Wood-rotting non-gilled Agaricomycetes of Himalayas

The present volume by the author is based on the outcome of extensive explorations in the Himalayas for more than a decade. It incorporates the original research findings along with that based on literature survey. It is intended to provide a comprehensive account of an important group of fungi which has a direct bearing on wood industry and forest ecosystem besides commercial application in bioremediation and pollution control. It is the first step in providing the mycologists with consolidated, systematically up-to-date and illustrative monograph of wood-rotting fungi of Himalayas. Every year the students of the post graduate colleges and universities particularly Indian sub-continent go in for fungal forays to collect fungi which forms part of their course curriculum. This book will serve as a field manual for identification. The book has more than 240 color photographs and 123 plates of camera lucida drawings covering all the fungi which have been reported till-to-date from the study area.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Review of Literature.- 3. Material and Methods.- 4. Morphology.- 5. Forest Types.- 6. Taxonomy.- 7. Ecology.- 8. Index.

Summary

The present volume by the author is based on the outcome of extensive explorations in the Himalayas for more than a decade. It incorporates the original research findings along with that based on literature survey. It is intended to provide a comprehensive account of an important group of fungi which has a direct bearing on wood industry and forest ecosystem besides commercial application in bioremediation and pollution control. It is the first step in providing the mycologists with consolidated, systematically up-to-date and illustrative monograph of wood-rotting fungi of Himalayas. Every year the students of the post graduate colleges and universities particularly Indian sub-continent go in for fungal forays to collect fungi which forms part of their course curriculum. This book will serve as a field manual for identification. The book has more than 240 color photographs and 123 plates of camera lucida drawings covering all the fungi which have been reported till-to-date from the study area.

Product details

• Authors: I B Prasher, I. B. Prasher, I.B. Prasher
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9789402408201
• ISBN: 978-94-0-240820-1
• No. of pages: 653
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 1009 g
• Illustrations: XII, 653 p. 180 illus., 53 illus. in color.
• Series: Fungal Diversity Research Series; Fungal Diversity Research; Fungal Diversity Research Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; B, Microbiology (non-medical), bacteria, Biodiversity, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Plant Ecology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Bacteriology, Taxonomy & systematics, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant systematics, Plant Evolution, Plant taxonomy, Microbial Ecology, Agaricomycetes;Fungi;Himalayas;Monograph;Wood-rotting