Molecular phylogeny of Acremonium and its taxonomic implications

Mycologia

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-383

  Glenn, Anthony E ^a   Bacon, Charles W ^b   Price, Robert ^c   Hanlin, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavicipitaceae; endophytes; Epichloe; Hypocreales; Neotyphodium; rDNA

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ACREMONIUM ALTERNATUM; ASCOMYCOTA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; EPICHLOE; FUNGI; GLIOMASTIX; HYPOCREACEAE; HYPOCREALES; NEOTYPHODIUM; SORDARIALES;

EID: 0029742370     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3760878     Document Type: Article

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