Biodiversity of Fungi (eBook, ePUB)

Inventory and Monitoring Methods
Redaktion: Foster, Mercedes S.; Bills, Gerald F.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Biodiversity of Fungi is essential for anyone collecting and/or monitoring any fungi. Fascinating and beautiful, fungi are vital components of nearly all ecosystems and impact human health and our economy in a myriad of ways. Standardized methods for documenting diversity and distribution have been lacking. A wealth of information, especially regrading sampling protocols, compiled by an international team of fungal biologists, make Biodiversity of Fungi an incredible and fundamental resource for the study of organismal biodiversity.

Chapters cover everything from what is a fungus, to maintaining and organizing a permanent study collection with associated databases; from protocols for sampling slime molds to insect associated fungi; from fungi growing on and in animals and plants to mushrooms and truffles. The chapters are arranged both ecologically and by sampling method rather than by taxonomic group for ease of use. The information presented here is intended for everyone interested in fungi, anyone who needs tools to study them in nature including naturalists, land managers, ecologists, mycologists, and even citizen scientists and sophiscated amateurs.

• Covers all groups of fungi - from molds to mushrooms, even slime molds
• Describes sampling protocols for many groups of fungi
• Arranged by sampling method and ecology to coincide with users needs
• Beautifully illustrated to document the range of fungi treated and techniques discussed
• Natural history data are provided for each group of fungi to enable users to modify suggested protocols to meet their needs

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 777
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780080470269
• Artikelnr.: 38117097

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: General Issues
1. Fungi and Their Allies
2. Preparation, Preservation, and Use of Fungal Specimens in Herbaria
3. Preservation and Distribution of Fungal Cultures
4. Electronic Information Resources
5. Fungal Biodiversity Patterns
6. Molecular Methods for Discriminating Taxa, Monitoring Species, and
Assessing Fungal Diversity
PART IIA: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi:
Direct Collecting and Isolation Protocols for Macrofungi and Mircofungi on
Soil, Wood, Leaves, Lichens, and Other Substrata
7. Fungi on Living Plant Substrata, Including Fruits
8. Terrestrial and Lignicolous Macrofungi
9. Lichenized Fungi
10. Sequestrate Fungi
PART IIB: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi:
Isolation Protocols for Readily Culturable Microfungi Associated with
Plants
11. Microfungi on Wood and Plant Debris
12. Endophytic Fungi
13. Saprobic Soil Fungi
14. Fungi in Stressful Environments
15. Mutualistic Arbuscular Endomycorrhizal Fungi
16. Yeasts
17. Fungicolous Fungi
PART IIC: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi:
Collecting and Isolation Protocols for Fungi Associated with Animals
18. Insect- and Other Arthropod-Associated Fungi
19. Fungal Parasites and Predators of Rotifers, Nematodes, and Other
Invertebrates
20. Fungi Associated With Vertebrates
21. Coprophilous Fungi
22. Anaerobic Zoosporic Fungi Associated with Animals
PART IID: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi:
Collecting and Isolation Protocols for Aquatic Fungi and for Protoctistans
Formerly Treated as Fungi
23. Fungi in Freshwater Habitats
24. Marine and Estuarine Mycelial Eumycota and Oomycota
25. Mycetozoans
26. Fungi Associated with Aquatic Animals
PART III: Appendices, Glossary, Literature Cited, and Miscellaneous