.Shu-Ting Chang, Philip G. Miles. -- 2a. ed. -- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2004. 451 p.; 26 cm. ISBN 0-8493-1043-1. Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. Contenido: Overview -- The nutritional attributes of edible mushrooms -- Medicinal value -- Overview of the biology of fungi -- Substrate and mycelial growth -- Sexuality and the genetics of basidiomycetes -- Mushroom formation: effects of environmental, nutrition, and chemical factors -- Mushroom formation: effects of genetic factors; breeding -- Mushroom formation: effects of pets and diseases in mushroom -- Culture preservation -- World production of edible mushrooms -- Agaricus, the leader in production and technology -- Lentinula, a mushrooming mushroom -- Volvariella, a high-temperature cultivated mushroom -- Flammulina and Pholiota, low-temperature cultivated mushrooms -- Pleurotus, a mushroom of broad adaptability -- Tremella, increased production by a mixed culture technique -- Dictyophora, formerly for the few -- Ganoderma lucidum, a leader of medicinal mushrooms -- Agaricus blazei and Grifola frondosa, two important medicinal mushrooms -- Other cultivated mushrooms, their number grows -- Technology and mushrooms.