The tenth edition of this dictionary has been thoroughly revised since the 2001 ninth edition. Listings include generic names of fungi, families and orders, characteristics and descriptive terms. More than 21,000 entries are included. Updates include a completely new classification, major revisions and modifications, more detailed distinctions between true fungi and other groups of organisms studied by mycologists, improved reference publication information, and a more integrated treatment of anamorphic and teleomorphic genera. Editors are Kirk, Cannon, Minter, and Stalpers. Distributed in the U.S. by Stylus Publishing. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A dictionary of the fungi. It contains more than 21,000 entries, and provides complete listing of generic names of fungi, their families and orders, their attributes and descriptive terms. It gives the authority, the date of publication, status, systematic position, number of accepted species, distribution, and key references for each genus.