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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watling, Roy.

Series:

Tropical mycology ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microfungi--Tropics--Congresses.

Microfungi.

Mycology--Tropics--Congresses.

Mycology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford ; New York : CABI, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the second 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 Why Study Tropical Fungi?; 2 Key to Tropical Species of Nectria-like Fungi; 3 A Reassessment of the Taxonomy of Some Tropical Sooty Moulds; 4 Lignicolous Freshwater Higher Fungi with Reference to their Teleomorph and Anamorph Stages; 5 The Pandanaceae - Does it Have a Diverse and Unique Fungal Biota?; 6 Aspects of Graminicolous Downy Mildew Biology: Perspectives for Tropical Plant Pathology and Peronosporomycetes Phylogeny; 7 Invasive Neotropical Pathogens of Tree Crops; 8 Lichens of Tropical Forests

9 The Importance of Invertebrate-pathogenic Fungi from the Tropics 10 Tropical Mycoses: Hazards to Travelers; 11 Recent and Future Discoveries of Pharmacologically Active Metabolites from Tropical Fungi; Index

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-82959-1

9786610829590

0-85199-794-5

OCLC:

70752176