Fungal Conservation: Issues and Solutions

by Edited by David Moore , Marijke M. Nauta , Shelley E. Evans , Maurice Rotheroe

• ISBN13: 9780521803632
• ISBN10: 0521803632
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Threats to fungi and fungal diversity throughout the world have prompted debates about whether and how fungi can be conserved. Should it be the site, or the habitat, or the host that is conserved? All of these issues are addressed in this volume, but coverage goes beyond mere debate with constructive guidance for management of nature in ways beneficial to fungi. Different parts of the world experience different problems and a range of examples are presented; from Finland in the North to Kenya in the South, and from Washington State, USA in the West to Fujian Province, China in the East. Equally wide-ranging solutions, are put forward, from voluntary agreements, through land management techniques, to primary legislation. Taken together, these provide useful suggestions about how fungi can be included in conservation projects in a range of circumstances.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Fungal conservation issues: recognising the problem, finding solutions	1	(6)
David Moore
Marijke M. Nauta
Shelley E. Evans
Maurice Rotheroe
Current trends and perspectives for the global conservation of fungi	7	(12)
Regis Courtecuisse
Conservation and management of forest fungi in the Pacific Northwestern United States: an integrated ecosystem approach	19	(45)
Randy Molina
David Pilz
Jane Smith
Susie Dunham
Tina Dreisbach
Thomas O'Dell
Michael Castellano
The future of fungi in Europe: threats, conservation and management	64	(17)
Eef Arnolds
Fungi as indicators of primeval and old-growth forests deserving protection	81	(8)
Erast Parmasto
Recognising and managing mycologically valuable sites in The Netherlands	89	(6)
Leo M. Jalink
Marijke M. Nauta
Threats to hypogeous fungi	95	(10)
Maria Lawrynowicz
Wild mushrooms and rural economies	105	(6)
David Arora
Threats to biodiversity caused by traditional mushroom cultivation technology in China	111	(9)
Siu Wai Chiu
David Moore
A preliminary survey of waxcap grassland indicator species in South Wales	120	(16)
Maurice Rotheroe
Grasslands in the coastal dunes: the effect of nature management on the mycota	136	(8)
Marijke M. Nauta
Leo M. Jalink
The conservation of fungi on reserves managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)	144	(12)
Martin Allison
Strategies for conservation of fungi in the Madonie Park, North Sicily	156	(6)
Giuseppe Venturella
Salvatore La Rocca
Fungal conservation in Ukraine	162	(15)
D. W. Minter
The threatened and near-threatened Aphyllophorales of Finland	177	(5)
H. Kotiranta
Fungal conservation in Cuba	182	(15)
D. W. Minter
Microfungus diversity and the conservation agenda in Kenya	197	(12)
P. F. Cannon
R. K. Mibey
G. M. Siboe
Fungi and the UK Biodiversity Action Plan: the process explained	209	(10)
L. V. Fleming
The Scottish Wild Mushroom Forum	219	(4)
Alison Dyke
The contribution of national mycological societies: establishing a British Mycological Society policy	223	(19)
David Moore
The contribution of national mycological societies: the Dutch Mycological Society and its Committee for Fungi and Nature Conservation	242	(5)
Marijke M. Nauta
Leo M. Jalink
Fungal conservation in the 21st century: optimism and pessimism for the future	247	(9)
David Moore
Marijke M. Nauta
Shelley E. Evans
Maurice Rotheroe
Index	256