Fungal Ecology

Part 1 The mycelium and substrates for growth: the mycelium; spores and other mycelial-derived structures; substrata and substrates for saprotrophs. Part 2 Structure of fungal communities: introduction; development of fungal communities; successions. Part 3 Colonization and decomposition of leaves: deposition; colonization of living leaves; factors affecting the development of fungal communities on leaf surfaces; fungal successions in leaf litter; decomposition of leaf litter. Part 5 Development of fungal communities on herbaceous stems and grasses: distribution of fungal populations on D. glomerata; interpretation of distribution patterns; distribution patterns on other plants. Part 6 Colonization and decay of wood: wood as a resource; colonization of woody tissues; types of wood rot; water relations. Part 7 Fungi of soil and rhizosphere: techniques for studying fungi of soil and roots; fungal distribution in soil; fungal activity in soil; the rhizosphere and root colonization. Part 8 Coprophilous fungi: succession of coprophilous fungi; comparison of the fungal flora of different animal dungs; autecological studies. Part 9 Aquatic fungi: introduction; freshwater fungi; marine fungi. Part 10 Nematophagous fungi: techniques for studying nematophagous fungi; distribution and abundance; ecological characteristics; biological control of pathogenic nematodes. Part 11 Phoenicoid fungi: chemical, physical, and biological changes in soil after burning; ecological characteristics and phenology; experimental studies; fruiting of phoenicoid fungi following volcanic eruptions. Part 12 Fungi of extreme environments: thermotolerant and psychrotolerant fungi; xerotolerant and osmotolerant fungi. Part 13 Terrestrial macrofungi: introduction; wood-decay macrofungi; litter decomposers; mycorrhizal macrofungi.