Fungal Nomenclature at IMC10: Report of the Nomenclature Sessions.
Three Nomenclature Sessions were convened during the 10(th) International Mycological Congress (IMC10) in Bangkok on 3-8 August 2014. In addition a Questionnaire was given to all delegates. This Report reviews and summarizes the views expressed in the Sessions and in the responses to the Questionnaire. The issues covered related to aspects of: registration, protected names, forgotten names, pleomorphic fungi, lichenized fungi, typification, diagnoses, and governance. In addition, reports were received from working groups preparing lists of names to be proposed for protection, and controversial cases of competing names were discussed. The Congress was mandated to ratify decisions of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi (NCF) on the appointment of repositories for the registration of new fungal names. After discussion in the Sessions on the decision of the NCF to appoint three such bodies, a Resolution to that effect was approved by the Congress. The Congress also adopted a Resolution asking that the opinions of mycologists on future directions for the nomenclature of fungi be taken into account in formulating changes in the rules for consideration at the International Botanical Congress in 2017.
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada;
Scott A
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Redhead
Institut de Botanique B22, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Université de Liège, Sart TiIman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
Vincent
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Demoulin
Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, Madrid 28040, Spain; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK; and Mycology Section, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK.
David L
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Hawksworth
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada;
Keith A
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Seifert
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Nicholas J
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Turland
International Botanical Congress; International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants; International Mycological Congress; fungi; lichens; pleomorphic fungi; protected lists; typification