ABSTRACT
Developments in computer networking, combined with international initiatives on biodiversity, provide new opportunities and obligations for taxonomists, including those working on Penicillium and Aspergillus. Several international and national agencies are initiating projects designed to document the planet's biota, which will result in the development of huge taxonomic and nomenclatural databases. Computerized identification keys are becoming viewed as the most effective means of identifying organisms. They are presently available in the form of shells (such as DELTA, Linnaeus II, or CABI-KEY), that can be used to develop keys that can be distributed as executable programs on diskettes or downloaded over the Internet, or as interactive keys that are used over the Internet. Some practical aspects of electronic imaging are briefly discussed.
