Growing Fungus (Paperback, 1995 ed.)

Part One: The growing fungus. The success of the hypha and mycelium. Mycelial interconnectedness. Part Two: The architecture of fungal cells. Cell walls. Cell membrane. Organelles of filamentous fungi. The Cytoskeleton. Part Three: Metabolism and genetic regulation. Fungal exoenzymes. Transport. Signal transduction in fungi. Intermediary metabolism. Genetics of fungi. Molecular biology. Part Four: Coordination of growth and division. Tip growth and polarity. Kinetics of filamentous growth and branching. Mathematical modelling of fungal growth. Part Five: Differentiation. Sporulation of lower fungi. Asexual sporulation in higher fungi. Sexual reproduction of higher fungi. Yeast-hyphal dimorphism. Tissue formation. Index.