Molecular systematics of Clavicipitaceae supporting monophyly of genus Epichloe and form genus Ephelis

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 431-441

  Kuldau, Gretchen A ^a   Liu, Jih Shiou ^a,c   White Jr , James F ^b   Siegel, Malcolm R ^a   Schardl, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; Ascospore germination; Molecular systematics; Phylogenetics; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; ATKINSONELLA; BALANSIA; CLAVICEPS; CLAVICIPITACEAE; CORDYCEPS; DUSSIELLA; DUSSIELLA TUBERIFORMIS; EPHELIS; EPICHLOE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MYRIOGENOSPORA; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; POACEAE; SPHACELIA;

EID: 0030968812     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761037     Document Type: Article

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