@inbook{fb9670d1bb9046a9b69bb6a7d1ec07aa,
title = "Preface",
author = "Greg Mueller and Gerald Bills and Mercedes Foster",
note = "Funding Information: Many people worked very hard to bring this ambitious project to completion. First we thank Amy Rossman for developing the idea and then “selling” it to Mercedes Foster (who responded enthusiastically from the beginning). Without Amy's vision this project would not have become a reality. Hal Burdsall, David Malloch, and Meredith Blackwell were instrumental in obtaining the initial manuscript submissions. Ken Kuehl (Homewood, Illinois) edited many of the chapters. Susan Hamnik and Betty Strack (both from The Field Museum) provided invaluable editorial and organizational assistance. Fiona Wilkinson (U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center) undertook the monumental task of checking each literature reference for accuracy and consistency. She also assisted with the preparation of the figures and helped Foster with a myriad of miscellaneous tasks related to the preparation of the manuscript. Martha A. Rosen, David T. Steere Jr., Wanda L. West, Clare Catron, and Ruth F. Schaller of the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Branch Library, worked endlessly to obtain copies of publications on interlibrary loan. Finally, the editors wish to acknowledge the authors and contributors for their outstanding contributions and patience during this project. Financial support, for which we are most grateful, was supplied to the project by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA/Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin [Research Joint Venture Agreement 95-RJVA-2610]; USDA/Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon [Grant #PNW 95-0786]; and the U.S. Department of the Interior (The National Biological Service, Biological Survey Project, Washington, DC; USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland; and the USGS Biological Resources Division Office of Information and Informatics, Reston, Virginia). Mueller acknowledges the support of NSF (DEB 9972027).",
year = "2004",
month = jun,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/B978-012509551-8/50001-5",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780125095518",
pages = "xi--xii",
booktitle = "Biodiversity of Fungi",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc",
}