1st Edition

Food Mycology A Multifaceted Approach to Fungi and Food

Edited By Jan Dijksterhuis, Robert A. Samson Copyright 2007
428 Pages 18 Color & 73 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

424 Pages
by CRC Press

For millennia, the presence of fungi in food has been both boon and bane to food stores. Fungi can spoil large quantities of food and produce dangerous toxins that threaten human health; however, fungal spoilage in certain foods can produce a unique, highly prized food source and there are some very effective fungal derived medicines. A thorough understanding of the vast body of knowledge relating... Read more
Fungi and Living Crops
Cross-talk Between Host and Fungus in Postharvest Situations and its Effect on Symptom Development, D. Prusky and P. Kolattukudy

Real Time Monitoring of Ethylene during Fungal-Plant Interaction by Laser-Based Photoacoustic Spectroscopy, S.M. Cristescu, E.J. Woltering and F.J.M. Harren

The Fungal Spore in Food Mycology
Spore Formation in Food Relevant Fungi, U. Ugalde and L.M. Corrochano

Dispersal of Fungal Spores through the Air, A. McCartney and J. West

The Germinating Spore as a Contaminating Vehicle, G.S. Chitarra and J. Dijksterhuis

Heat-Resistant Ascospores, J. Dijksterhuis

Fungi and Mycotoxins
Why do Fungi Produce Mycotoxins?, N. Magan and D. Aldred

Mycotoxin Producers, J.C. Frisvad, U. Thrane and R.A. Samson

Fungi as Hyperproducers
Filamentous Fungi as Cell Factories for Metabolite Production, W. de Jongh and J. Nielsen

Hyperproduction of Enzymes by Fungi, H.A.B. Wösten, K. Scholtmeijer and R.P. de Vries

Fungal Spoilage; Ecology, Growth and Detection
Association of Moulds to Foods, J.C. Frisvad, B. Andersen and R.A. Samson

Transport Phenomena in Fungal Colonisation on a Food Matrix, Y.S.P. Rahardjo and A. Rinzema

Molecular Detection and Monitoring, R. Geisen

Fungal Volatiles: Biomarkers of Good and Bad Food Quality, K. Karlshøj, Per V. Nielsen and T. Ostenfeld Larsen

Wine and Fungi - Implications of Vineyard Infections, S.L. Leong

Cheese and Fermented Sausages, J. Stark

Fungi as Food
The Colonizing Fungus as a Food Provider, R. Nout

Fungal Protein for Food, U. Thrane

Edible Mushrooms: From Industrial Cultivation to Collection from the Wild, J. Baar, G. Straatsma, I. Paradi and J.G.M. Amsing

Index

Biography

Jan Dijksterhuis, Robert A. Samson