The retirement of David Moore from the position of Executive Editor of Mycological Research brings to a conclusion a period during which the journal has consolidated its role as the leading international publication in fungal biology, serving the needs of professional mycologists and a host of other research workers in many related fields.

Dr Moore was first appointed as an editor of the then Transactions of the British Mycological Society in January 1985 at a time when its Editorial Board consisted of about fourteen British members.