Mycological Progress - DGfM

The German Mycological Society DGfM represents German mycologists as well as friends of mushrooms and thus professional as well as hobby mycologists. Professional mycologists (scientists at universities, technical colleges and schools, public institutes and private enterprises) as well as hobby researchers, mushroom friends, conservationists, and cultivators of mushrooms get expert support at DGfM. The society has approx. 1,400 members (4/2018).

The society was founded in 1921 as ‘Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pilzkunde“, DGfP, aiming at the promotion of scientific mycological research, of knowledge of fungal species and of ‘Pilzberatung’ (Deliberation on Fungi). Karl Johannes Kniep, Professor of Plant Physiology, of the universities of Freiburg and Würzburg, later of Berlin, took over the chair of the society. At this time, the journal ‘Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde’ was established.

In 1977 the society changed its name to ‘Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie’ (DGfM). The name of the society’s journal was consequently altered to ‘Zeitschrift für Mykologie’. Since the beginning of 2002, DGfM has published the journal Mycological Progress. DGfM has trained 'PilzsachverständigeDGfM' (‘Specialists in Fungi’) and in 1990 established an integrated training system for the unified Germany.

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Volumes 1 - 4 available

To order back issues of Mycological Progress (issues from volumes 1 - 4), please contact the society by e-mail: schatzmeister@dgfm-ev.de.

Special Price for Members

For members of the German Mycological Society a special price is available upon request.