Registration.
Reception for participants.
Afternoon
Evening
While registration is in progress, there will be an informal gathering of IUCN staff and chairs of the Fungal Specialist Groups of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
| 09.40 | Welcome. Dr David Minter [Chairman, Organizing Committee] |
| 09.50 | Opening remarks. Dr Simon Stuart [IUCN] |
| 10.00 | Mildews, Moulds & Myxomycetes. Dr Mayra Camino [Cuba] |
| 10.20 | Rusts & Smuts. Dr Cvetomir Denchev [Bulgaria] |
| 10.40 | Morning coffee |
| 11.00 | Non-lichen-forming Ascomycetes. Dr David Minter [UK] |
| 11.20 | Basidiomycetes - mushrooms, puffballs and relatives. Dr Greg Mueller [USA] |
| 11.40 | Lichens. Dr Christoph Scheidegger [Switzerland] |
| 12.00 | Discussion
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Evening session. Whitby Museum: 16.50-17.30
Opening remarks. Dr Christoph Scheidegger [Switzerland]
The red list of European macrofungi. Dr Anders Dahlberg [Sweden]
Rare and endemic fungi: how do we go about proving they are rare and endemic? Dr Jean Bérubé [Canada]
Estimating the threat status of smut fungi. Dr Cvetomir Denchev [Bulgaria]
Endangered desert truffles. Prof. A.H. Moubasher [Egypt]
Developing an approach for assessing macrofungi under IUCN Red List criteria using recent data on their distributions and population structure. Dr Greg. Mueller [USA]
The role of culture collections in fungal conservation. Dr Nadya Psurtseva [Russia]
Some basic aspects of lichen conservation biology. Dr Christoph Scheidegger [Switzerland]
Discussion
Conference dinner. The Magpie Café: 20.45-22.30
Morning session. Whitby Museum: 09.40-12.30
Morning session. Whitby Museum: 09.40-13.00
Opening remarks. Dr Greg Mueller [USA]
Africa. Dr Marieka Gryzenhout [South Africa]
Asia (Siberia). Dr Alexander Kovalenko [Russia, presented by Dr Nadya Psurtseva, Russia]
Asia (south). Dr Jin Jing [China]
Coffee
Australasia. Dr Peter Buchanan [New Zealand]
Europe. Dr Beatrice Senn-Irlet [Switzerland]
North America. Dr Greg Mueller [USA]
South America. Dr Julio Mena Portales [Cuba]
Discussion
Lunch. Whitby Museum: 13.00-13.40
Afternoon session. Whitby Museum: 13.40-16.30
Opening remarks. Dr David Minter [UK]
Mycology and public relations. Mr Alan Bennell [UK]
Mycology, the media and the press. Ms Shauna Hay [UK]
Time to legislate for fungi in Greece? Dr Stephanos Diamandis [Greece]
Discussion
Afternoon tea
Country reports [part 1]. Dr Mayra Camino, leader of the IUCN Specialist Group for mildews, moulds and myxomycetes, will chair this session.
Opening remarks. Dr Mayra Camino [Cuba]
Fungal conservation in Brazil. Dr Robert Barreto [Brazil]
Conservation of larger basidiomycetes in Bulgaria: the case of Boletus. Dr Boris Assyov [Bulgaria] & Dr Cvetomir Denchev [Bulgaria]
The Cuban national strategy for fungal conservation. Dr Julio Mena Portales [Cuba]
Morning session. Whitby Museum: 09.40-12.00
Opportunities for conserving biodiversity through use of fungi: the TESS project. Prof. Robert Kenward [UK]
Country reports [part 2]. Dr Vera Hayova [Ukraine], Secretary of the European Council for Conservation of Fungi, will chair this session.
Fungal conservation in Ecuador. Dr Rosario Briones [Ecuador, presented by Dr David Minter, UK]
Fungal conservation in Finland. Dr Heikki Kotiranta [Finland]
Fungal conservation in Italy. Dr Claudia Perini [Italy]
Coffee
Fungal conservation in Lithuania. Dr Reda Irsenaite [Lithuania]
Fungal conservation in the UK - a brief update. Dr Shelley Evans [UK]
Fungal conservation in Ukraine. Dr Vera Hayova [Ukraine]
Discussion
Closing remarks. Dr David Minter [Chairman, Organizing Committee]
End of meeting
The science behind fungal conservation Dr Christoph Scheidegger, leader of the IUCN Specialist Group for lichens will chair this session, which looks at some of the scientific procedures necessary for fungal conservation.
16.50
17.00
17.20
17.40
18.00
18.20
18.40
19.00
19.20
Workshop: evaluating fungi using IUCN criteria [part 2]. Leaders: Dr Craig Hilton-Taylor & Dr Julie Griffin [IUCN].
Field excursion: 13.00-19.00
Weather permitting, there will be a field excursion to the North York Moors National Park, including open heathland, upland meadows, freshwater streams, and broadleaf and conifer woodland.
The infrastructure needed for fungal conservation. Dr Greg Mueller, leader of the IUCN Specialist Group for basidiomycetes - mushrooms, puffballs and relatives, will chair this session which examines what infrastructure currently exists for fungal conservation, and asks what changes are needed so that it can function more effectively. Presentations will be made for every inhabited continent, together with short oral reports about Antarctica and the Oceans read out by the Chair.
09.40
09.50
10.20
10.40
11.00
11.20
11.40
12.00
12.20
12.40
A simple lunch will be provided at the museum for participants.
Political aspects of fungal conservation. Dr David Minter, leader of the IUCN Specialist Group for non-lichen-forming ascomycetes and their anamorphs, will chair this session.
13.40
13.50
14.10
14.30
14.50
15.00
15.20
15.30
15.50
16.10
09.40
10.00
10.10
10.20
10.30
10.50
11.10
11.20
11.40
11.50
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