Fungal BiologyVisit the accompanying website from the author at www.blackwellpublishing.com/deacon. Fungal Biology is the fully updated new edition of this undergraduate text, covering all major areas of fungal biology and providing insights into many topical areas.
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Contents
the fungi and fungal activities | 1 |
The diversity of fungi and funguslike organisms | 16 |
Fungal structure and ultrastructure | 65 |
Fungal growth | 79 |
Differentiation and development | 105 |
Fungal nutrition | 117 |
Fungal metabolism and fungal products | 137 |
Environmental conditions for growth and tolerance of extremes | 142 |
mechanisms and practical exploitation | 237 |
Fungal symbiosis | 263 |
14 | 270 |
Fungi as plant pathogens | 279 |
Fungal parasites of insects and nematodes | 321 |
The moulds of man 17 | 327 |
Principles and practice of controlling fungal growth | 338 |
Sources | 347 |
9 | 143 |
Fungal genetics molecular genetics and genomics | 158 |
Fungal spores spore dormancy and spore dispersal | 201 |
saprotrophs | 235 |
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