Third international Mycological Forum was summoned by All-Russian National Academy of Mycology in Moscow, on April 14 and 15, 2015. Among the participants were 1085 scientists from Russia, neighboring countries and overseas. The forum was supported by European Confederation of Medical Mycology, FEMS and ESCMID. Clinical part of the Forum consisted of plenary and 19 breakout sessions, 7 symposia, 3 workshops including hands-on training in leading research labs of Moscow. An award session was conveyed with medals "Ob merita in mycologia medica" in the name of Abram M. Arievich (1896-1988) and Zinaida G. Stepanisheva (1913-2004) - founders of medical mycology in Russia - bestowed upon famous contemporary researchers: RAS members Prof. Alexander V. Karaulov, Prof. Alexander N. Panin and Prof. Victor A. Tutelian and Professors Sofia G. Lykova (dermatology) and Sergey N. Scherbo (inventor of first clinically successful PCR test for dermatophyte infections).