Fungal Conservation Issues and Solutions

Considers the issues involved in fungal conservation and provides practical guidance for management of nature in ways beneficial to fungi.

Threats to fungi and fungal diversity throughout the world have prompted debates about whether and how fungi can be conserved. Should it be the site, or the habitat, or the host that is conserved? All of these issues are addressed in this volume, but coverage goes beyond mere debate with constructive guidance for management of nature in ways beneficial to fungi. Different parts of the world experience different problems and a range of examples are presented; from Finland in the North to Kenya in the South, and from Washington State, USA in the West to Fujian Province, China in the East. Equally wide-ranging solutions, are put forward, from voluntary agreements, through land management techniques, to primary legislation. Taken together, these provide useful suggestions about how fungi can be included in conservation projects in a range of circumstances.

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Fungal conservation issues: recognising the problem, finding solutions David Moore, Marijke M. Nauta, Shelley E. Evans and Maurice Rotheroe; 2. Current trends and perspectives for the global conservation of fungi Régis Courtecuisse; 3. Conservation and management of forest fungi in the Pacific Northwestern United States: an integrated ecosystem approach Randy Molina, David Pilz, Jane Smith, Susie Dunham, Tina Dreisbach, Thomas O'Dell and Michael Castellano; 4. The future of fungi in Europe: threats, conservation and management Eef Arnolds; 5. Fungi as indicators of primeval and old-growth forests deserving protection Erast Parmasto; 6. Recognising and managing mycologically valuable sites in The Netherlands Leo M. Jalink and Marijke M. Nauta; 7. Threats to hypogeous fungi Maria Larynowicz; 8. Wild mushrooms and rural economies David Arora; 9. Threats to biodiversity caused by traditional mushroom cultivation technology in China Siu Wai Chiu and David Moore; 10. A preliminary survey of waxcap grassland indicator species in South Wales Maurice Rotheroe; 11. Grasslands in the coastal dunes: the effect of nature management on the mycota Marijke M. Nauta and Leo M. Jalink; 12. The conservation of fungi on reserves managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Martin Allison; 13. Strategies for conservation of fungi in the Madonie Park, North Sicily Giuseppe Venturella and Salvatore La Rocca; 14. Fungal conservation in Ukraine D. W. Minter; 15. The threatened and near-threatened Aphyllophorales of Finland H. Kotiranta; 16. Fungal conservation in Cuba D. W. Minter; 17. Microfungus diversity and the conservation agenda in Kenya P. F. Cannon, R. K. Mibey and G. M. Siboe; 18. Fungi and the UK Biodiversity Action Plan: the process explained L. V. Fleming; 19. The Scottish Wild Mushroom Forum Alison Dyke; 20. The contribution of national mycological societies: establishing a British Mycological Society policy David Moore; 21. The contribution of national mycological societies: the Dutch Mycological Society and its Committee for Fungi and Nature Conservation Marijke M. Nauta and Leo M. Jalink; 22. Fungal conservation in the 21st century: optimism and pessimism for the future David Moore, Marijke M. Nauta, Shelley E. Evans and Maurice Rotheroe; Index.

The threat to fungal diversity throughout the world prompts debate about whether and how fungi can be conserved. This book considers the debates, and goes on to provide practical guidance for management of nature in ways beneficial to fungi.