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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459748303321

Titolo

Freshwater fungi : and fungal-like organisms / / edited by E. B. Gareth Jones, Kevin D. Hyde and Ka-lai Pang ; contributors, André Aptroot [and fifty two others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-039014-0

3-11-033348-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (518 p.)

Collana

Marine and Freshwater Botany

Classificazione

WL 4375

Disciplina

571.2/9

Soggetti

Freshwater fungi

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of contributing authors -- 1. Introduction / Jones, E. B. Gareth / Hyde, Kevin D. / Pang, Ka-Lai -- Phylogeny of freshwater fungi -- 2. Phylogeny of the Dothideomycetes and other classes of freshwater fissitunicate Ascomycota / Shearer, Carol A. / Pang, Ka-Lai / Suetrong, Satinee / Raja, Huzefa A. -- 3. The molecular phylogeny of freshwater Sordariomycetes and discomycetes / Cai, Lei / Hu, Dian-Ming / Liu, Fang / Hyde, Kevin D. / Jones, E. B. Gareth -- 4. Freshwater Basidiomycota / Jones, E. B. Gareth / Southworth, Darlene / Libkind, Diego / Marvanová, Ludmila -- 5. Taxonomy of filamentous asexual fungi from freshwater habitats, links to sexual morphs and their phylogeny / Hu, Dian-Ming / Cai, Lei / Jones, E. B. Gareth / Zhang, Huang / Boonyuen, Nattawut / Hyde, Kevin D. -- 6. Phylogeny and characterization of freshwater Chytridiomycota (Chytridiomycetes and Monoblepharidomycetes) / Powell, Martha J. / Letcher, Peter M. -- Phylogeny of fungus-like organisms -- 7. Microsporidia / Kearney, Ray / Gleason, Frank H. -- 8. Phylogenetic relationships of Pythiales and Peronosporales (Oomycetes, Straminipila) within the "peronosporalean galaxy" / Gleason, Frank H. / Souza, Jose I. de -- Biodiversity of freshwater fungi -- 9. The ecological and



economic importance of zoosporic Mesomycetozoean (Dermocystida) parasites of freshwater fish / Glockling, Sally L. / Marshall, Wyth L. / Gozlan, Rodolphe E. / Marano, Agostina V. / Lilje, Osu / Gleason, Frank H. -- 10. Infection strategies of pathogenic oomycetes in fish / Sarowar, Mohammad N. / Saraiva, Marcia / Jessop, Casey N. / Lilje, Osu / Gleason, Frank H. / West, Pieter van -- 11. Zoosporic parasites of amphibians / Gleason, Frank H. / Rowley, Jodi L. / Jessop, Casey N. / Lilje, Osu -- 12. Pythiosis / Chaiprasert, Angkana / Krajaejun, Theerapong -- 13. Zoosporic parasites of phytoplankton / Gleason, Frank H. / KIarpov, Sergey A. / Lilje, Osu / Macarthur, Deborah J. / Van Ogtrop, Floris / Sime-Ngando, Telesphore -- 14. Zoosporic parasites of freshwater invertebrates / Glockling, Sally L. / Marano, Agostina V. / Lilje, Osu / Gleason, Frank H. -- Ecology -- 15. Freshwater lichens / Thüs, Holger / Aptroot, André / Seaward, Mark R. D. -- 16. Aquatic Trichomycetes / Lichtwardt, Robert W. -- 17. Tropical peat swamp fungi with special reference to palms / Pinruan, Umpava / Pinnoi, Aom / Hyde, Kevin D. / Jones, E. B. Gareth -- 18. Stream pollution and fungi / Ferreira, Verónica / Gulis, Vladislav / Pascoal, Cláudia / Graça, Manuel A. S. -- 19. Association of animals and fungi in leaf decomposition / Bärlocher, Felix / Sridhar, Kandikere R. -- 20. Yeasts from extreme aquatic environments: hyperacidic freshwaters / Libkind, Diego / Russo, Gabriel / Broock, María Rosa van -- 21. Decomposition of wood in tropical habitats / Boonyuen, Nattawut / Sivichai, Somsak / Jones, E. B. Gareth -- 22. Epilogue / Pang, Ka-Lai / Hyde, Kevin D. / Jones, E. B. Gareth -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The available literature on freshwater fungi is limited. Over the subsequent years a considerable volume of scientific papers have appeared scattered throughout numerous journals. There is therefore no recent synthesis of the subject and this is the objective of the proposed book. Freshwater habitats are rich in fungi with some 3,000 described species, most of papers focusing on their identification, substrata they grow on and world distribution. However, these fungi play an important role in the freshwater ecosystem, and are primarily involved in the breakdown of leaf litter contributing food for detritus feeders. Our book will bring together a wide range of acclaimed mycologists to review recent developments on the biology and ecology of freshwater fungi, particularly their molecular phylogeny, biodiversity, causative diseases of freshwater amphibians, fishes and invertebrate animals, decomposition of leaf litter, stream pollution and their potential role in bioremediation.