Saprotrophic cord-forming fungi: Meeting the challenge of heterogeneous environments

Mycologia

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-32

  Boddy, Lynne ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordinated activity; Foraging; Fractals; Morphology; Nutrient reallocation

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCETE; FUNGAL GROWTH; MICROBE METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; SAPROTROPHIC FUNGUS;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0032926308     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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