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Education and Outreach
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Library and Information
Downloads of various BMS documents, Identification Keys, English names of fungi and details of Mycological Events and News are available here
Announcements
Future Events
12 Apr 2019 – 19 Apr 2019
2019 Spring study meeting Field
Slapton Ley Field Studies Centre, Sands Road, Slapton, Devon
An opportunity to study the spring fungi of South Devon
2018 Spring study meeting
Venue: Slapton Ley Field Studies Centre, Sands Road, Slapton, Devon
The Field Study Centre established in 1959 manages the 214 hectare SSSI nature reserve as an "outdoor laboratory" for education and conservation educational courses and research. More fungal research has probably been carried out at Slapton than on any other nature re-serve in Britain. Slapton Ley is the largest natural lake in south-west England. Although it is only separated from the sea by a narrow shingle bar, it is entirely freshwater. The lake is surrounded by reedbeds, marshes and woodland habitats, and if this is not enough we will also be visiting other amazing sites within the local area. Our Guest Mycologist for the week will be Paul Cannon.
BMS Foray Booking Form for 2019 
17 Sep 2019 – 19 Sep 2019
Fungal Interactions Research
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre
BMS Annual Scientific Meeting 2019
Fungal Interactions
Aberdeen, 17-19 September 2019
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre
The BMS Annual Scientific Meeting for 2019
Theme: Fungal Interactions
Date: 17th - 19th September 2019
Location: Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre
The British Mycological Society, with the help of the Microbiology Society, would like to welcome you to the BMS Annual Scientific meeting, to be held in the new Aberdeen Exhibition Conference Centre situated conveniently nearby Aberdeen Airport on 17th -19th September 2019.
The central theme of the meeting will be Fungal Interactions.
These interactions include with plants, algae, fungi, humans, other animals, and the wider environment.
The meeting will have six main sessions presenting the latest state of the art research concerning;
1. Oomycetes 2. Chytridiomycetes
3. Zygomycetes 4. Ascomycetes
5. Basidiomycetes 6. Microsporidia
The meeting will also serve to celebrate the illustrious career of Pete Sudbery, with honorary talks from Neil Gow, Judith Berman, as well as Pete himself.
Registration includes conference attendance, abstract booklet, light refreshments throughout, lunch on the 18th and 19th, onsite dinner on the 17th, and a special conference dinner on the 18th at the wonderful Pittodrie House (https://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/scotland/aberdeen/macdonald-pittodrie-house), including a ceilidh.
We look forward seeing you in Aberdeen.
Duncan Wilson and Pieter van West
British Mycological Society, Main Scientific Meeting
ABEDEEN EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE CENTRE
Preliminary Programme
Tuesday 17th
Honorary and Prize Lectures
Peter Sudbery
Judy Berman, Tel Aviv University
Neil Gow, University of Exeter
Gero Steinberg (FBR John Webster Award)
Duncan Wilson, University of Aberdeen (Berkeley 2017)
Liz Ballou, University of Birmingham (Berkeley 2018)
Oomycetes.
Paul Birch, James Hutton Institute, Dundee
Franziska Trusch, University of Aberdeen
Claire Gachon, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban
Invited abstract
Invited abstract
Invited abstract
Onsite dinner
Wednesday 18th
Ascomycetes I
Jan Quinn, University of Newcastle
Elaine Bignell, University of Manchester
Alex Brand, University of Aberdeen
Invited abstract
Invited abstracts
Ascomycetes II
Bernie Hube, Hans Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany
Klara Junker
Mariana Fomina, Zabolotny Institute, Ukraine
Invited abstract
Invited abstract
Lunch
Microsporidia
Bryony Williams, University of Exeter
T. Martin Embley, University of Newcastle
Sergey Melnikov, Yale
Invited abstract
Zoopagomycotina
Leonie Luginbuehl, University of Cambridge
Becky Hall, University of Birmingham
Ronelle Roth
Invited abstract
Coffee
Chytrids
Mat Fisher, Imperial College London
Rhys Farrer, University of Aberdeen
Ramsay Agha, IGB Berlin
Invited abstract
Invited abstract
Conference dinner in the historic Elphinstone Hall and ceilidh
Thursday 19th
Basidiomycetes I
Lars Hedin, Princeton, USA
Carolina Cohela, University of Aberdeen
Mark Fricker, University of Oxford
Invited abstract
Coffee
Basidiomycetes II
Jason C. Slot, Ohio State University
Armin Djamei, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austria
Invited abstract
Invited abstract
Invited abstract
1pm Lunch and departure
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