Throws light on Whittaker's five kingdom system and beyond, economic importance of fungi and recent developments in fungal taxonomy (AFTOL ):

• Includes a chapter on plant parasitic nematodes discussing briefly their life cycle, common symptoms and control measures.

• Pedagogically enriched with close to 1000 coloured diagrams and images as well as engaging chapter-end exercises.

Contents: I. Division Mycota: 1. The Fungi: General Characters and Classification. 2. Subdivision: Myxomycotina, Class: Myxomycetes. 3. Subdivision: Eumycotina, The Lower Fungi (Phycomycetes). 4. ubdivision: Eumycotina, Class: Chytridiomycetes. 5. Subdivision: Eumycotina, Class: Plasmodiophoromycetes. 6. Subdivision: Eumycotina, Class: Oomycetes. 7. Subdivision: Eumycotina, Class: Zygomycetes. 8. Subdivision: Eumycotina, The Higher Fungi. 9. Subclass: Hemiascomycetidae (Yeasts). 10. Subclass: Euascomycetidae, Series — Plectomycetes. 11. Subclass: Euascomycetidae, Series — Hymenoasco. 12. Subclass: Euascomycetidae, Sub-Sereis: Discomycetes. 13. The Higher Fungi, Class: Basidiomycetes. 14. Subclass: Heterobasidiomycetidae. 15. Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae. 16. Class: Deuteromycetes (Fungi Imperfecti). 17. Fungi: General Topics and Discussion. 2. Schizomycota, Viruses and Mycoplasma: 1. Schizomycota: Bacteria. 2. Viruses, Viroids and Mycoplasma. 3. Lichens: IV. Elementary Plant Pathology: 1. Principles of Plant Pathology. 2. Examples of Important Plant Diseases. 3. Plant Parasitic Nematodes.