Section I - INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 - SETTING THE SCENE
Section II - BIODIVERSITY AND CULTIVATION
Chapter 2 - EDIBLE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND THEIR CULTIVATION IN CHINA
Chapter 3 - CLIMATE CHANGE, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NEOTROPICAL EDIBLE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL MUSHROOMS
Chapter 4 - DIVERSITY AND IMPORTANCE OF THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN GUATEMALA
Chapter 5 - ADVANCES IN THE CULTIVATION OF SAFFRON MILK CAP IN NEW ZEALAND
Chapter 6 - EDIBLE MUSHROOMS AND THEIR CULTURAL IMPORTANCE IN YUNNAN, CHINA
Chapter 7 - ADVANCES ON THE MYCORRHIZATION AND CULTIVATION OF DESERT TRUFFLES
Section III - CASE STUDIES
Chapter 8 - DIVERSITY, BIOGEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY AND ECTOMYCORRHIZAL RELATIONSHIPS OF PORCINI MUSHROOMS (BOLETUS S. STR., BOLETACEAE) WORLDWIDE: STATE OF THE ART AND AN ANNOTATED CHECK-LIST
Chapter 9 - RECENT INSIGHTS IN THE PHYLOGENY, SPECIES DIVERSITY AND CULINARY USES OF MILKCAP GENERA LACTARIUS AND LACTIFLUUS
Chapter 10 - ADVANCES IN THE CULTIVATION OF TRUFFLES IN CANADA
Chapter 11 - DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF WILD EDIBLE MUSHROOMS FROM NATIVE FORESTS OF PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
Section IV - SOCIO-ECONOMICAL AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE
Chapter 12 - TRUFFLE CULTIVATION IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
Chapter 13 - ETHNOMYCOLOGY IN EUROPE: THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE
Section V - ECOLOGY WITH EMPHASIS ON WILD EDIBLE FUNGI
Chapter 14 - INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOIL MESOFAUNA AND EDIBLE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI
Chapter 15 - DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI FROM MEXICAN NEOTROPICS, WITH NOTES ON EDIBLE MUSHROOMS
Chapter 16 - A LIST OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL MUSHROOMS ASSOCIATED WITH QUERCUS HUMBOLDTII IN COLOMBIA
Chapter 17 - MODIFICATIONS OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN ECTOMYCORRHIZAL ARTIC FUNGI AS A CONSEQUENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING