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Content: Linking fungal diversity to the functioning of freshwaterecosystems/ The role of fungi in the decomposition of emergent wetlandplants/ Exploring the fungal genome: Going beyond the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae/ Prospects of fungi in nanotechnology/ Biosynthesis of nanoparticles by Fusarium oxysporum/ Functional diversity fungi and its importance in bioremediation/ Fungal responsesto organic pollutants/ Fungal responses to heavy metals/ Simple techniques for studying angiosperm nectar ecology and microbiology/Fungal biomass and growth/ Procedures for the identification of Ingoldian fungi/ Unconventional techniques to explore fungal diversityfor industrial enzyme technology/ Electron beam irradiation - Anemerging technology for fungal decontamination of food and agriculturalcommodities/ Interactions between fungi and stream invertebrates: backto the future/ Biochemical analysis of fungi using matrix-assisted laserdesorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS).