Award
| MSJ Award | Awarded annually to an individual who has established an outstanding mycological career. |
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| MSJ Young Investigator Award | Awarded annually to an outstanding mycologist in their early career. |
| Hiratsuka Award | This award honor to Dr. Naohide Hiratsuka. Awarded to the most original and significant papers that have contributed to the advancement of mycology in the Mycoscience. |
| Excellence in Education Award | Awarded to a member, in principle, who has done excellent job of developing mycology. |
MSJ Award
1997
- Syunichi Udagawa
- Takao Kobayshi
1998
- Junta Sugiyama
- Yukio Harada
1999
- Tamotsu Ootaki
2000
- Takashi Nakase
- Mitsuya Tsuda
2001
- Shigeru Kaneko
2002
- Yoshikazu Horie
2003
- Yasuyuki Hiratsuka
- Yutaka Kitamoto
2004
- (No Award)
2005
- Seiji Tokumasu
2006
- Yoshitaka Ono
2007
- (No Award)
2008
- Masatoshi Saikawa
2009
- Kishio Hatai
2010
- Takayuki Aoki
2011
- Tsutomu Hattori
2012
- Susumu Takamatsu
- Chihiro Tanaka
2013
- Makoto Kakishima
2014
- (No Award)
2015
- Yuichi Yamaoka
2016
- Takashi Yaguchi
2017
- Nitaro Maekawa
2019
- Tsuyoshi Hosoya
2020
- Akiyoshi Yamada
2021
- (No Award)
2022
- (No Award)
2023
- Tamotsu Hoshino
2024
- Eiji Tanaka
MSJ Young Investigator Award
1991
- Yasuhisa Abe
- Yoshitaka Ono
1992
- Katsuhiko Ando
1993
- Nitaro Maekawa
1994
- Koji Iwase
1995
- Akira Nakagiri
1996
- Takashi Yaguchi
1997
- Tsuyoshi Hosoya
- Michio Imazu
1998
- Gen Okada
- JooYong Cha
1999
- Takayuki Aoki
2000
- Tsutomu Hattori
2001
- Izumi Okane
2002
- Akiyoshi Yamada
2003
- Isshin Tanaka
- Chiharu Nakajima
- Yasushi Hashimoto
2004
- Hisayasu Kobayashi
2005
- Yosuke Degawa
- Masahide Yamato
2006
- Yosuke Matsuda
- Kiminori Shimizu
- Kazuaki Tanaka
2007
- Eiji Tanaka
2008
- Mizuho Kusuda
2009
- Taizo Nakamori
- Yuichi Sakamoto
- Yuri Hirooka
2010
- Keiichi Motohashi
- Takahiro Yagame
2011
- Hirotoshi Sato
2012
- Kozue Sotome
- Dai Hirose
2013
- Shiomi Uzuhashi
2014
- Tetsuhiro Matsuzawa
2015
- Keisuke Obase
- Takashi Shirouzu
- Yu Fukazawa
2016
- Yukiko Takahashi
2017
- (No Award)
2018
- Taiga Kasuya
2019
- Naoki Endo
- Takamichi Orihara
2020
- Kohei Yamamoto
- Kensuke Seto
2021
- Kaoru Yamaguchi
- Yusuke Takashima
- Masaharu Tsuji
2022
- Kenichi Nonaka
- Akira Hashimoto
2023
- Oumi Nishi
- Junji Nishikawa
2024
- Takahiko Koizumi
- Noritaka Nakamura
Hiratsuka Award
2002
A multigene phylogeny of the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex: Detection of additional phylogenetically distinct species. Mycoscience 41: 61-78 (2000) by Kerry O'Donnell, Helgard I. Nirenberg, Takayuki Aoki and Elizabeth Cigelnik
2003
Responses of lignicolous-agaric fruit-bodies to light and gravity: a study to overview the fruit-body development in hymenomycetes Mycoscience 42: 301-310 (2001). By Ai Kaneko and Naohiko Sagara
Morphological and phylogenetic studies on Cordyceps sinensis distributed in southwestern China. Mycoscience 42: 567-574 (2001) by Noriko Kinjo and Mu Zang.
2004
Neocarpenteles: a new ascomycete genus to accommodate Hemicarpentales acanthosporus. Mycoscience 43: 3-6 (2002) by Shun-ichi Udagawa and Shigeru Uchiyama.
Molecular phylogeny of four selected species of the strictly anamorphic genus Thysanophora using nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. Mycoscience 43: 169-180 (2002) by Susumu Iwamoto, Seiji Tokumasu, Yoshihisa Suyama, and Makoto Kakishima
2005
Etensive host ranges of an endophytic fungus, Guignardia endophyllicola (anamorph: Phyllosticta capitalensis). Mycoscience 44: 353-363 (2003) by Izumi Okane, Saisamorn Lumyong, Akira Nakagiri, and Tadayoshi Ito
Type studies of the polypores described by E.J.H. Corner from Asia and West Pasific Areas. VI. Species described in Tylomyces (3), Cristellopoira, Grifola, Hapalopilus, Heterobasidion, Ischnoderma, Loweporus, and Stecchericium. Mycoscience 44: 453-463 (2003) by Tsutomu Hattori
2006
Phyllosphere fungi on living and decomposing leaves of giant dogwood. Mycoscience 45: 35-44 (2004) by Takashi Osono
Morphology and comparative ecology of the fairy ring fungi, Vascellum curtisii and Bovista dermoxantha, on turf of bentgrass, bluegrass, and Zoysiagrass, Mycoscience 45: 251-260 (2004) by Yoshie Terashima, Toshimitsu Fukiharu, and Azusa Fujiie
2007
(No Award)
2008
Construction of a linkage map of Lentinula edodes(shiitake) with the HEGS (high-efficiency genome scanning) system: use of versatile AFLP and PCR-based gene markers. Mycoscience 47: 336-346 (2006) by Kazuhisa Terashima, Teruyuki Matsumoto, Eiji Hayashi, Shinji Kawasaki and Yukitaka Fukumasa-Nakai
Pinnaticoemansia, a new genus of Kickxellales, with a revised key to the genera of Kickxellales. Mycoscience 47: 205-211 (2006) by Yuko Kurihara and Yousuke Degawa
2009
Taxonomic rearrangement of the genus Schizochytrium sensu lato based on morphology, chemotaxonomic characteristics, and 18S rRNA gene phylogeny (Thraustochytriaceae, Labyrinthulomycetes): emendation for Schizochytrium and erection of Aurantiochytrium and Oblongichytrium gen. nov. Mycoscience 48: 199-211 (2007) by Rinka Yokoyama and Daisuke Honda
Taxonomy of an anamorphic xylariaceous fungus from a termite nest found together with Xylaria angulosa. Mycoscience 48: 240-249 (2007) by Izumi Okane and Akira Nakagiri
2010
Relationships among three Japanese Laetiporus taxa based on phylogenetic analysis and incompatibility. Mycoscience 49: 168-177 (2008) by Yuko Ota and Tsutomu Hattori
2011
An aeroaquatic fungus, Peyronelina glomerulata, is shown to have teleomorphic affinities with cyphelloid basidiomycetes. Mycoscience 50: 156-164 (2009) by Kaoru Yamaguchi, Yousuke Degawa and Akira Nakagiri
2012
Geographical distribution of myxomycetes on coniferous deadwood in relation to air temperature in Japan. Mycoscience 51: 281-290 (2010) by Kazunari Takahashi and Yoshio Hada
Phylogeny of the genus Pythium and description of new genera. Mycoscience 51: 337-365 (2010) by Shihomi Uzuhashi, Motoaki Tojo and Makoto Kakishima
2013
Molecular assessment of fungi in ̈black spots ̈that deface murals in the Takamatsuzuka and Kitora Tumuli in Japan:Acremonium sect.Gliomastix including Acremonium tumulicola sp. nov. and Acremonium felinum comb. nov. Mycoscience 52: 1-17 (2011) by Tomohiko Kiyuna, Kwang-Deuk An, Rika Kigawa, Chie Sano, Sadatoshi Miura and Junta Sugiyama
Taxonomic revision of Lophiostoma and Lophiotrema based on reevaluation of morphological characters and molecular analyses. Mycoscience 52: 401-412 (2011) by Kazuyuki Hirayama and Kazuaki Tanaka
2014
(No Award)
2015
Germination of the fully myco-heterotrophic orchid Cyrtosia septentrionalis is characterized by low fungal specificity and does not require direct seed-mycobiont contact. Mycoscience 54: 343-352 (2013) by Hidetaka Umata, Yuko Ota, Masayoshi Yamada, Yuka Watanabe, Stephan W. Gale
2016
Synthesis of Japanese Boletus edulis ectomycorrhizae with Japanese red pine. Mycoscience 55: 405-416 (2014) by Naoki Endo, Fuminori Kawamura, Ryoko Kitahara, Daisuke Sakuma, Masaki Fukuda, Akiyoshi Yamada
2017
Molecular taxonomy of Dinemasporium and its allied genera. Mycoscience 56: 86‒101 (2015) by Akira Hashimoto, Genki Sato, Takahiro Matsuda, Kazuyuki Hirayama, Satoshi Hatakeyama, Yukio Harada, Takashi Shirouzu, Kazuaki Tanaka
2018
Teramoto M, Wu B, Hogetsu T (2016) Pathway and sink activity for translocation of 14C absorbed as amino acids in the Pisolithus extraradical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal Pinus thunbergii seedlings. Mycoscience 57: 431-439.
2019
Kushiro M, Hatabayashi H, Zheng Y, Yabe K (2017) Application of newly-developed dichlorvoseammonia (DVeAM) method to direct isolation of aflatoxigenic fungi from field soils, Mycoscience 58: 85–94.
Tanaka E, Honda Y (2017) Teleomorph–anamorph connection of Macalpinomyces spermophorus with Pseudozyma tsukubaensis and corresponding erythritol production, Mycoscience 58: 445–451.
2020
Seto K, Degawa Y. (2019) Pendulichytrium sphaericum gen. et sp. nov. (Chytridiales, Chytriomycetaceae), a new chytrid parasitic on the diatom, Aulacoseira granulate, Mycoscience 59: 59–66.
2021
Minoshima A, Walker, DM, Takemoto A, Hosoya T, Walker AK, Ishikawa A, Hirooka Y. (2019) Pathogenicity and taxonomy of Tenuignomonia styracis gen. et sp. nov., a new monotypic genus of Gnomoniaceae on Styrax obassia in Japan. Mycoscience 60: 31‒39.
2022
Yamaguchi K., Chuaseeharonnachai C., Huhtinen S., Tsurumi Y., Sri-Indrasutdhi V., Boonyuen N., Okane I., Hosoya T., Nakagiri A. (2020) Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the genus Candelabrum, aeroaquatic fungi. Mycoscience 61: 265‒281
Yamashita Y., Kinoshita A., Yagame T., Ogura-Tsujita Y., Yokoyama J, Yukawa T. (2020) Physisporinusis an important mycorrhizal partner for mycoheterotrophic plants: Identification of mycorrhizal fungi of three Yoaniaspecies. Mycoscience 61: 219‒225
2023
Lifecycle of Pyrenopeziza protrusa (Helotiales,Dermateaceae sensu lato) in Magnolia obovata revealed by field observation and molecularquantification. Mycoscience 62: 373–381 (2021) by Hiyori Itagaki, Tsuyoshi Hosoya.
An exocystcomponent, Sec5, is essential for ascospore formation in Bipolaris maydis. Mycoscience 62: 289–296 (2021) by Kenya Tsuji, Yuki Kitade, Takuya Sumita, Chihiro Tanaka.
2024
New findings on the fungal species Tricholoma matsutake from Ukraine, and revision of its taxonomy and biogeography based on multilocus phylogenetic analyses. Mycosicence 63: 197–214 (2022) by Wataru Aoki, Niclas Bergius, Serhii Kozlan, Fuminori Fukuzawa, Hitomi Okuda, Hitoshi Murata, Takahide A. Ishida, Lu-Min Vaario, Hisayasu Kobayashi, Erbil Kalmiş, Toshimitsu Fukiharu, Seiki Gisusi, Ken-ichi Matsushima, Yoshie Terashima, Maki Narimatsu, Norihisa Matsushita, Kang-Hyeon Ka, Fuqiang Yu, Takashi Yamanaka, Masaki Fukuda, Akiyoshi Yamada.
Excellence in Education Award
| 1997 | Ken Katumoto & Syoichi Yoshimi |
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| 1998 | (No Award) |
| 1999 | Osamu Sato & Hisahiko Furukawa |
| 2000 | Makoto Ogawa & Yukihiko Nomura |
| 2001 | Tsuneo Igarashi |
| 2002 | Makoto Miyaji & Tasuyuki Sugawara |
| 2003 | Yoshiyuki Ikeda |
| 2004 | Katsuyuki Terada |
| 2005 | Yukinori Yamamoto |
| 2006 | Yasumasa Okuzawa |
| 2007 | Shinji Miyado |
| 2008 | Eiji Nagasawa |
| 2009 | (No Award) |
| 2010 | Katsuji Yamanaka |
| 2011 | (No Award) |
| 2012 | Shinichi Kudo |
| 2013 | Takao Terashita & Yukio Sato |
| 2014 | Fumihiko Yoshimura |
| 2015 | Nobuo Hamada |
| 2016 | Katsuhiko Ando & Hiromitsu Hagiwara |
| 2017 | Masaru Hiroi |
| 2018 | (No Award) |
| 2019 | (No Award) |
| 2020 | Shigeo Morimoto |
| 2021 | (No Award) |
| 2022 | (No Award) |
| 2023 | Etsuzo Sano |
| 2024 | Tomio Okino |