Table of contents : Preface to the Second Edition......Page 5 Preface to the First Edition......Page 7 Contents......Page 11 Contributors......Page 13 An Introduction to the Taxonomy of Zoopathogenic Fungi......Page 15 The Peronosporomycetes and Other Flagellate Fungi......Page 31 Zygomycetes......Page 81 Zygomycetes......Page 141 Onygenales......Page 155 Ascomycetes......Page 209 Ascomycetes......Page 251 Yeasts......Page 513 Basidiomycetous Yeasts......Page 549 Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes......Page 579 Miscellaneous Opportunistic Fungi......Page 651 Molecular Methods to Identify Pathogenic Fungi......Page 691 Population Genetic Analyses of Medically Important Fungi......Page 717 Genetic Instability of Candida albicans......Page 737 Index......Page 791