The Status of Taxonomic Mycology in Australia in 1991

Results from a questionnaire on the status of taxonomic research and teaching in mycology demonstrated that taxonomic mycology is greatly neglected. Only 15 researchers in universities and 17 in other institutions in Australia spend at least some of their time on taxonomic mycology. This compared wi...

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Published in:Australasian plant pathology 1993, Vol.22 (2), p.42-47
Main Authors: Grgurinovic, C, Hyde, KD
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Results from a questionnaire on the status of taxonomic research and teaching in mycology demonstrated that taxonomic mycology is greatly neglected. Only 15 researchers in universities and 17 in other institutions in Australia spend at least some of their time on taxonomic mycology. This compared with 114 taxonomists employed in Australian institutes to work on vascular plants. It is concluded that the situation is critical as there is very little undergraduate or postgraduate training in taxonomic mycology in universities. Few Australian herbaria hold mycological specimens and the number of specimens is small in contrast to that of vascular plant specimens in these institutions. Australasian Plant Pathology 22(2) 42 - 47 Full text doi:10.1071/APP9930042 © CSIRO 1993
ISSN:0815-3191
1448-6032
DOI:10.1071/APP9930042