Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi

This updated and expanded version of the Directory of the Fungi contains a wealth of new and useful information, including a key to the families of fungal phyla and a list of generic names arranged systematically. The acceptance that fungi are dispersed across three kingdoms of eukaryotes: Chromista, Fungi and Protozoa, and the abandonment of the deuteromycetes as a formal group (now incorporated across the ascomycetes and basidiomycetes on ultrastructural, molecular and biochemical grounds) are two of the new aspects of this major work. This is a reference work essential to all mycologists whether ‘pure’ or applied.