John Webster(1925-2014)was perhaps the last universal mycologist conducting research on all major groups of fungi and in several different research disciplines.He was also an inspirational teacher of mycology to generations of students and a highly efficient administrator.By way of an obituary,an interview conducted with him in April 2009 is published here for the first time.This interview fea- John Webster (1925-2014) was perhaps the last universal mycologist conducting research on all major groups of fungi and in several different research disciplines. He was also an inspirational teacher of mycology to generations of students and a highly efficient administrator ..By way of an obituary, an interview conducted with him in April 2009 is published here for the first time. This interview fea-