Preface ........................................................ xi
1. Fungi from Palaeoenvironments: Their Role in
Environmental Interpretations ............................... 1
S.K.M. Tripathi
2. Fungi in the Air-Aeromycology: An Overview ................. 28
S.T. Tilak
3. Fungi in Saline Water Bodies with Special Attention
to the Hypersaline Dead Sea Mycobiota ...................... 56
A.S. Buchalo, S.P Wasser and E. Nevo
4. Filamentous Fungi in the Marine Environment: Chemical
Ecology .................................................... 81
M. Namikoshi and Jin-Zhong Xu
5. The Genus Achlya from Alkaline and Sewage Polluted
Aquatic Environment ....................................... 119
J.K. Misra and Anshul Pant
6. Keratinolytic and Keratinophilic Fungi in Sewage Sludge:
Factors Influencing their Occurrence ...................... 131
K. Ulfig
7. Fungi in Snow Environments: Psychrophilic Molds- A Group
of Pathogens Affecting Plants under Snow .................. 169
N. Matsumoto and T. Hoshino
8. Fungi from High Nitrogen Environments-Ammonia Fungi:
Eco-Physiological Aspects ................................. 189
A. Suzuki
9. Prospecting for Novel Enzyme Activities and Their Genes
in Filamentous Fungi from Extreme Environments ............ 219
H. Nevalainen, J. Te'o and R. Bradner
10. The Cuckoo Fungus 'Termite ball' Mimicking Termite Eggs:
A Novel Insect-fungal Association ......................... 256
K. Matsuura and T. Yashiro
11. The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms: Diversity, Traditions,
Use and Abuse with Special Reference to the Genus
Psilocybe
G. Guzmán
12. Environmental Impacts on Fatty Acid Composition
of Fungal Membranes ....................................... 278
С. Gostinčar, M. Turk and N. Gunde-Cimerman
13. Microsporum canis - A Pathogen of Cats and Its Control
Through Environmental Management: A Review ................ 326
R. Papini
14. Thermophilic Molds in Environmental Management ............ 355
B. Singh and T. Satyanarayana
Subject Index ................................................. 380
Genus & Species Index ......................................... 388
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