Mike Challen has summarized discussion at two recent conferences regarding a Basidiomycete Research Network at his blog in a post on BRN – Summary of Discussions, 14/07/08.
In particular it is important to establish a community network that will help basidiomycete labs. There is also a strong need for shared approaches for effective use the genomic data from the more than a dozen basidiomycete genomes currently being sequenced.
Mike’s blog is open for discussion on the topic and I hope you’ll weigh in on suggestions for how the community can better communicate and share ideas.