Larone (clinical pathology, laboratory medicine, clinical microbiology, and immunology, Cornell U.) updates again her guide for people in clinical mycology laboratories and others interested in clinically encountered fungi. It incorporates emerging pathogens now being encountered, and new methods that can be applied in laboratories, retaining relevant established material and maintaining the format from the 1975 first edition. She covers the direct microscopic examination of clinical specimens, identifying fungi in culture, the basics of molecular methods for identifying fungi, and laboratory techniques. Ample references are provided, along with color and monochrome illustrations and an illustrated glossary. She does not consider medicinal mushrooms. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)