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INTERNATIONAL LICHENOLOGICAL

NEWSLETTER

Vol. 30, nr. 2, December 1997
Official publication of the
International Association for Lichenology
 
Editor:
P. L. NIMIS
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Trieste,
Via Giorgieri 10, I 34127 Trieste, Italy.
nimis@univ.trieste.it, tel (+39) 40-6763885, fax 40-568855.
Editorial Board:
G. RAMBOLD (München), M.R.D. SEAWARD (Bradford), H. SIPMAN (Berlin),
C. SMITH (Honolulu), R. ZORER (Salzburg)
ISSN: 0731 - 2830
The opinions expressed in the Newsletter are not necessarily those held by the International Association for Lichenology.

The International Lichenological Newsletter is the official publication of I.A.L. It is issued twice a year (June and December) in English. The Newsletter is also available in the Internet, at the following addresses:

EUROPE-Site: http://www.bgbm.org/ial/newsletter/home.htm
EUROPE-Site: http://www.bgbm.org/ial/newsletter/frames/home.htm
USA-Site: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/Newsletter/home.htm (only text)
USA-Site: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/Newsletter/frames/home.htm (with frames)

The Newsletter is divided into five main sections:

  1. Association news: official information concerning the Association, such as minutes of Council meetings, proposals of constitutional changes, new members, changes of addresses, etc.
  2. News: information about lichenologists, institutional projects, herbaria, requests of collaboration, announcements of meetings, etc.
  3. Reports: reports of past activities, short lectures, obituaries, short historical novelties, book reviews.
  4. Forum: discussion of controversial scientific matters. It includes proposals of new themes for discussion (max. 1.5 page), and reactions to former proposals (max. 1 page). When the material will exceed the available space, the Editor will prepare a summary, upon previous agreement of the contributors.
  5. Lichenology on-line: information on Web sites devoted to Lichens.
Any information intended for publication should reach the editor on or before 1 April and 1 October for inclusion in the June and December issues, respectively
(see also the Submitting articles informations)