
Biodiversity of Fungi
Inventory and Monitoring Methods
Description
Key Features
- Covers all groups of fungi - from molds to mushrooms, even slime molds
- Describes sampling protocols for many groups of fungi
- Arranged by sampling method and ecology to coincide with users needs
- Beautifully illustrated to document the range of fungi treated and techniques discussed
- Natural history data are provided for each group of fungi to enable users to modify suggested protocols to meet their needs
Readership
Table of Contents
PART I: General Issues
1. Fungi and Their Allies
2. Preparation, Preservation, and Use of Fungal Specimens in Herbaria
3. Preservation and Distribution of Fungal Cultures
4. Electronic Information Resources
5. Fungal Biodiversity Patterns
6. Molecular Methods for Discriminating Taxa, Monitoring Species, and Assessing Fungal DiversityPART IIA: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi: Direct Collecting and Isolation Protocols for Macrofungi and Mircofungi on Soil, Wood, Leaves, Lichens, and Other Substrata
7. Fungi on Living Plant Substrata, Including Fruits
8. Terrestrial and Lignicolous Macrofungi
9. Lichenized Fungi
10. Sequestrate FungiPART IIB: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi: Isolation Protocols for Readily Culturable Microfungi Associated with Plants
11. Microfungi on Wood and Plant Debris
12. Endophytic Fungi
13. Saprobic Soil Fungi
14. Fungi in Stressful Environments
15. Mutualistic Arbuscular Endomycorrhizal Fungi
16. Yeasts
17. Fungicolous FungiPART IIC: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi: Collecting and Isolation Protocols for Fungi Associated with Animals
18. Insect- and Other Arthropod-Associated Fungi
19. Fungal Parasites and Predators of Rotifers, Nematodes, and Other Invertebrates
20. Fungi Associated With Vertebrates
21. Coprophilous Fungi
22. Anaerobic Zoosporic Fungi Associated with AnimalsPART IID: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi: Collecting and Isolation Protocols for Aquatic Fungi and for Protoctistans Formerly Treated as Fungi
23. Fungi in Freshwater Habitats
24. Marine and Estuarine Mycelial Eumycota and Oomycota
25. Mycetozoans
26. Fungi Associated with Aquatic AnimalsPART III: Appendices, Glossary, Literature Cited, and Miscellaneous
Product details
- No. of pages: 777
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2004
- Published: June 10, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080470269
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780125095518