Marine Mycology

Marine Mycology: The Higher Fungi deals with the higher marine fungi, i.e., Ascomycotina, Basidiomycotina, and Deuteromycotina. This book combines features of a monograph with those of a text. It includes sections on ecological groups of fungi and other topics, such as phylogeny, ontogeny, physiology, and vertical and geographical distribution, providing information on known facts and open questions.
The taxonomic-descriptive part contains complete descriptions of each genus and species, together with substrates, range, etymology of generic and specific names, and literature. There are keys for all species within a given genus, and a general illustrated key leads to the individual species.
The taxonomic section is based on examinations of almost all of the filamentous marine fungi, and unpublished data on new hosts and geographical distributions are included for many species. The filamentous higher marine fungi are represented by 149 Ascomycetes, 4 Basidiomycetes, and 56 Deuteromycetes. The majority, namely 191 (91%) of the filamentous fungi, are obligately marine species, whereas the remainder are facultatively marine. One new species and seven new combinations are proposed. The yeasts are treated in a separate chapter and comprise 177 species or varieties.

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Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
   I. Definition of Marine Fungi
   II. Numbers of Marine Fungi
   III. Sizes of Marine Fungi
   IV. The Mode of Life and Distribution of Marine Fungi
   V. Unsolved Major Problems
2. Methods
   I. Collecting Techniques
   II. Preservation
   III. Sectioning
   IV. Microscopic Examination
   V. Isolation and Culture
3. Release, Dispersal, and Settlement of Ascospores, Basidiospores, and Conidia
   I. Spore Release
   II. Spore Morphology, Dispersal, and Settlement
4. Geographical Distribution
5. Vertical Zonation
6. Deep-Sea Fungi
7. Fungi Isolated from Marine and Estuarine Waters, Sediments, and Soils
8. Fungi in Sandy Beaches and Sea Foam
9. Algae-Inhabiting Fungi
   I. Parasites
   II. Saprobes
   III. Geographical Distribution
10. Submarine Lichens and Lichenlike Associations
    I. Primitive Marine Lichens
    II. Mycophycobioses
11. Fungi in Halophytes of Tidal Salt Marshes
    I. Host Specificity
    II. Taxonomy
    III. Activities of Fungi in Salt Marshes
    IV. Geographical Distribution
12. Fungi on Mangroves and Other Tropical Shoreline Trees
    I. Parasitic Fungi in Mangroves
    II. Host Specificity
    III. Fungi on Submerged Roots, Trunks, and Branches
    IV. Fungi on Mangrove Seedlings
    V. Fungi on Mangrove Leaves
    VI. Fungi in Soil of the Mangal
    VII. Vertical and Horizontal Zonation of Manglicolous Fungi
    VIII. Geographical Distribution of Manglicolous Fungi
    
    13. Leaf-Inhabiting Fungi
13. Rhizome-Inhabiting Fungi
14. Fungi on Wood and Other Cellulosic Substrates
    I. Sources of Wood and Other Cellulosic Substrates in the Marine Environment
    II. Degradation of Wood
15. Bark-Inhabiting Fungi
16. Fungi on Man-Made Materials
17. Fungi in Animal Substrates
18. Fungal-Animal Relationships
    I. Marine Wood Borers
    II. Salt-Marsh Amphipods
    III. Nematodes
    IV. Mites
    V. Mollusca
    VI. Fungi Used as Feeds in Mariculture
19. Ontogeny
    I. Ascocarp Ontogeny
    II. Ascospore Ontogeny
    III. Basidiocarp Ontogeny
    IV. Basidiospore Ontogeny
    V. Conidial Ontogeny
20. Physiological Processes and Metabolites
    I. Production of Enzymes
    II. Metabolites
    III. Effect of Nutrients and Environmental Parameters on Growth and Reproduction
    IV. Unsolved Physiological Problems
21. The Possible Origin of Higher Marine Fungi
    I. Phylogenetic Principles
    II. Characters of Archaic Ascomycetes
    III. Homologies between Rhodophyta and Ascomycetes
    IV. Position of Extant Higher Marine Fungi in the Phylogenetic Scheme
    V. Convergences in the Marine Fungi
    VI. Conclusions
22. Identification
23. Key to the Filamentous Higher Marine Fungi
    I. Key to Subdivisions of Eumycota
    II. Key to Ascomycotina
    III. Key to Basidiomycotina
    IV. Key to Deuteromycotina
24. Classification
25. Taxonomy and Descriptions of Filamentous Fungi
    I. Ascomycotina
    II. Basidiomycotina
    III. Deuteromycotina
26. Rejected Names, Doubtful and Excluded Species
    I. Ascomycotina
    II. Deuteromycotina
27. Yeasts
    I. Introduction
    II. Obligate Marine Yeasts
    III. Facultative Marine Yeasts
    IV. Appendix
    Glossary
    Bibliography
    Organism Index
    Subject Index