UPCOMING EVENTS

Seminar on Myxomycetes
A week-long (July 23-29) seminar entitled “Slime Molds: Taxonomy and Ecology of Myxomycetes” will be offered at the Humboldt Field Research Institute near Steuben , Maine , this coming summer. The seminar will be taught by Dr. Steve Stephenson from the University of Arkansas . Additional information on the seminar is available at www.eaglehill.us .

Myxo Blitz 2006
During the weekend of July 15-16, an intensive collecting/educational event (“Myxo Blitz 2006”) will be held in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park . This event, to be based at Purchase Knob, will bring together a group of researchers, educators, students and volunteers who will spend two days carrying out field surveys for myxomycetes in a number of localities on the south side of the Park. This portion of the Park has been understudied in previous efforts to document the distribution and occurrence of this group of organisms. Anyone who would like to have more information should contact Dr. Steve Stephenson (slsteph@uark.edu).