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Mushroom Biology: Concise Basics And Current Developments

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Year
1997
ISBN
9810228775, 9789810228774
Google Books ID
xmB_DYPp9LIC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (29638288 bytes)
Pages
xx+194\215
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-02-12 09:03:53

Description

The discipline of Mushroom Biology, created by the authors of this book, has now been legitimized by references in the scientific literature and by two International Conferences devoted to the subject. This book sets the parameters of Mushroom Biology in a concise manner and also emphasizes trends and points out future directions which will lead to a greater utilization of mushrooms and mushroom products. The discipline was established to bring together persons who have in common scientific or commercial interests involving mushrooms. The authors' definition of mushroom is more broad than the usual mycological definition so that macrofungi other than Basidiomycetes can be included. Mushrooms may be edible, non-edible, poisonous or medicinal species, with hypogeous or epigeous fruiting bodies, and their texture may be fleshy or non-fleshy. Many aspects of Mushroom Biology are presented, including nutritional and medicinal uses, the role of mushrooms in bioremediation, biotechnology, and in the bioconversion of waste organic materials into forms that can enter the major nutrient cycles.Basic scientific studies involving mushroom species are also considered with an emphasis on genetics and breeding

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