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George W. Hudler is Professor of Plant Pathology at Cornell University. In addition to teaching courses on plant disease diagnosis and management, he offers a course that has the same name as this book. It is one of the most popular undergraduate courses at Cornell, consistently attracting over three hundred students. Since 1992, he has been editor of Branching Out, a biweekly newsletter to guide tree care professionals in the northeastern United...
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Very short introductions volume 455
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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The variety of the mycological world is far greater than most people imagine. Some fungi kill trees and ravage crops, and pathogenic fungi can infect animals and even humans. But fungi also play crucial roles in ecosystems. They act as agents of wood decay in forests, and symbiotic relationships with mycorrhizal fungi are vital to many plants. In this Very Short Introduction Nicholas P. Money explains the essential functions performed by fungi, the...
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Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees comes an illuminating account of the "invisible" fungi that share our world: from the air we breathe to the dust beneath our feet. The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi traces the intricate connections between fungi and all life on Earth to show how these remarkable microbes enrich our lives: from releasing the carbon in plants for the benefit of all organisms to transmitting information between trees,...
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Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"An engaging and thrilling tour of the new frontiers in mycology-from ecology to fermentation to medicine-introducing the reader to the fascinating characters involved in the fungal Renaissance. Fungi are fundamental to life. As decomposers, they are critical to the formation and sustenance of soils and ecosystems. As endlessly innovative chemists, they devise and secrete enzymes that can break down a vast variety of materials, mitigate bacterial...
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Mad River Press
Pub. Date
[1977]
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English
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"The purpose of this book is to teach the reader how to identify mushrooms using only macroscopic features of the fruiting body. Macroscopic features, or those that can be seen with the naked eye, require no special equipment and are thus useful for everyone. Included at the end of this manual is a key to many of the mushroom genera using only the macroscopic characters herein described." -from preface.
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Mad River Press
Pub. Date
[1977?]
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English
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"In order to understand the modern taxonomy of agarics and boleti, a thorough knowledge of microscopic features is an absolute requirement. This book is written with intent to provide the student of fleshy fungi with a source of information with which a thorough study of mushrooms can be achieved and species and genera of agarics and boleti can be identified." -from preface.
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Improved drought tolerance, resistance to disease, and increased fruiting are just a few of the ways mycorrhizal fungi can enhance plant performance. Bestselling author Jeff Lowenfels clearly explains how beneficial fungi can make or break a plant's success, and how to best optimize the advantages. Applicable to all types of cultivation - from agriculture to horticulture and ornamental gardens to legal cannabis propagation - Teaming with Fungi reveals...
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