1993 - Mycological Society of America

Session 9. Mahler Auditorium, 1 :00 prn - 4:30 pm.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
Ecology and Population Biology
Presiding: O.K. Miller, Jr. (Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA;
phone 703-23 1-6765)
J.C. Cavender and E.M. Vadell* -
Biogeographical distribution of dictyostelid
cellular slime molds in light of recent
discoveries
Andrew R. Swanson and James C. Cavender -
Distribution of dictyostelid cellular slime
molds in different plant community sites of
Belize and northern Guatemala, Central
America
David M. Geisert* Michael L. Arnold and
William E. Timberlake -Analysis of
molecular variation in Aspergillus nidulans
group species - population genetic and
taxonomic implications
James Bier* and Keith Clay - lsozyme variation
in Acremonium endophytes infecting two
sympatric woodland grasses
John W. Taylor, Deidre Carter, Austin C. Burt,
and Thomas J. White - Population genetic
studies of human pathogenic fungi: strategies
for Coccidioides immitis and Histoplasma
capsulatum
R. Vilgalys - Analysis of gene flow and parentage
in the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus
John F. Murphy* and Orson K. Miller, Jr. -
Diversity and distribution of mating alleles in
Marasmiellus praeacutus and Collybia
subnuda
Toby Feibelman*, William G. Cibula, j. W.
Bennett, and Dan-Vy Mui -The use of edible
fungi to recycle agricultural waste products in
a closed system
Lauraine Hawkins* - The mold communities of
burrows of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat
and the surrounding grassland soil
Thomas E. O'Dell* and Joseph F. Ammirati -
Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in old
growth Pseudotsuga menziesii - Tsuga
heterophylla
Rodney G. Roberts and Frank M. Dugan - A
disease of sweet cherry fruit caused by
Aureobasidium
Chen, A.W. , K.W. McLeod, and H.G. Cutler -
Ecological studies on a Ganoderma species
with long spores insavannah River Site, South
Carolina
Alok Adholeya - Selective dominance of
vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a
field trail with Prosopis juliflora and soils of
high alkalinity
Anita Kapoor and Alok Adholeya - Application
of VAM fungi in an extended field trial - an
approach
MONDAY EVENING, 21 June 1993
7:00 MSA Social & Auction
Georgia State Botanical Garden
Bus transportation provided from
Georgia Center
TUESDAY MORNING, 22 June 1993
Session 10 - Masters Hall, 8:00 am - 12:OO noon.
SYMPOSIUM:
Molecular Medical Mycology
Organizer: Chester Cooper (State of New York
Department of Health, Albany, NY; phone
5 1 8-486-3821 )
Chester Cooper - Introduction
Jon P. Woods - Molecular genetic approaches to
the dimorphic fungal pathogen Histoplasma
capsulatum
Paul J. Szaniszlo - Chitin synthase conserved
region homologues in Wangiella dermatitidis
and other fungi
Richard Calderone and Joy Sturtevant -
Recognition of mammalian cells by the
pathogenic yeast Candida albicans
Brent Lasker - Current trends in the molecular
epidemiology of fungal infections
Steven B. Lee - Phylogeny and identification of
pathogens using ribosomal DNA characters
Session 11 - Mahler Auditorium, 8:00 am - 12:OO
noon.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
Cytology and Ultrastructure
Presiding: Wilma L. Lingle (University of Georgia,
Athens, GA; phone 706-542-1 790)
Robert W. Roberson and Harry Pittman -
Observations of the actin cytoskeleton in
germl ings of Aspergillus nidulans
Geoffrey j. Hyde and Adrienne R. Hardham -
Zoospore assembly: rnicrotubules help to
make the package and arrange the contents '
Catherine Bachewich* and I. B. Heath - Effects
of cell wall-cytoskeleton linkage inhibition on
growth and development in Saprolegnia ferax
M. S. Huffine* and H. 1: Arnott- The role of cell
structure in the hygroscopic activites of
Astraeus hygrometricus .
Susan Karninskyj* and I. Brent Heath - Immuno-
labelling the cytoskeleton of Saprolegnia
Faye Murrin -The function of rnicrotubules in
protoplasts of the entomopathogen
Entomophaga aulicae
Li -Tzu Li* and James W. Kimbrough - Ultra-
structural evidence for a linkage of the truffle