Indian Mycological Society - Mission and About Us

About Us

The Indian Mycological Society is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the science of mycology - the study of fungi of all kinds including mushrooms, yeasts, lichens and medically important fungi, as well as allied subjects like Microbiology, Soil Bacteriology, Plant Pathology, Fungal Physiology and so on.

The Society was founded in 1954 under the guidance of the late Professor S. N. Banerjee, and several other well respected research scientists. An outline of the Society's history can be found here.

Over the past fifty years the Society has been very responsive in catering to the needs of the research community by organizing several national and international symposia, workshops and seminars and providing a platform for the interaction of professionals, scientists, academicians and students.

IMS is proud and honoured to be the second largest society of mycologists in Asia and the largest of it's kind in India. In the coming years we hope to expand our efforts in being of service to the community of scientists by way of introducing useful online services to it's members as well as for the benefit of the general public.

Mission and Objectives

The aims and objectives of the society include:

Organizing periodical meetings in Kolkata as well as other parts of India, with the aim of diffusing knowledge in Mycology and allied fields among scientists and others.
Arranging periodical excursions to different parts of India for the study of fungal and allied flora.
Endeavoring to cooperate with other scientific bodies for purposes of common interests.
Encouraging original investigations and scientific studies.
Publishing transactions, research work, Journals, Memoirs and other matters of the society that may be desirable, and making research paper abstracts available online through this site, wherever possible and feasible.

We welcome all enthusiastic mycologists and scientists to apply for society membership. Members receive a subscription to the official journal of the IMS, the Journal of Mycopathological Research, which is published bi-annually.

If you have any queries regarding the society or would like to suggest information that you'd like to see on the IMS site, please write to the webmaster.