Observations on aspergilli in Santa Rosa national park, Costa Rica

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 81-100

  Polishook, Jon D ^a   Peláez, Fernando ^a   Platas, Gonzalo ^a   Asensio, Francisco J ^a   Bills, Gerald F ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Dry forests; ITS; Ribosomal large subunit; Sclerotia; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002676223     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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