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SCOPE AND POLICYThe Journal of Mycology is devoted to the

rapid publication of fundamental research paperson all phases of mycology.

PLAGIARISM

We resolutely condemn plagiarism, unauthor-ized use of published literature, fabricating researchresults, and all other malicious and intentionalconduct. If we discover any misconduct, we willreject the submission immediately.

TYPES OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts submitted to Journal of Mycol-ogyshould be Reviewor Full Paper.

1. Review :Review introduces the reader to a par-ticular area of an authors research through a con-cise overview of a selected topic.

2. Full Paper: Full Paper must either be of a cur-rent general interest or of great significance to amore specialized readership. It is peer reviewed

and report details of studies that have not beenpublished previously,except in the form of pri-mary communications.

A modular version of these guidelines is availableas separate PDF file on the internet at http://www. mehtapress.com

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

Journal of Mycologyaccepts manuscripts onlyvia M X Press (Secure Online Manuscript Sub-mission System).Author must be able to provide

manuscript as complete word-processor and PDFfiles including text, tables, graphics for online sub-mission.

Author must fulfill formatting requirementsmentioned in 'MANUSCRIPT PREPARA-TION' during submissionA. Manuscript : The author should submit com-plete manuscript including text, tables, graphicsin both wordprocessor and PDF files.

B. Cover Letter : A cover letter must be uploadedwith every manuscript in PDF format at the sameas manuscript uploaded. The cover letter shouldcontain,a. The corresponding author's name, postal ande-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers.b. The title of the manuscript and a brief para-graph explaining significance of the work.

AUTHORS RESPONSIBILITY

The authors should provide a statement attest-

ing to the originality of the study they have sub-mitted for consideration.

Authors have a responsibility to be forthrightwhen complying with journal submission require-ments. This entails disclosure about the original-ity of the content, a statement of an authors ac-tual contribution to the study, and financial andconflict of interest disclosures.

DISCLAIMER

Every effort is made by the Publisher to see

that no inaccurate or misleading data, opinion orstatement appear in journal. However, they wishto make it clear that the data and opinions appear-ing in the articles and advertisements herein arethe responsibility of the contributor, sponsor oradvertiser concerned. Accordingly, Publisher ac-cepts no liability whatsoever for the consequencesof any such inaccurate of misleading data, opin-ion or statement.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

All the listed authors have to agree on all con-tents and they are responsible for all informationsincluded in the text.

The corresponding author is responsible forall communications between the Journal and allcoauthors, before and after publication.

The corresponding author has to make a state-ment confirming that the content of the manu-script represents the views of the coauthors, that

Journal of Mycology

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

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neither the corresponding author nor the coau-thors have submitted duplicate or overlappingmanuscripts elsewhere, and that the items indi-cated as personal communications in the text aresupported by the referenced person.

Any changes to the author list after submis-sion, such as a change in the order of the authors,or the deletion or addition of authors, need to be

approved by every author.The authors warrant that the manuscript is

original and contains no matter which is defama-tory or is otherwise unlawful or which invadesindividual privacy or infringes any proprietaryright or any statutory copyright.

PERMISSIONS FOR REPRODUCING

Authors should include with their submission,copies of written permission to reproduce mate-rial published elsewhere (such as illustrations) fromthe copyright holder. Authors are responsible forpaying any fees to reproduce material.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Public trust in the peer review process and thecredibility of published articles depend in part onhow well conflict of interest is handled duringwriting, peer review, and editorial decision mak-ing. Conflict of interest exists when an author (orthe authors institution), reviewer, or editor hasfinancial or personal relationships that inappro-priately influence his or her actions. These rela-tionships vary from those with negligible poten-tial to those with great potential to influence judg-ment, and not all relationships represent true con-flict of interest. The potential for conflict of inter-est can exist whether or not an individual believesthat the relationship affects his or her scientific

judgment. Financial relationships are the most eas-ily identifiable conflicts of interest and the mostlikely to undermine the credibility of the journal,

the authors, and of science itself.PEER REVIEW

Journal of Mycologyis a peer-review journal,so all papers are evaluated by this system. If thepaper follows the scope of the journal, it will besent to two or three independent reviewers, se-lected by the editors.

Timing

The review process will ordinarily require two

weeks.

PEER REVIEW POLICY

All submitted manuscripts are read by the edi-torial staff. To save time for authors and peer-re-viewers, only those papers that seem most likelyto meet our editorial criteria are sent for formalreview. Those papers judged by the editors to be

of insufficient general interest or otherwise inap-propriate are rejected promptly without external.

Manuscripts judged to be of potential interestto our readership are sent for formal review, typi-cally to two or three reviewers. The editors thenmake a decision based on the reviewersadvice,from among several possibilities:Accept, with minor corrections;Invite the authors to revise their manuscript toaddress specific concerns before a final decision isreached;Reject, but indicate to the authors that furtherwork might justify a resubmission;Reject outright, typically on grounds of special-ist interest, lack of novelty, insufficient concep-tual advance or major technical and/or interpre-tational problems.

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTSTitle:The title should be accurately, clearly andgrammatically correct and concisely reflect

emphasis and content of the manuscript.Authors and Addresses:Authorsnames includeall those who have made substantial contributionsto the works even in the manuscript was actuallywritten by only one person use first name, middlename and surnames. At least one author must bedesignated with on asterisk (*) as the author towhom correspondences should be addressed. Thenames and addresses of the institution(s) wherethe work was performed should be listed in the

following paragraph. If this is different from thepresent address, this should be noted in footnote.

Corresponding Authors E-mail Address:Theemail address of the corresponding author shouldbe placed on a separate line below the institutionaddresses.

Abstract:The abstract allows the reader to identifythe nature and scope of the manuscript and helpsthe editors recognize key features for indexing andretrieval.

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Keywords: 5-6 keywords should be provideddirectly below the abstract.

Introduction:The introduction should be placedthe work in the appropriate context and clearlystate the purpose and objectives of the research.

Materials & Methods:Provide sufficient detailto allow the work to be reproduced. Methods

already published should be indicated by areference: only relevant modifications should bedescribed.

Tables :The use of tables is encouraged to presentdata in a space-efficient manner. Tables must beinserted in the manuscript word-processor file neartheir first mention in the text. They should becreated with the word processors table-formattingfeature. Each data entry should be placed withinits own table cell; tabs and line returns should not

be used within cells. Arrangements that leavemany columns only partially filled should beavoided.

Footnotes within tables should be givenlowercase italic letter designations and should becited in the table with lowercase italic superscriptedletters. The sequence of letters should proceed byrow, and form left to right within any rows havingmore than one footnote. If a reference is cited bothin the text and in a table, the letteral footnote inthe table should cite the text reference.s number.

Above each table should be typed in boldface char-acters, a sequential Arabic table number and shortdescriptive title.

Graphics:All graphics (illustrations) must be pre-pared in digital format and inserted into the manu-script word processor file near their first mentionin the text. Graphics intended to appear in blackand white or grayscale should not be submitted incolour. When areas in a graphic created with agraphics program need to be shaded or filled in

parallel lines or crosshatching, rather than grayshading, should be used whenever possible to allowthe graphic to be processed as line art rather thanas grayscale art. The editors encourage the use ofcolour in manuscript graphics when it is impor-tant for clarity of presentation.

The quality of the graphics published in thejournal depends on the quality of the graphicimages provided by authors. Digital graphicsshould have minimum resolution. Black and white

line art 1200dpi Grayscale art 600dpiColour art300dpi For uniformity of appearance, all thegraphics of the same type should share a commongraphic style and font. Structures, schemes andother drawings are made with standard drawingprogramme-most preferable advanced version ofChemDraw. Drawings made with CorelDraw 5/11. For scanned halftone figures a resolution of

300 dpi is sufficient. Scanned figures compressedwith JPEG usually give no problems.

Results & Discussion :The presentation of ex-perimental detail in the Results & Discussionsection should be kept to minimum. Reiterationof information that is made obvious in tables,figures, or reaction schemes should be avoided.

Conclusions :If an optional conclusion section isused, its content should not substantially duplicatethe abstract.

Acknowledgement :This section may be used toacknowledge helpful discussion with colleagues,technical assistance, gifts of starting material orreference samples, data from individual providersof spectroscopic, analytical or crystallographicservices who are not co-authors, and financialsupport.

References and Footnotes :Authors should bejudicious in citing the literature; unnecessarily longlist of references should be avoided. Any articles,

communications, letters, patents, theses, andconference abstracts in which portions of thereported work have been previously disclosed mustbe cited long footnotes should be avoided. All thereferences and footnotes must be placed togetherin a list at the end of the manuscript text. Theyshould be numbered with Arabic numerals in theorder of the first citation in the text, and the cor-responding numbers inserted at the appropriatelocations in the text as superscripted numerals

with square brackets. It is crucial that authorsverify their accuracy.

JournalAuthor, Journal Abbreviation; Volume(Issue),Page (Year).BookAuthor, Book Title, Edition Number, Editor,Publisher, Place of Publication, Volume, Page(Year).

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Meeting and ConferenceAuthor, Name of Meeting or Proceeding, Loca-tion of Meeting, Date of Meeting, AbstractNumber, Page (Year).PatentPatent Owner, Title of Patent, Patent Number,(Year).Thesis

Author, Level of Thesis, Degree-Granting Univer-sity, Location of University, (Year).Computer ProgramAuthor, Program Title (Version or Edition),Publisher, Place of Publication, (Year).WebsiteIn parentheses, show the date, the site was lastaccessed the date you checked to make sure thesite was still online and the URL, seprated by asemicolon. Do not use ending punctuation.

PROOFS

Proofs will be sent electronically. Only typo-graphic corrections and other minor changes maybe made in a galley proof. Any substantivechanges will require editorial approval and maydelay publication.

REPRINTS

E-reprint can be accessed free of cost bycorresponding author.

Printed reprints can be ordered during galleyproof stage.