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The fifth kingdom / Bryce Kendrick.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newburyport MA : Focus Pub., c2000.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xii, 386 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1585100226
  • 9781585100224
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 579.5 21
LOC classification:
  • QK603 .K46 2000
Contents:
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.
List(s) this item appears in: Plant Symbiosis
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Main Collection QK603 .K46 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700013711
Total holds: 0

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.

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