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abscisic acid 148
acervulus 39
acetyl-coenzyme A
as a central metabolite 123– 6
glyoxylate cycle 128
isoprenoid pathway 136
polyketide pathway 133 , 134
role in β-oxidation 127– 8
N-acetylglucosamine
chitosomes 59–60
substrate for chitin synthesis 55 ,
67, 71, 131
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 71
acrasid slime moulds 16 , 41, 43
actin/F-actin 17, 49, 52 , 62, 64 , 70,
72, 73, 77– 8, 97
aecia, aeciospores 304 –5
aerobes – facultative/obligate 148
aerobic/anaerobic respiration 148,
149
aflatoxins 1, 9, 40, 122, 132, 133,
134, 137, 138 –9
aging – mitochondrial role in 158,
161
AIDS 2, 7, 178, 322 et seq.
airborne spores/dispersal 190 –1,
203– 8
air-sampling devices 208 –11
alamethicine 240
alcoholic drinks/ethanol 10, 12, 81,
96, 126
α-amylase 13, 14
alveolitis, acute allergic 211
amatoxins 136
α-amino adipic acid – lysine
biosynthesis 6 , 131–2
6-aminopenicillanic acid 136

amphotericin B 351–2
ampicillin seeantibiotics: penicillins
anamorphs 39
anaplerotic reactions 127
anastomosis
chestnut blight 175– 6
hyphal fusions 52–3, 94 –5, 162,
164, 165–7
Anderson spore sampler 209–11
aneuploidy 168
antheridiol 104
antheridium 41–2
antibiotics
βlactams 12–13
cephalosporins 12–13, 132
in commercial biocontrol 241,
349–50
in defense of territory 114 –15
griseofulvin 350
and human mycoses 350 –2
from insect-pathogenic fungi 40
in Japanese agriculture 348 –9
patulin 134
penicillins 133, 136 –7
in plant disease control 347– 8
polyene macrolides 326, 351–2
of Trichodermaspp. 13, 237– 41
antifungal agents – cellular targets
342–7
apex, hyphal 48 –52
aphids 218, 310, 312, 313, 314 ,
315, 316
apical growth 67–73
apical vesicle cluster see
Spitzenkorper
apothecium 27, 28 , 268 , 269 , 270 ,
273

appressorium 88, 89 , 90 –2, 311–12
aquatic fungi
appendaged spores 194 –5
Chytridiomycota 17–21
marine fungi 194 –5
tetraradiate spores of 184
rumen chytrids 149–51
zoospores 195– 8, 199–203
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi 4 ,
21–3, 34, 228, 257– 61
archiascomycetes 30
arthrospores 55
ascomycetous yeasts on leaves 218
Ascomycota 27–31, 50, 138,
159– 60
ascospores 28 , 29 , 30 , 195
ascus 28 , 29 , 30
chromosome numbers 58, 161
mating systems 105– 6
mating-type genes 105– 6
septa 57
as soft-rot fungi of wood 229–30
spore dormancy/germination 103,
185– 6, 188 –90
wall components 55
as white-rot fungi of wood 232
aspergilloma 145
ATP, ATPase – role in fungal
nutrition 113–14
autolysis 48 –9, 80 , 225
auxotrophs 165, 166
avenacin/avenacinase 172, 173
aviation kerosene, fungal growth in
111, 339
avirulence genes of biotrophic
pathogens 302, 307
axoneme (of flagellum) 195

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