BMS 2011 Annual Open Meeting

[David Humphries]

Fungi: animal slayers, saviours and socialists

 

BMS Annual Open Meeting in partnership with Kew

Saturday 26th November 2011

 

 

"This years meeting centres around the interactions between fungi and animals, especially

invertebrates. These interactions range among killing of animals by fungi, feeding on fungi by

animals, and mutualistic symbiotic nutritional relationships. Many fungi rely on animals for dispersal,

and many invertebrates use fruit bodies as breeding grounds. The meeting will be wide-ranging and

will hopefully include topics such as: Invertebrate grazers change fungal behaviour; Fungus killer of

insects – biocontrol; Cordyceps and Hypocrella: dramatic killers of invertebrates; the ecology of

Conidiobolus spp. and Basidiobolus; insect galls and fungi; Amphibian extinction by Bd; Invertebrate

inhabitants of basidiocarps. The full programme will appear in the next issue of Mycologist News.

Lynne Boddy"

 

 

 

Looks like an interesting topic, will try & get along to this one.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Fungi: animal slayers, saviours and socialists

 

BMS Annual Open Meeting in partnership with Kew

Saturday 26th November 2011

 

 

"This years meeting centres around the interactions between fungi and animals, especially

invertebrates. These interactions range among killing of animals by fungi, feeding on fungi by

animals, and mutualistic symbiotic nutritional relationships. Many fungi rely on animals for dispersal,

and many invertebrates use fruit bodies as breeding grounds. The meeting will be wide-ranging and

will hopefully include topics such as: Invertebrate grazers change fungal behaviour; Fungus killer of

insects – biocontrol; Cordyceps and Hypocrella: dramatic killers of invertebrates; the ecology of

Conidiobolus spp. and Basidiobolus; insect galls and fungi; Amphibian extinction by Bd; Invertebrate

inhabitants of basidiocarps. The full programme will appear in the next issue of Mycologist News.

Lynne Boddy"

 

 

 

Looks like an interesting topic, will try & get along to this one.

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Ark at you!

 

I have been to the last two annual meetings and I have to say the subjects have always been of interest, and a very worthy day.

 

Once youve taken the nerd plunge youll find it really is a rather special event, and a free one at that.

[David Humphries]

I have been to the last two annual meetings and I have to say the subjects have always been of interest, and a very worthy day.:

 

How does the day pan out ?

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

typical seminar scenario, starts around 10 i think, tea break, another session, lunch, another session tea break finishing about 4.30 i think maybe a bit later if folk want to ask more than usual questions. Lynne is good at keeping it on schedule it has to be said.

[sean]

sounds a good one....on the calendar:thumbup:

[janey]

Thanks for the heads up Monkey, I'll be trying to get my place sorted anon.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thanks for the heads up Monkey, I'll be trying to get my place sorted anon.

 

bout time you lot started turning up at this event!

[janey]

bout time you lot started turning up at this event!

 

Well if you would kindly let us know about these things, then we might just do that

 

Be careful what you wish for though!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well if you would kindly let us know about these things, then we might just do that

 

Be careful what you wish for though!

 

I did last one and you all wimped out on me:001_tt2: