Biology of Microfungi

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction: Advances and Predicament

   • De-Wei Li

   Pages 1-6

3. Recent Changes in Fungal Nomenclature and Their Impact on Naming of Microfungi

   • Walter Gams

   Pages 7-23

4. Future Perspectives and Challenges of Fungal Systematics in the Age of Big Data

   • Zheng Wang, R. Henrik Nilsson, Timothy Y. James, Yucheng Dai, Jeffrey P. Townsend

   Pages 25-46

5. Molecular Techniques in Mycological Studies and Sequence Data Curating: Quality Control and Challenges

   • R. Henrik Nilsson, Kessy Abarenkov, Urmas Kõljalg

   Pages 47-64

6. Challenges and Future Perspectives in the Systematics of Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina

   • Gerald L. Benny, Matthew E. Smith, Paul M. Kirk, Eric D. Tretter, Merlin M. White

   Pages 65-126

7. Entomophthoromycota: A New Overview of Some of the Oldest Terrestrial Fungi

   • Richard A. Humber

   Pages 127-145

8. Latest Developments in the Research of Rust Fungi and Their Allies (Pucciniomycotina)

   • Merje Toome-Heller

   Pages 147-168

9. Conidiogenesis: Its Evolutionary Aspects in the Context of a Philosophy of Opportunity (Lectics)

   • Richard C. Summerbell, James A. Scott

   Pages 169-195

10. Fungal Diversity of Central and South America

    • Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruiz, Gabriela Heredia, Luis F. P. Gusmão, De-Wei Li

    Pages 197-217

11. Mesofungi

    • Bryce Kendrick

    Pages 219-235

12. Evolution of Fungi and Update on Ethnomycology

    • De-Wei Li, R. F. Castañeda-Ruiz, James LaMondia

    Pages 237-266

13. Phylogenetic Diversity of Fungi in the Sea including the Opisthosporidia

    • Ka-Lai Pang, E. B. Gareth Jones

    Pages 267-283

14. Biology and Ecology of Freshwater Fungi

    • Clement K. M. Tsui, Christiane Baschien, Teik-Khiang Goh

    Pages 285-313

15. Dispersal Strategies of Microfungi

    • Donát Magyar, Máté Vass, De-Wei Li

    Pages 315-371

16. Microfungi in Indoor Environments: What Is Known and What Is Not

    • Chin Yang, Sepideh Pakpour, John Klironomos, De-Wei Li

    Pages 373-412

17. Biology of the Whiskey Fungus

    • James A. Scott, Richard C. Summerbell

    Pages 413-428

18. Allergenic Microfungi and Human Health: A Review on Exposure, Sensitization, and Sequencing Allergenic Proteins

    • Mercedes Amado, Charles Barnes

    Pages 429-449

19. What’s Old is New: Recognition of New Fungal Pathogens in the Era of Phylogenetics and Changing Taxonomy and Implications for Medical Mycology

    • Nathan P. Wiederhold, Deanna A. Sutton

    Pages 451-467

20. Mycotoxins in Food and Feed: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century

    • J. David Miller

    Pages 469-493

This reference book includes 24 chapters written by a group of experts in the different fields of microfungi and cover a broad range of topics on microfungi. It provides the most updated information on the latest development in systematics and taxonomy of microfungi, new techniques which were developed in the last ten years and their application in microfungal research. After the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) was adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011, it has had a profound impact on mycology and its research. Fungal nomenclature changes and its significance to fungal taxonomy and naming of microfungi in the future is discussed in detail. Since dual names system for fungi developing both sexual and asexual states, and fungi developing only asexual state is no longer available, the first five chapters will clarify some confusion and provides perspective views on the direction for future research. The next nine chapters cover microfungi and their ecological roles or functions in the different habitats (air, indoor, aquatic, marine, plants, soils, etc). The remaining 13 chapters cover the relationship of microfungi and humans (good and bad) and usage or application microfungi in different industries, such as food, agriculture, forestry, green technology, pharmaceutics, and medicine, as well as in our daily life. The book bridges the gap between basic mycological research and applied mycology and provide readers a unique set of information and knowledge of microfungi generated from multiple angles in different fields of mycology.

• Biodiversity
• Ecology
• Environment
• Fungi
• Mycology

“Each chapter is extremely well documented, and many include excellent photographs. This compendium is a valuable source of current information on a wide range of mycological research topics applicable for professionals in numerous fields. … The volume is imperative because many works about fungi typically do not focus on microfungi. The title should be available in college and university libraries that support teaching and research in the biological sciences. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals and practitioners.” (K. M. Foos, Choice, Vol. 54 (2), October, 2016)

“The whole is well-edited and presented, and it was pleasing to see coloured illustrations in the chapters … . Allmajor mycological libraries will benefit from a copy … .” (IMA Fungus, Vol. 7 (1), June, 2016)

• The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Valley Laboratory, Windsor, USA

  De-Wei Li

• Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

  De-Wei Li

De-Wei Li, Ph.D. Research Mycologist 
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Valley Laboratory 
Windsor, CT 
USA


Dr. Li is a leading scholar in microbiology related to fungi and a is lecturer at Yale University.

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