Cunningham produced definitive monographs of New Zealand Gasteromycetes (puffballs), Polyporaceae (pore fungi), Thelephoraceae (crust fungi), and Uredinales (rust fungi).
During the 1978 mayoral contest, Sanders was quoted as making the following statements: "The trouble with Toronto, is its porno press, the Sun, Star and Globe and Mail! I'm the one to stop banks running drugs into Canada from the Cayman Islands. Smith, O'Donohue and Sewell are puffballs!" (Globe and Mail, 1 November 1978)