Systematics and Evolution of Fungi

by Misra; J. K.

• ISBN13: 9781578087235
• ISBN10: 1578087236
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-10
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This book comprising 13 chapters, is the second of the four books planned for a series on Progress in Mycological Research. The chapters provide an overview of the progress and shifts that have taken place towards the understanding of the Systematics and Evolution of Fungi with the availability of modern tools and techniques. Most major groups of fungi such as the Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota have been attempted to be covered. Advances in morphological and molecular taxonomy of highly toxigenic Fusariumspecies and understanding the phylogeny of the alternarioid hyphomycetes have also been dealt with in their respective chapters. Methods used in fungal evolutionary biology, their theory, examples and potential applications, and proteomics research for rapid diagnosis to invasive candidiasis have been reviewed in two different chapters. The ways in which molecular biologists and morphosystematists can develop synergy between them has been elaborated in the introductory chapter.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
List of Contributors	p. ix
Integrating Morphological and Molecular Data in Fungal Systematics	p. 1
The Systematics and Evolutionary Perspectives of Fossil Fungi	p. 15
From Zoospores to Molecules: The Evolution and Systematics of Chytridiomycota	p. 29
Current Systematics of Zygomycota with a Brief Review of their Biology	p. 55
Evolution of Trichomycetes	p. 107
Systematics of Stachylina and Smittium-the Two Largest Genera of Harpellales, Zygomycota	p. 115
Phylogenetic Analysis within Genera Morchella (Ascomycota, Pezizales) and Macrolepiota (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) Inferred from rDNA ITS and EF-la Sequences	p. 159
Phylogenetic Conundrum of the Mushroom-forming Fungi (Agaricomycetes)	p. 207
Phylogenetic Analyses of Phellinus s. l. and Inonotus s. l. (Hymenochaetales) Inferred from rDNA ITS Sequences and Morphological Data	p. 253
Morphological and Molecular Taxonomy of Highly Toxigenic Fusarium Species from Small Cereal Grains in Northern Europe and Asia	p. 275
Understanding the Phylogeny of the Alternarioid Hyphomycetes: What can be the Consequences in Taxonomy?	p. 303
Biomarker Discovery for Rapid Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis through Protein Profiling: A Review	p. 333
Comparative Methods in Fungal Evolutionary Biology: Theory, Examples and Potential Applications	p. 363
Index	p. 399
About the Editors	p. 409
Color Plate Section	p. 411
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