Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Part 1: FUNGI AND LIVING CROPS; Chapter 1: Cross-talk between host and fungus in postharvest situations and its effect on symptom development; Chapter 2: Real time monitoring of ethylene during fungal-plant interaction by laser-based photoacoustic spectroscopy; Part 2: THE FUNGAL SPORE IN FOOD MYCOLOGY; Chapter 3: Spore formation in food-relevant fungi; Chapter 4: Dispersal of fungal spores through the air; Chapter 5: The germinating spore as a contaminating vehicle; Chapter 6: Heat-resistant ascospores