Entomopathogenic fungi are economically important fungi from environmental, agricultural, and human health perspectives. They are an alternative to chemical pesticides. They can also be used as biostimulants and biological control agents for mosquit...Daugiau...
Macrofungi are an important component of the ecosystem and provide ecosystem services for the sustenance of the environment. The wide ecological spread of macrofungi gives them vast scope to interact with substrates and symbiotic partners....Daugiau...
Macrofungi are an important part of the ecosystem, just as are plants, animals and other microbes. They provide valuable nutrients, medicinal components, metabolites and biocomposites. Their wide distribution in different habitats is the repository...Daugiau...
Mushrooms are of special interest as they are the source of bioactive metabolites of interest to remedy human lifestyle diseases especially cancers, cardiovascular and immune-stimulation. They are also a source of cosmeceuticals, flavours and scents...Daugiau...
The book is comprised of more than a dozen chapters on fungi from different substrates including fossilized leaves. It discusses association of fungi occurring on important plants, some animals, and saprophytic substrates. Besides the taxonomic info...Daugiau...