1 Introduction: the fungi and fungal activities.

2 The diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms.

3 Fungal structure and ultrastructure.

4 Fungal growth.

5 Differentiation and development.

6 Fungal nutrition.

7 Fungal metabolism and fungal products.

8 Environmental conditions for growth, and tolerance of extremes.

9 Fungal genetics, molecular genetics, and genomics.

10 Fungal spores, spore dormancy, and spore dispersal.

11 Fungal ecology: saprotrophs.

12 Fungal interactions: mechanisms and practical exploitation.

13 Fungal symbiosis.

14 Fungi as plant pathogens.

15 Fungal parasites of insects and nematodes.

16 "The moulds of man".

17 Principles and practice of controlling fungal growth.

Systematic Index.

General Index