TY - BOOK ID - 134380263 TI - Fungal Diversity in the Mediterranean Area PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Research & information: general KW - Biology, life sciences KW - Asphondylia KW - Botryosphaeria KW - B. dothidea KW - DNA sequencing KW - gall-associated fungi KW - Lamiaceae KW - phylogenetic relationships KW - symbiosis KW - microsatellite KW - SSR KW - white truffle KW - genetic diversity KW - wood decay fungi (WDF) KW - culture collection KW - fungal strain KW - host KW - Italy KW - morphological and molecular identification KW - marine fungi KW - new taxa KW - phylogeny KW - lignicolous fungi KW - needle pathogens KW - high altitude forests KW - DNA metabarcoding KW - Montenegro KW - Grifola frondosa KW - fungal diversity KW - Mediterranean forest KW - medicinal mushroom KW - bioprospecting KW - ITS rDNA KW - phylogenetics KW - basidiomycete KW - polypore fungus KW - Quercus pubescens KW - macrofungi KW - Basidiomycota KW - mushroom diversity KW - ectomycorrhiza KW - saprotroph KW - alder KW - Aegean Sea KW - Mediterranean KW - Alnicola KW - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi KW - arid areas KW - biological properties KW - conserved areas KW - grazing KW - mycorrhiza KW - galls KW - basidiomycetes KW - ascomycetes UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134380263 AB - Fungi are important components of ecosystems. Their level of diversity is very high and only lower than that of insects. This book deals with fungal diversity in the Mediterranean, a large area recognized as a biodiversity hot spot. Micro and macrofungi contribute to characterizing many environments, both terrestrial and marine, in which they are associated with particular forest stands and also contribute to providing plant and soil nutrients. They also show potential applications in the medical and pharmaceutical fields, have a recognized nutritional and commercial value and still provide many insights to scholars in terms of description of new species and actions aimed at in situ and ex situ conservation. ER -