Flora Fungorum Sinicorum. Volume 16: Cladosporium: Cladosporium

Author: Zhang Tianyu
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book is a reference for mycologists, plant pathologists, microbiologists, plant protection researchers, medical mycology scholars, and students and faculty of relevant higher education institutions. Alternaria is a common and important asexual state genus of fungi, with its teleomorph being Lewia (Barr & Simmons). This volume introduces the economic importance, morphology, brief history of domestic and international research, and classification issues at the genus, species, and variety levels in the introduction; the monograph describes 123 species and varieties of Alternaria, including 2 specialized forms, parasitic on 228 plant species across 144 genera in 57 families. Among them, Alternaria strains isolated from human eye diseases are included. Each species is described with morphological characteristics, host or substrate, and distribution, with discussions provided for most species. The book includes 132 illustrations and 4 color plates. At the end, there are references, as well as indexes of Chinese and scientific names for fungi and hosts.