Fungi: An Advanced Treatise; Part B

Science & Math

Ainsworth, G. C.

Mathematics

Academic Pr

In this volume, first published in 1976, Dr Ainsworth gives a straightforward account of the main views held about fungi for the past three millennia and the development of the study of fungi as a branch of science for the last 250 years. The existing literature is widely scattered and much of it suffers from difficulty of access. In this volume there is documented an outline of the development of the main areas of mycology, with emphasis on the solution of the major problems that have confronted students of fungi and novel discoveries which have given new insights. A number of important themes form the basis of the account, each one being traced from early times to the twentieth century. The themes are arranged in the chronology of their appearance in mycological studies. Most chapters are thus self-contained. Whilst an elementary knowledge of mycology is assumed, technicalities have been kept to a minimum so that not only mycologists but other biologists and historians of science can understand the history of the development of knowledge of an important group of organisms.

Introduction to the History of Mycology

Biological Sciences

Cambridge University Press

Introduction to the History of Medical and Veterinary Mycology

This book is the first to give a well-documented, illustrated survey of the historical background to disease caused by fungi in man and domesticated animals. Medical and veterinary mycology includes the study of infectious diseases caused by actinomycetes and allergic conditions induced by both fungi and actinomycetes, and their history is also described here. The foundations of medical mycology have been laid over the past centuries but have only been completed during recent decades. This is therefore an appropriate moment to write the history of this specialty, which involves the collaboration of medically qualified and non-medically trained workers. Dr Ainsworth's long and varied career in mycology fits him ideally to the task he has undertaken and he has drawn on his experience to provide an invaluable scholarly perspective on the area.

Medical Books

History

Medicine

Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi

Bisby, Guy Richard

Reference

Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux [for the] Commonwealth Mycological Institute

The essential handbook for everyone who works with or is interested in fungi (and lichens). This new edition, with about 16,500 entries, is the most far reaching revision of this standard reference work since the first edition of 1943. This the most complete listing of generic names of fungi (and lichens) available. For each the date of publication, status, systematic position, number of accepted species, distribution, and references to key publications is given. Diagnoses of families, orders and higher categories are included for most groups. In addition, there are explanations of terms used in mycology and lichenology, biographical notes, information on well known metabolites and mycotoxins, and short accounts of almost all pure and applied aspects of the subject- always including citations the important literature.

Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (Including the Lichens)

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Cab Intl

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