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This fifth annual edition of MycoNews starts with an editorial on the critical importance of International Mycological Congresses (IMCs) to the health of mycology. Items on Counting down to IMC12, the State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2023, and progress towards Improving nomenclatural stability in medically important fungi follow. Reports are provided of several mycological meetings in 2023: the Asian Mycological Congress, XIX Congress of European Mycologists, a meeting of European Mycological Groups and Societies, the XI Latin American Mycological Congress, Westerdijk Spring Symposium on Fungal Evolution, the Brazilian Society of Mycology, the Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of China, and the Fifth Iranian Mycological Congress. Information is provided on how to make nominations for the various IMA Awards due to be presented at IMC12 in August, the new Future is Fungi Award launched in 2023, and the Adel-Azeem and Stamets Award for work on Psilocybe in Africa. The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute Awards for 2023 were made to Andrey Yurkov and Cathie Aime and the citations to those awards are provided. We include tributes to the passing of two eminent mycologists, Lorelei Norvell and Takashi Matsushima, and also send birthday greetings to Bryce Kendrick who turned 90, and Maria Ławrynowicz, Yu Li, and Anthony Whalley who all became octogenarians. Reviews of seven mycological books published in 2022–2023 are included in the Book News section. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This third annual edition of MycoNews starts with a message from IMA President Wieland Meyer regarding the adoption of new statutes for the IMA, the postponement of IMC12 to 2024, and announcing Marc Stadler as President-elect. The new statutes are included in full. News is provided on the launch of a World Fungus Day, acceptance of the term Funga as an equivalent to Fauna and Flora by the IUCN Species Survival Commission, new arrangements and dates for IMC12 now to be held in Maastricht in July 2024, and revised arrangements for the publication of proposals to change any rules governing the nomenclature of fungi. Reports are provided for IAL9, the symposium of the International Association for Lichenology in Brazil mainly conducted virtually, MycoRise Up! in Poland, and the centenary of the German Mycological Society (DGFM). Birthday greetings from IMA go to David Farr, Marie-Agnés Letrouit-Galinou, Maria Olech, Angela Restrepo, Carol Shearer, James Trappe, and Shun-ichi Udagawa. Tributes are also paid to the passing of the distinguished mycologists Heinz Butin, Karl Esser, Grégoire Hennebert, Jack Rogers, Kálman Vánky, and Bodo Wanke. The contribution concludes with news of seven new mycological books published in 2020–2021, and another forthcoming in 2022. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jeffrey (Jeff) Robbins, a dedicated SSIT member, author, and IEEE SSIT International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) presenter, died on April 18, 2022, after a two-year illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents news briefs related to historical research. Information on a symposium on former U.S. President Herbert Hoover to be held in Newberg, Oregon on October 3, 2009 is presented. An obituary for historian Jules Tygiel is presented. College teachers Jacob Hamblin and Michael Osborne have joined the faculty of Oregon State University.

The article discusses news and events related to the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). At an annual meeting for the TSHA held in Austin, Texas, history professor Walter L. Buenger was appointed president of the TSHA and Merline Pitre was elected as second vice president. Obituaries for historians Dorman Hayward Winfrey and Lou Rodenberger are presented. The TSHA has secured donations for the establishment of a chair in Texas history at the University of North Texas. Information on a joint meeting of the East Texas Historical Association and the West Texas Historical Association to be held in Fort Worth, Texas on February 26-28, 2010 is presented.

The article offers updates from the Southwestern collection in Texas. The "Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper" will be showing at the Armon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6-August 23, 2009. The Western History Association has issued a call for proposals for its 50th Annual Conference to be held on October 13-16, 2010 in Incline village, Nevada. Obituaries for notable author Clara May Stearns and historian Bill Stein are also included.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one on obituaries for several notable people and another on the ninth biennial conference of the Borneo Research Council.

The article offers world news briefs related to the dairy industry. It presents obituaries for notable Professors Stanley E. Gilliland and John M. deMan. It mentions the services that are offered by Elsevier Customer Service in January 2010. It also highlights several upcoming meetings and conferences related to food animal agriculture.

This article discusses events in regards to the International Technology Education Association (ITEA). The article presents an obituary for Arthur Rosser, former dean of Central Missouri State University's College of Applied Sciences and Technology. The article also discusses ITEA's San Antonio Conference in San Antonio, Texas, from March 15, 2007 to March 17, 2007. The article also offers tips on finding financial assistance to attend the conference, which includes talking to your immediate supervisor about using professional development monies and doing a search for local educational foundations.

The article presents announcements including a death notice and congresses and conventions in Great Britain and Ireland. Charles Roland Leeson, a medical practitioner, has passed away. A meeting of the Spanish Anatomical Society will be held on September 13-15, 2006 at the Complutense University of Madrid. The Seventh International Symposium of Clinical Anatomy will be held October 12-15, 2006 in Varna, Bulgaria.

Focuses on the state-of-the-British Medical Association (BMA) report to Council members by BMA chairman Tony Graham in Great Britain. Details on the proposal of Mary White to the Organization Committee; Information on the death of BMA member Norman Mathias; Recommendations approved by the Council.