Fungi of India (1982-92)/A.K. Sarbhoy, J.L. Varshney and D.K. Agarwal. 1996, 350 p., $39.
Contents: Introduction. 1. List of species. 2. References. 3. Host and fungus index. 4. List of fungi. Appendix to supplement (1982-1991). List of basionyms and synonyms.
"This is the seventh supplement of the book titled Fungi of India contains 957 fungal genera and their 2566 species recorded on a variety of hosts from 1982-1992. An attractive feature included in the book is an appendix indicating missing forms which had escaped the attention of earlier workers. The citation of the latest synonyms of the various species on the basis of anamorphic and teleomorphic states of different genera is an additional quality." (jacket)
From the foreword by Dr. Ram Badan Singh, Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute: "This book titled Fungi of India the 7th supplement authored by Drs. A.K. Sarbhoy, Principal Scientist and Project Coordinator, Advanced Centre of Biosystematics, J.L. Varshney, Sr. Scientist, Division of Seed Science & Technology and D.K. Agarwal, Sr. Scientist, Division of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi compiles extremely valuable information. The supplement has incorporated and documented 957 fungal genera comprising 2566 species which were scanned during 1982-92. The authors have consulted in all 70 different journals of national and international repute. The total number of fungi so far described from India and included in these supplements exceed 16700 species."