III. MYCOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE ANTARCTIC FUNGI : Part 1. HISTORICAL (REPORT OF THE JAPANESE SUMMER PARTIES IN DRY VALLEYS, VICTORIA LAND, 1963-1965)

• Main Authors: Junta SUGIYAMA, Yoshiko SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi IIZUKA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1967
• Subjects: geo; hist; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Hill Island; Snow Hill; Snow Hill Island; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007437; https://doaj.org/article/c4ff9eae05054b8b8e651cb48085bb51

The present authors reviewed the history of research and contributions in Antarctic mycology. Beginning with the first original study by EKELOF (1907, 1908) on the molds from the soil at Snow Hill Island, east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula (material collected during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1903, led by NORDENSKJOLD), a number of reports concerning the fungi in Antarctica have been made in subsequent years. Particularly since the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958, many studies have been made by mycologists of the fungi in Antarctica, e. g., Phycomycetes (HARDER and PERSIEL, 1962), yeasts (DI MENNA, 1960, 1966a, 1966b SONEDA, 1961), molds (TUBAKI, 1961a, 1961b CORTE and DAGLIO, 1962, 1963 TUBAKI and ASANO, 1965), and mushrooms (SINGER, 1954, 1957 SINGER and CORTE, 1962). Recently, SIEBURTH (1965) presented a comprehensive review on the development of studies in microbiology of Antarctica in general.