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Fungi: Mushrooms, Toadstools, Molds, Yeasts, and Other Fungi (Class of Their Own (Paperback))

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There are hundreds of thousands of various known fungi with many still to be found out and developed. This interesting book features an examination of the four major teams: yeasts, toadstools, chytrids, and bread molds. Key characteristics of fungi are highlighted, such as spore production, fungis want to feed, and their use of long, branching cells referred to as hyphae to soak up nutrients from the surroundings. Special sections explore such types as saprophytes, which feed on dead and decaying matter; parasites, which continuously do considerable harm to other species; and species that form mutualistic relationships with other species to form composite organisms, such as lichen. Case histories involving fungi come with penicillin and the fight against disease, and genetically modified (GM) products in food technology.

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