This second annual edition of MycoNews starts with a message from IMA President Wieland Meyer regarding the steps being taken to legally incorporate the Association in Switzerland. News is provided on progress in the arrangements for IMC12 (Amsterdam 2022), release of the State of World’s Plants and Fungi report, mycology under the Coronavirus pandemic, and two new biodiversity initiatives in The Netherlands. Reports are presented from the: 1st International Symposium on Tropical African Mycology (Benin 2019); Recent Advances in the Biodiversity, Biology, and Biotechnology of Fungi (Pondicherry 2019); the 4th International Malassezia Workshop (virtual 2020); Dutch Design Week (2020), and UK Fungus Day (2020). An honour awarded to Francis Martin is recorded. Birthday greetings from IMA go to John Walker, José Dianese, Richard Harris, Tomasz Majewski, David Malloch, and John Sheard. Tributes are paid to the passing of John Peberdy, Anthony Trinci, and Balamuri Vittal. This contribution continues with news of 10 new mycological books published in 2019 or 2020 and concludes with a letter on the appropriateness of adopting the term ‘Funga’.

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MycoNews 2020：主席的致辞，新闻，报告，奖项，个性，书籍新闻和信函

MycoNews的第二届年度版本以IMA主席Wieland Meyer的信息作为开端，该信息涉及为在瑞士合法成立协会而采取的步骤。新闻提供了有关IMC12（阿姆斯特丹2022）的安排，世界植物和真菌状况报告的发布，冠状病毒大流行下的真菌学以及荷兰的两项新生物多样性计划的进展的新闻。报告来自：第一届国际热带非洲真菌学研讨会（贝宁2019）; 真菌的生物多样性，生物学和生物技术的最新进展（Pondicherry 2019）; 第四届国际马拉色西亚研讨会（2020年虚拟）；荷兰设计周（2020）和英国真菌日（2020）。记录授予弗朗西斯·马丁的荣誉。IMA的生日祝福送给John Walker，JoséDianese，Richard Harris，Tomasz Majewski，David Malloch和John Sheard。向约翰·佩伯迪（John Peberdy），安东尼·特里奇（Anthony Trinci）和Balamuri Vittal的逝世致敬。该贡献将继续报道2019年或2020年出版的10本新的真菌学书籍的新闻，并在结尾处就采用``真菌''一词的适当性作最后说明。