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One o f t h e d e p a r t u r e s f r o m MSA " r o u t i n e " , n e c e s s i t a t e d by t h i s y e a r ' s j o i n t m e e t i n g o f t h e MSA w i t h t h e American P h y t o p a t h o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y and t h e S o c i e t y o f N e m a t o l o g i s t s , was t h e p r i n t i n g and t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n t o a l l t hose a t t e n d i n g o f t h e a b s t r a c t s of papers p resen ted . Because o f t h e i r p o t e n t i a1 v a l u e t o t h e e n t i r e membership, t h e a b s t r a c t s ( f r o m t h e MSA program) a r e i n c l u d e d i n t h i s i s s u e a l o n g w i t h t h e u s u a l news. T h e i r l a t e r a l l a y o u t h e r e i n r e p r e s e n t s a one t ime d e p a r t u r e f r o m t h e normal f o r m a t and was necess i t a t e d by t h e s p e c i a l a b s t r a c t s i z e r e q u i r e d f o r p r i n t i n g i n t h e O f f i c i a l M e e t i n g P u b l i c a t i o n . A l l o f t h e i l l u s t r a t i o n s i n c l u d e d on t h e s e pages a r e o f h e r e t o f o r e u n p u b l i s h e d , o r i g i n a l a r t . The c o v e r f i g u r e D i d mium n i g r i p e s i s t h e work o f Henry Stempen ( B i o l o g y Department, Ru tge rs U n i v e r s i t y h y a1 so supp l i e d t h e d raw ings of t h e " F o l i o s e L i c h e n T h a l l u s On P i n e Branch" (page 6 ) and Cruc ibu lum l a e v e (page 49 ) . The As t raeus hygromet r i c u s , p i c t u r e d on page 8, was done by R i c h a r d M. Hannan (Reg iona l P l a n t I n t r o d u c t i o n S t a t i o n , USDA, Washington S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y ) . Frank DiCosmo (Depar tment o f Botany, Un i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h Columbia) s u b m i t t e d t h e il l u s t r a t i o n s o f Phac id ium c o n i f e r a r u m on page 53. As e v i d e n t on page 47, t h i s i s s u e marks t h e f i r s t t o i n c l u d e a d v e r t i s i n g ( see General Announcements f o r i n f o r m a t i o n ) . F i n a l l y , t h i s N e w s l e t t e r i s s u e r e p r e s e n t s t h e f i r s t produced f r o m t h e SIU m y c o l o g i c a l l a b o r a t o r y w i t h t h e he1 p (and p a t i e n c e ! ) o f S h e l l y B r i l e s and Jan Sundberg. Any e r r o r s o r o m i s s i o n s , o f course, a r e mine. My " i n i t i a t i o n " i n t o t h e e d i t o r s h i p was made much e a s i e r by t h e e f f i c i e n t and d e t a i l e d o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e p r e v i o u s e d i t o r s and, most o f a1 1, by t h e i r w i l l i ngness t o s h a r e t h e i r o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s t r a t e g y , i n f o r m a t i o n , and i n s i g h t s . The j o b done by Don P f i s t e r , G e r a l d i n e Kaye, and t h e i r a s s o c i a t e s a t t h e Farl o w Herba r ium o v e r t h e p a s t s e v e r a l y e a r s w i l l i ndeed be a h a r d a c t t o f o l l o w l H e r e w i t h i s my a t t e m p t . GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS "Miss E d i t h Cash, now 92 y e a r s , sends h e r g r e e t i n g s t o MSA members, and f e e l s p r i v i l edged t o have worked w i t h s e v e r a l of us . She announces t h a t she can no l o n g e r u n d e r t a k e t r a n s l a t i o n o f fungus d iagnoses i n t o L a t i n . " STLINTZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP A D a n i e l E l l i o t S t u n t z Memor ia l S c h o l a r s h i p Fund i s b e i n g e s t a b l i s h e d t o c o n t i n u e d e v e l o p i n g t h e a r e a o f myco logy t o wh ich P r o f e s s o r S t u n t z c o n t r i b u t e d most o f h i s l i f e . I t w i l l s u p p o r t g radua te s t u d e n t s s t u d y i n g t h e s y s t e m a t i c s o f f u n g i . Fo r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i on, c o n t a c t Joseph Ammi r a t i . AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN OF SCIENCE The database f o r American Men and Women o f Sc ience i s c u r r e n t l y b e i n g e n l a r g e d by t h e a d d i t i o n o f new e n t r a n t s who have t h e e d u c a t i o n and t r a i n i n g e q u i v a l e n t t o t h e d o c t o r a t e and who have a t t a i n e d a p o s i t i o n o f r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i n t h e s c i e n c e s . P r o s p e c t i v e e n t r a n t s may r e q u e s t i n f o r m a t i o n o r a q u e s t i o n n a i r e on wh ich t o s u b m i t i n f o r m a t i o n f rom The E d i t o r s , Jaques C a t t e l l Press, P.O. Box 25001 , Tempe, AZ 85282.