A new species of endophytic Balansia from Veracruz, Mexico

Mycologia

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1066-1070

  Lewis, Elizabeth A ^a   Bills, Gerald F ^b   Heredia, Gabriella ^c   Reyes, Manuela ^c   Arias, Rosa Maria ^c   White Jr , James F ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical affairs Merck sharp and Dohme ltd   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clavicipitaceae; Endophyte; Grass; Stromata; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

MEXICO; VERACRUZ STATE;

BALANSIA; BALANSIA ARISTIDAE; BALANSIA BRUNNANS; BALANSIA DISCOIDEA; BALANSIA GADUAE; BALANSIA NIGRICANS; BALANSIA STRANGULANS; CLAVICIPITACEAE; DICHANTHELIUM LAXIFLORUM; FUNGI; PANICUM; PANICUM XALAPENSE;

EID: 0036863897     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2003.11833162     Document Type: Article

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