Dictionary of the Fungi - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 085199377X ISBN 13: 9780851993775

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

This is the one essential handbook for all who work with or are interested in fungi (including lichens, slime moulds and yeasts). This new edition, with more than 20,500 entries, provides the most complete listing of generic names of and terms used to describe fungi available. For each genus, the authority, the date of publication, status, systematic position, number of accepted species, distribution, and key references are given. Diagnoses of families, orders and higher categories are included for most groups. In addition, there are biographic notes, information on well-known metabolites and mycotoxins, and broad accounts of almost all pure and applied aspects of the subject (including citations of important literature). All information has been updated as necessary since the publication of the eighth edition in 1995. In addition the ninth edition has the following new features:A refined classification of fungal phyla reflecting the latest molecular evidence, including a major revision of the classification of the AscomycotaA full integration of anamorphic genera in the classificationA revised synopsis of the proposed classification

About this title

Review

"This dictionary is an essential reference for all who work with fungi ... Teachers and students of mycology, plant pathologists, ecologists, industrial biologists, and others interested in mycology will find this dictionary an interesting and useful reference."HortScience "This dictionary is an essential reference for all who work with fungi ... Teachers and students of mycology, plant pathologists, ecologists, industrial biologists, and others interested in mycology will find this dictionary an interesting and useful reference."HortScience "This dictionary is an essential reference for all who work with fungi ... Teachers and students of mycology, plant pathologists, ecologists, industrial biologists, and others interested in mycology will find this dictionary an interesting and useful reference."HortScience "This dictionary is an essential reference for all who work with fungi ... Teachers and students of mycology, plant pathologists, ecologists, industrial biologists, and others interested in mycology will find this dictionary an interesting and useful reference."HortScience

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085199377X
• ISBN 13: 9780851993775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: Kirk Jr. Paul, Cannon Paul, David J., Stalpers J. A.