Société mycologique de France

Mycological Society of France
Société mycologique de France
Formation 1884
Founders Lucien Quélet, Antoine Mougeot and René Joseph Justin Ferry
Type Learned society
Headquarters 20 rue Rottembourg, 12th arrondissement, Paris
Location
Official language
French
President
Régis Courtecuisse
Website www.mycofrance.fr

The Société mycologique de France (Mycological Society of France), often known by the abbreviation SMF, is an association linking French and French-speaking mycologists. Régis Courtecuisse has served as its president since 2006.

History

The society was founded in 1884 in Épinal in the Vosges by three doctors, Lucien Quélet (1832-1889), Antoine Mougeot (1815-1889) and René Joseph Justin Ferry (1845-1924), joined by two pharmacists, Émile Boudier (1828-1920) and Narcisse Théophile Patouillard (1854-1926).

The object of the society was to "Establish relationships between mycologists scattered in various parts of French territory, centralize their research and thereby achieve the foundation of a complete fungal flora of France".

It was the first mycological society in the world. One year after its creation it already had 128 members and three years later it had 250. Most founder members were pharmacists, doctors or teachers and then it opened to amateurs.

The society's headquarters are located at 20 rue Rottembourg in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.

Activities

The society provides many activities and facilities for its members including

Publications

The society publishes a newsletter, an academic journal (the Bulletin de la Société mycologique de France), a list of recommended French names of fungi and a database.

The SMF database

The SMF database ("Le fichier SMF") operates under Access and contains more than 16,000 species of fungi studied by mycologists for their botanical interest, notably those of particular interest to humans:[1]

References

  1. "Le fichier SMF". Société mycologique de France. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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