This book explains
following topics about fungi: Nature of Fungi, Structure, Classification, Uses,
Notable Phenomena, The Spore and Its Dissemination, Germination and Growth,
Sexual Reproduction, Polymorphism, Influences and Effects, Habitats, Cultivation
and Geographical Distribution.
This note covers the following topics: Fungal classifications, Fungal
thallus types, Spores, Kinetics of fungal growth, The fungal cell wall, Biology
of yeasts, Hyphal aggregates, Life cycle regulation caused by hormones, Fungal
physiology and biochemistry.
The main
purpose of the book, as its title implies, is to serve as a primer. The contents
are divided into two parts. The first deals with the clinical, theoretical and
experimental aspects of the subject, the second outlines the laboratory
procedures useful in examining a patient suspected of having one of the various
mycoses.