This new edition of The Fifth Kingdom has been updated to reflect the most recent developments in mycology, including the field's adoption of a new taxonomical framework for fungi as a whole, and the latest advances in molecular genetics.

Readers will find in the taxonomic part of this book a compilation of descriptions and illustrations of species of Sporoschisma and Fusichalara.

[This] book is a complete revision and expansion of Carmichael, Kendrick, Connors and Seigler's 1980 work Genera of Hyphomycetes, which was itself based on a book chapter by Kendrick and Carmichael (1973)

Furthermore, the book incorporates revised and updated scientific nomenclature for these spores, ensuring accuracy and relevance.