I would look into thiophanate methyl. Thiophanate methyl is a breakdown product of benomyl and is not effective against basidiomycetes. Ever since benomyl was phased out, rust pathologists have routinely added this to trays of young growing cereal seedlings representing resistance gene isolines, prior to inoculation with rust, in the process of identifying rust “races”. [image: Forest Service Shield] *Paul Zambino, PhD Plant Pathologist* *Forest Service * *Region 1 Forest Health Protection, Coeur d'Alene Field Office* *p: 208-765-7493 <208-765-7493> c: 208-446-4251 <208-446-4251> f: 208-765-7307 <208-765-7307> pzambino(a)fs.fed.us &lt;pzambino(a)fs.fed.us&gt;* 3815 N Schreiber Way Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815 www.fs.fed.us [image: http://wwwstatic.fs.usda.gov/images/email/usda-logo.png] <http://usda.gov/>[image: Twitter Logo] <https://twitter.com/forestservice>[image: Facebook Logo] <http://facebook.com/USDA> *Caring for the land and serving people* *From:* rg70200-forpath-bounces(a)lists.iufro.org [mailto: rg70200-forpath-bounces(a)lists.iufro.org] *On Behalf Of *Ian Hood *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:36 PM *To:* rg70200-forpath(a)lists.iufro.org *Subject:* [IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Selective culture medium for isolating basidiomycetes With the reduced availability of Benlate fungicide our lab is seeking other options for a selective medium for isolating basidiomycete cultures (unlike many other fungal groups, basidiomycetes are able to grow in the presence of the added active ingredient, benomyl). I would be pleased to hear what media other laboratories may be currently using to isolate basidiomycte fungi and what people may think of their effectiveness. ____________________________ Ian Hood Forest Protection Scientist Scion (NZ Forest Research Inst. Ltd.) 49 Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand DDI +64 7 343 5538 *www.scionresearch.com <http://www.scionresearch.com/>* | My Scion Profile <http://www.scionresearch.com/general/about-us/our-people/people/fs/ian-hood> | My LinkedIn Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=123459716&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=1dp9&locale=en_US&srchid=1234597161419042197058&srchindex=1&srchtotal=2&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1234597161419042197058%2CVSRPtargetId%3A123459716%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary> www.youtube.com/scionresearch | New Zealand forest disease leaflets <http://www.scionresearch.com/research/forest-science/biosecurity/forestpathology> [image: Description: scion_logo_rgb] ------------------------------ This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential or subject to copyright. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it. Scion does not accept responsibility for anything in this e-mail which is not provided in the course of Scion’s usual business or for any computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from this e-mail. This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. _______________________________________________ IUFRO Mailing List To post a message to all list members, send email to: rg70200-forpath(a)lists.iufro.org List info and Archive: http://www.iufro.org/science/iufro-mailing-lists/overview/