Revised Edition
by
Substantial parts of the original
1986 monograph are included in this revised edition that is now published
on the Internet. Springer-Verlag, publisher of the original 1986 book,
The
Trichomycetes: fungal associates of arthropods, by Robert W. Lichtwardt,
has granted permission to the author to place the book on this Internet
website. The original author has collaborated with Matías J. Cafaro
and Merlin M. White, resulting in many additions, deletions, new figures
and tables, and new syntheses of data. The resulting revision of the book
as published here is Copyrighted © 2001 by Robert W. Lichtwardt,
Matías J. Cafaro, and Merlin M. White.
All parts of this revised monograph
as published on the Internet may be downloaded or printed without permission
of the authors, provided they are used solely for academic or other noncommercial
purposes and the source is acknowledged. Original data, text quotations,
analyses, figures, and tables may be used by others in published works
without permission of the authors provided the source is acknowledged and
other copyrights do not pertain. Under no circumstances may any part of
this revised edition be reproduced for commercial purposes.
Internet publication of this
revised monograph was supported by a National Science Foundation grant
(DEB 9521811), funded under the Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in
Taxonomy (PEET) program. The authors are extremely grateful for this NSF
support which enabled the completion of substantial original research and
training in the biology, taxonomy, systematics, and evolution of Trichomycetes,
and dissemination of the research results.
The revised monograph has links to an interactive key and a data base of all Trichomycetes (https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/key-server/data/0b08020c-0f0c-4908-8807-030c020a0002/media/Html/home.htm).