This volume presents a collection of 13 essays providing a review of present knowledge, with references to the wider literature. It points to the gaps in knowledge, and indicates the necessity of continuing research in Australian mycology. The essays cover: freshwater fungi; marine fungi; plant parasitic fungi; associations between arthropods and fungi; gut-inhabiting fungi of Australian herbivores; mycoses and macrofungal poisoning of domestic and native animals; fungi as a food resource for mammals in Australia; aboriginal knowledge and use of fungi; macrofungi toxic to humans; fungi and mycotoxins in foods; and human mycoses.