Mycology in the tropics: updates on Philippine fungi /

Mycology in the tropics: updates on Philippine fungi / edited by Jonathan Jaime G. Guerrero, Teresita U. Dalisay, Marian P. De Leon, Mark Angelo O. Balendres, Kin Israel R. Notarte, and Thomas Edison E. Dela Cruz. - London, UK : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, c2023. - xvii, 375 pages : col. illus., figs. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: 1. A brief introduction to Philippine mycology. -- I. Fungi in aquatic and terrestrial habitats. -- 2. Diversity and applications of fungi associated with mangrove leaves in the Philippines. -- 3. Fungi and fungus-like microorganisms in Philippine marine ecosystems. -- 4. Species and functional diversity of forest fungi for conservation and sustainable landscape in the Philippines. -- 5. Bioluminescent mushrooms of the Philippines. -- 6. Lichens in the Philippines: diversity and applications in natural product research. -- II. Fungi in agriculture, health, and environment. -- 7. Plant diseases caused by fungi in the Philippines. -- 8. Epidemiology of fungal plant diseases in the Philippines. -- 9. Mycosis in the Philippines: epidedmiology, clinical presentation, diagnostics and interventions. -- 10. Environmental mycology in the Philippines. -- III. Fungal conservation and management. -- 11. Edible mushrooms of the Philippines: traditional knowledge, bioactivities, mycochemicals, and in vitro cultivation. -- 12. Culture collections and herbaria: diverse roles in mycological research in the Philippines. -- 14. Innovative learning activities for teaching mycology in the Philippines.

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Fungi--Philippines.
Mycology--Philippines.
Fungi--Ecology--Philippines.
Plant diseases.--Microbiology.

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