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No. 431 December 21, 2010	aceska@telus.net	Victoria, B.C.

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DR. ALVIN FUNK, MYCOLOGIST, FEBRUARY 8, 1925 - NOVEMBER 6, 2010

From: J. Ginns [ginnsj@shaw.ca] & Brenda E. Callan [Brenda.Callan@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca]

Linked picture of Dr. Alvin Funk

Alvin's parents, John and Suzanna Funk belonged to a group of German Mennonites who had been invited to live in Russia to teach the farmer's better agricultural techniques. However, the Revolution and subsequent political upheaval prompted many to migrate. As a result Al was born in Laird, Saskatchewan. He received his early schooling in Saskatoon attending Wilson school, and excelling in academics and athletics. When he was about 15 years old the family moved to a fruit farm in the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario.

During World War II, Al joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, as soon as he came of age, and was trained as a wireless air gunner, operating the radio equipment in the aircraft and manning a gun or turret as necessary. He counted those years among the best, enjoying the comradeship of his fellow airmen. After the war he enrolled in the University of Western Ontario and was awarded a B.A. in 1950.

Al's interest in the fungi began in 1951 when as a research assistant he worked with fungal physiologist R.H. Haskins in the National Research Council's Prairie Regional Laboratory, Saskatoon and attended mycology classes taught by T.C. Vanterpool at the University of Saskatchewan. Al met Alice Hurley at a youth Bible class in a Gospel Hall in Saskatoon, and they were married there in 1953.

Al joined the forest pathology team in the Canadian Forestry Service's Pacific laboratory in Victoria, BC in 1958 to study the causes of cankers and dieback diseases of native trees. In 1959 he enrolled in the University of Toronto's Graduate School and studied under the renowned mycologist Roy Cain. Al wrote "[Cain's] instruction proved invaluable for the work I subsequently undertook in the forest microfungi." His thesis was titled "Studies in the Genus Caliciopsis" and in 1962 the University awarded him a Ph. D. degree.

Back in Victoria, Al specialized in the fungi he referred to as "microfungi," a general term covering a number of Orders and Families within the Ascomycetes and Anamorphic Fungi. The fruiting bodies of these fungi are rarely more than 2 mm in diameter and some are microscopic. During his studies Al discovered a number of fungi that were new to science and was led to describe several new genera and species. He also painstakingly studied the life cycles of these fungi and described a number of unknown life stages, often connecting the asexual stage that produced conidia with the sexual, ascospore-producing stage.

He found that cankers and die backs often involved a complex of several fungi, bacteria and insects. This led him to research the feasibility of controlling a pathogenic fungus with another fungus that is antagonistic to it, and to investigate whether insect pathogens such as Cordyceps could be used to control caterpillars that feed on conifer foliage.

Al brought together his studies and those of his former colleagues Art Parker and Wolf Ziller in two manuals designed to facilitate the identification of parasitic microfungi causing cankers and die backs of western trees (Funk 1981), and foliar fungi of western trees (Funk 1985). These two publications are used in the management of stem and foliage diseases in young plantations, nurseries, seed orchards and Christmas tree farms throughout North America and around the world.

His very productive scientific career spanned about 35 years, and nearly all of it was spent at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria. Al retired from the job he loved in 1990 on his 65th birthday. He had a few years of healthy retirement living before his first major illness.

Al was held in the highest regard by his colleagues, as evidenced by the many letters of appreciation he received from mycologists worldwide upon his retirement. He was a devout Christian and Bible scholar, and a quiet and reserved man that 'out of the clear blue sky' uttered dry, incredibly funny quips. Family was a high priority for Al, as were outdoor activities such as Sunday afternoon beach or forest walks with friends. He also discovered the enjoyment of downhill skiing when in his 50's.

Al is survived by his wife Alice and their children Jack Funk, Jill Rashleigh and Lindsay Funk, and their families.

References

Funk, A. 1981.: Parasitic microfungi of western trees. Environment Canada. Canadian Forestry Service, Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, BC. Information Report BC X 222. 190 p.
Funk, A. 1985.: Foliar fungi of western trees. Agriculture Canada, Ministry of State for Forestry, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Information Report BC X 265. 159 p.

IDENTIFICATION KEY TO THE CAREX LENTICULARIS GROUP

From: Julie Dragon [julie.dragon@uvm.edu]

Characteristics of the group: Plants mostly caespitose, basal sheaths mostly brown, culms 0.5-1.5mm wide, their angles variably scabrous-glabrous or mixed, proximal involucral bracts 0.7-3.5mm wide, terminal spike gynaecandrous or staminate and single, pistillate spikes up to 4cm long and 0.6cm wide, pistillate scale apex rounded and the distal ones awnless, perigynia veined, achenes papillose and shiny/glaucous and not constricted.

The following key is a product of research I conducted on the Carex lenticularis group (Dragon 2006; Dragon and Barrington 2008, 2009). Associated molecular data are largely congruent with the morphological diversity that characterizes these species, with the exception of Carex kelloggii W. Boott. While morphologically very similar to Carex lenticularis Michx., molecularly C. kelloggii appeared little differentiated from the most recent common ancestor of the entire group. Further characterization of C. kelloggii is needed particularly in southwestern North America.



1 Terminal spike staminate (sometimes androgynous or appearing gynaecandrous
  but with a few male flowers at the top).

  2 Leaves 1.0-1.6 mm wide, inflorescences <3.0 cm long, culms 0.5-0.7
    mm wide, pistillate spikes 0.4-0.8 cm long x 0.2-0.5 cm wide
    [Amphi-Atlantic: Greenland & Scandinavia] C. rufina Drejer
  2 Leaves 1.4-6.0 mm wide, inflorescences 3.0 cm long, culms 0.6-1.5
    mm wide, pistillate spikes 1.5-4.0 cm long x 0.3-0.6 cm wide.

    3 Leaves 3.4-6.0 mm wide, culms 1.2-1.5 mm wide, anthers
      1.2-1.3 mm long [Guatemala] C. cuchumatanensis Standl. & Steyerm.
    3 Leaves 1.4-3.3mm wide, culms 0.6-1.3mm wide, anthers >1.5 mm long. 

      4 Plants rhizomatous, proximal involucral bracts 2.5-3.3 mm wide
        [Mexico] C. hermannii Cochrane
      4 Plants caespitose, proximal involucral bracts typically 2.3 mm
        wide.
    
        5 Perigynia 3.0-3.4 mm long [southern South America] C. decidua
          Boott
        5 Perigynia 1.8-3.0 mm long.  [North America]

          6 Pistillate scales light brown to brown black, perigynium
            stipe 0.1-0.3 mm long. [east of the Rocky Mountains and of
            Great Plains of North America] C.lenticularis Michx.
          6 Pistillate scales brown to purple brown black, perigynium
            stipe 0.1-0.6 mm long.  [Rocky Mountains and west]
      
            7 Proximal spikes 0.6 cm wide, perigynium stipe 0.4-0.6 mm long 
                                             C. hindsii C.B. Clarke 
            7 Proximal spikes 0.4-0.5 cm wide, perigynium stipe < 0.4 mm
              long.

              8 Perigynia with beak 2.8-4.0 mm long, the distal ones bent
                at maturity [BC?, WA to CA] C. impressa (S.H. Wright)
                Mack.
              8 Perigynia withbeak 1.0-3.1 mm long, the distal ones not bent
                At maturity [W NA]  C.kelloggii W. Boott

1 Terminal spike gynaecandrous.

  9 Basal sheaths brown, leaves ? 2.0 mm wide, perigynia 2.6-3.0 mm
    long with stipe > 0.3 mm long [Alaska, Yukon Territory, northern BC]
    C. enanderi Hult.
  9 Basal sheaths red-brown to black, leaves > 2.0 mm wide, perigynia
    1.7-2.4 mm long with stipe 0.0-0.3  mm long. 
  
    10 Perigynia nerves coarse, beak > 0.1 mm long, achenes do not fill 
       perigynia [plants endemic to high elevations in the Rocky Mountains
       from Montana to Colorado] _C. plectocarpa F.J. Herm.
    10 Perigynia nerves faint, beak ? 0.1mm long, achenes fill perigynia
       [Pacific NW and Asia]  _C. eleusinoides Turcz. ex Kunth

In Dragon & Barrington (2009), we suggested that Carex hindsii and C. impressa would be best treated as varieties of Carex kelloggii, but the nomenclatural transfers are still pending.

References

Dragon, J. A. 2006.: Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Carex aquatilis group section Phacocystis (Cyperaceae). Ph.D. thesis. University of Vermont: Burlington, Vermont.
Dragon, J. A. & D. S. Barrington. 2008.: East vs. west: Monophyletic clades within the paraphyletic Carex acuta complex, section Phacocystis (Cyperaceae). Pp. 215-226 in R. F. C. Naczi & B. A. Ford (editors): Sedges: Uses, Diversity, and Systematics of the Cyperaceae. _Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 108. Dragon, J.A. & D.S. Barrington. 2009.; Systematics of the Carex aquatilis and C. lenticularis lineages: geographically and ecologically divergent sister clades of Carex section Phacocystis (Cyperaceae). _American Journal of Botany 96(10): 1896-1906. http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/96/10/1896

DR. ALVIN FUNK - BIBLIOGRAPHY

From: Brenda E. Callan [Brenda.Callan@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca] & J. Ginns [ginnsj@shaw.ca]

The scientific writings of Alvin Funk (including peer reviewed papers, government reports, books, and brochures).

Shu, P., A. Funk, & A.C. Neish. 1954.: Mechanism of citric acid formation from glucose by Aspergillus niger. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology 32: 68-80.
Funk, A. & P.V. Divekar. 1959.: Caerulomycin, a new antibiotic from _Streptomyces caeruleus Baldacci. 1. Production, isolation, assay andbiological properties. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 5: 317-321.
Bloomberg, W.J. & A. Funk. 1960.: Willow blight in British Columbia. Bi monthly Progress Report 16(5): 3-4.
Funk, A. 1960.: Descriptions of cultures of fungi imperfecti and ascomycetes associated with forest damage in British Columbia. I. (Unpublished report). Department of Agriculture, Science Service, Forest Biology Division, Victoria, BC. 35 p.
Funk, A. 1962.: Durandiella pseudotsugae n. sp.; taxonomy, cultural characteristics, life history, and host response. Canadian Journal of Botany 40(2): 331-335.
Funk, A. 1963.: Studies in the Genus Caliciopsis. Canadian Journal of Botany 41(4): 503-543.
Funk, A. 1963.: Descriptions of cultures of fungi imperfecti and ascomycetes associated with forest damage in British Columbia. II. Government of Canada, Department of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Pathology Lab, Victoria, BC. Interim research report. 20 p.
Funk, A. 1964.: Botryosphaeria tsugae n. sp. causing dieback of western hemlock in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Botany 42(6): 769-775.
Funk, A. 1964.: Extensions of the host ranges and distribution of _Caliciopsis species on western conifers. Plant Disease Reporter 48(9): 677.
Funk, A. 1965.: The symbiotic fungi of certain ambrosia beetles in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Botany 43(8): 929-932.
Farris, S.H. & A. Funk. 1965.: Respositories of symbiotic fungus in the ambrosia beetle Platypus wilsoni Swaine (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). The Canadian Entomologist 97(5): 527-532.
Funk, A. 1965.: Descriptions of cultures of fungi imperfecti and ascomycetes associated with forest damage in British Columbia. III. Government of Canada, Department of Forestry, Forest Research Laboratory, Forest Research Laboratory, Victoria, BC. Interim Report. 23 p.
Funk, A. 1965.: A new inoculation technique for use with canker producing fungi. Canadian Journal of Botany 43(5): 616-617.
Funk, A. 1965.: A new parasite of spruce from British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Botany 43(1): 45 48. [_Botryosphaeria piceae n.sp.]
Funk, A., C.B. Cottrell, & T.A.D. Woods. 1965.: Canker and dieback of Douglas fir in the Cariboo Region. Bi monthly Research Report 21(3): 4.
Reid, J. & A. Funk. 1966.: The genus Atropellis and a new genus of the Helotiales associated with branch cankers of western hemlock. _Mycologia_ 58(3): 417-439.
Funk, A. 1966.: The type species of Ascoconidium. Canadian Journal of Botany 44(1): 39-41.
Funk, A. 1966.: Ascoconidium tsugae n. sp. associated with bark diseases of western hemlock in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Botany 44(3): 219-222.
Funk, A. & A.K. Parker. 1966.: Scirrhia pini n. sp., the perfect state of _Dothistroma pini Hulbary. Canadian Journal of Botany 44(9): 1171-1176.
Funk, A. 1967.: A physiological study in the genus Tympanis. Canadian Journal of Botany 45(3): 309-317.
Funk, A. & R.A. Shoemaker. 1967.: Layered structure in the bitunicate ascus. _Canadian Journal of Botany 45(8): 1265-1266.
Funk, A. 1967.: Dermea pseudotsugae n. sp., a causal agent of phloem necrosis in Douglas fir. Canadian Journal of Botany 45(10): 1803-1809.
Funk, A. 1967.: Coccomyces heterophyllae n. sp., a hypodermataceous fungus from the periderm of western hemlock. Canadian Journal of Botany 45(12): 2263-2267.
Funk, A. 1968.: Diaporthe lokoyae n.sp., the perfect state of Phomopsis lokoyae. Canadian Journal of Botany 46(5): 601-603.
Baranyay, J.A. & A. Funk. 1969.: Helotium resinicola n. sp. and its _Stilbella conidial state. Canadian Journal of Botany 47(6): 1011-1014.
Funk, A. 1969.: Potebniamyces (Phacidiella) disease of the true firs in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Botany 47(5): 751-753.
Funk, A. 1969.: A shoot blight disease of western larch in British Columbia. _Canadian Journal of Botany 47(10): 1509-1511. [_Encoeliopsis Laricina (Ettlinger) Groves]
Funk, A. 1970.: Taxonomy of Phomopsis boycei and its relationship to _Potebniamyces balsamicola. Canadian Journal of Botany 48(6): 1023-1025.
Funk, A. 1970.: Fungal symbionts of the ambrosia beetle Gnathotrichus sulcatus. Canadian Journal of Botany 48(8): 1445-1448. [_Ambrosiella sulcati sp. nov., Raffaelea sulcati sp. nov., & Graphium sp.]
Funk, A. 1970.: Dermea rhytidiformans n. sp., the fungus associated with cork bark of alpine fir. Canadian Journal of Botany 48(8): 1481-1483.
McMinn, R.G. & A. Funk. 1970.: Unusual drought symptoms in Douglas fir. _Canadian Journal of Botany 48(12): 2123-2127.
Funk, A. 1970.: Field tests of Cordyceps militaris against the green striped forest looper. Prepared for Interdepartmental Committee on Forest Spraying Operations Meeting. (Mimeographed report). Government of Canada, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Forest Research Laboratory, Victoria, BC. 2 p.
Funk, A. & R.A. Shoemaker. 1971.: Xenomeris abietis associated with dieback of Douglas fir and western hemlock. Mycologia 63(3): 567-574.
Funk, A., & A.C. Molnar. 1972.: Kabatina thuiae on yellow cedar in British Columbia nurseries. Bi-monthly Research Notes 28: 16-17.
Funk, A. & B.C. Sutton. 1972.: A disease of conifer buds in western Canada associated with Dichomera gemmicola n. sp. Canadian Journal of Botany 50(7): 1513-1518.
Funk, A. 1973.: Liquid cultures in polythene bags. Bi monthly Research Notes 29(4): 25.
Funk, A. 1973.: Microlychnus gen. nov., a lichenized hyphomycete from western conifers. Canadian Journal of Botany 51(6): 1249-1250.
Funk, A.1973.: Phomopsis (Diaporthe) canker of Douglas fir in British Columbia. Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service, Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, BC. FIDS Pest Leaflet No. 60. 5 p.
Funk, A. 1973.: Some mycoparasites of western bark fungi. Canadian Journal of Botany 51(9): 1643-1645. [_Engelhardtiella alba gen. et sp. nov., _Cylindrocarpon roseum sp. nov., & Phymatotrichum fungicola_ Zeller.]
Funk, A. 1973.: Canker of dwarf mistletoe swellings on western hemlock caused by Nectria fuckeliana var. macrospora. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 3(1): 71-74.
Ziller, W.G. & A. Funk. 1973.: Studies of hypodermataceous needle diseases. III. The association of Sarcotrochila macrospora n. sp. and _Hemiphacidiumlongisporum n. sp. with pine needle cast caused by Davisomycella ampla and Lophodermella concolor. _Canadian Journal of Botany 51(10): 1959-1963.
Funk, A. 1974.: Microfungi associated with dieback of native Cupressaceae in British Columbia. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 54(4): 166-168.
Funk, A. & E.E. McMullan. 1974.: Phacidin, a fungal growth inhibitor from _Potebniamyces balsamicola var. boycei. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 20(3): 422-425.
Funk, A. & J. Kuijt. 1974.: Caliciopsis struthanthi n. sp. (Ascomycetes) on Loranthaceae in Central America. Canadian Journal of Botany 52(5): 1149-1150.
Funk, A. 1975.: Stem cankers of young Douglas firs associated with larval feeding galleries of Laspeyresia pseudotsugae (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae). European Journal of Forest Pathology 5(3): 143-146. [_Pragmopora pithya (Fr.) Groves]
Funk, A. & H. Zalasky. 1975.: Rhytidiella baranyayi n. sp., associated with cork bark of aspen. Canadian Journal of Botany 53(8): 752-755.
Funk, A. 1975.: Sageria, a new genus of Helotiales. Canadian Journal of Botany 53(12): 1196-1199.
Funk, A. 1975.: New microfungi on coastal Douglas fir. Canadian Journal of Botany 53(20): 2297-2302. [_Coccomyces pseudotsugae n. sp., _Phragmoporthe pseudotsugae n. sp., Botryosphaeria pseudotsugae n. sp,_Phomopsis portei n. sp. & Haplosporella sp.]
Sutton, B.C. & A. Funk. 1975.: Conidial states of some Pragmopora and _Tympanis species. Canadian Journal of Botany 53(6): 521-526.
Ilnytzky, S. & A. Funk. 1976.: Preliminary tests on control of insect defoliators with a fungus. Bi monthly Research Notes 32(1): 3. [_Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link]
Funk, A. 1976.: Parkerella, a new genus of Coronophorales. Canadian Journal of Botany 54(9): 868-871.
Funk, A. 1976.: The genus Dermea and related conidial states on Douglas fir. Canadian Journal of Botany 54(24): 2852-2856.
Hiratsuka, Y. & A. Funk. 1976.: Additional records of Gremmeniella abietina in western Canada. Plant Disease Reporter 60(7): 631.
Whitney, H.S. & A. Funk. 1977.: Pezizella chapmanii n. sp., a discomycete associated with bark beetle galleries in western conifers. Canadian Journal of Botany 55(8): 888-891.
Hunt, R.S. & A. Funk. 1977.: Mushrooms fatal to dogs. Mycologia 69(2): 432-433.
Funk, A. 1977.: Growth of Cordyceps militaris in liquid shake culture. Bi monthly Research Notes 33(3): 30-31.
Sekhon, A.S. & A. Funk. 1977.: In vitro growth inhibitory studies of phacidin against some dermatophytes, opportunistic and systemic fungi and yeasts pathogenic on man. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 3: 95-100.
Funk, A. 1978.: A new Grovesiella on grand fir. Canadian Journal of Botany 56(3): 245-247.
Funk, A. 1978.: Two new species of encoelioideae (Helotiales) on western hemlock. Canadian Journal of Botany 56(14): 1575-1578. [_Pestalopezia tsugae n.sp. & Nipterella tsugae n.sp.]
Funk, A. 1978.: Canker disease of spruce. Fisheries and Environment Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, BC. Forest Pest Leaflet 65.
Funk, A. 1978.: Seimatosporium etheridgei n. sp., associated with a new disease of aspen bark. European Journal of Forest Pathology 8(1): 54-58.
Funk, A. 1979.: New species of Gelatinosporium on western conifers. Canadian Journal of Botany 57(7): 765-767.
Funk, A. 1979.: Rileya, a new genus of Coelomycetes. Canadian Journal of Botany 57(1): 7-10.
Funk, A. 1979.: A new Nitschkia on western conifers and its probable microconidial state. Canadian Journal of Botany 57(20): 2113-2115.
Funk, A. 1979.: Leciographa gallicola n. sp., a putative parasite on aspen galls. Canadian Journal of Botany 57(1): 4-6.
Funk, A. 1979.: Sexuality of Scirrhia pini. Bi monthly Research Notes 35(3): 14.
Funk, A. 1980.: "Buboes Canker" of aspen in British Columbia. Bi monthly Research Notes 36(6): 31-32.
Funk, A. 1980.: A description of Verrucaria plumbaria on Douglas fir. _Mycologia 72(2): 422-425.
Funk, A. 1980.: New Therrya species parasitic on western conifers. _Canadian Journal of Botany 58(11): 1291-1294.
Funk, A. 1980.: Pseudophacidium garmanii n. sp., on interior spruce in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Botany 58(23): 2447-2449.
Funk, A. 1980.: The Sclerophomas associated with dieback of Douglas fir. _European Journal of Forest Pathology 10(1): 53-57.
Smith, R.B. & A. Funk. 1980.: Assessing Nectria macrospora as a biological control agent for hemlock dwarf mistletoe. Bi monthly Research Notes 36(3): 11-12.
Funk, A. 1981.: Parasitic microfungi of western trees. Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service, Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, BC. Information Report BC X 222. 190 p.
Funk, A. & R.B. Smith. 1981.: Potebniamyces gallicola n. sp., from dwarf mistletoe infections in western hemlock. Canadian Journal of Botany 59(9): 1610-1612.
Funk, A. 1982.: Therrya canker of spruce in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 4: 357-361.
Funk, A. 1982.: Vanterpoolia, a new genus of sporodochial hyphomycetes. _Canadian Journal of Botany 60(6): 973-975.
Funk, A. & J. Kuijt. 1982.: Mycocalicium viscinicola sp. nov. (Caliciales) on mistletoe viscin in South America. Canadian Journal of Botany 60(2): 191-193.
Funk, A. & R.A. Shoemaker. 1983.: Stuartella suttonii n. sp., the teleomorph of Bactrodesmium obliguum var. suttonii. Canadian Journal of Botany 61(9): 2277-2279.
Funk, A. 1983.: Szczawinskia, a new genus of the lichen forming Coelomycetes. Syesis 16: 85-88.
Funk, A. 1984.: Endothiella aggregata n. sp. (Phialostromatineae) on western conifers. Canadian Journal of Botany 62: 154-155.
Funk, A. 1985.: Foliar fungi of western trees. Agriculture Canada, Ministry of State for Forestry, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Information Report BC X 265. 159 p.
Funk, A., T.A.D. Woods, & S.J. Hopkinson. 1985.: Hormonema merioides n. sp., on Douglas fir needles. Canadian Journal of Botany 63(9): 1579-1581.
Hopkins, J.C., W. Lock, & A. Funk. 1985.: Colletotrichum acutatum, a new pathogen on western hemlock seedlings in British Columbia. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 65(1): 11-13.
Funk, A. 1985.: Botryosphaeria pseudotsugae; association with a canker of Douglas fir and observations on its morphology. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 7: 355-358.
Funk, A. 1986.: A new species of Ciboria on hemlock needles. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 86: 184-186.
Funk, A. 1986.: Monilia versiformia sp. nov. (Hyphomycetes) from a perennial Douglas fir canker. Canadian Journal of Botany 65: 23-25.
Funk, A. 1986.: Phomopsis (Diaporthe) canker of Douglas fir in British Columbia. Agriculture Canada, Ministry of State for Forestry and Mines, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Forest Pest Leaflet 60.
Funk, A. 1986.: Two new discomycetes on Pinus. Mycotaxon 27: 283-288. [_Claussenomyces pini sp.n. & Crumenulopsis lacrimiformia sp.n.]
Hopkins, J.C. & A. Funk. 1986.: Dieback of white birch in central British Columbia. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 66(2): 59-60.
Funk, A. 1987.: Stigmina zilleri sp. nov., associated with brown leaf spot of broadleaf maple. Canadian Journal of Botany 65: 482-483.
Hopkins, J. & A. Funk. 1987.: Apostrasseria lunata associated with seedling mortality of western white pine and Douglas fir in British Columbia. _Canadian Plant Disease Survey 67(1): 23.
Funk, A. & C.E. Dorworth. 1988.: Mycosphaerella mycopappi sp. nov. and its anamorphs on leaves of Acer macrophyllum. Canadian Journal of Botany 66: 295-297.
Funk, A. & K.E. Finck. 1988.: Sydowia semenospora sp. nov. and its anamorph on amabilis fir. Canadian Journal of Botany 66: 2128-2129.
Hunt, R.S. & Funk, A. 1988.: Parvacoccum pini gen. et sp. nov. (Rhytismataceae) on western white pine. Mycotaxon 33: 51-55.
Funk, A. 1988.: Mushrooms in Forestry. Forestry Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC.
Funk, A. 1988.: Mushrooms in Lawns. Forestry Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC.
Funk, A. 1989.: Pollaccia borealis sp. nov. associated with a purple brown Leaf spot of aspen. Canadian Journal of Botany 67: 776-778.
Funk, A. 1989.: Observations on an aspen leaf spot disease and associated fungus, Pollaccia borealis. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 11: 353-356.
Hunt, R.S., B.E. Callan, & A. Funk. 1992.: Common pests of arbutus in British Columbia. Forestry Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Forest Pest Leaflet 63.
Callan, B.E. & A. Funk. 1994.: Introduction to forest diseases. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Forest Pest Leaflet 54. Co-published by the BC Ministry of Forests. 16 p

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