Robert Joseph Bandoni

Robert Joseph Bandoni (11 November 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a mycologist who specialized on the taxonomy and morphology of the heterobasidiomycetes (“jelly fungi”).

During his 50 years as professor at the University of British Columbia, he wrote over 80 scientific publications as well as several books. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus in 1989. In 1990 the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal. Bandoni died on May 18, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after suffering a stroke.

Biography
Robert "Bob" Joseph Bandoni was born November 9, 1926, in Weeks, Nevada, to Giuseppe and Albina Bandoni. He went to high school in Hawthorne, Nevada, and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nevada in 1953. He then studied under George Willard Martin at the University of Iowa and received his Ph.D. in 1957. The title of his thesis was: "Taxonomic studies of the genus Tremella (Tremellaceae). That same year, he received the Gertrude S. Burlingham Fellowship at the New York Botanical Garden and became assistant professor of Botany at the University of Wichita. In 1958 Bandoni joined the Botany faculty at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He helped found the Vancouver Mycological Society in the 1970s. He was awarded the status of professor emeritus in 1989. Bandoni died on May 18, 2009 from a stroke.

Mycological and botanical contributions
Bandoni mainly studied the heterobasidiomycetes, commonly known as the "Jelly Fungi". His early publications were of a classical taxonomical nature, writing descriptions of the macro- and micro-morphology via the light microscope. In the early 1970s Bandoni started studying aquatic fungi that occur in terrestrial environments. He published a paper in the journal Science that explained how spores can travel upwards on a monolayer of water on a leaf surface. In the 1980s Bandoni collaborated with Franz Oberwinkler and colleagues at the University of Tübingen to produce over 20 papers on the Jelly Fungi and allies. They described new species, genera, families and orders. They used TEM and SEM micrographs to investigate the significance of septal pore structures, began revising the classical phylogenetic classification and to demonstrate parasitism between Jelly Fungi and other fungi. Bandoni collaborated with mycologists in Japan and other Asian countries. He was research fellow in 1983 at the University of Tsukuba and spent a sabbatical year at the University of Osaka. He wrote two field guides to Thailand mushrooms. Bandoni contributed to multiple publications on taxonomy in the Jelly Fungi up until his death.

In addition to scientific publications, Bandoni also contributed to several influential books. He contributed to Plant diversity: An evolutionary approach; a book written by the UBC Botany Faculty that "put the Botany Department onto the North American textbook bestseller list for almost a decade". He also contributed to the 570 page textbook Nonvascular plants: An evolutionary survey. In 1964 he co-authored with Adam Szczawinski a field guide titled Guide to common mushrooms of British Columbia.

Taxa described

 * Achroomyces abditus	(Bandoni) Hauerslev	1993
 * Agaricostilbum hyphaenes	(Har. & Pat.) Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Aleurodiscus gigasporus	Ginns & Bandoni	1991
 * Aleurodiscus subglobosporus	Ginns & Bandoni	1991
 * Atractiella columbiana	Bandoni & Inderb.	2002
 * Atractiella delectans	(Möller) Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Atractiella solani	(Cohn & J. Schröt.) Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Atractiellales	Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Atractogloea	Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Atractogloea stillata	Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Bullera aurantiaca	B.N. Johri & Bandoni	1984
 * Bullera globispora	B.N. Johri & Bandoni	1984
 * Bullera miyagiana	Nakase, Itoh, Takem. & Bandoni	1990
 * Bullera salicina	B.N. Johri & Bandoni	1984
 * Calacogloea	Oberw. & Bandoni	1991
 * Calacogloea peniophorae	Oberw. & Bandoni	1991
 * Carcinomyces	Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Carcinomyces effibulatus	(Ginns & Sunhede) Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Carcinomyces mycetophilus	(Peck) Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Carcinomycetaceae	Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Chionosphaera phylaciicola	(Seifert & Bandoni) R. Kirschner & Oberw.	2001
 * Chionosphaeraceae	Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Christiansenia subgen. Carcinomyces	(Oberw. & Bandoni) F. Rath	1991
 * Cladoconidium	Bandoni & Tubaki	1985
 * Cladoconidium articulatum	Bandoni & Tubaki	1985
 * Colacogloea	Oberw. & Bandoni	1991
 * Colacogloea allantospora	Ginns & Bandoni	2002
 * Colacogloea peniophorae	(Bourdot & Galzin) Oberw. & Bandoni	1991
 * Cystofilobasidiaceae	K. Wells & Bandoni	2001
 * Cystofilobasidium	Oberw. & Bandoni	1983
 * Cystofilobasidium bisporidii	(Fell, I.L. Hunter & Tallman) Oberw. & Bandoni	1983
 * Cystofilobasidium bisporidiis	(Fell, I.L. Hunter & Tallman) Oberw. & Bandoni	1983
 * Cystofilobasidium capitatum	(Fell, I.L. Hunter & Tallman) Oberw. & Bandoni	1983
 * Dacrymyces aquaticus	Bandoni & G.C. Hughes	1984
 * Dioszegia aurantiaca	(B.N. Johri & Bandoni) M. Takash., T. Deák & Nakase	2001
 * Entomocorticium	H.S. Whitney, Bandoni & Oberw.	1987
 * Entomocorticium dendroctoni	H.S. Whitney, Bandoni & Oberw.	1987
 * Exidiopsis paniculata	K. Wells & Bandoni	1987
 * Exidiopsis punicea	K. Wells & Bandoni	1987
 * Fibulobasidium	Bandoni	1979
 * Fibulobasidium inconspicuum	Bandoni	1979
 * Fibulobasidium sirobasidioides	Bandoni	1998
 * Fibulostilbum phylacicola	Seifert & Bandoni	1992
 * Fibulostilbum phylaciicola	Seifert & Bandoni	1992
 * Filobasidium elegans	Bandoni & Oberw.	1991
 * Filobasidium globisporum	Bandoni & Oberw.	1991
 * Galzinia culmigena	(R.K. Webster & D.A. Reid) B.N. Johri & Bandoni	1975
 * Helicobasidium corticioides	Bandoni	1955
 * Herpobasidium australe	Oberw. & Bandoni	1984
 * Ingoldiella nutans	Bandoni & Marvanová	1989
 * Insolibasidium	Oberw. & Bandoni	1984
 * Insolibasidium deformans	(C.J. Gould) Oberw. & Bandoni	1984
 * Mycogloea amethystina	Bandoni	1998
 * Mycogloea bullatospora	Bandoni	1998
 * Mycogloea nipponica	Bandoni	1998
 * Myxarium allantosporum	K. Wells & Bandoni	2004
 * Naiadella	Marvanová & Bandoni	1987
 * Naiadella fluitans	Marvanová & Bandoni	1987
 * Platygloea abdita	Bandoni	1959
 * Platygloea jacksonii	Bandoni & J.C. Krug	2000
 * Pleotrachelus itersoniliae	(D.J.S. Barr & Bandoni) M.W. Dick	2001
 * Pseudozyma	Bandoni emend. Boekhout	1985
 * Pseudozyma prolifica	Bandoni	1985
 * Ptechetelium	Oberw. & Bandoni	1984
 * Ptechetelium cyatheae	(Syd.) Oberw. & Bandoni	1984
 * Rozella itersoniliae	D.J.S. Barr & Bandoni	1980
 * Sigmogloea	Bandoni & J.C. Krug	2000
 * Sigmogloea tremelloidea	Bandoni & J.C. Krug	2000
 * Sirotrema	Bandoni	1986
 * Sirotrema parvula	Bandoni	1986
 * Sirotrema pusilla	Bandoni	1986
 * Sirotrema translucens	(H.D. Gordon) Bandoni	1986
 * Sporobolomyces lactophilus	Nakase, Itoh, M. Suzuki & Bandoni	1990
 * Sporobolomyces salicinus	(B.N. Johri & Bandoni) Nakase & Itoh	1988
 * Stilbotulasnella	Oberw. & Bandoni	1982
 * Stilbotulasnella conidiophora	Bandoni & Oberw.	1982
 * Tetragoniomyces	Oberw. & Bandoni	1981
 * Tetragoniomyces uliginosus	(P. Karst.) Oberw. & Bandoni	1981
 * Tetragoniomycetaceae	Oberw. & Bandoni	1981
 * Tilletiaria	Bandoni & B.N. Johri	1972
 * Tilletiaria anomala	Bandoni & B.N. Johri	1972
 * Tremella armeniaca	Bandoni & J. Carranza	1997
 * Tremella aurantialba	Bandoni & M. Zang	1990
 * Tremella guttiformis	(Berk. & Broome) Bandoni	1961
 * Tremella lilacea	Bandoni & J. Carranza	1997
 * Tremella mesenterella	Bandoni & Ginns	1999
 * Tremella nigrifacta	Bandoni & J. Carranza	1997
 * Tremella phaeographidis	Diederich, Coppins & Bandoni	1996
 * Tremella roseolutescens	Bandoni & J. Carranza	1997
 * Tremella subencephala	Bandoni & Ginns	1993
 * Tremellina	Bandoni	1986
 * Tremellina pyrenophila	Bandoni	1986
 * Trimorphomyces	Bandoni & Oberw.	1983
 * Trimorphomyces papilionaceus	Oberw. & Bandoni	1983

Honors and memberships

 * Gertrude S. Burlingham Fellowship
 * George Lawson Medal
 * Mycological Society of Japan
 * Mycological Society of America

Eponymous taxa

 * Bandonia
 * Bandoniozyma