This volume presents a collection of 13 essays providing a review of present knowledge, with references to the wider literature. It points to the gaps in knowledge, and indicates the necessity of continuing research in Australian mycology. The essays cover: freshwater fungi; marine fungi; plant parasitic fungi; associations between arthropods and fungi; gut-inhabiting fungi of Australian herbivores; mycoses and macrofungal poisoning of domestic and native animals; fungi as a food resource for mammals in Australia; aboriginal knowledge and use of fungi; macrofungi toxic to humans; fungi and mycotoxins in foods; and human mycoses.
- ISBN13 9780643059351
- Publish Date 1 January 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 24 April 2021
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint CSIRO Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 405
- Language English