Books in the British Mycological Society Symposia series

Water is the solvent for metabolic processes, it participates directly in many biochemical reactions and has a vital skeletal function. It also plays a key role in the behaviour and spread of fungi. The chapters of this book, which was originally published in 1986, give a broad perspective on this vast subject.

Several vistas have opened up with the advent of computing, modelling and molecular approaches helping to increase the understanding of the ecology of basidiomycetes. This book covers a variety of these advances that discusses the aspects of saprotrophic basidiomycete ecology.

Yeasts and filamentous fungi need to cope with stress, whether growing in the laboratory or in the natural environment, whether victims or offenders in interactions with other organisms. This work discusses these considerations and covers stress in the broad sense, within the context of mycology.

The threat to fungal diversity throughout the world prompts debate about whether and how fungi can be conserved. This book considers the debates, and goes on to provide practical guidance for management of nature in ways beneficial to fungi.

This book promotes further understanding of the contribution that fungi make to the biogeochemical cycling of elements, the chemical and biological mechanisms involved, and their environmental and biotechnological significance.

The seventeenth symposium of the British Mycological Society was held jointly with the British Society for Plant Pathology and the Society of Irish Plant Pathologists. The subject was Phytophthora, the organism responsible for many plant diseases, most notably potato blight. This 1991 book presents the results of the meeting.

This 1987 book was the first to bring together, in one volume, coverage of the growing consensus of knowledge and ideas concerning evolutionary biology of the fungi in the widest sense. It draws, not only upon the molecular approaches of the time, but also on wider technical and philosophical issues.

This 1979 symposium volume charts a number of significant advances in our knowledge of the cytology, physiology and biochemistry of the growth of mould hyphae. The articles concentrate on the detained investigations of a number of well known fungi, including Aspergillus, Neurospora, Mucor, Schizophyllum, Coprinus and Saccharomyces.

This 1987 book examines infection as a phenomenon common to pathogenic and mycorrhizal fungi alike. It deals with the establishment, progress and outcome of infection and covers such important fundamental aspects as recognition and resistance and seeks to explain why some infections lead to disease while others remain symptomless and beneficial.

This 1985 book describes research on the ecological, structural, physiological, genetic and molecular factors that control morphogenesis in the higher fungi. Both pure and applied studies of the biology of basidiomycetes are included in this volume, which provides a detailed synthesis of the area, by authors of the highest calibre.

Originally published in 1984, this symposium volume, the first of its kind to deal specifically with the vegetative fungal mycelium, provides a detailed account of the basic body form responsible for the vegetative spread and absorption on nutrients and water.

This 1984 book resulted from a symposium held by the British Mycological Society to bring together the many diverse areas of study of the genus Fusarium. The book highlights the importance of the genus pathology, animal husbandry, human disease and as biodeteriogens. Yet other Fusarium spp. are sources of useful biochemicals.

This book is based on a meeting on the Fungal Nucleus organised by the Physiology Group of the British Mycological Society and held in London in April 1980. The contributions of the authors provide a detailed picture of the knowledge of the cell nucleus in yeasts, filamentous fungi and slime moulds at the time.

Originally published in 1989, this book presents a detailed analysis of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur utilization by fungi. Based on the 1988 British Mycological Society symposium, it is broadly based, covering four basic areas: physiology and metabolism of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur by fungi.

Based on a British Mycological Society symposium, held in 1988, this book provides a timely review of the increasingly diverse ways in which fungi are being used to improve plant growth and examines the reasons for the rapid advancement in their commercialisation. The use of fungi as biocontrol agents is also considered.

Bioremediation is an expanding area of environmental research and may be defined as the application of biological processes to the treatment of pollution. This book highlights the use of fungi for the treatment of environmental pollutants, including organic chemicals and toxic metals. The chemistry of pollutant transformations is also discussed.

The interactions of fungi with mankind are both beneficial and harmful and are deeply rooted in the history of human society and agriculture. This book highlights the ways in which fungal recombinant DNA technology is being used in species of economic importance.

Bioremediation is an expanding area of environmental research and may be defined as the application of biological processes to the treatment of pollution. This book highlights the use of fungi for the treatment of environmental pollutants, including organic chemicals and toxic metals. The chemistry of pollutant transformations is also discussed.

This volume concerns the breakdown of dead organic materials by the basidiomycetes or toadstools, one of the three major groups of fungi. Although the decomposer members of this group are ecologically and commercially of immense importance, this is the first symposium to focus on them.

This multi-disciplinary volume, written by leading international experts, gives a timely review of modern environmental mycology. Emphasis is given to major research advances made in recent years as a result of molecular and genomic approaches, and in cell imaging and biology. It draws together microbiologist, mycologist, and environmental scientist contributions.

Recent advances in molecular genetics, together with the release of whole genome sequences of an increasing number of fungi, are facilitating their exploitation and commercialisation. With chapters written by international experts, this volume highlights current and future biological, biochemical, and molecular exploitation of the fungi in biotechnology.

The threat to fungal diversity throughout the world prompts debate about whether and how fungi can be conserved. This book considers the debates, and goes on to provide practical guidance for management of nature in ways beneficial to fungi.

An authoritative insights into the molecular genetics and physiological mechanisms underlying the elaboration of the branching mycelium and the interactions between individual fungal mycelia.

Considers fungi in the context of the effect of humankind's activity on their habitats. Contributions on the effects of global warming, UV-B radiation, atmospheric and terrestrial pollutants and more ensure a topical and balanced coverage, with both ecological and physiological viewpoints being represented.

This book promotes further understanding of the contribution that fungi make to the biogeochemical cycling of elements, the chemical and biological mechanisms involved, and their environmental and biotechnological significance.

An authoritative insights into the molecular genetics and physiological mechanisms underlying the elaboration of the branching mycelium and the interactions between individual fungal mycelia.

An important reference for biochemists, molecular biologists, ecologists, conservationists and pathologists alike, providing a synthesis of field and laboratory work from past and present studies, and emphasising directions for the future.