GUELLY Kudzo Atsu, Togo

Abstract (taken from original project)

L'objectif de ce projet est d'acquérir des capacités en taxonomie et en techniques de conservation des Champignons supérieurs en vue de   contribuer à la connaissance de la diversité biologique nationale togolaise.

Le Point focal belge pour l'initiative taxonomique mondiale pourra satisfaire nos besoins, d'une part, en fournissant les ouvrages spécifiques de systématique des champignons et d'autre part, en  nous aidant à trouver des partenaires pour une franche collaboration dans le domaine.

After having received training in the National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Dr Guelly, together with his Belgian tutor, Dr A. De Kesel planned a follow-up training in Togo. A pictorial impression of that training can be found below. More information in their report.

(Top) banner to announce the training course; (bottom) A Guelly and colleagues perform field work, arrange samples in the lab and diffuse knowledge.

The summary of the comprehensive report (restricted access) of Dr De Kesel is pasted below.

Summary

This report presents the results of a workshop in mycology held in Togo (West Africa) in july 2007. It was organised by the National Botanical Garden of Belgium and the Department of Botany (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lomé, Togo). Most of this project was financed by the Belgian focal point for the Global Taxonomy Initiative. This workshop was set up as an individual and institutional capacity reinforcement training in taxonomy and curation of mycological collections. It was attended by five scientists, 3 from Togo (Lomé) and 2 from Niger (Niamey). The theoretical part was held at the Department of Botany (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lomé). The practical part included an 17-day mycological expedition in the forests and reserves from the districts du Plateau, du Centre and Maritime of Togo. This report presents an exhaustive list of all the herbarium material collected during this foray (314 specimens) as well as perspectives for future research. The herbarium was deposited at the Department of Botany of the University, the duplicates are kept at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (BR).

A second field course was organized in 2008. The context and the institutional framework can be found in the folder of the GTI candidate that requested funding to attend it: Dr N.S. Yorou.

More information available in the report of  Yorou & De Kesel (restricted access)