Molecular sequence data assess the value of morphological characteristics for a phylogenetic classification of species of Cintractia

Mycologia

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 485-498

  Piepenbring, Meike ^a   Begerow, Dominik ^a   Oberwinkler, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gymnocintractia; Leucocintractia; LSU rDNA; Molecular phylogeny; Phenetic continuum; Stegocintractia; Tolyposporium; Ustilaginales

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

CINTRACTIA; GYMNOCINTRACTIA; LEUCOCINTRACTIA; STEGOCINTRACTIA; TOLYPOSPORIUM;

EID: 0032988036     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761349     Document Type: Article

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