CHINA Starting a Community
This year we have organized the first meeting of the International Flammulina Community. The meeting was held in November at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) in Fuzhou (China), and goes to show that the development of specific mushroom commu-
nities is very well possible. By Prof. Arend van Peer, FAFU, China
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Group photo of the Internatio- nal Flammulina Community. The author is sitting second from left.
he aim of this meeting, organised with the support of the Interna- tional Society of Mushroom Science (ISMS) and the Chinese Edible
Fungi Association (CEFA), was to introduce and connect people from diverse disciplines working with Flammulina species, laying the foundation for an international and wide-ranging platform. I would like to introduce the background for this idea, as well as give a summary of the meeting and discuss the future prospective of such international communities.
Background
Large scale mushroom cultivation has only existed for a couple of decennia for the majority of mushroom species. Availability of advanced molecular genetics for mushroom forming species is even newer. As a result, knowledge and utilization of mushrooms have remained underdeveloped compared to plants, animals, and other microorganisms. The most crucial
problem that prevents a foreseeable catch-up is inadequate communication between different interest groups in the mushroom field. Researchers mostly communicate with researchers, factories with factories, breeders with breeders, and local research institutes with local people. In addition, the people within these ‘separated’ groups often work on very different species, further slowing down accumulation of knowledge on specific mushroom types. The field for mushroom studies is also still small. Existing channels for exchange of information, e.g. (inter)national conferences, symposia, magazines and journals don’t address small fields well. They often target very broad subjects to attract enough interest, like cultivation of all mushroom species, genetics of the entire Fungal Kingdom. Others focus on different, very specific aspects to which mushrooms are of secondary importance. Examples are new medicines, industrial enzymes, bio-fuels. In both cases, information on a specific mushroom
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