[Taxacom] Registration of Fungal Names as required under Art. 42.1 Mycobank, Index Fungorum, Fungal Names web sites

[Scott Redhead]

Dear Colleagues:
 
The announcement by John McNeill that the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (the Melbourne Code) is now published (Dec. 20th) reminds us to announce that the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi has
 recommended three repositories for fungal names as required under article 42.1  starting 1 January 2013.

 
These are:
 
Mycobank <  
http://www.mycobank.org/ >
 
Index Fungorum  <  
http://www.indexfungorum.org/ >
 
Fungal Names  < 
http://fungalinfo.im.ac.cn/fungalname/fungalname.html  >
 
See also the announcement in IMA Fungus 3(2): 44-45. (2012) 
http://www.imafungus.org/Issue/32/03.pdf
 
and the official report by the NCF  in the upcoming February issue of the journal Taxon
<  
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax >
 
A ‘Memorandum of Cooperation’ regarding sharing  registration data has been signed between:
 
the International Mycological Association < 
http://www.ima-mycology.org/ >
 
the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (CBS-KNAW), Fungal Biodiversity Center, The Netherlands <
http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/ >
  < 
http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/27/136.bGFuZz1OTA.html >
 
the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy < 
http://www.im.ac.cn/english1/ >  < 
http://www.im.ac.cn/chinese.php >
 
and
 
Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua <  
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/home >
 
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All the best this holiday season.
 
Scott  Redhead & Lorelei Norvell
Scott A. Redhead, Ph.D.
 Chair: Nomenclature Committee for Fungi

Curator - National Mycological Herbarium / Curator
 de l'herbier mycologique national 

Research Scientist / Chercheur scientifique


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scott.redhead at agr.gc.ca

 
and
 
Lorelei L. Norvell, Ph.D.   Secretary: Nomenclature Committee for Fungi
Pacific Northwest Mycology Service, Portland, Oregon 97229-1309, U.S.A.