Structure and Dynamics of Fungal Populations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Brief Introduction to Fungi

   • James J. Worrall

   Pages 1-18

3. Defining Individual Fungal Boundaries

   • Alan D. M. Rayner, John R. Beeching, Jon D. Crowe, Zac R. Watkins

   Pages 19-42

4. Defining Species in the Fungi

   • Thomas C. Harrington, David M. Rizzo

   Pages 43-71

5. The Evolution of Sex and Recombination in Fungi

   • James K. M. Brown

   Pages 73-95

6. Gene Flow in Fungi

   • Scott O. Rogers, Mary A. M. Rogers

   Pages 97-121

7. Somatic Incompatibility in Fungi

   • Mary Malik, Rytas Vilgalys

   Pages 123-138

8. Genomic Conflict in Fungal Mycelia

   • Mark Ramsdale

   Pages 139-174

9. Fungal Demography — Mushrooming Populations

   • James J. Worrall

   Pages 175-194

10. Population Structure of Oomycetes

    • André Drenth, Stephen B. Goodwin

    Pages 195-224

11. Population Structure of Ascomycetes and Deuteromycetes

    • James C. Correll, Thomas R. Gordon

    Pages 225-250

12. Population Structure of Basidiomycetes

    • Everett M. Hansen, Richard C. Hamelin

    Pages 251-281

13. Viruses in Fungal Populations

    • Michael G. Milgroom

    Pages 283-305

14. Fitness, Continuous Variation and Selection in Fungal Populations: an Ecological Perspective

    • Clive M. Brasier

    Pages 307-339

15. Back Matter

    Pages 341-348

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Fungi are among the most versatile and diverse groups of organisms in their morphology, life cycles, and ecology. This has provided endless fasci­ nation and intrigue to those who have studied fungi, but it has also made it difficult to understand fungal biology from the perspective of the broader fields of evolution, ecology, genetics, and population biology. That is changing. Details of fungal biology have been elucidated at an exciting pace, increasingly allowing us to understand fungi on the bases of general biological principles. Moreover, many who study fungi have lately emulated some of the great mycologists and plant pathologists of the early years in applying an insight born of broad perspective. This change has been particularly apparent in fungal population biology. In this book, many of those at the forefront of that change summarize, integrate and comment on recent developments and ideas on populations of fungi. By taking a broad perspective, they show how new information on fungi may contribute to concepts and ideas of biology as a whole. Just as important, they contribute to further invigoration of fungal population research by illuminating mycology with new ideas and concepts, derived in part from other biological fields.

• Ascomycetes
• Basidiomycetes
• Deuteromycetes
• Oomycetes
• biology
• evolution
• recombination

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, USA

  James J. Worrall

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