in this study, 42 samples of silage were collected in qaemshahr city in iran during fall 2011. samples were tested by competitive elisa for total aflatoxins. seven samples (16.7%) (mean±se:1.24) from 42 silage samples were positive with total aflatoxin (1.1-27.3 ppb) in nov., dec. and oct. the highest contamination was observed in oct., three samples (21.4%) from 14 samples were contaminated wi...

A survey was conducted to compare the total viable fungal content and the number of different mold species encountered in 10 types of health foods labeled organically grown and in the same foods without such a label. The foods were wheat flour, corn meal, brown rice, figs, split peas, pinto beans, soybeans, walnuts, pecans, and peanuts. Results showed no consistent difference in either the tota...

INTRODUCTION. IN March, 1959, the Belfast Hospitals Management Committee appointed a fulltime research mycologist, and subsequently a routine mycological diagnostic service was established at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Since then a series of annual reports in this journal (Mackenzie and McArdle, 1960; Mackenzie, Corkin, and Bell, 1961; Mackenzie, Corkin, and Rusk, 1962, 1963) have described f...

Eight species of aphyllophoroid fungi with poroid hymenophore were revealed for the first time Kaluga Region (European part Russia) as a result mycological survey forest ecosystems carried out by author in August 2022 southern area Kaluzhskie Zaseki State Nature Reserve. The Poriella subacida is listed Central Russian Upland. Detailed information on recorded wood substrates and habitats, geogra...

489–497). Three papers utilize molecular phylogenetic approaches to systematics. Traditional groupings and most species of Physconia are confirmed as distinct, although doubt is shed on the monophylly of two species pairs (pp. 498–505). The Lecanora rupicola group is shown to be distinct from Lecanora s. str., with the species containing sordidone as well as having pruinose apothecial discs (pp...

The Achilles Project consisted of a survey with a questionnaire and a study using mycological assessments. The former was conducted by both the general practitioners and the dermatologists, while the latter was done by the dermatologists. The aim was to assess the prevalence of foot diseases, since the epidemiological data were limited. The survey further assessed the prevalence of predisposing...

KEEPING TRACK of all the new developments that appear in the mycological literature is not easy these days. It demands time, access to journals, and attention to spot what is rele vant. At least access has become easier. Now everybody with a computer and an internet connection can see the abstracts of most research papers for FREE! Many journals also put the full text of articles on line, thoug...