Operculate discomycetes (Pezizales, Ascomycota) of Israel

Deals with 121 species belonging to 9 families, 40 genera. Ten species and one genus (Pseudoplectania) are new records for Israel. The book is arranged in two parts. GENERAL PART providing data regarding materials and methods, phylogeny and taxonomy of Operculate Discomycetes with special attention to the genus MORCHELLA, together with a chapter devoted to the studies of cultural morphology and molecular phylegony of MORCHELLA. The SPECIAL PART (taxonomic part) offers detailed macro - and micromorphological descriptons, ecology, distribution, and habitat in Israel, general distribution, notes and discussions. -- Publisher.