The fifth kingdom : an introduction to mycology /
Kendrick, Bryce,
The fifth kingdom : an introduction to mycology / Bryce Kendrick. - Fourth edition. - ix, 502 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
"A Focus book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Kingdoms, Classification, Nomenclature, and Biodiversity -- A Mixed Bag : Protozoan 'Pseudofungi'--Kingdom Protozoa (the So-Called Slime Moulds--Phyla Myxostelida, Dictyostelida, Labyrinthulida, Plasmodiophorida); Pseudofungi--Kingdom Chromista : Phyla Hyphochytriomycota and Oomycota; True Fungi--Kingdom Eumycota : Phylum 1 Chytridiomycota, Phylum 2 Blastocladiomycota, Phylum 3 Neocallimastigomycota -- Eumycotan Fungi--the Mainstream and Others : Phylum 4 Zygomycota, Phylum 5 Glomeromycota, Phylum 6 Microsporidia -- Kingdom Eumycota (True Fungi), Subkingdom Dikarya : Phylum 7 Ascomycota--the Ascomycetes -- Kingdom Eumycota (True Fungi) : Subkingdom Dikarya (Fungi with a Dikaryophase); Phylum 8 Basidiomycota : the Basidiomycetes; Subphyla : Agaricomycotina, Pucciniomycotina, Ustilaginomycotina -- Yeasts--Compact Polyphyletic Extremophile Fungi -- Lichens--Dual (or Even Triple) Extremophile Organisms -- Spore Dispersal in Fungi--Airborne Spores and Allergy -- Fungal Physiology and Metabolism -- Fungal Genetics--Mendelian and Molecular -- Fungal Ecology -- Fungal Diseases of Crops and Trees -- Fungicides--Several Generations--More Needed -- Fungi as Agents of Biological Control -- Fungi Exploiting Microscopic Animals -- Mutualistic Symbioses between Animals and Fungi -- Mycorrhizas--Mutualistic Plant-Fungus Symbioses -- Fungi as Food--Mycophagy -- Fungi in Food Processing -- Food Spoilage by Fungi and How to Prevent It -- Mycotoxins in Food and Feed -- Poisonous and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms -- Medical Mycology -- Commercial Exploitation of Fungal Metabolites and Mycelia -- But How Do You Actually Do Mycology? And How Can You Earn a Living Doing It?
9781585104598 1585104590
2017009567
Fungi.
Mycology.
QK603 / .K46 2017
The fifth kingdom : an introduction to mycology / Bryce Kendrick. - Fourth edition. - ix, 502 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
"A Focus book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Kingdoms, Classification, Nomenclature, and Biodiversity -- A Mixed Bag : Protozoan 'Pseudofungi'--Kingdom Protozoa (the So-Called Slime Moulds--Phyla Myxostelida, Dictyostelida, Labyrinthulida, Plasmodiophorida); Pseudofungi--Kingdom Chromista : Phyla Hyphochytriomycota and Oomycota; True Fungi--Kingdom Eumycota : Phylum 1 Chytridiomycota, Phylum 2 Blastocladiomycota, Phylum 3 Neocallimastigomycota -- Eumycotan Fungi--the Mainstream and Others : Phylum 4 Zygomycota, Phylum 5 Glomeromycota, Phylum 6 Microsporidia -- Kingdom Eumycota (True Fungi), Subkingdom Dikarya : Phylum 7 Ascomycota--the Ascomycetes -- Kingdom Eumycota (True Fungi) : Subkingdom Dikarya (Fungi with a Dikaryophase); Phylum 8 Basidiomycota : the Basidiomycetes; Subphyla : Agaricomycotina, Pucciniomycotina, Ustilaginomycotina -- Yeasts--Compact Polyphyletic Extremophile Fungi -- Lichens--Dual (or Even Triple) Extremophile Organisms -- Spore Dispersal in Fungi--Airborne Spores and Allergy -- Fungal Physiology and Metabolism -- Fungal Genetics--Mendelian and Molecular -- Fungal Ecology -- Fungal Diseases of Crops and Trees -- Fungicides--Several Generations--More Needed -- Fungi as Agents of Biological Control -- Fungi Exploiting Microscopic Animals -- Mutualistic Symbioses between Animals and Fungi -- Mycorrhizas--Mutualistic Plant-Fungus Symbioses -- Fungi as Food--Mycophagy -- Fungi in Food Processing -- Food Spoilage by Fungi and How to Prevent It -- Mycotoxins in Food and Feed -- Poisonous and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms -- Medical Mycology -- Commercial Exploitation of Fungal Metabolites and Mycelia -- But How Do You Actually Do Mycology? And How Can You Earn a Living Doing It?
9781585104598 1585104590
2017009567
Fungi.
Mycology.
QK603 / .K46 2017