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Main Title Wood-rotting non-gilled Agaricomycetes of Himalayas [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Prasher, I.B.
Publisher Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
Year Published 2015
Call Number QK900-989
ISBN 9789401798587
Subjects Life sciences ; Biodiversity ; Microbial ecology ; Plant Ecology ; Bacteriology
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9858-7
Collation XII, 653 p. 180 illus., 53 illus. in color. online resource.
Notes Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of Literature -- 3. Material and Methods -- 4. Morphology -- 5. Forest Types -- 6. Taxonomy -- 7. Ecology -- 8. Index. Wood rotting non-gilled agaricomycetes of Himalayas is the outcome of the extensive explorations carried out by the author and his students in the Himalayas for more than a decade. It incorporates original research findings along with that based on literature survey. Besides the study of own collections, the collections deposited in the Herbarium of Botany Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh (PAN) and in other national herbarias have also been critically examined. The basic aim of the compilation has been to provide a workable manual for easy and accurate identification of this important group of fungi for the research students as well as for those interested in exploration of these fungi in the Himalayas which lies in the jurisdiction of India. Since whole of the Indian Himalayas; which include north-western as well as eastern Himalayas; has been covered, the manual will also be useful in identification of these fungi of adjoining countries. Keeping this in mind, the descriptions of all the species have been supplemented with camera lucida drawings whereas colored photographs of the fructifications of the 228 species have been provided for easy identification. The book includes comprehensive survey of the literature pertaining to this important group of fungi which has a direct bearing on wood industry and forest ecosystem besides commercial application in bioremediation and pollution control. Detailed methodology of modes of collection, preservation and identification including macro and micromorphology has been included in a separate chapter. An account of the vegetational pattern in different altitudinal zones of the Himalayas has been given in detail. The monograph also dwells on mycogeographic distribution of these fungi. This volume will be particularly useful for easy identification of these fungi for post-graduate and research students of Indian-universities when they undertake floristic explorations of the Himalayas and elsewhere.
Place Published Dordrecht
Corporate Au Added Ent SpringerLink (Online service)
Title Ser Add Ent Fungal Diversity Research Series,
Host Item Entry Springer eBooks
PUB Date Free Form 2015
Series Title Untraced Fungal Diversity Research Series,
BIB Level m
Medium computer
Content text
Carrier online resource
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20150610021954
Language eng
Origin SPRINGER
Type EBOOK
OCLC Rec Leader 03828nam a22005175i 45