The Bird's Nest Fungi /

The intriguing Bird's Nest Fungi (Nidulariaceae) of forest, meadow, and garden have been familiar to botanists since 1601, but only relatively recently has the significance of their peculiar form been realized. Dr Brodie traces the long controversy that arose when Bird's Nest Fungi were fi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brodie, Harold (Autor)
Otros Autores: Alexopoulos, Constantine J. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Heritage
Temas:
Nidulariaceae.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Organization and Use of the Book
  • 1. General Account of the Nidulariaceae
  • 2. Brief Historical Outline
  • 3. Basidiospore Form, Development, and Germination
  • 4. Characteristics and Interactions of Homokaryotic Mycelia
  • 5. Heterokaryotic Mycelium and Fruit Body Formation
  • 6. Morphology and Behaviour of Nuclei
  • 7. The Fruit Body as a Spore Dispersal Mechanism
  • 8. Experiments on Splash Dispersal of Pendióles
  • 9. Occurrence, Distribution, and Ecology
  • 10. Miscellaneous Observations and Notes
  • 11. Review of Taxonomic Characters
  • 12. The Genera Nidularia and Mycocalia
  • 13. The Genera Nidula and Crucibulum
  • 14. The Genus Cyathus
  • Nidulariana
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index

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