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INTERNATIONAL LICHENOLOGICAL

NEWSLETTER

Vol. 33, nr. 1, June 2000
(frames version / further issues)

 

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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 (Roma)

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:

http://www.bgbm.org/ial/newsletter/home.htm (text only)
http://www.bgbm.org/ial/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.

Back issues of ILN

The following back issues of ILN are still available:
9(1), 9(2), 10(1), 10(2), 11(1), 11(2), 12(1), 12(2), 13(1), 13(2), 14(1), 14(2), 15(1), 15(2), 16(1), 16(2), 17(1), 20(1) and further issues. Photocopies are available of: vol. 1(1), 1(2+supp.), 1(3) , 2(1), 3(2), 6(2), 7(1-2), 8(1-2). Two indexes are also available: Index to vol. 1-8, Index to vol. 9-13.
- According to a resolution of the IAL Executive Council, published in ILN 16(1), April 1983, the following charges will be levied for back issues of ILN:

  • Vol. 1: US$ 0.25 per number (3 per volume);
  • Vol. 2-8: US$ 0.50 per number (2 per volume);
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  • Vol. 14-17: US$ 1.50 per number (2 per volume).

    • Back issues from vol. 20-29 are available for US$ 1.00 per number (3 per volume). The Indexes are free. New members will receive free only copies of the numbers constituting the volume issued for the calendar year in which they join IAL.
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    The front-page illustration.

    "The Species Concept in Lichenology" from: Anonymous: Herbolario Volgare, nel quale si dimostra a conoscer le herbe etc., Venezia, 1536. - One of the earliest representations of a lichen - actually it represents an Usnea - taken from the second edition of a book originally written in Latin. Its origin is certainly earlier: a very similar drawing is present in a Herbarius written in Dutch, and published in Louvain in 1484; both of them have a faint resemblance with the earliest known drawing of a lichen (which was not any better), dating back to the year 1512, and probably originating from Byzanthium; for further information see Richardson D.H.S. 1974: The Vanishing Lichens. Their History, Biology and Importance. Hafner Press (Macmillan Publishing Co.), New York. pp 28-31. [Courtesy of the Linnaean Society, London].

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