Societal Impact Statement Mycorrhizal fungi are of huge significance for plants, people, and
the planet. In addition to the fruiting bodies of many mycorrhizal fungi having great culinary …

The chapter contains sections titled: The Place of Fungi in the “Tree of Life”–Setting the
Scene The Characteristic Features of Fungi: Defining the Fungal Kingdom The Major …

The fungi represent a heterogenous assemblage of eukaryotic microorganisms and have
become favored organisms for research at the cellular and molecular level. Such research …

As physical and chemical remediation of xenobiotics is costly and most of the time inefficient,
bioremediation has attracted attention in recent years. Bioremediation is the treatment of …

As decomposers, pathogens, and mutualistic symbionts with plants and animals, fungi play
a major role in ecosystem processes including nutrient cycling, bioconversions, and energy …

Highlights•Mushroom production to increase in developing countries-start-up costs+
agricultural residues.•Submerged mycelia production to increase in developed countries …

The variety of the mycological world is far greater than most people imagine. Tens of
thousands of fungal species have been described and many more are known only from the …

Frontiers of Industrial Mycology describes the present efforts underway to create a broad
range of large-scale applications using filamentous fungi. Important and environmentally …

Mycology is a frontier area of research in life sciences. Fungi represent one of the three
major evolutionary segments along with plants and animals. Fungal multidimensional …