M. Linckelmann A note on the Schur multiplier of a fusion system Abstract. The Schur multiplier of a fusion system $\mathcal F$ on a finite $p$-group $P$, being defined as the inverse limit of the Schur multipliers of the subgroups of $P$ taken over the category $\mathcal F$, has a series of properties analogous to some properties of Schur multipliers of finite groups. This is one of the tools used in Kessar [3] to show that the Solomon fusion system cannot arise as the Brauer category of a $p$-block of a finite group.