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

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.