Download or read book Ecology of Saprotrophic Fungi written by Roderic C. Cooke and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1984 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heterminats and its consequences substrates. Biotrophy, necrotrophy and saprotrophy. Growth forms and responses. The expanding mycelium. The established mycelium. Mycelial responses. Non-mycelial forms. Population and dynamics in natural environments. Population and community structure problems of defintion. Population structure and autecological studies. Distribution and genetic variation in nature. Mycossociology. fungi in natural communities. Interactions within natural fungal communities. Concepts and priciples. Ecological niches and strategies. Ecological niches. Determinants of niche. strategies. Population and community development. Patterns and processes of establishment. Equilibrium and chage in established populations and communities. Problems of assessing numbers, distribution and activity. Numbers and patterns of occurrence. Distribution. Biomass. Activity. Living animals. External surfaces. Internal surfaces and organs. Surfaces of living plants. Leaves. Roots. Wood as a resource. Colonization of the standing tree. Colonization of felled or fellen timber. Uncomminuted terrestrial litter. Characteristics of litter and litter-inhabiting fungi. Colonization of litter types. Comminuted terrestrial litter. Comminution and its consequences. Digesta and faeces of inbertebrates. Organic matter in mineral soil. Water as a theatre for fungal activity. Fresh water. Fungi in the marine environment. Interim saprotrophy among biotrophs and necrotrophs. Lichen fungi. Mycorrhizal fungi. Plant pathogens.