Fungi are often inconspicuous in nature and this means it is all too easy to overlook their
importance. Often referred to as the “Forgotten Kingdom”, fungi are key components of life …

The discipline of Mushroom Biology, created by the authors of this book, has now been
legitimized by references in the scientific literature and by two International Conferences …

Mushroom-forming fungi establish mutual beneficial interactions with plants and degrade
organic waste. These fungi also play an important role in human societies to produce …

Higher Basidiomycetes represent a taxonomically, ecologically, and physiologically
extremely diverse group of eukaryotic organisms. Recently, extensive research on these …

Fungi are an understudied resource possessing huge potential for developing products that
can greatly improve human well-being. In the current paper, we highlight some important …

Myxomycetes: Biology, Systematics, Biogeography and Ecology, Second Edition provides a
complete collection of general and technical information on myxomycetes microorganisms …

Fungicolous fungi are a very large, diverse, ecological and trophic group of organisms that
are associated with other fungi. This association occurs with species of different lineages …

Recent estimates of the number of fungi on Earth range from 500K to 9.9 million species, of
which 74− 120K are named. A working figure of 1.5 million species is generally accepted …

Macrofungi are considered as organisms that form large fruiting bodies above or below the
ground that are visible without the aid of a microscope. These fungi include most …

Fungal biology deals with the study of fungi, including their growth and development, their
genetic and biochemical characteristics, their taxonomy and genomics, and their use to …