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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11. J. Altman, American researcher, who worked in Iran (Power & Water<br />
Organization, Dezful, Khuzistan) on plant diseases, published a few papers on<br />
fungal diseases <strong>of</strong> plants.<br />
12. H. Riedl travelled to Iran in spring 1974 in order to collect plants, fungi and<br />
lichens <strong>of</strong> Iran. He jointly published a paper with his Iranian collaborator (Riedl &<br />
Ershad 1977).<br />
13. N. Hallenberg, Swedish mycologist, who worked on wood inhabiting fungi as <strong>the</strong><br />
subject <strong>of</strong> his <strong>the</strong>sis, travelled to <strong>the</strong> Caspian Sea region in a couple <strong>of</strong> occasions<br />
with his Iranian collaborators and <strong>the</strong> result <strong>of</strong> his worked was published in four<br />
papers (Hallenberg 1978).<br />
14. K. Vánky, smut specialist, travelled to Iran in spring 1990 and with his Iranian<br />
collaborator visited central, eastern and nor<strong>the</strong>rn parts <strong>of</strong> Iran and published<br />
two papers on Iranian smut fungi (Vánky & Ershad 1993).<br />
15. H.B. Gjaerum, Norwegian rust specialist, collaborated with Iranian rust specialists<br />
5. Fifth period: from 2000<br />
and reported Iranian rust fungi in a few papers and also published a joint paper<br />
with Iranian mycologists (Ershad et al. 1997).<br />
This period is distinct from o<strong>the</strong>r periods because molecular techniques were used in <strong>the</strong><br />
identification <strong>of</strong> fungi <strong>of</strong> Iran. In this period several Iranian mycologists were educated abroad<br />
or at Iranian universities who used molecular techniques in <strong>the</strong>ir works.<br />
A turning point in <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> mycology in Iran is <strong>the</strong> foundation <strong>of</strong> Iranian <strong>Mycological</strong><br />
Society which took place on 15 September 2010 at <strong>the</strong> Iranian Research Institute <strong>of</strong> Plant<br />
Protection, Tehran, where five executive committee members were elected during <strong>the</strong> first<br />
general meeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> society.<br />
The number <strong>of</strong> Iranian mycologists was increased and nearly most papers were dedicated to<br />
specific groups <strong>of</strong> fungi. Due to <strong>the</strong> large number <strong>of</strong> Iranian mycologists in this period we refrain<br />
from writing <strong>the</strong>ir names. It is important here to mention <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> two outstanding<br />
mycologists whose collaboration and support to young Iranian mycologists significantly