U.S.-Mexico Workshop on Ascomycota (Fungi) to be held 9-12 May 2002 before the IV CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE MICOLOGIA, Xalapa, Mexico

02148888 blackwell这个美洲项目奖将支持在墨西哥哈拉帕韦拉克鲁萨纳大学举行的第四届拉丁美洲Micologia大会之前举行的一个关于Asomycota（真菌）的研讨会。该研讨会由巴吞鲁日路易斯安那州立大学的Meredith Blackwell博士和墨西哥哈拉帕生态研究所的Rosario Mendel Ortiz博士组织，旨在培训30名美国和拉丁美洲的学生，学习培养、鉴定和子囊菌的系统分类技术。子囊菌是一组数量超过32,000种的真菌。全世界已知的子囊菌约有32000种。然而，据估计，这个数字实际上可能是这个数字的两倍，而且许多预期的新物种被认为占据了新热带栖息地。事实上，仅去年一年，在该地区工作的真菌学家就发现了100多种未被描述的子囊菌。因此，从美国和欧洲培养新一代训练有素的真菌学家是很重要的。与这些生态上重要的生物合作，并为生物多样性评估和监测做出贡献。本次研讨会以最新技术、培训和学生为重点，将促进新一代西半球真菌学家之间的思想、知识交流和合作互动。

0214888BlackwellThis Americas Program award will support a workshop on Asomycota (Fungi) to be held before the IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Micologia at the Universidad Veracruzana, in Xalapa, Mexico. The workshop, which is being organized by Dr. Meredith Blackwell of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and Dr. Rosario Mendel Ortiz of the Instituto de Ecologia, in Xalapa, Mexico aims to train thirty U.S. and Latin American students in culture, identification, and systematics techniques for ascomycetes, a group of fungi that numbers over 32,000 species.Throughout the world, about 32,000 species of ascomycetes have been described. It is, however, estimated that the number could in reality be double that number and many of the anticipated new species are believed to occupy Neotropical habitats. Indeed, mycologists who work in the region have discovered well over 100 undescribed ascomycetes in the past year alone. It is important, therefore, to have a new generation of well-trained mycologists from both the U .S. and Latin America to work with these ecologically important organisms and contribute to biodiversity assessment and monitoring. The proposed workshop, with its focus on the latest techniques, training, and students, will promote an exchange of ideas, knowledge, and cooperative interactions among an upcoming generation of Western Hemisphere mycologists.