Illustrated genera of smut fungi

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Illustrated genera of smut fungi / Kálmán Vánky.

Summary:

In Illustrated Genera of Smut Fungi, Third Edition, the world's top authority on the topic, Dr. Kálmán Vánky, uses molecular phylogenetic analyses and extensive collecting activity to bring you a better and expanded classification of smut fungi. In this third edition, 104 recognized genera of smut fungi are identified, described and illustrated, compared to the second edition, in which 77 genera are identified. While Illustrated Genera presents many theoretical aspects in connection with smut fungi, it particularly helps readers recognize and identify in which genus it belongs. It also discusses problems with smut fungi classification, stimulating researchers to solve them. Identification is made easier in this edition through 116 black and white illustrations, amended descriptions, and a new key to the smut fungus genera, one based on host plant families. And with the help of the recently published Smut Fungi of the World, Dr. Vánky's complementary book on this important topic, the nearly 1,700 known species of smut fungi can be identified. This reference source provides stimulation and utility for all interested in mycology, phytopathology, taxonomy, and botany, including students, teachers, researchers, government- scientists, and even amateurs. Every diagnostic lab and agricultural library should have access to the new update of this classic manual. With more than 60 years of research and experience in the field of smut fungi, resulting in the description of more than 400 new species, 46 new genera, and 12 new families published in more than 225 papers and several books, Dr. Kálmán Vánky, world authority on the smut fungi, presents highly scientific work in an easily understandable form.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Record details

ISBN: 9780890544280
ISBN: 089054428X
Physical Description: viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: St. Paul, Minnesota : APS Press, The American Phytopathological Society, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-279) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Preface to the 1st edition -- Preface to the 2nd edition -- Preface to the 3rd edition -- Contents -- Introduction -- The classification of smut fungi -- The number of smut fungi -- Results and problems of the classification of smut fungi -- Host plants of the smut fungi -- Septal pore and host-parasite interaction in smut fungi -- Cellular host-parasite interaction types of smut fungi -- Classification of smut fungi and allied taxa -- Synonyms, excluded genera, anamorphs, ascomycetous smuts -- Key to the genera of smut fungi based on host plant families -- Glossary -- Descriptions and illustrations of genera -- Regional floras -- References -- Index to fungus names.