Volume 1A is the first of two introductory books to the Fungi of Australia series. The major component of the book is a discussion on the classification of the fungi, including a new classification to the level of Order, and keys (of world-wide scope) to orders devised by John Walker specifically for this series. The Walker classification is reproduced on the end papers of the introductory volume. The volume also includes chapters on the biology of the fungi, the Australian aspects of the history of mycology, biogeography and the fossil record, and an extensive glossary to mycological terms. These essays summarise the state of our knowledge at the outset of the project, and will undoubtedly serve as basic references for many years to come.
Six authors, five artists and seven photographers have contributed to this volume. Many institutional and historical photographs have also been used.
The companion book, Volume 1B, contains introductory chapters on aspects of the fungi in their different habitats, and the impacts of fungi on humans, all with an emphasis on the Australian mycota.
About this book
Book series
Fungi of Australia
Publishers
Australian Biological Resources Study/
CSIRO Publishing
Year
1996
Authors
Various
Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0 643 05802 8
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05802 6
Softcover
ISBN-10: 0 643 05889 3
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05889 7
Hardcover set
ISBN-10: 0 643 05890 7
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05890 3
Softcover set
ISBN-10: 0 643 05891 5
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 05891 0
Size
250 × 176 mm (B5)
Number of pages
xxi + 413 pages
index, glossary, bibliography
Binding
Hardcover
section stitched
Illustrations
65 colour plates
21 black and white plates
4 maps
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