Aspects of Tropical Mycology

by Susan Isaac, Juliet C. Frankland, Roy Watling, Anthony J. S. Whalley

Overview

This book addresses the challenge that the exceptional diversity of tropical fungi present to taxonomists, biochemists, molecular biologists, ecologists, and pathologists. The significance of the many tropical species and ectomycorrhizal associations in nutrient cycling in rainforests, desert ecosystems and aquatic habitats is considered, together with an evaluation of the potential of such fungi in the production of commercially useful, novel metabolites.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521450508
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/25/1993
Series:	British Mycological Society Symposia , #19
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

1. I am part of all that I have met; 2. Tropical fungi: their commercial potential; 3. The tropical fungal biota: census pertinence, prophylaxis and prognosis; 4. The ecology of tropical leaf litter fungi; 5. Interactions between the pathogen Crinipellis perniciosa and cocoa tissue; 6. Ecology of tropical marine fungi; 7. Distribution of Zygomycotina - the tropical connection; 8. Tropical hyphomyetes from submerged litter in freshwater streams; 9. Nutrient cycling by fungi in wet tropical forests; 10. Molecular genetics of Colletotrichum gloesporoides on Stylosanthes spp.; 11. Armillaria in tropical Africa; Heterobasidiomycetes in the tropics; Tropical polypores; 12. Looking for ectomycorrhizal trees and ectomycorrhizal fungi in tropical Africa; 13. Similarities and differences in the macromycete floras and biological strategies in selected tropical areas; 14. New and interesting Xylariaceae from the tropics and subtropics; the habitat factor; 15. Fungi in desert ecosystems: interactions with the soil biota.

Editorial Reviews

"...an excellent beginning, with so little information on tropical fungi actually available...an excellent choice for those interested in tropical ecology or the distribution of fungi in tropical areas." J. Dawson, Choice

"...highly useful and worthwhile volume....no other single source provides such an accurate, unbiased perspective on the fungi that are important in tropical areas." Steven L. Miller, Quarterly Review of Biology

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