(Ebook) The Bird s Nest Fungi 1st Edition by Harold Brodie ISBN 9781442632516 1442632518

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ISBN 10: 1442632518
ISBN 13: 9781442632516
Author: Harold Brodie

The intriguing Bird's Nest Fungi (Nidulariaceae) of forest, meadow, and garden have been familiar to botanists since 1601, but only relatively recently has the significance of their peculiar form been realized. Dr Brodie traces the long controversy that arose when Bird’s Nest Fungi were first classified as seed plants because of the numerous seed-like bodies contained in their small cup-shaped fruit bodies. The ‘seeds’ are now known to contain spores like those of other fungi such as puffballs, to which the Nidulariaceae are related. Present-day research has shown that certain Bird’s Nest Fungi produce chemicals having previously unrecognized molecular structure. Between these milestones Dr Brodie reveals the solution to the mystery of the dispersal of the ‘eggs’ from the ‘bird’s nest’: the fruit bodies are splash guns from which the reproductive spores are ejected by the force of falling raindrops. This explanation of the phenomenon is supported by copious observations and hitherto unpublished experiments.

All known species of Nidulariaceae, including many only recently recognized, are described in this volume. All aspects of growth, structure, development, and life-cycle of these fungi, both in nature and in laboratory culture, are reported in a modern, comprehensive treatment of a subject which is of interest not only to mycologists but to amateur naturalists as well.

(Ebook) The Bird s Nest Fungi 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 General Account of the Nidulariaceae

A / Introduction and general structure

B / Dispersal

C / Nuclear behaviour

D / Other aspects of bird's nest fungi

2 Brief Historical Outline

A / Early studies

B / Unravelling of the dispersal problem

C / Recent studies

D / Conclusion

3 Basidiospore Form, Development, and Germination

A / Form and structure

B / Development

C / Germination

D / Germ tubes and germlings

4 Characteristics and Interactions of Homokaryotic Mycelia

A / Characteristics

B / Nutritional requirements

C / Mycelial interactions

5 Heterokaryotic Mycelium and Fruit Body Formation

A / Characteristics of heterokaryotic mycelium

B / Formation of sporocarps

C / Conditions known to affect fruiting

D / Early signs of fruiting

E / Opening of mature sporocarps

F / Orientation of sporocarps

G / Irregular fruiting

H / Variation in form of sporocarps

I / Details of sporocarp development

6 Morphology and Behaviour of Nuclei

7 The Fruit Body as a Spore Dispersal Mechanism

A / The mechanism

B / The funiculus

C / The wall of the fruit body

D / Shape of fruit body and angle of its sides

E / Plications and setae

F / Position of fruit body

G / Surface and arrangement of peridioles

8 Experiments on Splash Dispersal of Perodioles

A / The germ of the idea

B / The experiments

9 Occurrence, Distribution, and Ecology

A / General

B / Occurrence

C / Distribution and ecology

10 Miscellaneous Observations and Notes

A / Ingestion of bird's nest fungi by humans

B / Some metabolites of Cyathus

C / Rain-splash dispersal in other plants

D / Other cupulate fruit bodies and some thoughts on evolution

11 Review of Taxonomic Characters

A / Introduction

B / Macroscopic characteristics

C / Microscopic characteristics

12 The Genera Nidularia and Mycocalia

A / Distinction between the two genera

B / The genus Nidularia

C / The genus Mycocalia

D / Notes on doubtful species of Nidularia

13 The Genera Nidula and Crucibulum

A / Nidula

B / The genus Crucibulum

14 The Genus Cyathus

A / The genus

B / The groups of Cyathus

C / Cyathus species and synonyms listed alphabetically

D / Species descriptions by groups

E / Doubtful species

Nidulariana

Selected Bibliography

Glossary

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