Mycopathologia
journal
Mycopathologia is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the role of fungi in human and animal disease, i.e., medical and veterinary mycology. The journal was established in 1938 and is currently published by Springer Link. The current editor-in-chief is Vishnu Chaturvedi (California Department of Public Health / University of California, Berkeley).
History
The journal was initially established by Wilhelm Junk in The Hague as Mycopathologia (ISSN 0369-299X) in 1938. Then in 1950, it continued publication under the name Mycopathologia & Mycologia Applicata (ISSN 0027-5530), before returning to Mycopathologia (ISSN 0301-486X) in 1975. From 1959 to 1984, a supplement Iconographia Mycologica (ISSN 0073-4411) was published alongside it.
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References
Further reading
A. F. Di Salvo; K. J. Plasterk; G. Caretta; J. W. Rippon (1995). "History of Mycopathologia". Mycopathologia. 131 (3): 131–147.
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