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From: jmurphy@fmppr.fmnh.org (John F. Murphy)
Subject: re NBS joining ITIS

>    National Biological Service Director H. Ronald Pulliam announced that the 
>NBS has agreed to cooperate with five other federal agencies in developing and 
>supporting a new national database on the plants and animals of North America.

I know that fungi are not plants, but they are often considered so by
non-mycologists.  Will data concerning fungi be included in this database?

sincerely,

Dr. John (Jack) Murphy  (JMURPHY@fmnh.org)
Dept. of Botany
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 ext. 722

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