Acknowledgements

Institutions

CABI (Paul Kirk)

Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (formerly CBS) (Joost Stalpers & Gerrit Stegehuis)

Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (Shaun Pennycook, Peter Johnston, Jerry Cooper)

Agricultural Research Service Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory (SBML), Beltsville, Md. (Dave Farr, Amy Rossman, Erin McCray; Saccardo index)

British Lichen Society (Brian Coppins)

RBG Kew (Brian Spooner & Peter Roberts)

University of Oslo Natural History Museum Botanical Garden (Leif Ryvarden, Maria Núñez)

Meise Botanic Garden (formerly the National Botanic Garden of Belgium) (Alain Dreze)

New York Botanical Garden (Kevin Indoe)

Swedish Museum of Natural History (Anders Tehler, Monika Myrdal)

Projects

Crop Protection Compendium (CABI)

SAFRINET Electronic Description Sheets

UK Government (DEFRA) DARWIN Initiative Kenya

UK Government (DEFRA) DARWIN Initiative Caribbean

GLOPP (Global Information System for the Biodiversity of Plant Pathogenic Fungi)

Home of Xylariaceae (Jack Rogers & Yu-ming Ju)

Trichomycete data (Bob Lichtwardt)

Russulales News (Marco Floriani)

Australian Lichen Checklist (P.M. McCarthy)

AMF - phylogeny (Arthur Schüßler & Chris Walker)

LIAS (A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes)

Checklists of Lichens (A Global Information System for the Biodiversity of Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi) (Tassilo Feuerer)

GBIF (ECAT work programme 2003-2004)