Preservation of Timber in the Tropics

Preservation of Timber in the Tropics

152 an analysis of some of the results obtained. It must be remembered that Saarland 2 is only just over 2,500 km and the appearance of this book must...

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152 an analysis of some of the results obtained. It must be remembered that Saarland 2 is only just over 2,500 km and the appearance of this book must therefore give hope to those in Britain interested in mapping. Perhaps a new impetus for the Gasteromycetes in the Society's scheme will now be seen (Ing, Bulletin 18, 98-104). . Roy Watling A Fungus Flora of Yorkshire 1985, by W G Bramley. Published by the Yorkshire Naturalists' Association. Price £ 10 including postage.

This will be reviewed in the next number of the Bulletin. Concise Guide to British Fungi, by R W G Dennis . Hindhead : Saiga Publishing Co. Ltd .

This contains the plates from Common British Fungi, but without the descriptions of individual species. Instead there is a key tabulating the main characters of the species depicted. Keys to RUSSUla, by R W Rayner. Third edition (1985). Published by the British Mycological Society.

This should be available in the Autumn. The price is not yet fixed . Preservation of Timber in the Tropics, edited by W P K Findlay (985). Pp.288. Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff. Price £41.75 . W P K Findlay: Introduction. I . W P K Findlay: Nature and Durability of Wood . 2. W P K Findlay: Agencies of Destruction. I. Agencies of Destruction 2 Termites. 3. W P K Findlay: Preservative Methods. 4 . W P K Findlay : Preservative Substances. 5. M Fougerousse: Protection of Logs and Sawn Timber. 6. N E Tamblyn: Treatment of Wood by Diffusion. 7. D Aston: Copper/Chrome/ Arsenic Wood Preservatives, and Their Application to Timbers in the Tropics. 8. R A Eaton : Preservation of Marine Timbers. 9. J Ofori: Durability and Preservation of West African Timbers . 10. J Beesley: Field Testing of Wood Preservatives in Tropical Countries. 11. J George: Preservative Treatment of Bamboo , Coconut Palm and Rubber Wood . Simple Methods for Treating Building Timbers .. 12. W P K Findlay : Economic Aspects of Wood Preservation. Appendix. W P K Findlay: Safety Precautions in the Use of Wood Preservatives. Index of Subjects. Boletin de la Sociedad Mexicana de Micologia volume 19 (984) has been received. It is dedicated to the memory of Dr Antonio Gonzales Ochoa. About two dozen papers, mostly about the larger fungi of various regions of Mexico, have English summaries. Revista Iberica de Micologia. Organo de la Asociacion Espanola de Especialistas en Micologia . Part 2 of volume 1 (1984) has been received. Most of the papers have English summaries. World Directory of My co tox icologists

"[ he Committee on Mycotoxicology has prepared this Directory which has been published by ISPP as Special Report No.2 in 1982. This list includes more than 1500 names and addresses of rnycotoxicologists throughout the world . It is available for S6.00 from the Secretary-General (Thor Kommedahl , Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108 , USA).