Convergent origins of ambrosia fungi

Mycologia

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 596-601

  Cassar, Steven ^a,b   Blackwell, Meredith ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosiella; ascomycetes; asexual fungi; Microascales; nonmonophyly; Ophiostomatales; small subunit ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIELLA GNATHOTRICHI; AMBROSIELLA HARTIGII; AMBROSIELLA IPS; AMBROSIELLA MACROSPORA; AMBROSIELLA SULCATI; AMBROSIELLA SULFUREA; AMBROSIELLA XYLEBORI; ASCOMYCOTA; CERATOCYSTIS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; INSECTA; IPS; MACROSPORA; MICROASCALES; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMATALES;

EID: 0030443039     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761153     Document Type: Article

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