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In August 1985, at the IX Congress of European Mycologists in Oslo, in response to far-sighted proposals, the European Council for Conservation of Fungi [ECCF] was formed. That council, the world's oldest entity devoted to fungal conservation is now the conservation wing of the European Mycological Association.
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Eventually a formal European Mycological Association took over the functions of the Congress of European Mycologists, and its new Constitution became effective. The Governing Committee of the EMA serves as the Committee for Fungi in Europe within the International Mycological Association.
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