International Commission on the taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF)

Members:

Keith Seifert (Chair, Canada)
Gen Okada (Secretary, Japan)
Gaddam Bagyanarayana (India)
Pedro Crous (Netherlands, President, Int. Mycol. Assoc.)
José Carmine Dianese (Brazil)
Irina Druzhinina (TrichodermaSC, Austria)
David Geiser (Fusarium SC, United States)
David Hawksworth (Spain)
David Hibbett (United States)
Peter Johnston (New Zealand)
Tom May (Australia)
Amy Rossman (United States)
Robert Samson (Penicillium/Aspergillus C (ICPA), Sec. Gen. IUMS, Netherlands)
Frederick Spiegel (United States)
Michael Wingfield (South Africa)

The International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF) is a COMCOF of the International Union of Microbiological Sciences (IUMS) and also a commission of the International Mycological Association. The mission of the commission is to promote the science of fungal taxonomy, both by facilitating the development of high scientific standards among practising taxonomists, and by providing information to people who need to access or interpret taxonomic information on fungal taxonomy.

Our membership is international and includes respected scientists studying most major fungal or fungus-like groups of organisms. Much of our business is undertaken by a series of subcommittees devoted to furthering our taxonomic understanding of critical fungal groups. We meet periodically, primarily at the International Mycological Congress every four years, and organize and sponsor sessions or symposia at other congresses. Members and officers of the commission are elected by the existing members.

International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF) General Meeting at the 9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9),

Edinburgh, Scotland, 2nd August 2010, 2 PM

Members in attendance:

Keith Seifert (Chair, Canada)
Gen Okada (Secretary, Japan)
Pedro Crous (Netherlands; President, IMA)
José Carmine Dianese (Brazil)
David Hawksworth (Spain, past chair)
David Hibbett (United States)
Peter Johnston (New Zealand)
Robert Samson (Netherlands; Secretary General, IUMS)
Michael Wingfield (South Africa)

Members of Subcommissions in attendance:

Brett Summerell (Australia, Fusarium SC)
Ulf Thrane (Denmark, Fusarium SC)

Apologies from:

Gaddam Bagyanarayana (India)
Irina Druzhinina (Austria)
David Geiser (United States)
Tom May (Australia)
Amy Rossman (United States)
Frederick Speigel (United States)

The meeting consisted of 1) a public presentation of ICTF activities from the past four years by the Chair, Keith Seifert, and 2) a closed meeting of Commission members to discuss the future of the Commission.

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