>r periods for <strong>the</strong> following reasons:<br />
i. Until this period, no artificial media were used in order to grow/identify <strong>the</strong> fungi. In<br />
this period after <strong>the</strong> foundation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Iranian Research Institute <strong>of</strong> Plant Protection<br />
in Tehran equipments and materials for culture <strong>of</strong> fungi were prepared and<br />
developed. Therefore, it became possible to work on most fungal species. This type<br />
<strong>of</strong> research was initiated in Iranian universities at 1963.<br />
ii. In this period due to <strong>the</strong> growing number <strong>of</strong> Iranian mycologists and plant<br />
pathologists most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> work on Iranian fungi was done by Iranian mycologists.<br />
iii. In earlier periods most papers on <strong>the</strong> identification <strong>of</strong> fungi <strong>of</strong> Iran were generally<br />
covering all groups <strong>of</strong> fungi, but in this period papers on specific fungal groups in<br />
addition to identification monographs on <strong>the</strong> fungi <strong>of</strong> Iran were published.<br />
Due to <strong>the</strong> ra<strong>the</strong>r large number <strong>of</strong> Iranian mycologists in this period we refrain from<br />
writing <strong>the</strong>ir names. But we feel it is necessary to introduce foreign researchers who<br />
contributed to Iranian mycology in this period.<br />
1. E. Niemann was a German plant pathologist who for many years worked for <strong>the</strong><br />
Iranian Research Institute <strong>of</strong> Plant Protection as a colleague <strong>of</strong> Iranian