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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822476403321

Autore

Christensen Clyde Martin <1905->

Titolo

The molds and man : an introduction to the fungi / / by Clyde M. Christensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1965]

ISBN

0-8166-5728-9

Edizione

[[3rd ed. rev.].]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 284 pages : illustrations

Disciplina

589.2

Soggetti

Fungi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. WHAT FUNGI DO AND HOW THEY GROW -- Chapter 2. THE REPRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF FUNGI -- Chapter 3. FUNGUS PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER PLANTS -- Chapter 4. FUNGUS PARTNERSHIPS WITH ANIMALS -- Chapter 5. FUNGUS PARASITES OF PLANTS -- Chapter 6. FUNGUS PARASITES OF PLANTS: RUSTS, SMUTS, AND HEART ROT -- Chapter 7. FUNGI IN FOODS AND BUILDING MATERIALS -- Chapter 8. FUNGUS PARASITES OF MICROORGANISMS AND INSECTS -- Chapter 9. FUNGUS PARASITES OF FISH, LAND ANIMALS, AND MAN -- Chapter 10. FUNGI EXPLOITED INDUSTRIALLY -- Chapter 11. TOXIC FUNGI -- Chapter 12. EXPERIMENTS WITH FUNGI -- Appendix. Summary of the Classification of the Fungi -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This highly readable volume on a little-known but important subject has been widely used as a text and reference book by the student as well as the interested layman.