Selectivity of photobiont choice in a defined lichen community: Inferences from cultural and molecular studies

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 709-720

  Beck, A ^a   Friedl, T ^b   Rambold, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

ITS ribosomal DNA; Lichens; Mycobionts; Photobiont choice; Photobionts

Indexed keywords

CANDELARIA CONCOLOR; CANDELARIELLA; DICTYOCHLOROPSIS SYMBIONTICA; LECANIA CYRTELLA; LECANIA NAEGELII; LECANORA; LECIDELLA ELAEOCHROMA; PHAEOPHYSCIA ORBICULARIS; PHYSCIA ADSCENDENS; PHYSCIA STELLARIS; PHYSCIETUM ADSCENDENTIS; TREBOUXIA ARBORICOLA; TREBOUXIA IMPRESSA; TREBOUXIA JAMESII; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 0031716671     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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