Post-doc position in fungal systematics at Swedish Museum of Natural History A one-year postdoctoral position is available in the Botany Department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. The position could possibly be extended for 2 years. The project, which is led by Dr. Karen Hansen, is funded by the Read more…
The Hynson (hynsonlab.com), Amend (amendlab.com) and Nelson (https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/Nelson.html) Labs at The University of Hawaii at Mānoa are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on a project recently funded study by the W.M. Keck Foundation titled “Establishing a Hawaiian Watershed as a Model Microbiome Mesocosm”. A synopsis of the project Read more…
Insect-Pathogen Interactions – Entomopathogenic Fungi. The USDA, ARS Emerging Pest and Pathogen Research Unit located on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY will be hiring a full time Mycologist/Insect Pathologist in the near future. The incumbent will serve as the Curator of the ARS Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungal Collections Read more…
Chairperson, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences – College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Michigan State University Position – Michigan State University’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources invites applications and nominations for Chairperson of the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (PSM). PSM is an interdisciplinary department including: Agronomy/crop science; Read more…
September 18, 1937 – November 20, 2018 Written by Jim Ginns, January 27, 2019. Donald Barr died suddenly at home in Yetminister, England, United Kingdom. He had been President of the Mycological Society of America in 1990-1991. His Presidential address is the lead article in Mycologia’s volume 84. Concurrently he was Read more…
Dear MSA Membership, We write with exciting news. As many of you have experienced, our Society is struggling to manage our growing pains. After much thought and after an extensive search, we have decided to transition management of our Society away from Allen Press and to The Rees Group. The Read more…
Smith Foray Report: 44th Annual A.H. Smith Lake States Mycological Foray The 44th Annual A.H. Smith Lake States Mycological Foray occurred October 4 – 7, 2018, near Mazomanie, Wisconsin. The Smith Foray was attended by nearly 70 mycologists, budding to mature, with interest in a broad spectrum of fungi and Read more…