Since publication of the first edition in 2012, there is increased awareness of plant health and biosecurity. This practical manual deals with recognition of disease symptoms, detection and identification of fungi and methods to characterise them, as well as curation, quarantine, quality assurance, and new chapters on tree health and outreach.

Contributions by: Kinda Alraiss, Rachel Barker, Victoria Barton, Lucy Carson-Taylor, David Cooke, Ashleigh Elliot, David Galsworthy, Steve Hendry, Anthony Kermode, Paul Kirk, Michael Long, Aiga Ozolina, Ana Pérez-Sierra, Belinda Phillipson, Matthew J Ryan, David Smith, Christopher Thornton, Jenny Tomlinson, Joan Webber