Introducing the Mycosystema WEI JC Review Recent and future developments in techniques of value in the systematics of fungi D.L.HAWKSWORTH and P.D.BRIDGE Original Papers Aquatic species of Pythium from China MAGZ and YU YN Monosporous varieties of Syncephalastrum ZHENGRY,CHEN GQ and HU FM Electrophoresis and the classification of Syncephalastrum CHEN GQ and HUANG H Identification of Rhizopus by electrophoresis of proteins and esterases HUANG H and YU MQ A conspectus of the lichenized ascomycetes Umbilicariaceae in China WEIJC and JIANG YM Three new specses of Penicillium KONG HZ and QI ZT Species of Puccinia on the Cyperaceae in China ZHUANG JY A taxonomic study of Puccinia on Polygonaceae from China LI B A taxonomic study of the genus Phragmidium of China WEI SX The genera Ustilago and Liroa in China GUO L Studies on the genus Mycovellosiella of China. LIU XJ and GUO YL Short Communication Two additions to the Chinese smut fungi GUO L Academic Activities A briefreporton the Conference expounding the scientific importance and feasibility of the establishment of the Systematic Mycology & Lichenology Laboratory CHEN JB An appraisal concerning the establishment of an open Systematic Mycology & Lichenology Laboratory QIU WF et al. A briefing on the First Congress of the Scientific Council of SMLL News about the Second Congress of the Scientific Council of SMLL CHEN JB A record of important affairs in SMLL A brief introduction to the Systematic Mycology & Lichenology Laboratory,Institute of Microbiology,Academia Sinica