A Century of Mycology

Centenary commemoration of British Mycological Society looking at past, present and future of fungal research.

List of contents

List of contributors; Preface; 1. A century of British mycology John Webster; 2. My involvement with aquatic hyphomycetes C. T. Ingold; 3. Advances in tropical mycology initiated by British mycologists D. N. Pegler; 4. The amateur contribution within the Society Roy Watling; 5. The hypha: unifying thread of the fungal kingdom Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia; 6. Conidiogenesis, classification and correlation B. C. Sutton; 7. The flagellated fungal spore Melvin S. Fuller; 8. Interconnectedness and individualism in fungal mycelia Alan D. M. Rayner; 9. Fungal secondary metabolism: regulation and functions Arnold L. Demain; 10. The nature and extent of mutualism in the mycorrhizal symbiosis D. J. Read; 11. Lichens and the environment M. R. D. Seaward; 12. Recording and mapping fungi D. W. Minter; Index.

Summary

Commemorating the centenary of the British Mycological Society, this account looks at the pioneering work of its members and how their research has influenced today's understanding of fungi. This readable appraisal of the past, present and future of mycology will interest professionals and amateurs in the field as well as historians of science.

Product details

• Authors: British Mycological Society, B. C. Sutton
• Assisted by: Brian Sutton (Editor), Sutton Brian (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.1996
• EAN: 9780521570565
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57056-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 720 g
• Illustrations: 67 b/w illus. 5 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Mycology, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, Mycology, fungi (non-medical), Mycology, fungi