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In this volume all achlorophyllous organisms are included as fungi. In the opening chapter a survey of fungal biology is given from the assimilative to the reproductive phases, growth, chlamydospore, sclerotia, and rhizomorph production, sporulation, and basidiocarp form and structure. Fungus activities are described including decomposition of leaves and of wood, as inhabitants of aquatic environments, animal faeces, of extreme environments, as mutualistic symbionts in ectotrophic mycorrhizae and lichens, as mutualistic symbionts in endomycorrhizae, as symbionts of insects, and an introduction to their activities as parasitic symbionts of higher plants. The book is illustrated with line drawings and photographs, and there is a good bibliography. The book will present a good survey of applied mycology to the beginner, the upper high school student, and the lower division college student.
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- Author
- Wm. Bridge Cooke
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0301-486X)
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)