Cytology and Plectology of the Hymenomycetes – 2nd revised edition

Description

The second edition of this standard work has about six percent more pages and some more illustrations than the first one. A few illustrations have been replaced, the few typographical errors corrected and the nomenclature of treated fungi updated (e.g. Coprinellus, Coprinopsis, Contumyces). The structure corresponds to the previous edition. The text was revised in places and new findings of the last decade were incorporated. Fundamental aspects of cytology, plectology (“histology”) and anatomy of Agaricomycetidae (formerly Hymenomycetes), e.g. Agaricales, Boletales, Polyporales, Cantharellales and others are discussed. Heinz Clemençon presents knowledge of mycological research from the late 18th Century until spring of 2011. The focus is on the description of the mushroom anatomy under critical examination of the relevant aspects. The author puts special emphasis on the terminology used, which he updated and checked for logical errors. Terms to be avoided and rejected are listed. Although the terminology certainly is not yet used as widespread as hoped by the author, it is very valuable to find the concepts so clearly presented and summed up. The respective structures are richly illustrated with black/white photos of excellent thin sections. To illustrate the many photographs schemata are included. Remarks on the historical development precede almost every chapter.

Perfect complements are two more books by the same author: one with many coloured illustrations of the anatomical thin sections (Clemençon, H., 2012: Großpilze im Mikroskop. Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für Mykologie 12) and a methodological book (Clemençon, H.: Methods for working with macrofungi: laboratory cultivation and preparation of larger fungi for light microscopy).