?? Covers all groups of fungi ? from yeasts, molds, mushrooms, slime molds to oomycetes. ?? Describes the diversity of fungi, life cycles, diseases to people and plants. ?? Discusses current phylogeny of Fungi based on genomics. ?? Discusses old and current classification systems of Fungi. ??? Discusses classification of kingdom Fungi/Holomycota accepted by Species Fungorum. ?? Describes at length the history of mycology highlighting the significant contributions made by the International and National mycologists. ?? Explains genetics and alternative genetic systems in Fungi. ?? Discusses heterothallism, parasexual cycle, sex hormones, physiological specialization, evolutionary tendencies, and pattern of succession on plant substrates. ?? Each chapter ends with review questions and selected references.