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as thereas little was oncultivation and nothing disappointed with those in the first section live up Iamsadtosay tothe Iwas titles? laudable themes, as but dothe contents Interventions ofFungi all (6).These are Fungi (6);andModern Biotechnological (9); Bioconversion Technologies of Industrial andEnvironmental Aspects in Agriculture (12);Fungi forSustainable chapters); Sustainable ofFungi Aspects Strategiesand Conservation ofFungi (6 fiveSustainable sections: Cultivation non-Indian authors. but threeall ofthe 39chapters include any taken Indian by two Further, mycologists. the soas initiative– andespecially was being concerntopical –sustainable development can contribute toanissue ofvital and implieswhich itaims toaddress how fungi I was immediately attracted by this title, based was held in Graz tomark was heldin Graz thebased 20 symposium is The book onwhich this (hbk), 978-981-13-0393-7(ebk).Price:US$279.99(hbk)or219.00 Nature Singapore. Pp.x+779,illustr. (somecolour).ISBN978-981-13-0392-0 Edited byPraveenGehlotandJoginderSingh.2018.Singapore: Springer Fungi andtheirRoleinSustainableDevelopment:current perspectives. (pbk). Price:90€. of SciencesPress. Pp.vi + 715,illustr. (manycolour). ISBN978-3-7001-8219-1 AustriaAcademy 2018. [BiosystematicsandEcologySeriesno.34.]Vienna: Marilaun Workshop 2015 inmemoryofJosefPoelt.EditedbyPaulBlanz. von Biodiversity andEcologyofFungi,,Mosses:Kerner a Bavarian whohad professorships in polymath, Josef Poelt (1924–1995), oftheanniversary death ofaremarkable The contributions into are organized th

The chapters in the fourth dealing part products in thefungal treatment ofdiabetes. sequestration, carbon hypersaline fungi, and Astraeus hygrometricus, bioethanol production, nutritional valueof topics,xylanases, tackle particular very potato. Contributions in the third part management ofPhytophthora infestans management disease as in chickpea and onessuch but somerather specialized and bioremediation anddrought resistance, control andfurther in phosphate supply arbuscular mycorrhizal in disease fungi management,for weed mycopesticides, pathogens by Trichoderma products to plant biocontrol health, ofplant and the contribution oftheir natural in including chapters onendophytic fungi mushrooms. more focussed was Thesecond maintaining from apart alittleon conservation on to the occasion. I was also pleased to see tosee pleased Iwas also to the occasion. their contributions andfitting significant to have made to efforts particular make Pier seem Nimis. All Luigi close colleague and Volkmar Wirth Italian –andhis †Franz Oberwinkler, Meike Piepenbring, Helmut Mayrhofer, Walter Obermayer, Rosemarie Honegger, Kirschner, Roland Döbbeler, Martin Josef Grube, Hafellner, Paul Andreas Bresinsky, Blanz, Peter Begerow,Dominik Reinhard Berndt, speaking mycologists: includes most ofthe known best German- alphabetical(in order)ownlist The right. researchersare now in distinguished their from former his students, many ofwhom andare mainly -forming fungi) interests, concern (including andall fungi contributionshis reflecting of the range Hannes Hertel. isfollowed by 24 This ofPoelt’shistory andresearch life by meticulously researched andwell-illustrated in 1971.ItGraz starts with a100-page Munich andBerlin moving before to ex situ collections of edible collections ofedible †Robert Bauer, lipases, pigments,lipases, , bioherbicides on heartedly approved. heartedly receptive would have ideas, ofnew whole- something Poelt, ofwhich always whowas and with, well-presented, edited, carefully honoured tohave known andcollaborated was available open-access. the book tosee 1?frames=yes). Iwas pleased contentsfull (http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/8219- have interested been dohave at alook the in these topicsandothers Poelt would information here, andifyouare interested There isan enormous amount of and the ultrastructure ofbasidiomycetes. lichens amicrobialhabitat, as fossil fungi, in smut host infungi, specificity rust fungi, concepts species rule, one name:one underascomycetes, lichenicolous fungi the were hypocrealean those onbryophilous topics here, but onesthat out stood forme absolutely hated! thisthough issomething Poelt wouldhave the contributions were in English, all A fitting tribute person Ifeel toa It the much all too tolist be would IMA FUNGUS BOOK NEWS (81)

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