Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi: Symposium of The British Mycological Society Held at the University of Bristol April 1986

by Edited by A. D. M. Rayner , C. M. Brasier , David Moore

• ISBN13: 9780521279253
• ISBN10: 0521279259
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The fungi represent superb tools for the study of evolution 'in action' This 1987 book was the first to bring together, in one volume, coverage of the growing consensus of knowledge and ideas concerning evolutionary biology of the fungi in the widest sense. It draws, not only upon the impetus given to the field by the molecular approaches of the time, but also on the wider technical and philosophical issues raised in the search for evolutionary pattern in fungal life styles, fungal populations and at the phylogenetic level. This fascinating text will continue to interest mycologists and evolutionary biologists.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Preface

Aspects of the macro- and micro-evolution of the fungi

Structural variation and expression of fungal chromosomal genes

Chromosome organisation and genome evolution in yeast

The natural history of fungal mitochondrial genomes

Varying patterns of ribosomal RNA gene organisation in basidiomycetes Patricia

Molecular variation and evolution

Fungal chromosomes as observed with the light microscope

Regulation of mycelial organisation and responses

Saprotrophy, stress and symbiosis

Evolution of parasitism in the fungi

Evolutionary aspects of mutalistic assocations between fungi and photosynthetic organisms

The veolution and adaptation of sexual reproductive structures in the Ascomucotina

Convergent evolution and the functional significance of spore shape in aquatic and semi-aquatic fungi

Genetic exchange and gene flow: their promotion and prevention

The genetic integration of fungal life styles

The dynamics of fungal speciation

Mating ability and the species concept in the Zygomycetes

Reproductive biology and speciation in Mycomycetes

Occurence and interactions of outcrossing and non-outcrossing populations in Stereum, Phanerochaete and Coniophora

Breeding units in the forest pathogens Armillaria and Heterobasidion

Genetic variation and evolution in Aspergillus

Speciation in Phytophthora: evidence from the Phytophthora megasperma complex Everett

The origin of Fungi and pseudofungi

Yeasts and anastomoses: their occurence and implications for the phylogeny of Eumycota

Whither terminology below the species level in the fungi?

The cell wall: a crucial structure in fungal evolution

Oomycete phylogeny: ultrastructural perspectives

Xylariaceous fungi: use of secondary metabolytes

Whence cometh the agarics? A reappraisal

Index

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