Advances in Macrofungi: Diversity, Ecology and Biotechnology discusses the diversity and ecology of edible, toxic, medicinal and mycorrhizal macrofungi; the impact of ectomycorrhizal fungi in terrestrial ecosystems, ectomycorrhizal complex in Boreal forests and commercial application of Pseudotsuga in silviculture; the nutritional evaluation and cultivation of edible wild mushrooms; the diversity of novel metabolites of macrofungi useful in food, pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical industries; mushrooms as tool for eco-friendly synthesis of nanoparticles and proteomics of edible and medicinal mushrooms. In addition, it covers experimental designs, methodological approaches, biogeochemical cycles, conceptual/hypothetical models and life history strategies, linking mycorrhizal diversity to plant performance, chemotaxonomy, role of mycorrhizae in forestry and macrofungi in nanotechnology. It provides a valuable resource to graduate, post-graduate and researchers (in botany, microbiology, ecology, biotechnology, forestry, life sciences and environmental sciences) to understand the diversity, ecology, therapeutic value, mutualistic associations and biotechnological potential of macrofungi.
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"I found the mix of chapters came together to form a fascinating snap-shot of where we are in utilising macrofungi and insights into aspects that I knew little of before. The general presentation and quality of editing and production is excellent. It deserves to find its way into mycological and biotechnological libraries around the world, where it can be available for browsing and will increase awareness of the potential and value of the macrofungal resource." David L. Hawksworth, Hawksworth IMA Fungus 2019
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1 The Macrofungal Resource: Extent, Current Utilization, Future Prospects, and Challenges |
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2 Global Diversity of the Genus Ganoderma: Taxonomic Uncertainties and Challenges |
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3 Auriculoscypha: A Fascinating Instance of Fungus-Insect-Plant Interactions |
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4 Biodiversity and Ecology of Boreal Pine Woodlands Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in the Anthropocene |
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5 The Roles of Macro Fungi (Basidomycotina) in Terrestrial Ecosystems |
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6 Nutritional Attributes of Two Wild Mushrooms of Southwestern India |
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7 Taxonomic and Domestication Studies on Lentinus squarrosulus |
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8 Some Edible, Toxic and Medicinal Mushrooms from Temperate Forests in the North of Mexico |
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Miroslava Quinonez Martinez |
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Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez |
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9 Biotechnological Exploitation of Macrofungi for the Production of Food, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmeceuticals |
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10 Bioactive Metabolites from Basidiomycetes |
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11 Terpenoids of Russula (Basidiomycota), with Emphasis on Cucurbitane Triterpenes |
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12 The Genus Phellinus: A Rich Source of Diverse Bioactive Metabolites |
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13 Commercial Inoculation of Pseudotsuga with an Ectomycorrhizal Fungus and its Consequences |
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14 Barcoding DNA: A Tool for Molecular Identification of Macrofungi |
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15 Mushroom as a Greener Agent to Biosynthesize Nanoparticles |
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Nor Athirah Kamaliah Ahmad Tarmizi |
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16 Proteomics of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms |
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Muhammad Fazril Mohamad Razif |
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Kandikere R. Sridhar is Senior Professor in the Department of Biosciences, Mangalore University with 40 years of teaching and research experience and has a UGC-BSR Faculty Fellowship. His main area of research is Diversity and Ecology of Fungi of the Western Ghats and Mangrove/Marine Habitats of the West Coast of India. He was NSERC postdoctoral fellow/visiting professor in Mount Allison University, Canada; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ and Martin Luther University, Germany and Center of Biology, University of Minho, Portugal. He was recipient of The Shome Memorial Award (2004) and has been Vice-President (2013) and President (2018) of the Mycological Society of India. He was also recipient of The Fellow of Indian Mycological Society, Kolkata (2014), Distinguished Asian Mycologist (2015) and Outstanding Leader in Education and Research, Association of Agricultural Technology of Southeast Asia (2016). He has over 300 publications and has edited four books.
Sunil K. Deshmukh is a Fellow and Area convener at the TERI-Deakin Nano-Biotechnology Research Centre, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India and Adjunct Associate Professor, Deakin University Australia. He was Assistant Director (Natural Products) at the Piramal Enterprises Ltd., Mumbai and also served as Senior Research Scientist at the Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd., Mumbai. He has broad industry experience in the field of applied microbiology. He is a fellow of the Mycological Society of India, Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy and Society for Applied Biotechnology. He was the president of the Mycological Society of India (2017). He has over 100 publications and holds eight patents. He has also edited eight books on different aspects of mycology.
