The Fungi : Diversity and Conservation in India

Contents: Preface. I. Fungal diversity: status and conservation: 1. Biodiversity and conservation of fungi: role of mycologists/S.R. Bhosle, A. Sawant and J.G. Vaidya. 2. Some aspects of fungal diversity and conservation/Vipin Parkash, Ashok Aggarwal and R.S. Mehrotra. 3. Fungal diversity of mangroves/B.P.R. Vittal and V.V. Sarma. 4. Fungal diversity of folk medicinal fungi from India/J.G. Vaidya, P.Y. Lamrood and S.R. Bhosle. 5. Application of molecular techniques in fungal taxonomy/M. Sudhakara Reddy and Shaveta Singla. 6. Revitalization of taxonomy-a business plan in 21 century/A.K. Sarbhoy. 7. Trichomycetes: a fascinating group of fungal endobionts/J.K. Misra. 8. Diversity of perithecial fungi in Western Himalayas/J.S. Dargan. 9. Diversity of aphyllophoraceous fungi from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra/S.R. Bhosle, P.Y. Lamrood and J.G. Vaidya. 10. New records of agaricales from the Himachal Pradesh: the genus Entoloma Kummer/R.C. Upadhyay, Amanjeet Kaur and A. Gulati. 11. Species of Puccinia on Cyperaceae, Hypoxidaceae and Smilacaceae from Andhra Pradesh/G. Bagyanarayana and M. Raju. 12. Diversity of corticioid fungi in Bhutan/G.S. Dhingra. 13. Systematics and sociobiology of termitophilous mushrooms from Punjab/N.S. Atri, Amanjeet Kaur and Harvinder Kour. 14. Distribution of gasteromycetous fungi in North Western Himalayas/I.P.S. Thind. 15. Seasonal incidence and impact of vegetation on the Aeromycoflora of Cashewnut plantation/T.K. Gill and N. Behra. II. Fungal diversity: Mycorrhiza and miscellaneous aspects: 1. Biodiversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in South Indian forests/K. Natarajan. 2. Ecology of ectomycorrhizae/Asha Singh and T.N. Lakhanpal. 3. Mycorrhizal occurrence, status and diversity of some ethnobotanical plants of Himachal Pradesh/Ashok Aggarwal, Vipin Prakash, Seema Sharma and Dipti Sharma. 4. Important disease problems of ornamental plants and their control/H.S. Sohi. 5. Effect of sowing dates on the severity and progress of pea powdery mildew/Kumud Jarial, R.C. Sharma and R. Malhotra. 6. Management of powdery mildew of pea caused by Erysiphe pisi (Syd.) with chemicals/Kumud Jarial and R.C. Sharma. 7. Effect of native carbon sources on the production of pectolytic enzymes/A. Mehta, M. Kachhwaha and P. Mehta. 8. Effect of mixing of grain spawn in casing on the initiation of pinning and mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) yield/R.S. Jarial and T.R. Shandilya. 9. Symptoms in relation to development stage and inoculum concentration of Verticillium fungicola/Savita Jandaik, D.S. Guleria and Anju S. Khanna. 10. Isolation of fungal cultures producing extracellular inulinase/R.S. Singh, Balwinder Singh and Munish Puri. 11. Screening of lignolytic potentials of white-rot fungi for biobleaching of pulp and paper mill effluent/R.S. Singh and Anju Sharma.

"The Fungi : Diversity and Conservation in India is being published as a volume consisting of research papers presented by the eminent mycologists of the country during a two day national symposium. The volume deals with the important aspects of the fungal diversity in various regions of the country and the present status of the various groups of fungi in India with a view to further propose strategies for future explorations. The authors have also shown considerable concern on the vanishing and threatened fungal species. Many papers have been included to highlight the role of the fungal species in agriculture and biotechnology and the need for conservation of  various species, which are on the threshold of extinction." (jacket)