Comparison of three methods for extraction of spores of ectomycorrhizal fungi from mammal scats

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-51

  Gordon, Victoria ^a   Comport, Steven ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enumeration; Hypogeous; Mycophagist; Sporocarp

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZAL; EXTRACTION METHOD; SCAT; SPORE;

UROMYS CAUDIMACULATUS;

EID: 0031937919     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761010     Document Type: Article

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