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A personal synopsis of the decisions made at the Nomenclature Section meeting of the International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in July 2011 is provided, with an emphasis on those which will affect the working practices of, or will otherwise be of interest to, mycologists. The topics covered include the re-naming of the Code, the acceptance of English as an alternative to Latin for validating diagnoses, conditions for permitting electronic publication of names, mandatory deposit of key nomenclatural information in a recognized repository for the valid publication of fungal names, the discontinuance of dual nomenclature for pleomorphic fungi, clarification of the typification of sanctioned names, and acceptability of names originally published under the zoological code. Collectively, these changes are the most fundamental to have been enacted at a single Congress since the 1950s, and herald the dawn of a new era in the practice of fungal nomenclature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several topics discussed at the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne, Victoria from July 18-22, 2011. Topics include the preliminary guiding mail vote on nomenclature proposals. It mentions several accepted proposals including the typification of names of fungi sanctioned under the provisions of Article 13 and 15 and on the alteration on the names of fungi with a pleomorphic life cycle.