Contents:

Machine generated contents note SECTION I FUNGAL BRANCHES ON THE EUKARYOTIC TREE OF LIFE
1. The Fungal Tree of Life: From Molecular Systematics to Genome-Scale Phylogenies / Meredith Blackwell
2. Six Key Traits of Fungi: Their Evolutionary Origins and Genetic Bases / Gabor M. Kovacs
3. What Defines the "Kingdom" Fungi? / Jeremy G. Wideman
4. Fungal Diversity Revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 Million Species / Robert Lucking
5. Microsporidia: Obligate Intracellular Pathogens within the Fungal Kingdom / Louis M. Weiss
SECTION II LIFE OF FUNGI
6. Fungal Sex: The Ascomycota I / B. Gillian Turgeon
7. Fungal Sex: The Basidiomycota / Tatiana Giraud
8. Fungal Sex: The Mucoromycota / Alexander Idnurm
9. Sex and the Imperfect Fungi / Ulrich Kuck
10. Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Cell Fusion and Heterokaryon Formation in Filamentous Fungi / N. Louise Glass
11. Cell Biology of Hyphal Growth / Steven D. Harris
12. The Fungal Cell Wall: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function / Carol A. Munro
13. Fungal Ecology: Principles and Mechanisms of Colonization and Competition by Saprotrophic Fungi / Jennifer Hiscox
14. Long-Distance Dispersal of Fungi / Anne Pringle
15. The Mycelium as a Network / Lynne Boddy
SECTION III FUNGAL ECOLOGY
16. The Geomycology of Elemental Cycling and Transformations in the Environment / Geoffrey Michael Gadd
17. Ecology of Fungal Plant Pathogens / Aad J. Termorshuizen
18. Key Ecological Roles for Zoosporic True Fungi in Aquatic Habitats / Deborah J. Macarthur
SECTION IV HOW FUNGI SENSE THEIR ENVIRONMENT
19. Nutrient Sensing at the Plasma Membrane of Fungal Cells / Griet van Zeebroeck
20. The Complexity of Fungal Vision / Luis M. Corrochano
21. Stress Adaptation / Janet Quinn
22. Thigmo Responses: The Fungal Sense of Touch / Alexandra C. Brand
23. Melanin, Radiation, and Energy Transduction in Fungi / Ekaterina Dadachova
24. Making Time: Conservation of Biological Clocks from Fungi to Animals / Jennifer J. Loros
25. Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Regulates Growth in Response to Nutritional Signals / Ronit Weisman
SECTION V FUNGAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS AS MODELS FOR BIOLOGY
26. Fungal Cell Cycle: A Unicellular versus Multicellular Comparison / Michelle Momany
27. A Matter of Scale and Dimensions: Chromatin of Chromosome Landmarks in the Fungi / Michael Freitag
28. Ploidy Variation in Fungi: Polyploidy, Aneuploidy, and Genome Evolution / Anna Selmecki
29. Fungal Genomes and Insights into the Evolution of the Kingdom / Jason E. Stajich
30. Sources of Fungal Genetic Variation and Associating It with Phenotypic Diversity / Pierre Gladieux
31. RNA Interference in Fungi: Retention and Loss / Victoriano Garre
32. Amyloid Prions in Fungi / Heather L. True
33. Repeat-Induced Point Mutation and Other Genome Defense Mechanisms in Fungi / Eugene Gladyshev
SECTION VI FUNGAL INTERACTIONS WITH PLANTS: IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE AND THE BIOSPHERE
34. Plant Pathogenic Fungi / Amir Sharon
35. The Mutualistic Interaction between Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi / Andrea Genre
36. Lichenized Fungi and the Evolution of Symbiotic Organization / Mats Wedin
37. Fungal Plant Pathogenesis Mediated by Effectors / Richard P. Oliver
38. Emerging Fungal Threats to Plants and Animals Challenge Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience / Sarah J. Gurr
SECTION VII FUNGI AND THE HUMAN HOST
39. Fungi that Infect Humans / John R. Perfect
40. The Mycobiome: Impact on Health and Disease States / Mahmoud Ghannoum
41. Skin Fungi from Colonization to Infection / Yvonne Graser
42. Fungal Biofilms: Inside Out / Aaron P. Mitchell
43. Fungal Recognition and Host Defense Mechanisms / G. D. Brown
44. Antifungal Drugs: The Current Armamentarium and Development of New Agents / Leah E. Cowen
SECTION VIII FUNGAL INTERACTIONS WITH ANIMALS (FUNGI, INSECTS, AND NEMATODES) AND OTHER MICROBES
45. The Insect Pathogens / Raymond J. St. Leger
46. Made for Each Other: Ascomycete Yeasts and Insects / Meredith Blackwell
47. Nematode-Trapping Fungi / Xingzhong Liu
48. Host-Microsporidia Interactions in Caenorhabiditis elegans, a Model Nematode Host / Emily R. Troemel
49. Bacterial Endosymbionts: Master Modulators of Fungal Phenotypes / A. Elizabeth Arnold
50. Necrotrophic Mycoparasites and Their Genomes / Susanne Zeilinger
SECTION IX FUNGI: TECHNOLOGY AND NATURAL PRODUCTS
51. Fungal Enzymes and Yeasts for Conversion of Plant Biomass to Bioenergy and High-Value Products / Lene Lange
52. Fungal Ligninolytic Enzymes and Their Applications / Kristiina Hilden
53. Fungi as a Source of Food / Marc-Andre Selosse
54. Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites from the Fungi / James B. Gloer.
Chapter 43 : Fungal Recognition and Host Defense Mechanisms / Authors: I. M. Dambuza, S. M. Levitz, M. G. Netea, G. D. Brown
Chapter 44 : Antifungal Drugs: The Current Armamentarium and Development of New Agents / Authors: Nicole Robbins, Gerard D. Wright, Leah E. Cowen
Fungal Interactions with Animals (Fungi, Insects, and Nematodes) and Other Microbes
Chapter 45 : The Insect Pathogens / Authors: Brian Lovett, Raymond J. St. Leger
Chapter 46 : Made for Each Other: Ascomycete Yeasts and Insects / Author: Meredith Blackwell
Chapter 47 : Nematode-Trapping Fungi / Authors: Xiangzhi Jiang, Meichun Xiang, Xingzhong Liu
Chapter 48 : Host-Microsporidia Interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans, a Model Nematode Host / Author: Emily R. Troemel
Chapter 49 : Bacterial Endosymbionts: Master Modulators of Fungal Phenotypes / Authors: Sarah J. Araldi-Brondolo, Joseph Spraker, Justin P. Shaffer, Emma H. Woytenko, David A. Baltrus, Rachel E. Gallery, A. Elizabeth Arnold
Chapter 50 : Necrotrophic Mycoparasites and Their Genomes / Authors: Magnus Karlsson, Lea Atanasova, Dan Funck Jensen, Susanne Zeilinger
Fungi: Technology and Natural Products
Chapter 52 : Fungal Enzymes and Yeasts for Conversion of Plant Biomass to Bioenergy and High-Value Products / Author: Lene Lange
Chapter 51 : Fungal Ligninolytic Enzymes and Their Applications / Authors: Miia R. Mäkelä, Erin L. Bredeweg, Jon K. Magnuson, Scott E. Baker, Ronald P. de Vries, Kristiina Hildén
Chapter 53 : Fungi as a Source of Food / Authors: Joëlle Dupont, Sylvie Dequin, Tatiana Giraud, François Le Tacon, Souhir Marsit, Jeanne Ropars, Franck Richard, Marc-André Selosse
Chapter 54 : Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites from the Fungi / Authors: Gerald F. Bills, James B. Gloer
Index.
Chapter 23 : Melanin, Radiation, and Energy Transduction in Fungi / Authors: Arturo Casadevall, Radames J. B. Cordero, Ruth Bryan, Joshua Nosanchuk, Ekaterina Dadachova
Chapter 24 : Making Time: Conservation of Biological Clocks from Fungi to Animals / Authors: Jay C. Dunlap, Jennifer J. Loros
Chapter 25 : Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Regulates Growth in Response to Nutritional Signals / Author: Ronit Weisman
Fungal Genetics and Genomics as Models for Biology
Chapter 26 : Fungal Cell Cycle: A Unicellular versus Multicellular Comparison / Authors: Ilkay Dörter, Michelle Momany
Chapter 27 : A Matter of Scale and Dimensions: Chromatin of Chromosome Landmarks in the Fungi / Authors: Allyson A. Erlendson, Steven Friedman, Michael Freitag
Chapter 28 : Ploidy Variation in Fungi: Polyploidy, Aneuploidy, and Genome Evolution / Authors: Robert T. Todd, Anja Forche, Anna Selmecki
Chapter 29 : Fungal Genomes and Insights into the Evolution of the Kingdom / Author: Jason E. Stajich
Chapter 30 : Sources of Fungal Genetic Variation and Associating It with Phenotypic Diversity / Authors: John W. Taylor, Sara Branco, Cheng Gao, Chris Hann-Soden, Liliam Montoya, Iman Sylvain, Pierre Gladieux
Chapter 31 : RNA Interference in Fungi: Retention and Loss / Authors: Francisco E. Nicolás, Victoriano Garre
Chapter 32 : Amyloid Prions in Fungi / Authors: Sven J. Saupe, Daniel F. Jarosz, Heather L. True
Chapter 33 : Repeat-Induced Point Mutation and Other Genome Defense Mechanisms in Fungi / Author: Eugene Gladyshev
Fungal Interactions with Plants: Impact on Agriculture and the Biosphere
Chapter 34 : Plant Pathogenic Fungi / Authors: Gunther Doehlemann, Bilal Ökmen, Wenjun Zhu, Amir Sharon
Chapter 35 : The Mutualistic Interaction between Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi / Authors: Luisa Lanfranco, Paola Bonfante, Andrea Genre
Chapter 36 : Lichenized Fungi and the Evolution of Symbiotic Organization / Authors: Martin Grube, Mats Wedin
Chapter 37 : Fungal Plant Pathogenesis Mediated by Effectors / Authors: Pierre J.G.M. de Wit, Alison C. Testa, Richard P. Oliver
Chapter 38 : Emerging Fungal Threats to Plants and Animals Challenge Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience / Authors: Helen N. Fones, Matthew C. Fisher, Sarah J. Gurr
Fungi and the Human Host
Chapter 39 : Fungi that Infect Humans / Authors: Julia R. Köhler, Bernhard Hube, Rosana Puccia, Arturo Casadevall, John R. Perfect
Chapter 40 : The Mycobiome: Impact on Health and Disease States / Authors: Najla El-Jurdi, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Chapter 41 : Skin Fungi from Colonization to Infection / Authors: Sybren de Hoog, Michel Monod, Tom Dawson, Teun Boekhout, Peter Mayser, Yvonne Gräser
Chapter 42 : Fungal Biofilms: Inside Out / Authors: Katherine Lagree, Aaron P. Mitchell.
Foreword
Preface
Editors
Fungal Branches on the Eukaryotic Tree of Life
Chapter 1 : The Fungal Tree of Life: From Molecular Systematics to Genome-Scale Phylogenies / Authors: Joseph W. Spatafora, M. Catherine Aime, Igor V. Grigoriev, Francis Martin, Jason E. Stajich, Meredith Blackwell
Chapter 2 : Six Key Traits of Fungi: Their Evolutionary Origins and Genetic Bases / Authors: László G. Nagy, Renáta Tóth, Enikő Kiss, Jason Slot, Attila Gácser, Gábor M. Kovács
Chapter 3 : What Defines the "Kingdom" Fungi? / Authors: Thomas A. Richards, Guy Leonard, Jeremy G. Wideman
Chapter 4 : Fungal Diversity Revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 Million Species / Authors: David L. Hawksworth, Robert Lücking
Chapter 5 : Microsporidia: Obligate Intracellular Pathogens Within the Fungal Kingdom / Authors: Bing Han, Louis M. Weiss
Life of Fungi
Chapter 6 : Fungal Sex: The Ascomycota / Authors: Richard J. Bennett, B. Gillian Turgeon
Chapter 7 : Fungal Sex: The Basidiomycota / Authors: Marco A. Coelho, Guus Bakkeren, Sheng Sun, Michael E. Hood, Tatiana Giraud
Chapter 8 : Fungal Sex: The Mucoromycota / Authors: Soo Chan Lee, Alexander Idnurm
Chapter 9 : Sex and the Imperfect Fungi / Authors: Paul S. Dyer, Ulrich Kück
Chapter 10 : Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Cell Fusion and Heterokaryon Formation in Filamentous Fungi / Authors: Asen Daskalov, Jens Heller, Stephanie Herzog, André Fleissner, N. Louise Glass
Chapter 11 : Cell Biology of Hyphal Growth / Authors: Gero Steinberg, Miguel A. Peñalva, Meritxell Riquelme, Han A. Wösten, Steven D. Harris
Chapter 12 : The Fungal Cell Wall: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function / Authors: Neil A. R. Gow, Jean-Paul Latge, Carol A. Munro
Chapter 13 : Fungal Ecology: Principles and Mechanisms of Colonization and Competition by Saprotrophic Fungi / Authors: Lynne Boddy, Jennifer Hiscox
Chapter 14 : Long-Distance Dispersal of Fungi / Authors: Jacob J. Golan, Anne Pringle
Chapter 15 : The Mycelium as a Network / Authors: Mark D. Fricker, Luke L. M. Heaton, Nick S. Jones, Lynne Boddy
Fungal Ecology
Chapter 16 : The Geomycology of Elemental Cycling and Transformations in the Environment / Author: Geoffrey Michael Gadd
Chapter 17 : Ecology of Fungal Plant Pathogens / Author: Aad J. Termorshuizen
Chapter 18 : Key Ecological Roles for Zoosporic True Fungi in Aquatic Habitats / Authors: Frank H. Gleason, Bettina Scholz, Thomas G. Jephcott, Floris F. van Ogtrop, Linda Henderson, Osu Lilje, Sandra Kittelmann, Deborah J. Macarthur
How Fungi Sense Their Environment
Chapter 19 : Nutrient Sensing at the Plasma Membrane of Fungal Cells / Authors: Patrick van Dijck, Neil Andrew Brown, Gustavo H. Goldman, Julian Rutherford, Chaoyang Xue, Griet van Zeebroeck
Chapter 20 : The Complexity of Fungal Vision / Authors: Reinhard Fischer, Jesus Aguirre, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Luis M. Corrochano
Chapter 21 : Stress Adaptation / Authors: Alistair J. P. Brown, Leah E. Cowen, Antonio di Pietro, Janet Quinn
Chapter 22 : Thigmo Responses: The Fungal Sense of Touch / Authors: Mariana Cruz Almeida, Alexandra C. Brand.

Summary:

Fungi research and knowledge grew rapidly following recent advances in genetics and genomics. This book synthesizes new knowledge with existing information to stimulate new scientific questions and propel fungal scientists on to the next stages of research. This book is a comprehensive guide on fungi, environmental sensing, genetics, genomics, interactions with microbes, plants, insects, and humans, technological applications, and natural product development.