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Magical mushrooms, mischievous molds /
In this book, George Hudler leads us on a tour of an often-overlooked group of organisms, which differ radically from both animals and plants. Along the way the author stops to ponder the marvels of nature and the impact of mere microbes on the evolution of civilization. Nature's ultimate recyc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Classification and naming
- What fungi do and how they do it
- Fungi as pathogens of food crops
- Fungi as agents of catastrophic tree diseases
- Ergot of grain crops
- Mycotoxins: toxic by-products of fungal growth
- Mycoses: fungus diseases of humans
- Medicinal molds
- Yeasts for baking and brewing
- Edible and poisonous mushrooms
- Hallucinogenic mushrooms
- Wood decay
- Interactions of fungi and insects
- Symbiotic relationships of fungi with plants.