Background Edible mushrooms have been used as food and medicine materials for
thousands of years, and the yield of cultivatable edible mushrooms has increased in recent …

Microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) are produced by a wide array of
microorganisms ranging from bacteria to fungi. A growing body of evidence indicates that …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A “brilliant [and] entrancing”(The Guardian) journey into
the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and …

In forest ecosystems, ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi play a central role in the
breakdown of soil organic matter (SOM). Competition between these two fungal guilds has …

Fungi produce various mixtures of gas-phase, carbon-based compounds called volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) that due to their small size are able to diffuse through the …

All odorants are volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ie, low molecular weight compounds
that easily evaporate at normal temperatures and pressure. Fungal VOCs are relatively …

Many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with industry cause adverse health
effects, but less is known about the physiological effects of biologically produced volatiles …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Trichoderma species are present in many ecosystems and some strains have the ability to
reduce the severity of plant diseases by activating various defense pathways via specific …

Covering: up to the end of 2014 Fungi are widespread in nature and have conquered nearly
every ecological niche. Fungi occur not only in terrestrial but also in freshwater and marine …