Bettye Rees

Name
Bettye Rees BSc(Hons)(Qld), PhD(NSW)

Position
Honorary Research Associate

Phone
61 2 9817 5978

Fax
As above after a preliminary phone call. If phone unattended, send anyway.

Research interests
Macrofungi especially Hebeloma (Cortinariaceae), macrofungal identification, research into taxonomy of Cortinariaceae

Keywords
Macrofungi, mycorrhizas, Cortinariaceae

Current research projects
Treatment of Hebeloma for ABRS

Key publications

Rees, B.J. Shepherd, V.A. and Ashford, A.E. (1994). Presence of a motile tubular vacuole system in different phyla of fungi. Mycological Research 98, 985-992 .
Rees, B.J. & Wood, A.E. (1996). The genus Phaeocollybia in south-eastern Australia. Mycotaxon 57, 97-116.
Rees, B.J., Orlovich, D.A. & Marks, P.B.D. (1999). Treading the fine line between small-statured Gymnopilus and excentrically stipitate Galerina species in Australia. Mycological Research 103, 427-442.
Rees, B.J. & Ye, J.L. (1999). Pyrrhoglossum and the small-spored species of Gymnopilus in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 12, 255-270.
Rees, B.J. & Strid, Å.(2001). Relationships between Australian and Northern Hemisphere Gymnopilus species I. Australasian Mycologist 20, 29-48.
Rees, B.J. Orlovich, D.A. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2002). Relationships between Australian and Northern Hemisphere Gymnopilus species II. A phylogeny of species of Gymnopilus and related genera based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS region) of ribosomal DNA. Mycotaxon, 84, 93-110.
Rees, B.J., Marchant, A. & Zuccarello, G.C.(2004). A tale of two species - possible origins of red to purple-coloured Gymnopilus species in Europe. Australasian Mycologist 22(2): 57-72.