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This volume includes treatments of systematics and related topics for both fungi and fungus-like organisms in four eukaryotic supergroups, as well as specialized chapters on nomenclature, techniques and evolution. These organisms are of great interest to mycologists, plant pathologists and others, including those interested in the animal parasitic Microsporidia. Our knowledge of the systematics and evolution of fungi has made great strides since the first edition of this volume, largely driven by molecular phylogenetic analyses. Consensus among mycologists has led to a stable systematic treatment that has since become widely adopted and is incorporated into this second edition, along with a great deal of new information on evolution and ecology. The systematic chapters cover occurrence, distribution, economic importance, morphology and ultrastructure, development of taxonomic theory, classification and maintenance and culture. Other chapters deal with nomenclatural changes necessitated by revisions of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants, including the elimination of separate names for asexual states, as well as methods for preservation of cultures and specimens, character evolution and methods for ultrastructural study, the fungal fossil record and the impact of whole genomes on fungal studies.

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Author:   David J. McLaughlin ,  Joseph W. Spatafora
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2nd ed. 2014
Volume:   7A
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   9.076kg
ISBN:  

9783662495780

ISBN 10:   3662495783
Pages:   461
Publication Date:   12 September 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents 1 Fungi from PCR to genomics: The spreading revolution in evolutionary biology John W. Taylor and Mary L. Berbee Fungal-Like Organisms 2 Excavata: Acrasiomycota; Amoebozoa: Dictyosteliomycota, Myxomycota Steven L. Stephenson 3 Systematics of the Straminipila: Labyrinthulomycota, Hyphochytriomycota and Oomycota G W Beakes, D Honda and M Thines 4 Rhizaria: Phytomyxea Simon Bulman and James P. Braselton Fungi 5 Microsporidia Elizabeth S. Didier, James J. Becnel, Michael L. Kent, Justin L. Sanders, and Louis M. Weiss 6 Chytridiomycota, Monoblepharidomycota and Neocallimastigomycota Martha J. Powell and Peter M. Letcher 7 Blastocladiomycota Timothy Y. James and Teresita M. Porter 8 Zygomycetous Fungi: Phylum Entomophthoromycota and subphyla Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina Gerald L. Bennya, Richard A. Humber and Kerstin Voigt 9 Glomeromycota D. Redecker and A. Schüßler 10 Pucciniomycotina M. Catherine Aime, Merje Toome and David J. McLaughlin 11 Ustilaginomycotina D. Begerow, A. M. Schäfer, R. Kellner, A. Yurkov, M. Kemler, F. Oberwinkler and R. Bauer 12 Tremellomycetes and related groups Michael Weiß, Robert Bauer, José Paulo Sampaio, and Franz Oberwinkler 13 Dacrymycetes Franz Oberwinkler 14 Agaricomycetes D.S. Hibbett, R. Bauer, M. Binder, A.J. Giachini, K. Hosaka, A. Justo, E. Larsson, K.H. Larsson, J.D. Lawrey, O. Miettinen, L. Nagy, R.H. Nilsson, M. Weiß, and R.G. Thorn.

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