Tropical Mycology Micromycetes

Tropical mycology is attracting increasing interest, as the key role of fungi in tropical ecosystems and as pathogens becomes appreciated. This book is the first of two complementary volumes (Volume 2 covers Micromycetes) produced from papers given at the British Mycological Society's symposium held in Liverpool in April 2000. It describes the ecology, biology, economic dimensions and systematics of tropical Macromycetes. Written by leading experts in their field, the papers have been thoroughly edited and revised.

Considers the role of fungi in the tropical ecosystem and their potential as a source of useful, novel compounds.

This book is the second of two complementary volumes which describe the ecology, biology, economic dimensions and systematics of tropical Macromycetes. Written by experts in their field, the papers have been thoroughly edited and revised.

This book comprises four chapters dealing with various aspects of the study of microfungi associated with palms, and a comprehensive glossary. Most previous studies of palm fungi have been carried out on tropical rainforest palms, whereas this study includes the aforementioned, plus it looks at fungi associated with palms in non-rainforest habitats in the tropics and also palms from temperate habitats. In addition, this book deals not only with ascomycetes, but also anamorphic fungi and emphasises the importance of studying anamorph-teleomorph connections.

Tropical mycology is attracting increasing interest, as the key role of fungi in tropical ecosystems and as pathogens becomes appreciated. This book describes the ecology, biology, economic dimensions and systematics of tropical Micromycetes and is the second of two complementary volumes (Volume 1 covers Macromycetes) developed from papers given at the British Mycological Society's symposium held in Liverpool in April 2000.