Biology of Microfungi

Table of Contents

Preface

1.     Introduction -advances and predicament   

2.     Recent changes in fungal nomenclature and their impact on naming of microfungi

3.     Future perspectives and challenges of fungal systematics in the age of big data.

4.     Molecular techniques in mycological studies and sequence data curating: quality control and challenges

5.     Challenges and future perspectives in the systematics of Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina

6.     Entomophthoromycota: a new overview of some of the oldest terrestrial fungi

7.     Latest developments in the research of rust fungi and their allies (Pucciniomycotina)

8.     Conidiogenesis: its evolutionary aspects in the context of a philosophy of opportunity (lectics)

9.     Fungal diversity of Central and South America

10.  Mesofungi

11.  Evolution of fungi and update on ethnomycology

12.  Phylogenetic diversity of fungi in the sea including the Opisthosporidia

13.   Biology and ecology of freshwater fungi

14.  Dispersal strategies of microfungi

15.  Microfungi in indoor environments: what is known and what is not?

16.   Biology of the whiskey fungus

17.  Allergenic microfungi and human health: a review on exposure, sensitization, and sequencing allergenic proteins

18.  What's old is new: Recognition of new fungal pathogens in the era of phylogenetics and changing taxonomy and implications for medical mycology

19.  Mycotoxins in food and feed: a challenge for the 21st century

20.  Inhalation exposure and toxic effects of mycotoxins

21.  Fungi in fermentation and biotransformation systems

22.  Microfungi in biofuel and bioenergy research

23.  Interactions of microfungi and plant parasitic nematodes

Index

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