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Chapter 1  Introduction  10p 1-1       What are sclerotium grains? 1-2       Cenococcum geophilum and sclerotia  1-3       Sclerotium grain studies in Earth Science  PART I  Chemical and Physical Properties of Sclerotium Grains  90p Chapter 2 Major and minor elemental composition  SEM-EDS, EPMA, PIXE, C-NMR, FT-IR, Al-NMR, TEM-EDX   Watanabe and Bolormaa Chapter 3 Life age of Cg sclerotia   14C age and stable isotope ratioδ13C  Watanabe Chapter 4 Existing amount and strength properties of sclerotium grains  Sakagami Chapter 5 Carbon decomposition and Al enrichment  Watanabe, Sakagami Chapter 6 Micromorphology in sclerotium grains (Boemite, opaline silica)  Watanabe Chapter 7 Heavy metal concentration in sclerotia grains    Watanabe and Bolormaa   Part II  Biological Properties of Sclerotium Grains  80p Chapter 8 Fungal communities in sclerotia  Nonoyama & Narisawa& Amasya Chapter 9 Sclerotia and Soil Anthropods -Niche differentiation of fungivorous Acari and Collembola in Japanese beech forest soils-  Amasya  Chapter 10 Bacterial communities in sclerotia  Sphingomonas and Ralstonia picketti  Ohta Chapter 11 Sclerotium grains as Microbial carrier in soil   Nonoyama   Part III  Ecological Distribution of Sclerotium Grains  90p Chapter 12 Active aluminum status as regulating factor of sclerotium distribution  Myoko,Podzols, Braunerde  Harz mts. Germany   Watanabe Chapter 13 Altitudinal and seasonal distribution of sclerotia grains  Sakagami Chapter 14 Micro-topographical distribution of sclerotia grains in Picea abies forest, Harz Mts.   Sakagami Chapter 15 Forest stand structure and sclerotium grains, Mt. Chokai, Central Japan  Guo    Chapter 16  Conclusion  5p   A Mesoscale component in Soil >>>>> Function of Vital Soil    Watanabe