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The Newsletter is divided into five main sections:

1. Association news: official information concerning the Association, such as minutes of Council meetings, proposals of constitutional changes, new members, changes of addresses, etc.
2. News: information about lichenologists, institutional projects, herbaria, requests of collaboration, announcements of meetings, etc.
3. Reports: reports of past activities, short lectures, obituaries, short historical novelties, book reviews.
4. Forum: discussion of controversial scientific matters. It includes proposals of new themes for discussion (max. 1.5 page), and reactions to former proposals (max. 1 page). When the material will exceed the available space, the Editor will prepare a summary, upon previous agreement of the contributors.
5. Lichenology on-line: information on Web sites devoted to Lichens.

Any information intended for publication should reach the editor on or before 1 April and 1 October for inclusion in the June and December issues, respectively.

Back issues of ILN

The following back issues of ILN are still available:
9(1), 9(2), 10(1), 10(2), 11(1), 11(2), 12(1), 12(2), 13(1), 13(2), 14(1), 14(2), 15(1), 15(2), 16(1), 16(2), 17(1), 20(1) and further issues. Photocopies are available of: vol. 1(1), 1(2+supp.), 1(3) , 2(1), 3(2), 6(2), 7(1-2), 8(1-2). Two indexes are also available: Index to vol. 1-8, Index to vol. 9-13.
- According to a resolution of the IAL Executive Council, published in ILN 16(1), April 1983, the following charges will be levied for back issues of ILN:

• Vol. 1: US$ 0.25 per number (3 per volume);
• vol. 2-8: US$ 0.50 per number (2 per volume);
• vol. 9-13: U S$ 1.00 per number (2 per volume);
• vol. 14-17: US$ 1.50 per number (2 per volume).

Back issues from vol. 20 onward are available for US$ 1.00 per number (3 per volume). The Indexes are free. New members will receive free only copies of the numbers constituting the volume issued for the calendar year in which they join IAL.
Orders for vols. 1-29 to be sent to H. Sipman, Bot. Garten & Bot. Museum, Königin-Luise-Strasse 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany, fax: (+49) 30-83006186, e-mail: hsipman@zedat.fu-berlin.de. For later issues contact the editor.

The front-page illustration.

Leightonia pusilla (Hedwig) Garov., drawing by G. Gibelli from S. Garovaglio's De Lichenibus Endocarpeis mediae Europae, H. E. Galliae, Germaniae, Helvetiae nec non totius Italiae. Bernardoni, Milano, 1872.

List of societies (for updated list see http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/ls/lis.html)

• Australasia: Society of Australasian Lichenologists (SAL). Info: Dr. J. A. Elix, Dept. of Chemistry, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.
• Brazil: Grupo Brasileiro de Liquenòlogos (GBL). Info: Dr. Marcelo P. Marcelli, Instituto de Botanica, Seçao de Micologia e Liquenologia, Caixa Postal 4005, São Paulo/SP 01061-970, Brazil.
• Central Europe: Bryologisch-Lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa (BLAM). Info: Dr. Volker John, Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde, Hermann-Schäfer-Strasse 17, D-67098 Bad Dürkheim, Germany.
• Czech & Slovak Republics: Bryological and Lichenological Section of the Czech Botanical Society. Info: Dr. J. Liska, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CS-252 43 Pruhonice, Czech Republic.
• Finland: Lichen Section, Societas Mycologica Fennica. Info: Dr. Teuvo Ahti, Department of Botany, P.O. Box 47, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
• France: Association Française de Lichénologie (AFL). Info: Dr. Jean-Claude Boissiére, Laboratoire de Biologie Végétale, Route de la Tour Denecourt, F-77300 Fontainebleau, France.
• Great Britain: British Lichen Society (BLS). Info: Secretary, Dr. O.W. Purvis, Botany Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
• Italy: Società Lichenologica Italiana (SLI). Info: Secretary, Prof. Giovanni Caniglia, Dipartimento di Biologia, Via Trieste 75, I-35123 Padova, Italia.
• Japan: Lichenological Society of Japan (LSJ). Info: Dr. H. Harada, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba (CBM), Aobacho 955-2, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260, Japan.
• Latin America: Grupo Latinoamericano de Liquenologos (GLAL). Info: Dr. Susana Calvelo, Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Departamento de Botánica, Universidad Nacional del Comahue 8400- Bariloche RN, Argentina, e-mail: wolf@cab.cnea.edu.ar.
• The Netherlands: Bryologische en Lichenologische Werkgroep der KNNV (BLW). Info: Leo Spier, Kon. Arthurpad 8, NL-3813 HD Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
• Nordic Countries: Nordisk Lichenologisk Forening (NLF). Info: Ulrik Søchting, Botanical Institute, Dept. of Mycology and Phycology, ö. Farimagsgade 2 D, DK-1353 Köbenhavn K, Denmark.
• North America: American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS). Info: Dr. Robert S. Egan, Biology Department, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 68182-0072, USA.
• North America, East: Eastern Lichen Network, Info via email: glennmar@shu.edu (Dr. Marian Glenn).
• North America, Northwest: Northwest Lichen Guild. Info: Dr. Bruce McCune, Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Cordley Hall 2082, Corvallis, OR 97331-2902, USA.
• Poland: Lichenological Section of the Polish Botanical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Botaniczne). Secretary: Dr. W. Faltynowicz, Dept. of Plant Ecology, University of Gdansk, ul. Czolgistow 46, 81-378 Gdynia, Poland.
• Slovakia: Lichenological Working-Group of the Slovak Botanical Society. Info: Dr. Eva Lisicka, Slovak National Museum, Vajanskeho nabr. 2, 814 36 Bratislava, Slovakia.
• Spain: Sociedad Española de Liquenologia (SEL). Info: A. Gomez-Bolea, Dept. de Biologia Vegetal (Botánica), Fac. Biologia, Univ. de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, E-08071 Barcelona, Spain.
• Sweden: Svensk Lichenologisk Förening (SLF). Info: Dr. G. Thor, Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7072, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
• Switzerland: Schweizerische Vereinigung für Bryologie und Lichenologie (SVBL). Info: Ph. Clerc, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Case postale 60, CH-1292 Chambesy/GE, Switzerland.
• USA, California: California Lichen Society. Info: J. Robertson, 362 Scenic Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95407, e-mail: JKSRR@aol.com.