News from "The Drifting Seed", v. 5, no. 1 (May 1999), a 16-page newsletter
devoted to tropical seeds and fruits that are carried on currents and
picked up by beachcombers, some of them professional. Not on mollusks, but
many of our Conchlers are beachcombers, so I'm sending this information on
for their benefit.
 
The editor is:
Cathie Katz
P.O. Box 510366
Melbourne Beach, Florida 32951, USA
Email: [log in to unmask]
 
"The 1999 International Sea-Bean Symposium will be at the Cocoa Beach
Public Library, 550 N. Breward Ave., Cocoa Beach, Florida, October 22-24."
 
Bob Gunn reviewed a new book by Jeremy M. B. Smith (1999): Australian
driftseeds, a compendium of seeds and fruits commonly found on Australian
beaches, 123 pp. ISBN 186389 537 X. For a postpaid copy, send a personal
check for Australian D 20.00 or its equivalent in your own currency (for US
customers: USD 14.00). "A joy to read and use."
 
For driftseed identification, contact:
Pete Zies
613 Rodney Drive
Altamonte Springs, Florida 32701, USA
Email [log in to unmask]
 
There are also several articles, most of which focus on the driftseeds of
particular areas.
 
Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
(not an expert or collector of driftseeds, but interested)