Microstructures of Vegetative Mycelium of Macromycetes in Pure Cultures. Edited by Paul A. Volz and Eviator Nevo. 2009. 100 photogr. plates (SEM - micrographs). 120 p. of text. gr8vo. Hardcover.

The book represents orginal data on microstructures of vegetative mycelia in pure cultures of 100 species of edible and medicinal mushrooms belonging to Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. Investigations of mycelial microstructures in pure cultures were made by authors using Scanning Electron Microscopy. The descriptions of the teleomorph stage and cultural characteristics on agar media, and for some species in submerged culture, are presented. Particular attention is paid to microstructures which have taxonomical value and may be used for the identification of taxons and the physiological characteristics of fungal cultures. Many of the microstructures included in the book are described for the first time. Cultures of species respresented in the book and belonging to genera Pleurotus, Schizophyllum, Ganoderma, Auricularia, Agaricus, Omphalotus, Oudemansiella, Morchella, etc. are examined using modern biotechnologies for producing fruit bodies, food additives, pharmaceutical substances, enzymes, etc., and methods used to obtain the micromorphological features under cultivation necessary for obtaining the desired information. The book is useful for students, mycologists, biologists, biotechnologists, and mushroom-growers alike.

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