Pleomassaria siparia is composed of two biological species, both of which occur in dead twigs of Betula pendula and B. pubescens

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-258

  Paavolainen, Laura ^a   Kurkela, Timo ^a   Hallaksela, Anna Maija ^a   Hantula, Jarkko ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

DGGE; ITS; Prosthemium asterosporum; Prosthemium betulinum; RAMS; Species specific primer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001112908     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761558     Document Type: Article

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