February 2002 - the Fifth folio is now available!

A Manual of Concise Descriptions of North American Ectomycorrhizae

This ongoing series is issued in a durable binder which contains nine introductory sections and the first five folios:
The next three folios will appear over the next year or so - The full set costs US$105.00 paid in advance
(CAN$105 within Canada).
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Section 1 - aims and intentions of the manual;
Section 2 - How to store, clean and photograph ectomycorrhizae and prepare reference material;
Section 3 A - How to describe the morphological and anatomical features of ectomycorrhizae;
Section 3 B - The rationale and recommended procedure for characterization of RFLP patterns;
Section 3 C - Recommended procedure for characterization of DNA sequences;
Section 4 - Check list of characters;
Section 5 - An illustrated glossary;
Section 6 - Instructions for preparing and submitting descriptions to be included in the manual;
Section 7 - A standard format for citation of a description;
Section 8 - Lists of the fungus and plant species of the mycorrhizae described , and a list of contributors;
Section 9 - Literature cited in the introductory sections.

The detailed descriptions which follow the introductory sections consist of colour and black-and-white photographic plates, and text describing morphological, anatomical and DNA characteristics of each mycorrhiza.

Follow the links below to see a sample description and illustrations from the first part of this series:

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