The Biology of Polar Bryophytes and Lichens

RE Longton

This book reviews the biology of bryophytes and lichens in the polar tundra, where these plants may form a dominant component of the vegetation. It considers adaptation to ....

The Conservation of Lower Plants in Woodland

NG Hodgetts

Written for the practical conservationist, this booklet deals with the ecological importance of lower plants in British woodlands, factors affecting diversity, and types ....

Fruit and Seed Production

Aspects of Development, Environmental Physiology and Ecology

Edited by C Marshall and J Grace

Flowering and fruiting are key processes in the biology of higher plants, ensuring the transfer of genetic material from one generation to the next. In addition, as almost all ....

Checklist of Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland

Brian J Coppins

Includes all validly published taxa recognized as occuring in the British Isles. Aims to provide an updated list to that in the Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland ....

Corticolous Crustose and Microfoliose Lichens of Northeastern Brazil

Marcela Eugenia Da Silva Cáceres

A total of 456 species of corticolous crustose and microfoliose lichens are reported from the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Sergipe in ....

A Field Key to Common Churchyard Lichens: And to the Commoner Species Found Elsewhere on Stone, Fences and Gates

Frank S Dobson

The result of three years of extensive testing by various lichen groups with all degrees of experience. It is fully illustrated throughout and enables nearly 190 species of ....

Flora Liquenologica Iberica: Lecanorales

Bacidiaceae I: Bacidia y Bacidina

Esteve Llop

Guide to Common Churchyard Lichens

Frank Dobson

This fold-out guide will help you identify over fifty of the commonest lichens found in lowland churchyards in Britain. Lichens are grouped according to growth form and the ....

Guide to Common Urban Lichens 1 (on Trees and Wood)

F Dobson

This is a good time to look at urban lichens, as levels of sulphur dioxide, air pollution and acid rain have been falling rapidly. Many leafy lichens are growing in ....

Guide to Common Urban Lichens 2 (on Stone and Soil)

Frank Dobson

This is a good time to look at urban lichens, as levels of sulphur dioxide, air pollution and acid rain have been falling rapidly. Many leafy lichens are growing in ....

Guide to Lichens of Heaths and Moors

Frank Dobson

This fold-out chart covers 62 of the species found on heaths and moors, organised into species that grow on the ground, among grasses and mosses, on heather, and on small ....

Key to Lichens on Twigs

Wolseley, James and Alexander

This key is designed to enable you to identify lichens found on twigs and use them to assess local atmospheric conditions. This ....

Lichens

William Purvis

Explores the unusual biology, amazing diversity and ecological importance of lichens and explains how understanding lichen biodiversity may lead to technological developments in ....

Lichen Biology

Edited by Thomas H Nash III

Lichens are symbiotic organisms in which fungi and algae and/or cyanobacteria form an intimate biological union. This diverse group is found in almost all terrestrial ....

Lichenological Contributions in Honour of David Galloway

Edited by Ingvar Kärnefelt and Arne Thell

The Lichen Genus Micarea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) in Poland

Pawel Czarnota

A taxonomic revision of Polish lichen collections belonging to the genus Micarea in its broad sense is presented. 34 species are recognized, of which two, are new to science. A ....

Lichens: An Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish Species

Frank S Dobson

Standard British work on lichens covering 450 of the most common species and a selection of the rarer ones. Entries consist of full-colour photographs, a description, notes on ....

Lichen Identifier (Version 3)

A Multi-Access Key to the Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland

Frank S Dobson

This is a simple to use multi-access computer key that enables the user to find the species name of any British or Irish lichen. It is divided into field and microscopical ....

Lichenologische Nebenstunden

Contributions to Lichen Taxonomy and Ecology in Honour of Klaus Kalb

Edited by Andreas Frisch, Ute Lange and Bettina Staiger

Lichens of Rocky Shores

Frank S Dobson

Lichens of Western North America

Trevor Goward, Andy MacKinnon and Jim Pojar

Liquens - Flechten - Lichens

Mariana Fleig and Werner Grüninger

As typical for all rain forests, the subtropical araucaria forests of Rio Grande do Sul are rich in epiphytic lichens. For the first time 60 species of macrolichens, all ....

The Macrolichens of New England

James W Hinds and Patricia L Hinds

With over 600 pages, 400 colour illustrations, and 35 years of fieldwork, research, and photography by the authors, The Macrolichens of New England is the most ....

Norsk Lavflora

H Holien

Photographic identification guide to the lichens of Norway. ....

Nordic Lichen Flora Volume 2: Physciaceae

T Foucard, H Mayrhofer, R Moberg and A Nordin

Nordic Lichen Flora Volume 3: Cyanolichens

Edited by Teuvo Ahti et al

The third volume of Nordic Lichen flora comprises the cyanolichens, including "the small black ones" which have not been critically surveyed in Scandinavia since 1885. ....

Pollution Monitoring with Lichens

DHS Richardson

Lichens are ideal monitors of pollution, as they can be found throughout the year almost everywhere in Britain. This Handbook provides keys to species of lichen that grow on ....

Pyrenocarpous Lichens with Bitunicate Asci

A First Assessment of the Lichen Biodiversity Inventory in Costa Rica

Edited by Andre Aptroot, Robert Lücking, Harrie JM Sipman, L Umana and JL Chaves

This publication provides an extensive treatment of the pyrenocarpous lichens with bitunicate asci (excluding Porinaceae, Myeloconidaceae and chiefly saxicolous genera) in ....

Red Data Books of Britain and Ireland: Lichens

Volume 1: Britain

JM Church, BJ Coppins, OL Gilbert, PW James and NF Stewart

RDB which covers a group of lower plants which are extremely vulnerable to change in the British countryside. The impacts of air pollution, Dutch elm disease, intensification of ....

Surveying and Report Writing for Lichenologists

Guidelines for surveyors, consultants and commissioning agencies

David J Hill

Guidelines; four main chapters are: *Commissioning Surveys (Tenders and Contracts) ....

The 33 Threatened Fungi in Europe

Anders Dahlberg and Hjalmar Croneborg

Although Europe has a high diversity of fungi and many species are threatened, no fungal species are yet included in the appendices of the Bern Convention or the EU Habitats ....

Acta Botanica Fennica, Vol. 179: Hymenochaetaceae in China: Hydnoid, Stereoid and Annual Poroid Genera, Plus Additions to Phellinus

Yu-Cheng Dai and Tuomo Niemela

Inonotus and its related genera, Asterodon, Aurificaria, Coltricia, Coltriciella, Hydnochaete and Hymenochaete (Hymenochaetaceae) from China were studied. All the species ....

Los Albores de la Botánica Marina Española (1814-1939)

Francisco Javier Dosil Mancilla

Oulines the history of phycology in Spain. ....

Algae

Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology

Laura Barsanti and Paolo Gualtieri

Covers the most important taxa and structures for freshwater, marine, and terrestrial forms of algae. It offers comprehensive coverage on topics ranging from algae's ....

Algae of Australia: Batrachospermales, Thoreales, Oedogoniales and Zygnemaceae

Timothy J Entwisle, Stephen Skinner, Simon H Lewis and Helen J Foard

Red algae and filamentous green algae are important components of Australian freshwater habitats, such as rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, swamps, farm dams and damp soil. Some ....

Algae of Australia: Introduction

Edited by Patrick M McCarthy and Anthony E Orchard

This introductory volume includes essays on the history of research on Australian algae, their classification, fossil record, systematic relationships, ecology, biogeography and ....

Algae of Australia: The Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Volume 1: Green Algae

Gerald T Kraft

Lord Howe Island, an oceanic outcrop of volcanic origin situated between Australia and New Zealand, is fringed by the world's southernmost consolidated coral reef. The ....

Algae and Human Affairs

Edited by Carole A Lembi and J Robert Waaland

Algae and Human Affairs provides a comprehensive survey of the major roles of algae in present and future human life. This detailed synthesis is divided into four sections. ....

Alternaria

An Identification Manual

Emory G Simmons

Standard reference for those needing to have critical access to Alternaria literature and taxonomic information. ....

Annotated List of Polypores for the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands

I Melo, J Cardoso and MT Telleria

A catalogue of all the generic, specific and infraspecific taxa of polypores s.l. - poroid Aphyllophorales - recorded in the Iberian Penninsular and Balearic Islands. The ....

Ascomycetes of Peninsular India

Alaka Pande

The Ascomycetes of Peninsular India is a compilation of descriptions of ascomycetous fungi collected from Peninsular India. The references to such fungi or their original ....

The Aspergilli

Genomics, Medical Applications, Biotechnology, and Research Methods

Stephen A Osmani and Gustavo H Goldman

The Aspergilli are an important group of filamentous fungi that include many species that impact humans. Recent research on the genomics of this species has provided ....

Aspergillus in the Genomic Era

Edited by RA Samson and J Varga

Aspergillus is among the economically most important fungal genera. Aspergillus species are used in the fermentation industry for the production of various enzymes, organic ....

Aspergillus Systematics in the Genomic Era

Edited by RA Samson and J Varga

Proceedings of a workshop entitled "Aspergillus systematics in the genomics era", held at the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands on 12-14 April 2007. ....

Atlas des Cortinaires, Pars 18

A Bidaud et al

Atlas des Cortinaires, Pars 17: Duracini - Damesceni - Glaucopodes

A Bidaud et al

Atlas des Cortinaires, Pars 16: Sous-Genre Phlegmacium, Section Multiformes

A Bidaud et al

Bacillariophyceae from Karstic Wetlands in Mexico

Dedicated to Dr. Arturo Gómez-Pompa

Eberto Novelo, Rosaluz Tavera and Claudia Ibarra

This publication describes the diatom flora of freshwater environments from karstic wetlands from El Eden Ecological Reserve, Mexico. Environmental parameters and latitude ....

The Benthic Marine Algae of the Samoan Archipelago, South Pacific, with Emphasis on the Apia District

Posa A Skelton and G Robin South

Biodiversity of Fungi

Inventory and Monitoring Methods

Edited by Mueller, Greg M, Mercedes S Foster and Gerald F Bills

Outlines standardised methods for documenting diversity and distribution, making this an essential reference for anyone collecting or monitoring fungi. Chapters are arranged ....

Bolets de Catalunya: Volume 26

Bolets de Catalunya: Volume 27

British Fungus Flora, Part 9: Russulaceae: Lactarius

RW Rayner

British Fungus Flora, Part 1: Boletes and their Allies

R Watling and AE Hills

keys to sections and species are given together with full descriptions of the taxa based on personal observations of the executive editors or, in the case of rare species, on ....

A Century of Mycology

Edited by Brian C Sutton

Commemorates the centenary of the British Mycological Society and considers the impact its members have had worldwide during the last 100 years. It combines various historical ....

Charophytes of Great Britain and Ireland

Jenny A Moore and M Tebbs

Covers 39 species of large freshwater algae. Long out of print, finally available again as a reprint with a new preface. ....

Chasing the Rain

My Treasure Hunt for the World's Most Beautiful Mushrooms

Taylor F Lockwood

"A very special blend of travelogue and horticultural study, Chasing the Rain: My Treasure Hunt for the World's Most Beautiful Mushrooms by Taylor F. Lockwood is ....

A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland

Gavin Hardy, Michael D Guiry and Henry Arnold

Second corrected edition of the essential reference on the seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. ....

Coastal Plankton

Photo Guide for European Seas

Otto Larink and Wilfried Westheide

This book, with more than 600 micro- and 40 macrophotographs on 60 colour plates, is an introduction to the most important and most common taxa present in the plankton, and it ....

Collins How to Identify Edible Mushrooms

Patrick Harding, Tony Lyon and Gill Tomblin

The book features all edible species of mushroom, together with those with which they may be confused. Organised by habitat for easy reference, it is beautifully illustrated ....

Collins Mushroom Miscellany

Patrick Harding

Mushroom collecting is becoming increasingly popular, and while a comprehensive identification guide is essential, the folklore, facts and fables, recipes and stories ....

Collins Need to Know? Mushroom Hunting

How to safely identify edible wild mushrooms

Patrick Harding

This practical guide to identifying, picking and cooking edible mushrooms gives you all the details you need to fully enjoy the adventure of locating and collecting wild ....

Common Freshwater Algae of the United States

An illustrated Key to the Genera (Excluding the Diatoms)

Gary E Dillard

The second revised edition of this manual aims at providing students and less experienced professional aquatic biologists with a key to identify some to the more ....

Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Karolina Fucikova, John D Hall, Jeffrey R Johansen and Rex Lowe

Desmids of the Lowlands

Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae of the European Lowlands

Peter F M Coesel and Koos J Meesters

Algal species and in particular desmids are important indicators of water quality. Because of their preferential occurrence in vulnerable habitats, desmids lend themselves ....

The Diatoms

Biology and Morphology of the Genera

FE Round, RM Crawford and DG Mann

This book presents a wide-ranging introduction to the diatoms together with an illustrated description of over 250 genera. Diatoms are important as perhaps the ....

Diatom Monographs: Volume 7: Ecological Analysis of Periphytic Diatoms in Mediterranean Coastal Wetlands

(Empordà wetlands, NE Spain)

Rosa Trobajo Pujadas

Diatoms are an important and often dominant component of periphyton, and their contribution to primary production in aquatic systems has largely been underestimated. ....

Diatom Monographs, Volume 8: The Paleoecology of Lake Zeribar and Surrounding Areas, Western Iran, During the last 48,000 Years

Edited by K Wasylikova and A Witkowski

Diatom Monographs, Volume 9: Diversity and Ecology of Benthic Diatom Communities in Relation to Acidity, Acidification and Recovery of Lakes and Rivers

Janina Kwandrans

Dictionary of the Fungi

Edited by PM Kirk, P Cannon and JA Stalpers

Fully revised edition of this classic mycological work, formerly known as "Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi". ....

Ecology of Harmful Algae

Edited by Edna Graneli and Jefferson T Turner

Harmful algal blooms are one of the consequences of the human impact on aquatic ecosystems, particularly the process of eutrophication. They can cause a variety of ....

Ecology of Saprotrophic Basidiomycetes

Lynne Boddy, Juliet C Frankland and Pieter van West

The breadth and depth of understanding of many areas concerning basidiomycetes has increased dramatically since the premier publication of Frankland et al., "Decomposer ....

The Edible Mushroom Book

A Guide to Foraging and Cooking

Anna Del Conte and Thomas Laessoe

From common puffballs to golden wax caps, morels to chanterelles, find out how to forage, prepare and cook delicious mushrooms that are wild, fresh and free. Superb ....

The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe

Michael Jordan

This is a photographic guide to 1,000 of the most important species of fungi of the British Isles and northern Europe. Each specimen is shown in a large colour photograph ....

Exploitation of Fungi

Edited by GD Robson, Pieter van West and Geoffrey M Gadd

The fungi are a highly diverse kingdom of eukaryotic microbes. Recent advances in molecular genetics, together with the release of whole genome sequences of an increasing ....

Farbatlas der Basidiomyceten (Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes): Lfg 24

Edited by Meinhard Moser and Ursula Peintner

Field Guide to Mushrooms and other Fungi of Britain and Europe

Edited by Helga Hofmann

Basic identification guide. ....

A Field Key to the British Brown Seaweeds

S Hiscock

Identifies the majority of British macroscopic brown seaweeds in the field, most of them to species level. Includes littoral, sublittoral and rare species. Introductory section ....

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum, Volume 33

Arthrobotrys et Genera Cetera Cognata

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum, Volume 26

Botrytis Ramularia

Zhang Zhongyi

In this volume, 107 species and varieties of Botrytis and Ramularia in China are included. 19 new species, 34 new records, 15 revised species and 39 formerly known ....

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum, Volume 32

Cordyceps

Edited by Liang Zongqi

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum, Volume 34

Phomopsis

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum: Myxomycetes I

Ceratiomyxales, Echinosteliales, Liceales, Trichiales

Li Yu

This volume includes 119 species of Ceratiomyxales, Echinosteliales, Liceales and Trichiales, which belongs to 8 families, 19 genera. ....

Flora Fungorom Sinicorum: Myxomycetes II

Physarales and Stemonitales

Edited by Li Yu

This volume includes 181 species of physarales and stemonitales, which belong to 3 families, 25 genera. ....

The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles

An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae

Edited by DM John, AJ Brook and BA Whitton

Comprehensive identification guide covering more than 2200 species (excluding diatoms), the majority of which also have a world-wide distribution. Non-technical descriptions ....

Freshwater Algae of the Southeastern United States, Part 8

Chrysophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Raphidophyceae, Cryptophyceae and Dinophyceae

Gary E Dillard

This is the eighth and concluding volume in a planned series to present a compendium of the freshwater algae, excluding the Bacillariophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Rhodophyceae and ....

Fungi of Australia: The Smut Fungi

Kalman Vanky and Roger G Shivas

The smut fungi (Ustilaginomycetes and some Urediniomycetes) are parasites mainly of flowering plants. In Australia, these fungi include 296 species in 43 genera. The ....

Fungi in the Ancient World

How Mushrooms, Mildews, Molds, and Yeast Shaped the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East

Frank Matthews Dugan

Fungi in the Ancient World is a comprehensive review on the impact of fungi in helping to shape ancient civilizations. Mushrooms, mildews, molds, and yeast had a surprisingly ....

Fungi in Bioremediation

Edited by GM Gadd

Bioremediation is an expanding area of environmental biotechnology, and may be defined as the application of biological processes to the treatment of pollution. Much ....

Fungi of Cameroon

Ecological Diversity with Emphasis on the Taxonomy Of Non-gilled Hymenomycetes From the Mbalmayo Forest Reserve

Clovis Douanla-Meli

The Fungal Colony

Symposium of the British Mycological Society Held at the Scientific Societies' Lecture Theatre, London September 1997

Edited by NAR Gow, GM Gadd and GD Robson

Focuses on the analysis of the filamentous life style, particularly on the hyphae which constitute the fungal mycelial colony. It provides the most recent insights into the ....

Fungal Conservation

Issues and Solutions

Edited by David Moore, Marijke M Nauta, Shelly Evans and Maurice Rotheroe

The threat to fungal diversity throughout the world prompts debate about whether and how fungi can be conserved. Should it be the site, or the habitat, or the host that is ....

Fungi non Delineati 37: Algunos Basidiomicetos raros o interesantes de la Peninsula Iberica

ML Castro and Jaime B Blanco-Dios

Fungi non Delineati 38: Entoloma nuevos o interesantes de la Peninsula Iberica

J Vila and F Caballero

Fungi non Delineati 39: Funghi clavioidi

Giuseppe Campagnola

Fungi non Delineati 41 - 42: Cortinarius Ibero-Insulares I

Grupo Ibero-Insular de Cortinariologos

Fungi non Delineati 40: Indice Pars 1-39

Incl. binder for parts 31-40

Fungi in the Environment

Edited by Geoff Gadd, Sarah Watkinson and Paul Dyer

Fungi are of fundamental importance in the terrestrial environment. They have roles as decomposers, plant pathogens, symbionts, and in elemental cycles. Fungi are often ....

Fungi Europaei, Volume 1: Agaricus

Allopsalliota, Nauta & Bas

Luis Alberto Parra Sanchez

Fungal Families of the World

PF Cannon and PM Kirk

This book is intended as a companion volume to the Dictionary of the Fungi. It will portray the immense diversity of the Kingdom Fungi and other groups traditionally ....

Funga Nordica

Agaricoid, Boletoid and Cyphelloid Genera

Edited by Henning Knudsen and Jan Vesterholt

New edition of the "Nordic Macromycetes, Volume 2". ....

The Fungi Name-Trail

A Key to Commoner Fungi

FSC

Key to some of the more easily recognised fungi present in Britain's woods and fields. For this key fungi have been grouped according to their shape. The name trial takes you ....

Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 1 (Ascomycetes)

Edited by J Breitenbach and F Kränzlin

390 species with descriptions, habitat and collection data, drawings of microscopic features, and color photographs. ....

Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 2: Non Gilled Fungi

Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gastromycetes

Edited by J Breitenbach and F Kränzlin

528 species with descriptions, habitat and collection data, drawings of microscopic features, and color photographs. ....

Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 3 (Boletes and Agarics [Part 1])

Edited by J Breitenbach and F Kränzlin

450 species with descriptions, habitat and collection data, drawings of microscopic features, and color photographs. ....

Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 4 (Agarics [Part 2])

Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae, Strophariaceae

Edited by J Breitenbach and F Kranzlin

465 species with descriptions, habitat and collection data, drawings of microscopic features, and colour photographs. ....

Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 5: Agarics [Part 3]

Edited by J Breitenbach and F Kranzlin

Features 435 species with descriptions, habitat and collection data, drawings of microscopic features, and colour photographs. Contents include: Introduction - glossary ....

Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 6

Russulacceae - Genera Russula, Genera Lactarius

Edited by Fred Kränzlin

Describes 218 species and contains illustrations of microscopic features and colour photographs. ....

The Fusarium Laboratory Manual

John F Leslie and Brett A Summerell

For the first time in nearly 20 years, a comprehensive collection of photographs and descriptions of the fungal genus Fusarium is available. This laboratory manual provides ....

The Genus Cladosporium and Similar Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes

Edited by Pedro W Crous, Uwe Braun, Konstanze Schubert and Johannes Z Groenewald

Species of Cladosporium are common and widespread, and interact with humans in every phase of life, from producing allergens in the indoor environment, to causing fruit ....

Green Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland

Edited by Juliet Brodie, Christine A Maggs and David M John

Written and assembled by an international team of specialists, this book incorporates all the latest information on the green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland (families ....

Guide des Algues des Mers d'Europe

J Cabioc'h, J-Y Floc'h, A Le Toquin, C-F Bourdouresque, A Meinesz and M Verlaque

Describes 230 species of algae found in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. ....

A Handbook of the British Seaweeds

Lily Newton

Lily Newton's 'Handbook of the British Seaweeds' is a thorough account of the salt and brackish water algae, from the smallest parasitic species to the great kelps, which will ....

Handbook of Phycological Methods, Volume 3

Developmental and Cytological Methods

Edited by Elisabeth Gantt

Introduction to the study of both the development of algae and the structure of living and fixed cells in microscopic techniques. ....

Handbook of Phycological Methods, Volume 4

Ecological Field Methods - Macroalgae

Edited by MM Littler and DS Littler

This fourth volume of the Handbook of Phycological Methods, with its field-oriented perspective, is a comprehensive treatment of recently developed methodologies in the ....

The Identification of Fungi

An Illustrated Introduction with Keys, Glossary, and Guide to Literature

FM Dugan

A comprehensive manual that gives beginners the skills to identify fungi. In addition to plant pathogenic fungi, the manual covers mushrooms, slime molds, fungi of clinical ....

Illustrations of Edible and Medicinal Fungi in Northeastern China

Dai Yucheng and Tolgor Bau

This book summarizes the knowledge of the edible and medicinal mushrooms in northeastern China, and 100 species are reported in this area. A full description in Chinese for each ....

Introduction to Fungi

John Webster and Roland WS Weber

This new edition of the universally acclaimed and widely-used textbook on fungal biology has been completely re-written, drawing directly on the authors' research and teaching ....

A Key to Common Seaweeds

S Morrell and C Roberts

The seaweeds this key deals with are large plant-like organisms that live on seashores. Seaweeds are usually easily recognisable, this key will help you identify 36 common ....

Living Resources for Biotechnology: Filamentous Fungi

Edited by DL Hawksworth and BE Kirsop

This volume is an international compilation for biotechnologists of data on the location and use of filamentous fungi. The volume provides details of the location and scope of ....

Meeresalgen

Ein Farbbildfuehrer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Gruen- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere

Wolfram Braune

Colour identification guide to the most common green, red and brown algae of the world's oceans. ....

Microalgae

Biotechnology and Microbiology

EW Becker

The utilization of unconventional microbial sources, particularly microalgae, for the production of feed, food, food additives, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals is growing ....

Microfungi on Land Plants

An Identification Handbook

Martin B Ellis and J Pamela Ellis

A landmark in mycological literature when first published in 1985, this revised edition contains a new foreword by David Hawksworth, a complete facsimile of the original work, ....

Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates

An Identification Handbook

Martin B Ellis and J Pamela Ellis

This is the companion volume to the landmark text Microfungi on Land Plants and considers those 730 species of fungi which occur on mosses, other fungi, soil etc. ....

Monitoring of Harmful Algae Blooms

L Pettersson, D Durand, O Johannessen and D Pozdnyakov

Sometimes known as `Red Tides', some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in the World's oceans produce toxins which can harm marine life. In certain circumstances, ....

Mushrooms

Roger Phillips

The culmination of over thirty years' work, this authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with the most up-to-date information and original photographs. ....

Mushrooms

John Wright

Mycologist John Wright explains the ins and outs of collecting, including relevant UK laws, conservation notes, practical tips and identification techniques. He takes us ....

Mushrooms and other Fungi of the Midcontinental United States

DM Huffman, LH Tiffany and G Knaphus

This completely revised second edition provides all the information necessary to identify mushrooms in the field in the midcontinental region of Iowa, Illinois, ....

Mushroom Pest and Disease Control

A Colour Handbook

John T Fletcher and Richard H Gaze

The production of mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) is a major, world-wide, highly mechanised process. Healthy crops are essential if yields, quality and profitability ....

Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States

Alan E Bessette et al

This book is a comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Featuring more than 450 species, this volume includes detailed descriptions and ....

Mushrooms & Toadstools of Britain and Europe

Andreas Gminder and Tanja Bohning

Buy any two of the books belonging to Black's Nature Guide series and get the third free! Order all three and NHBS will remove the price of the third when processing your ....

Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-West Europe

Marcel Bon

A new edition of this essential field guide to mushrooms and toadstools in Europe (previously published by Hodder), long delayed and now expected in March 2009. ....

Mycology Volume 2 (DVD ROM)

Higher Fungi

Edited by John Webster

Mycology Vol. 2 includes typical representatives of the two Divisons of "Higher Fungi" - the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. Both are very large groups with many examples of ....

Mycorrhiza

State of the Art, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Eco-Function, Biotechnology, Eco-Physiology, Structure and Systematics

Edited by A Varma

This third updated and revised edition emphasises strongly on genetics and molecular biology. It contains new chapters, which are written by the leading experts in their ....

Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

SE Smith and DJ Read

The roots of most plants are colonized by symbiotic fungi to form mycorrhiza, which play a critical role in the capture of nutrients from the soil and therefore in plant ....

New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae

Edited by MD Guiry, DM John, F Rindi and TK McCarthy

Clare Island has an exceptionally high terrestrial algal diversity of around 800 species and for its size is one of the most biodiverse locations of its kind around the world. ....

Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe

Geoffrey Kibby

A rapid identification guide to more than 400 of the larger fungi of Britain and Northern Europe, containing accurate illustrations with distinguishing characteristics ....

Philip's Mini Guide to Mushrooms

Geoffrey Kibby

A new, small-format field guide to 250 of the most commonly found mushrooms in Britain and Northern Europe. ....

A Photographic Guide to Mushrooms and Other Fungi of New Zealand

Geoff Ridley

This pocket photographic guide introduces readers to New Zealand's mushrooms and fungi, which number up to some 19,000 and include some extraordinarily diverse types. ....

Phycology

Robert Edward Lee

Phycology is the study of algae, the primary photosynthetic organisms in freshwater and marine food chains. As a food source for zooplankton and filter-feeding shellfish, the ....

Phylogenetic Classification of Cordyceps and the Clavicipitaceous Fungi

Edited by Gi-Ho Sung et al

The Physiology of Fungal Nutrition

DH Jennings

The nutrition of a vegetative fungal colony can be viewed as a web of interconnected processes. This volume provides a mechanistic basis to the subject of fungal nutrition, ....

Pictoral Book of Mushrooms in China

Yuan Mingsheng and Sun Peiqiong

This book consists of three parts: ....

Pilzkompendium, Band 2: Text Volume

Erhard Ludwig

This is the text-volume of volume 2 in this series. It covers the larger genera of the Agaricales with coloured spore dust (with exception of the Cortinariaceae). These are: ....

Pilzkompendium, Band 2: Illustration volume

Erhard Ludwig

This is the illustration volume of volume 2. It covers the larger genera of the Agaricales with coloured spore dust (with exception of the Cortinariaceae). These are: ....

Portraits of Marine Algae: An Historical Perspective

Micahel J Wynne

The author pays homage to students of marine algae from the 1760's to the early 1900's. For each author of a work on seaweeds a biographical sketch, sample illustrations (most ....

Red Data Books of Britain and Ireland: Stoneworts

NF Stewart and JM Church

Compiled by JNCC, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Public Works (Ireland), and Environment Service, Dept Environment (Northern Ireland), this book ....

Schimmelpilze und deren Bestimmung (Moulds and their Identification)

LE Petrini and O Petrini

Seaweeds of the British Isles, Volume 1 Part 3b

Bangiophycidae

Juliet A Brodie and Linda M Irvine

Identifies marine algae collected from the field. ....

Seaweeds of the Eastern Mediterranean Coast

Rachel Einav

This book will be a welcome addition to the sparse literature on seaweeds of the Eastern Mediterranean. There are introductory chapters on bio-ecology, reproduction and ....

The Seaweeds of Florida

Clinton J Dawes and Arthur C Mathieson

The product of nearly thirty years of research, "The Seaweeds of Florida" offers an invaluable, illustrated reference to all known seaweed taxa found in Florida coastal ....

Setas de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares

Fernando Esteve-Raventos

Mushrooms of Spain and Portugal. ....

Sex in Fungi

Molecular Determination and Evolutionary Implications

Edited by Joseph Heitman, JW Kronstad, JW Taylor and LA Casselton

Drawing on the great advances made over the past 10 years, this volume provides illuminating insights into the molecular details of cell-type specification, mating-type ....

Smut Fungi of the Indian Subcontinent

Kalaman Vanky

Descriptions of 369 smut fungi species belonging to 45 genera known from the Indian Subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) are described, including ....

Stress in Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi

Edited by Simon Avery, Malcolm Stratford and Pieter van West

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 ....

Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd 19/2: Cyanoprokaryota

2.Teil: Oscillatoriales

J Komarek and K Anagnostidis

Cyanoprokaryotes are probably the oldest organisms with plant metabolism. In spite of their existence from the Precambrian onwards they still are able to colonize all ....

Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd 18: Charales (Charophyceae)

Werner Krause

Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd 1/2: Chrysophyte and Haptophyte Algae: Synurophyceae

Jorgen Kristiansen and Hans R Preisig

This volume deals with the Synurophyceae, a group of silica scaled chrysophyte algae. Taxonomy within this class is based on the ultrastructure of the silica scales and ....

Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd 2/2: Bacillariophyceae 2.Teil

Bacillariaceae, Epithemiaceae, Surirellaceae

K Krammer and H Lange-Bertalot

Reprint edition of the original (1988) first edition. ....

Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Bd 21/1: Fungi, 1. Teil: Lichens

Holger Thüs and Matthias Schultz

Volume 21 of the series describes the aquatic fungi. The present Part 21/1 deals with freshwater lichens (symbiotic associations of a fungi with green algae or ....

Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 22

K Hjortstam and L Ryvarden

Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 23

G Robledo, L Ryvarden, RA Fortey, MC Aime, TW Henkel, M Mata et al

Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 24: A Manual and Source Book on the Boletes and their Allies

Roy Watling

79 genera accepted in Boletales and their type species are described with information of their ecology, distribution and nomenclature and illustrated when appropriate. Generic ....

Taming the Truffle

The History, Lore, and Science of the Ultimate Mushroom

Ian R Hall, Gordon Brown and Alessandra Zambonelli

Whether the world's best truffles are found in Piedmont or Perigord inspires impassioned debate, but the effects of dwindling supply and insatiable demand for the elusive, ....

Taxonomic Studies of the Genera Cyclotella (Kützing) Brébisson, Discostella Houk et Klee and Puncticulata Hakansson in the Family Sephanodiscaceae Glezer et Makarova (Bacillariophyta) in Japan

Hiroyuki Tanaka

The Triumph of the Fungi

A Rotten History

Nicholas P Money

This book is concerned with the most devastating fungal diseases in history. These are the plagues of trees and crop plants, caused by invisible spores that have reshaped ....

Unravelling the Algae

The Past, Present, and Future of Algae Systematics

Edited by Juliet Brodie and Jane Lewis

Reviews the state-of-the-science and assesses the impact of molecular tools on the taxonomy of algal groups. It discusses the extent to which these tools extend ....

Wood and Tree Fungi

Biology, Damage, Protection, and Use

Olaf Schmidt

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the various wood and tree fungi that damage trees, lumber, and timber. Special focus is given to identification, prevention, and ....

World Seaweed Resources

An authoritative reference system

Edited by AT Critchley, M Ohno and DB Largo

Seaweed represents a major component of marine ecosystems. It is used as food, fertiliser and as a resource for chemical constituents. This interactive multimedia ....

Arable Bryophytes

A Field Guide to the Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of Cultivated Land in Britain and Ireland

Ron Porley

This book highlights the conservation importance of the mosses, liverworts and hornworts that are found on cultivated land. These plants may be tiny and unobtrusive, but close ....

Austral Hepaticae Part III

Rudolf M Schuster

British Mosses and Liverworts

EV Watson

An introductory book giving full descriptions and ecological details of over 200 of the commoner species, illustrating each to show its diagnostic microscopic and macroscopic ....

British Red Data Books: Mosses and Liverworts

Edited by JM Church, NG Hodgetts, CD Preston and NF Stewart

Provides an authoritative account of the general ecology and importance of bryophytes, together with presenting precise and detailed information on all threatened species. ....

BRYOATT: Attributes of British and Irish Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts

With Information on Native Status, Size, Life Form, Life History, Geography and Habitat

MO Hill, CD Preston, SDS Bosanquet and DB Roy

This is a companion volume to PLANTATT, and provides for all British and Irish species a codified set of attributes for use in ecological analyses. These include information on ....

Bryophyte Biology

Edited by Bernard Goffinet and A Jonathan Shaw

Bryophyte Biology provides an extensive overview of the hornworts, liverworts, and mosses; diverse groups of land plants that occupy a great variety of habitats throughout ....

Bryophytes of Colorado

Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts

William A Weber and Ronald C Wittman

Region of coverage includes Colorado. A useful source for the mountainous regions of the interior western United States. Includes catalogs of genera and species that provide a ....

Bryophytes of Native Woods: A Field Guide to the Common Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland's Woodlands

Carol L Crawford

Small booklet arranged with one moss or liverwort to a page with a group photo of each species and shots of single stems. Text is arranged in colourful boxes covering ....

Cryptogamica Helvetica, Volume 21: Die Moose des Kantons Bern (Schweiz)

Edited by Bruno Bagutti and Heike Hofmann

The Canton of Bern is the second in size and covers parts of the three main geographical areas: Jura, Plateau, and Alps. Its geology, vegetation and climate is highly diverse ....

Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna: Bladmossor: Sköldmossor - Blåmossor

Bryophyta: Buxbaumia - Leucobryum

Edited by Tomas Hallingbäck et al

Covers all 262 species of Nordic mosses in the families Buxbaumiaceae, Diphysciaceae, Timmiaceae, Encalyptaceae, Funariaceae, Disceliaceae, Bryoiphiaceae, Ditrichaceae, ....

The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna: Bladmossor: Kompaktmossor - Kapmossor

Bryophyta: Anoectangium - Orthodontium

Edited by Tomas Hallingbäck, N Lönnell and H Weibull

Covers 300 species. ....

Festschrift to Wolfgang Frey - a Scientist's Life Between Deserts and Rain Forests

Edited by Harald Kürschner, Tanja Pfeiffer and Michael Stech

Flora Briofitica Ibérica, Volumen 1

Edited by Juan Guerra and RM Cros

Second volume to be published in this authoritative series. ....

Flora of the Liverworts and Hornworts of New Zealand, Volume 1

JJ Engel and D Glenny

A Flora of the Liverworts and Hornworts of New Zealand is an illustrated guide to an important component of New Zealand's green plant flora, to be published in three ....

Identification Keys to the Liverworts and Hornworts of Europe and Macaronesia

(Distribution and Status)

R Schumacker and J Vana

This 2nd edition provides, a.o., new (or partly new) keys for Conocephalum, Fossombronia, Herbertus, Lepidozia, Lophozia, Plagiochila, Riccia, Scapania, Telaranea, ....

Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica

Ryszard Ochyra, Halina Bednarek-Ochyra and Ronald Lewis Smith

Mosses are a major component of the vegetation in ice-free coastal regions of Antarctica. They play an important role in the colonisation of ice-free terrain, ....

Liverworts of Britain and Ireland

AJE Smith

Written in the same format as Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland, this completely new and highly illustrated flora embodies the most recent information and ideas in ....

The Liverworts, Mosses and Ferns of Europe

W Frey, J-P Frahm, E Fischer and W Lobin

This entirely new English edition, comprehensively revised and edited by T.L. Blockeel, has been translated from the German, with some additional text, by the authors. ....

The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland

AJE Smith

This book describes and illustrates in detail the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the British Isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available ....

Moss Flora of China, Volume 4: Bryaceae to Timmiaceae

Edited by Li Xing Jiang, Marshall R Crosby and Si He

This is the sixth volume to be published in the series. It treats 32 genera and 206 specific and infraspecific taxa. The following taxa are treated: Bryaceae, Mniaceae, ....

Mosses and Liverworts

Ron Porley and Nick Hodgetts

A long-awaited addition to the botany titles in the Collins New Naturalist series, now in its 60th year. Mosses and liverworts - ....

The Mosses and Liverworts of Brecknock

Ray Woods

The first study to cover the bryophytes of the area of Watsonian vice-county 42, Brecknock (now mostly Powys). The study describes what is known of the distribution of ....

Mosses and Other Bryophytes

An Illustrated Glossary

Bill Malcolm and Nancy Malcolm

An illustrated glossary of terms that are used to describe mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Written in informal prose, it's intended to be an everyday reference for not ....

Pleurocarpous Mosses

Systematics and Evolution

Angela E Newton and Raymond S Tangney

Pleurocarpous Mosses: Systematics and Evolution presents a timely summary of the evolution of pleurocarpous mosses, including recent breakthroughs. This book discusses ....

Taxonomic Revision of Hennediella Paris (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta)

Maria J Cano

The moss genus Hennediella is taxonomically revised. A key, descriptions, illustrations, distribution data, LM and SEM photographs of the 15 species recognized are provided. A ....

Zwei Jahrhunderte Bestandesentwicklung von Moosen in der Schweiz

Edwin Urmi et al

Retrospective monitoring of mosses in Switzerland over the past 200 years shows the changes in moss biodiversity. The authors used moss samples from herbaria; they show how ....