
Marine Mycology
The Higher Fungi
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Marine Mycology: The Higher Fungi deals with the higher marine fungi, i.e., Ascomycotina, Basidiomycotina, and Deuteromycotina. This book combines features of a monograph with those of a text. It includes sections on ecological groups of fungi and other topics, such as phylogeny, ontogeny, physiology, and vertical and geographical distribution, providing information on known facts and open questions. The taxonomic-descriptive part contains complete descriptions of each genus and species, together with substrates, range, etymology of generic and specific names, and literature. There are keys for all species within a given genus, and a general illustrated key leads to the individual species. The taxonomic section is based on examinations of almost all of the filamentous marine fungi, and unpublished data on new hosts and geographical distributions are included for many species. The filamentous higher marine fungi are represented by 149 Ascomycetes, 4 Basidiomycetes, and 56 Deuteromycetes. The majority, namely 191 (91%) of the filamentous fungi, are obligately marine species, whereas the remainder are facultatively marine. One new species and seven new combinations are proposed. The yeasts are treated in a separate chapter and comprise 177 species or varieties.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
I. Definition of Marine Fungi
II. Numbers of Marine Fungi
III. Sizes of Marine Fungi
IV. The Mode of Life and Distribution of Marine Fungi
V. Unsolved Major Problems
2. Methods
I. Collecting Techniques
II. Preservation
III. Sectioning
IV. Microscopic Examination
V. Isolation and Culture
3. Release, Dispersal, and Settlement of Ascospores, Basidiospores, and Conidia
I. Spore Release
II. Spore Morphology, Dispersal, and Settlement
4. Geographical Distribution
5. Vertical Zonation
6. Deep-Sea Fungi
7. Fungi Isolated from Marine and Estuarine Waters, Sediments, and Soils
8. Fungi in Sandy Beaches and Sea Foam
9. Algae-Inhabiting Fungi
I. Parasites
II. Saprobes
III. Geographical Distribution
10. Submarine Lichens and Lichenlike Associations
I. Primitive Marine Lichens
II. Mycophycobioses
11. Fungi in Halophytes of Tidal Salt Marshes
I. Host Specificity
II. Taxonomy
III. Activities of Fungi in Salt Marshes
IV. Geographical Distribution
12. Fungi on Mangroves and Other Tropical Shoreline Trees
I. Parasitic Fungi in Mangroves
II. Host Specificity
III. Fungi on Submerged Roots, Trunks, and Branches
IV. Fungi on Mangrove Seedlings
V. Fungi on Mangrove Leaves
VI. Fungi in Soil of the Mangal
VII. Vertical and Horizontal Zonation of Manglicolous Fungi
VIII. Geographical Distribution of Manglicolous Fungi
13. Leaf-Inhabiting Fungi
14. Rhizome-Inhabiting Fungi
15. Fungi on Wood and Other Cellulosic Substrates
I. Sources of Wood and Other Cellulosic Substrates in the Marine Environment
II. Degradation of Wood
16. Bark-Inhabiting Fungi
17. Fungi on Man-Made Materials
18. Fungi in Animal Substrates
19. Fungal-Animal Relationships
I. Marine Wood Borers
II. Salt-Marsh Amphipods
III. Nematodes
IV. Mites
V. Mollusca
VI. Fungi Used as Feeds in Mariculture
20. Ontogeny
I. Ascocarp Ontogeny
II. Ascospore Ontogeny
III. Basidiocarp Ontogeny
IV. Basidiospore Ontogeny
V. Conidial Ontogeny
21. Physiological Processes and Metabolites
I. Production of Enzymes
II. Metabolites
III. Effect of Nutrients and Environmental Parameters on Growth and Reproduction
IV. Unsolved Physiological Problems
22. The Possible Origin of Higher Marine Fungi
I. Phylogenetic Principles
II. Characters of Archaic Ascomycetes
III. Homologies between Rhodophyta and Ascomycetes
IV. Position of Extant Higher Marine Fungi in the Phylogenetic Scheme
V. Convergences in the Marine Fungi
VI. Conclusions
23. Identification
24. Key to the Filamentous Higher Marine Fungi
I. Key to Subdivisions of Eumycota
II. Key to Ascomycotina
III. Key to Basidiomycotina
IV. Key to Deuteromycotina
25. Classification
26. Taxonomy and Descriptions of Filamentous Fungi
I. Ascomycotina
II. Basidiomycotina
III. Deuteromycotina
27. Rejected Names, Doubtful and Excluded Species
I. Ascomycotina
II. Deuteromycotina
28. Yeasts
I. Introduction
II. Obligate Marine Yeasts
III. Facultative Marine Yeasts
IV. Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Organism Index
Subject Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 704
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1979
- Published: August 28, 1979
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483270142