Water distribution within terricolous lichens revealed by scanning electron microscopy and its relevance in soil crust ecology

Mycological Research

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1367-1374

  Souza Egipsy, Virginia ^a,c   Ascaso, Carmen ^a   Sancho, Leopoldo G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; INFILTRATION; LICHEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL CRUST;

DIPLOSCHISTES DIACAPSIS; FUNGI; SQUAMARINA LENTIGERA;

EID: 0036867944     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756202006731     Document Type: Article

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