now on, Chang’s family would stay in Canberra while he continued his career in Hong Kong. This connection to Australia brought Chang in close contact with the AMGA, and he held lectures in a number of their annual meetings.
Dr Chang’s hard work was awarded in 1978 with a professorship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Next to the straw mushroom, Chang also contributed significantly to the improvement of the cultivation of the oyster mushroom Pleurotus sajor-caju and shiitake (Lentinula edodes). He was also a cofounder of the World Society for Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products launched in 1994, which organises global con- ferences every three year. For all the work Chang has done to improve knowledge on the biology of edible fungi and the large number of trainings he has given, even after his retirement, he has received a large number of awards, too many to mention here.
Symposium
The symposium to celebrate Chang’s birthday was held in Shanghai. A ceremony was first held at the Institute for Edible Fungi of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural sciences. Here, a small museum/exposition was opened dedicated to his merits for the mushroom research and mush- room industry community, displaying awards, memorabilia and photos.
In the afternoon, the Professor held a lecture on the work he has done on mushrooms during his long life. He mentioned the numerous pioneers in mushroom research he has worked with and especially elaborated on the trainings he gave in many countries. Especially interesting is his phi- losophy on mushrooms displayed as a pyramid, where the broad base represent mushrooms as a source of nutrition, the middle part mushrooms as a tonic and the top representing mushrooms as a medicine, and the interrelationship between these parts fitting in the Chinese tradition that says ‘food is medicine and medicine is food’. Chang can still give an excellent lecture, despite the fact that his body is becoming a bit feeble now. A number of people presented subsequently a tributary lecture, memorising his or her cooperation with Prof Chang during their career. Among those were Prof. Yu Li (Jilin University), Prof Tan Qi (SAAS), Prof Keto Mshigeni (Univer- sity of Tanzania), Prof. Dan Royse (Penn State, retired) and Prof. John Buswell (University of Hong Kong and SAAS, retired). In the afternoon, a whole range of people who closely collaborated with Chang gave a wonderful overview of his life and achievements.
The evening party was held at the five star Nanjiao hotel, again with a number of speeches more directed to Prof Chang’s and Mrs Chang’s personal lives. Moving was a speech of his class
Toasting with the family.
mate at the primary school in his village, and the presentation by two of his children. At the end all his children, grandchildren and family kneeled down to show respect to the couple in a fine Chinese traditional way. Food was served whole evening and many toasts were made in a very cheery atmosphere.
Note: The items on Prof. Chang’s life were extracted from the excellent biography ‘Shu-Ting Chang, Mr Mushroom’ written by Coriandra Li, published on the occasion of Chang’s 85th birthday.
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