The Ophiostoma piceae complex in the Southern Hemisphere: A phylogenetic study

Mycological Research

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-476

  De Beer, Z Wilhelm ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; OPHIOSTOMA FLOCCOSUM; OPHIOSTOMA PICEAE; OPHIOSTOMA QUERCUS; PINUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0037534968     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756203007445     Document Type: Article

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