Part 1 3 of Engler's Syllabus of Plant Families - Basidiomycota and Entorrhizomycota provides a
thorough treatise of the world-wide morphological and molecular diversity of the fungal phyla
Basidiomycota and Entorrhizomycota. The Basidiomycota (Pucciniomycotina Ustilaginomycotina
Agaricomycotina) are an extremely diverse group of the fungi with c. 36000 species with a
fascinating range of morphological and biological variation distributed from the Antarctic
arctic tundra to tropical rainforests and of high economic value. Many species of
Agaricomycotina play a role in human food most important and of greatest economic interest are
the parasitic Pucciniomycotina and Ustilagomycotina. The Entorrhizomycota are plant root
associated fungi and seem to represent a lineage of living fossils which links Glomeromycota
Ascomycota and Basidiomycota in a probable common origin. The present volume is as the
formerly published volumes of the Syllabus an updated synthesis of classical
anatomical-morphological characters with modern molecular data incorporating numerous new
discoveries made during the last ten years providing a comprehensive modern survey covering
all families and genera of the Basidiomycota and Entorrhizomycota including detailed family
descriptions. Following the tradition of Engler and incorporating the latest results from
molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics the completely restructured and revised 13th edition
provides an up-to-date evolutionary and systematic overview of the fungal and plant groups. It
is a mandatory reference for students experts and researchers from all fields of biological
sciences particularly botany phycology and mycology. While the Fungi are not part of the
Plant Kingdom they are formally included within the classic Engler's title Syllabus der
Pflanzenfamilien Syllabus of Plant Families which comprised families of blue-green algae
algae fungi lichens ferns gymnosperms and flowering plants.
