The CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre - an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and situated in Utrecht, The Netherlands - maintains a world-renowned collection of living filamentous fungi, yeasts and bacteria. The institute's research programs principally focus on the taxonomy and evolution of fungi as well as on functional aspects of fungal biology and ecology, increasingly making use of molecular and genomics approaches. The CBS employs circa 70 personnel, among whom circa 17 scientists.
The CBS taxonomy series "Studies in Mycology" is an international journal which publishes systematic monographs of filamentous fungi and yeasts, and at occasions the proceedings of special meetings related to all fields of mycology, biotechnology, ecology, molecular biology, pathology and systematics. The first issue was published in 1972.
"Studies in Mycology" is an open access journal that is freely available on the internet, but is also issued as individual booklets, each priced according to size. Regular subscribers receive each hardcopy issue automatically upon publication. Become a regular subscriber to the hardcopy version by sending your request to info{at}cbs.knaw.nl. Single hardcopies can be bought through the CBS WebShop or through a document delivery service. A 20% reduction on the list price applies only when 10 or more copies of a specific publication are bought at the same time.
Authors who intend to submit monographs should contact the r.samson{at}cbs.knaw.nl in advance. Authors are obliged to meet the requirements as set out in our Instructions to Authors.
