Laboratory manuals play an important role in helping the students to properly guide them in- purpose of study, scope of study and details required for a practical study. Practical Manual of Fungi aims to provide the students all they need to know about the practical aspects such as morphological characters, internal structure if any and systematic identification. A number of labeled diagrams included in the text is meant to help the student’s comprehension of the subject. The manual consists of ten chapters with the first chapter dealing with all the basic requirements in the botany laboratory that a student should know. The working of compound microscope, the most important tool in the laboratory is explained in great detail in the introduction, along with various procedures of study such as section cutting, staining, mounting etc. Chapter 2 deals with general characters and classification of Fungi. Chapter 3-10 deal with all essential descriptions and identification of representative members of various classes of Fungi.With the increased awareness of importance of laboratory studies, this practical manual should serve as an important aid to help students familiarize themselves with laboratory methods in Botany.
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