History and importance to human affairs / Joan W. Bennett, Rowland Davis, and Carlene Raper -- Hyphal structure / Robert W. Roberson ... [et al.] -- A top-down systems biology approach for the identification of targets for fungal strain and process development / Machtelt Braaksma ... [et al.] -- Phylogenetics and phylogenomics of the fungal tree of life / Joseph W. Spatafora and Barbara Robbertse -- Signal transduction pathways / Gyungsoon Park, Carol A. Jones, and Katherine A. Borkovich -- Mitotic cell cycle control / Colin P.C. De Souza and Stephen A. Osmani -- Meiosis / Claire Burns, Patricia J. Pukkila, and Miriam E. Zolan -- DNA repair and recombination / P. Jane Yeadon ... [et al.] -- Chromatin structure and modification / Zachary A. Lewis and Eric U. Selker -- Transposable elements and repeat-induced point mutation / A. John Clutterbuck and Eric U. Selker -- Meiotic trans-sensing and silencing in neurospora / Rodolfo Aramayo and Robert J. Pratt -- Mycoviruses / Donald L. Nuss -- Mitochondria and respiration / Frank E. Nargang and John C. Kennell -- Vacuoles in filamentous fungi / Emma Jean Bowman and Barry J. Bowman -- Peroxisomes in filamentous fungi / Leonardo Peraza-Reyes ... [et al.] -- The Cytoskeleton in Filamentous Fungi / Xin Xiang and Berl Oakley -- The cell wall of filamentous fungi / Nir Osherov and Oded Yarden -- Hyphal growth and polarity / Steven D. Harris -- Hyphal fusion / Nick D. Read ... [et al.] -- Biology and genetics of vegetative incompatibility in fungi / Duur K. Aanen ... [et al.] -- Glucose / Margaret E. Katz and Joan M. Kelly -- Gluconeogenesis / Michael J. Hynes -- Nitrogen metabolism in filamentous fungi / Meryl A. Davis and Koon Ho Wong -- Amino acids and polyamines: polyfunctional proteins, metabolic cycles, and compartmentation / Rowland H. Davis -- Sulfur, phosphorus, and iron metabolism / John V. Paietta -- Secondary metabolism / B. Gillian Turgeon and Kathryn E. Bushley -- Plant cell wall and chitin degradation / Christian P. Kubicek, Verena Seidl, and Bernhard Seiboth -- Light sensing / Luis M. Corrochano and Javier Avalos -- Circadian Rhythms / Michael W. Vitalini ... [et al.] -- How fungi sense sugars, alcohols, and amino acids / Chaoyang Xue, Daniel J. Ebbole, and Joseph Heitman -- Regulation of gene expression by ambient pH / Joan Tilburn, Herbert N. Arst, and Miguel A. Peñalva -- Heat Shock Response / Nora Plesofsky -- Mating systems and sexual morphogenesis in ascomycetes / Robert Debucy, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier, and Philippe Silar -- Mating and sexual morphogenesis in Basidiomycete fungi / Lorna Casselton and Michael Feldbrügge -- Regulation of Aspergillus conidiation / Min Ni ... [et al.] -- The conidium / Daniel J. Ebbole -- Magnaporthe oryzae and rice blast disease / Chang Hyun Khang and Barbara Valent -- Fusarium genetics and pathogenicity / John F. Leslie and Jin-Rong Xu -- Ustilago maydis and maize: a delightful interaction / Flora Banuett -- Necrotrophic fungi: live and let die / Marty Dickman, Jan Van Kan, and Christopher Lawrence -- Epichloë endophytes: models of an ecological strategy / Carolyn Young and Heather H. Wilkinson -- Mycoparasitism / Ada Viterbo -- Aspergillus fumigatus / Judith C. Rhodes and David S. Askew -- Cryptococcus neoformans: budding yeast and dimorphic filamentous fungus / James W. Kronstad, Jennifer K. Lodge, and Joseph Heitman -- Histoplasma capsulatum / Chad A. Rappleye -- The fungal pathogen Candida albicans / Saranna Fanning and Aaron P. Mitchell.