BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Fungi -- IMPORTANCE OF FUNGI -- FORM AND FUNCTION OF FUNGI -- SIZE RANGE -- DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE -- BASIC MORPHOLOGY -- STRUCTURE OF THE THALLUS -- SPOROPHORES AND SPORES -- GROWTH -- NUTRITION -- CHAPTER 2 Life Cycle and Ecology of Fungi and Lichens -- REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES OF FUNGI -- ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION -- SEXUAL REPRODUCTION -- SEXUAL INCOMPATIBILITY -- SEXUAL PHEROMONES (HORMONES) -- LIFE CYCLE OF FUNGI -- ECOLOGY OF FUNGI -- LICHENS -- BASIC FEATURES OF LICHENS -- FORM AND FUNCTION OF LICHENS -- CHAPTER 3 Types of Fungi and Lichens -- TAXONOMIC FEATURES OF FUNGI -- SELECT GROUPS OF FUNGI -- ASCOMYCOTA -- BASIDIOMYCOTA -- CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA -- MICROSPORIDIA -- OOMYCOTA -- SELECT LICHENS -- BEARD LICHEN -- ICELAND MOSS -- OAK MOSS -- PARMELIA -- CHAPTER 4 Protists -- GENERAL FEATURES OF PROTISTS -- FORM AND FUNCTION -- LOCOMOTION -- RESPIRATION AND NUTRITION -- REPRODUCTION AND LIFE CYCLES -- ECOLOGY OF PROTISTS -- EVOLUTION AND PALEOPROTISTOLOGY -- CHAPTER 5 Classification and Types of Protozoans -- MACROSYSTEMS OF PROTIST CLASSIFICATION -- DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERIZATION -- SELECT GROUPS OF PROTISTS -- AMOEBA -- CILIATE -- EUGLENA -- FLAGELLATE -- FORAMINIFERAN -- GREGARINE -- HELIOFLAGELLATE -- HELIOZOAN -- LEISHMANIA -- MYXOMYCETES -- OPALINID -- PARAMECIUM -- PLASMODIUM -- RADIOLARIAN -- SLIME MOLD -- STENTOR -- TRICHOMONAD -- TRYPANOSOMA -- VORTICELLA -- ZOOFLAGELLATE -- CHAPTER 6 Algae -- PHYSICAL AND ECOLOGICAL FEATURES OF ALGAE -- SIZE RANGE AND DIVERSITY OF STRUCTURE -- DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE -- ECOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE -- TOXICITY -- FORM AND FUNCTION OF ALGAE -- THE ALGAL CELL -- FLAGELLA -- MITOSIS -- CELLULAR RESPIRATION -- PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND LIGHT-ABSORBING PIGMENTS -- THE EFFECTS OF WATER ON LIGHT ABSORPTION -- NUTRIENT STORAGE.

ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF NUTRIENT ABSORPTION -- REPRODUCTION AND LIFE HISTORIES -- CHAPTER 7 Evolution and Types of Algae -- EVOLUTION AND PALEONTOLOGY OF ALGAE -- CLASSIFICATION FEATURES -- SELECT GROUPS OF ALGAE -- GREEN ALGAE -- BROWN ALGAE -- DINOFLAGELLATES -- RED ALGAE -- CONCLUSION -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.