Table of Contents
What Are Mushrooms? Magnitude Of Mushroom Species , Ecological Importance Of Mushrooms And Fungi In General, Collection And Classification Of Mushrooms, Justification For The Term "Mushroom Biology", Impact Of Mushroom Biology On Human Welfare, Mushroom Science, The Nutritional Attributes Of Edible Mushrooms, Medicinal Value, Overview Of The Biology Of The Fungi, Substrate And Mycelial Growth, Sexuality And The Genetics Of Basidiomycetes, Discovery Of Sexuality By Kniep And Bensaude, Reactions Other Than Those Forming Dikaryon, Genetics Of The Mating Type Loci And Sexual Morphogenesis In Schizophyllum Commune, Mushroom Formation: Effects Of Environmental, Nutritional, And Chemical Factors, Mushroom Formation: Effects Of Genetic Factors; Breeding, Mushroom Formation: Effects Of Pests And Diseases In Mushroom Cultivation, Culture Preservation, World Production Of Edible Mushrooms, Agaricus - The Leader In Production And Technology, Lentinula - A Mushrooming Mushroom, Volvariella - A High Temperature Cultivated Mushroom, Flammulina And Pholiota Low Temperature Cultivated Mushrooms, Pleurotus - A Mushroom Of Broad Adaptability, Tremella - Increased Production By A Mixed Culture Technique, Dictyophora - Formerly For The Few, Ganoderma Lucidum - A Leader Of Medicinal Mushrooms, Cultivation Of Ganoderma Lucidum, Traditional Uses, Biological Compounds, Contemporary Uses, Biological Characteristics Of Agaricus Blazei, Biological Characteristics Of Grifola Frondosa, Cultivation Methods, Nutritional Content And Medicinal Properties, Other Cultivated Mushrooms - Their Number Grows, Technology And Mushrooms, Microbial Biotechnology