A world wide web site on the internet for the Fusarium committee was initiated at the beginning of 1996. The webpages consist of directories of Fusarium workers, bibliographies of Fusarium publications, listings of meetings, news as well as the newsletters. The extent of information will expand as time permits. Dr Walter Gams is the newly appointed chairman of this subcommittee. Most of the subcommittee met at the Fourth European Seminar on Fusarium at Bari, Italy in May 1995.
More effort is needed to have any measurable effect.
An abbrevated sequence of actions was proposed involving determining an inventory of material in herbaria, its quality and to study morphology and molecular aspects of that material. It is agreed that six or more biological species are distinct within this group. DNA, morphological and mating studies are currently underway and should assist in our understanding of this important group. Projects on Gibberella teleomorphs and on section Gibbosum also continue. The meeting will consist of paper and poster presentations as well as some laboratory workshops.