Macromycetes / edited by Roy Watling ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watling, Roy.

Series:

Tropical mycology ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mycology--Tropics--Congresses.

Mycology.

Fungi--Tropics--Congresses.

Fungi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford : CABI, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first of two complementary volumes which describe the ecology, biology, economic dimensions and systematics of tropical Macromycetes. Written by experts in their field, the papers have been thoroughly edited and revised.

Contents:

Contents; Dedication; Contributors; Preface; 1 Agarics and Boletes of Neotropical Oakwoods; 2 Diversity and Ecology of Tropical Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Africa; 3 The Occurrence and Distribution of Putative Ectomycorrhizal Basidiomycetes in a Regenerating South-east Asian Rainforest; 4 Basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles Project; 5 Tropical Brown- and Black-spored Mexican Agarics with Particular Reference to Gymnopilus; 6 Patterns of Polypore Distribution in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Is Wallace's Line Significant?

7 The Biology, Ecology and Pathology of Phellinus noxius in Taiwan8 Production of Ligninolytic Enzymes by Species Assemblages of Tropical Higher Fungi from Ecuador; 9 Laboratory Studies with Leucoagaricus and Attine Ants; 10 Conservation of Mycodiversity in India: an Appraisal; 11 Mushroom Collecting in Tanzania and Hunan (Southern China): Inherited Wisdom and Folklore of Two Different Cultures; 12 Impact of Developmental, Physiological and Environmental Studies on the Commercial Cultivation of Mushrooms; Index

Notes:

Selected papers of the Millenium Symposium held April 2000 at the Liverpool John Moores University and organised by the British Mycological Society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-82958-3

9786610829583

0-85199-793-7

OCLC:

437181653