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

Chapter 1. Fungi and Their Allies

Chapter 2. Preparation, Preservation, and Use of Fungal Specimens in Herbaria

Chapter 3. Preservation and Distribution of Fungal Cultures

Chapter 4. Electronic Information Resources

Chapter 5. Fungal Biodiversity Patterns

Chapter 6. Molecular Methods for Discriminating Taxa, Monitoring Species, and Assessing Fungal Diversity. 

 

Chapter 7. Fungi on Living Plant Substrata, Including Fruits

Chapter 8. Terrestrial and Lignicolous Macrofungi

Chapter 9. Lichenized Fungi

Chapter 10. Sequestrate Fungi

 

Chapter 11. Microfungi on Wood and Plant Debris

Chapter 12. Endophytic Fungi

Chapter 13. Saprobic Soil Fungi. Chapter 14. Fungi in Stressful Environments

Chapter 15. Mutualistic Arbuscular Endomycorrhizal Fungi

Chapter 16. Yeasts

Chapter 17. Fungicolous Fungi

 

Chapter 18. Insect- and Other Arthropod-Associated Fungi

Chapter 19. Fungal Parasites and Predators of Rotifers, Nematodes, and Other Invertebrates

Chapter 20. Fungi Associated with Vertebrates

Chapter 21. Coprophilous Fungi. 

Chapter 22. Anaerobic Zoosporic Fungi Associated with Animals

 

Chapter 23. Fungi in Freshwater Habitats

Chapter 24. Marine and Estuarine Mycelial Eumycota and Oomycota

Chapter 25. Mycetozoans

Chapter 26. Fungi Associated with Aquatic Animals

 

Appendix I. Moist Chambers for the Development of Fungi. 

Appendix II. Formulae for Selected Materials Used to Isolate and Study Fungi and Fungal Allies

Appendix III. Institutions with Significant Collections of Fungi or Fungal Allies and Fungus-Related Websites

Appendix IV. Vendors

Glossary

Literature Cited

Index