Dec. 18, 2012:
Dear Marc-Henri, Didier, Barbara and All-
One reason for voting now is that naming new taxa in this fungal group (and epitypifications etc.) cannot be done without a settlement for the rice blast. Certain research and publications will be held up without knowing which name is accepted. Another reason is that recent discussions on Magnaporthe/Pyricularia names started April 2012 during the CBS Amsterdam One Fungus Which Name symposium. In the past 7 months, there have been 1,059 pageviews to the Magnaporthe blogger from 10 countries (ranked from most frequent: United States, Japan, France, Russia, India, Germany, Spain, China, Sweden, and South Korea), plus numerous email correspondence among this email group.
However, as you pointed out, a much broader community has not been reached. I agree that the vote will be extended until after the March 2013 Fungal genetics meeting. But I still suggest we forward the message through our networks as early as we can. I will send you the poll results next week, although it is not final, for your reference. I temporarily set the new deadline to March 30, 2013.
Best Regards,
Ning
p.s., on March 13th, 2013 during the Fungal genetics meeting, a brief ad hoc session is planned (http://www.fungalgenetics.org/2013/pages/workshops.shtml) to discuss name changes for model systems.
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Dec. 17, 2012:
Dear Colleagues
I agree with Marc-Henri and Barbara that we should leave some time for discussion about such an important issue. Some meetings are coming where naming/renaming our favorite fungus could be discussed. Only part of the community had the opportunity to express. There's no hurry.
Regards
Didier
