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- Harvard University has announced a Microbial Sciences Initiative which looks to connect microbial biologists across departments
within the Univeristy and between academic institutions within the city of Boston. Funding for post-doctoral fellows is available.
For more information see http://www.msi.harvard.edu/
- Join the Friends of the Farlow and support research in cryptogamic botany (that includes fungi!):
http://www.huh.harvard.edu/collections/fof/fof.html
- Did you know? The Convention on Biological Diversity outlines strategies for the conservation of Earth’s diversity and governs the
use of biological diversity in science. For more information see http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml and for United States’
State Department guidelines on collecting in foreign countries see http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/or/25962.htm
- The Genealogy of North American Mycologists is available online at
http://lsb380.plbio.lsu.edu/Genealogy/Genealogy.html
(find me under “Kauffman”, “Martin”, and “Other Lineages”).
- Beautiful photos of fungi can be found at Taylor Lockwood’s homepage http://www.fungiphoto.com/
- What’s the Fungus of the Month? Find out at http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/
- Mushroom poisoning? The Massachusetts and Rhode Island Regional Poison Center provides telephone assistance to people concerned
about poisonings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Call toll-free 1-800-222-1222.
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