Molecular approaches to assessing fungal diversity in the natural environment

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-17

  Liew, Edward C Y ^a   Guo, Liang Dong ^a   Ranghoo, V Mala ^a   Goh, Teik Khiang ^a   Hyde, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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