简介:JohnWebsterplayedanimportantroleinthehistoryoftheUniversityofExeterasamentor,acolleagueandanimportantinfluenceonsuccessivegenerationsoffungalbiologists.MyfirstencounterwithJohnWebsterwasasayoungLecturer,newlyappointedinlate1993totheDepartmentofBiologicalSciencesattheUniversityofExeter.IspoketoJohnaboutjoininghimonone
简介:JohnWebster(1925-2014)wasperhapsthelastuniversalmycologistconductingresearchonallmajorgroupsoffungiandinseveraldifferentresearchdisciplines.Hewasalsoaninspirationalteacherofmycologytogenerationsofstudentsandahighlyefficientadministrator.Bywayofanobituary,aninterviewconductedwithhiminApril2009ispublishedhereforthefirsttime.Thisinterviewfea-
简介:Appropriatelyforamanwhosenameissocloselyassociatedwithaquaticfungi,JohnWebsterfirstcamemywayunderwater.Iquiteliterallybumpedintohimwhenhewasalargesemi-submergedobjectbarringmywayacrosstheswimmingpoolofahallofresidenceattheUniversityofSouthFlorida,Tampa.WewereboththereasdelegatestotheSec-