The 2015 Plant Pathology Joint Meeting : LV American Phytopathological Society-Caribbean Division (APS-CD); XVIII Latin American Phytopathological Association (ALF) and; XVII International Congress and XLII National Congress of the Mexican Society, was held in Mexico City, D.F. Mexico from 19-23 July 2015. The four-strong South African contingency (see photo) at the congress included past and present Fabians, Profs Pedro Crous and Terry Aveling , as well as Drs Ewald Groenewald and Lorenzo Lombard. The presented the following invited talks: Terry Aveling: "Advances in seed treatment technology" Pedro Crous: "Are cryptic species real?" Lorenzo Lombard: "Generic concepts in Nectriaceae" Ewald Groenewald: "Barcoding quarantine fungi: Lessons from the European QBOL project and Q-bank database"