The fifth kingdom / Bryce Kendrick.
Material type:
- 1585100226
- 9781585100224
- 579.5 21
- QK603 .K46 2000
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Circulating Books | Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | Main Collection | QK603 .K46 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3182700013711 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Kingdoms, classification and biodiversity -- Mixed bag: Protozoan 'Pseudofungi" (the so-called "slime moulds" -Phyla Myxostelida, Dictyostelida, Labyrinthulida, and Plasmodiophorida), Chromistan fungi (Phyla Hyphochytriomycota and Oomycota) Eumycotan fungi (Phylum Chytridiomycota -- Eumycotan fungi -the mainstream- Phyla (2) Zygomycota and (3)Dikaryomycota -- Kingdom Eumycota: Phylum 3: Dikaryomycota, Subphylum-Ascomycotina -- Kingdom Eumycota: Phylum 3: Dikaryomycota, Subphylum 2: Basidiomycotina -- Yeasts: Polyphyletic fungi -- Lichens-dual (or even triple) organisms -- Spore dispersal in fungi-airborne spores and allergies -- Fungal physiology -- Fungal genetic-mendelian and molecular -- Fungal ecology -- Fungal plant pathology in agriculture and forestry -- Fungicides -- Fungi as agents of biological control -- Fungi exploiting microscope animals -- Mutalistic Symbioses between fungi and animals -- Mycorrhizas: Mutualistic plant-fungus symbioses -- Fungi as food: Mycophagy -- Fungi in food processing -- Food spolage by fungi and its prevention -- Mycotoxins in food and feed -- Poisonous and hallucionogenic mushrooms -- Medical mycology -- Commercial expolitation of fungal metabolites -- Sources oc illustrations -- Glossary -- Index.