Die fungi en die omgewing

Inaugural lecture--Department of Botany, Rand Afrikaans University, 11 September 1984@@The vegetative structure of the fungi is described and illustrated, followed by a discussion of the reproductive processes, sexual as well as asexual, which occur in fungi. The role of the fungi in the environment is discussed with reference to examples taken from the edible and poisonous mushrooms, the food moulds, mycotoxins, plant pathological and animal pathological fungi as well as those fungi of slight direct economic importance. A short discussion of future trends is also given.