IMA Fungus 5(2): 449-462, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.09
Fungal Nomenclature at IMC10: Report of the Nomenclature Sessions
Scott A. Redhead‡, Vincent Demoulin§, David L. Hawksworth|, Keith A. Seifert¶, Nicholas J. Turland#‡ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Ottawa, Canada§ Université de Liège, Institut de Botanique B22, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Liège, Belgium| Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Madrid, Spain¶ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity (Mycology), Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Ottawa, Canada# Freie Universität Berlin, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Redhead SA, Demoulin V, Hawksworth DL, Seifert KA, Turland NJ (2014) Fungal Nomenclature at IMC10: Report of the Nomenclature Sessions. IMA Fungus 5(2): 449-462. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.09 |  |
Abstract
Three Nomenclature Sessions were convened during the 10th International Mycological Congress (IMC10) in Bangkok on 3–8 August 2014. In addition a Questionnaire was given to all delegates. This Report reviews and summarizes the views expressed in the Sessions and in the responses to the Questionnaire. The issues covered related to aspects of: registration, protected names, forgotten names, pleomorphic fungi, lichenized fungi, typification, diagnoses. and governance. In addition, reports were received from working groups preparing lists of names to be proposed for protection, and controversial cases of competing names were discussed. The Congress was mandated to ratify decisions of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi (NCF) on the appointment of repositories for the registration of new fungal names. After discussion in the Sessions on the decision of the NCF to appoint three such bodies, a Resolution to that effect was approved by the Congress. The Congress also adopted a Resolution asking that the opinions of mycologists on future directions for the nomenclature of fungi be taken into account in formulating changes in the rules for consideration at the International Botanical Congress in 2017.
Keywords
fungi, International Code of Nomenclaturefor algae, fungi, and plants, International Botanical Congress, International Mycological Congress, lichens, pleomorphic fungi, protected lists, typification