Description and condition:

Black cloth hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 248pp, index, b/w and colour illustrations.

As new, looks unread.

Contents:

Classification and naming; what fungi do and how they do it; fungi as pathogens of food crops; fungi as agents of catastrophic tree diseases; ergot of grain crops; mycotoxins: toxic by-products of fungal growth; mycoses: fungus diseases of humans; medicinal molds; yeasts for baking and brewing; edible and poisonous mushrooms; hallucinogenic mushrooms; wood decay; interactions of fungi and insects; symbiotic relationships of fungi with plants