Author | Fitzpatrick, H.M. |
Year | 1930 |
Title | The Lower Fungi: Phycomycetes |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | Representative species from all over the world. |
Source | First edition edition, 331pp, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc |
Illustrations | Well illustrated with line and stipple drawings |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A nice overview of some of the more obscure groups of primitive fungi and fungus-like organisms. Most of the genera still stand, but the taxonomy is now very dated and the names must be used with care. The copious illustrations remain useful. |
Examine | Compound Microscope |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
Current | OOMYCETES | a group of mainly plant-parasitic "fungi" | Chromista | |
Current | CHYTRIDIOMYCETES | chytridomycete fungi, chytrids | Fungi | |
Current | ZYGOMYCETES | pin moulds | Fungi | |
Current | PLASMODIOPHORIDAE | a family of protozoans | Protozoa: Plasmodiophorida |
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