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The Melin school: a personal memoir by Edward Hacskaylo

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One of the pioneers of research on ectomycorrhizas in the mid-1900s was Elias Melin in Uppsala Sweden. The author spent a year in the Melin lab conducting his doctoral research. Here he describes that experience and the work of some others of the next generation of mycorrhiza researchers who also were members of the Melin lab.

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Acknowledgments

Most of what I have written is from memory. Some details were derived from my publications and those of Gösta Lindeberg, Elias Melin, John Palmer, and from personal communications. For those who are interested, there is much relevant information on the Internet. I greatly appreciated the comments and suggestions of friends who read the manuscript as it progressed. Special thanks to David Janos for his assistance in final preparation of the manuscript.

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Editors’ note: This lively, personal account of the premier Melin school was invited by the editors. Its author, Dr. Edward Hacskaylo, together with Dr. C. Patrick Reid and Dr. James M. Trappe, was recognized with a 2015 Pioneer Award at the Eighth International Conference on Mycorrhiza. The antecedents of much of our knowledge of ectomycorrhizas are to be found here.

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Hacskaylo, E. The Melin school: a personal memoir by Edward Hacskaylo. Mycorrhiza 27, 75–80 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-016-0728-x

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