| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Ch. 1 | Classification and Naming | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | What Fungi Do and How They Do It | 16 |
| Ch. 3 | Fungi as Pathogens of Food Crops | 35 |
| Ch. 4 | Fungi as Agents of Catastrophic Tree Diseases | 52 |
| Ch. 5 | Ergot of Grain Crops | 69 |
| Ch. 6 | Mycotoxins: Toxic By-Products of Fungal Growth | 85 |
| Ch. 7 | Mycoses: Fungus Diseases of Humans | 99 |
| Ch. 8 | Medicinal Molds | 113 |
| Ch. 9 | Yeasts for Baking and Brewing | 132 |
| Ch. 10 | Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms | 147 |
| Ch. 11 | Hallucinogenic Mushrooms | 172 |
| Ch. 12 | Wood Decay | 186 |
| Ch. 13 | Interactions of Fungi and Insects | 202 |
| Ch. 14 | Symbiotic Relationships of Fungi with Plants | 217 |
| Epilogue | 230 |
| Notes | 235 |
| Index | 245 |
