New species of lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes from a rainforest canopy in southern Venezuela

Lichenologist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-235

  Komposch, Harald ^a   Aptroot, André ^b   Hafellner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lichens; Non lichenized ascomycetes; Rainforest canopy; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANCISTROSPORELLA CURVATA; ANCISTROSPORELLA PSOROMICA; ARTHOPYRENIACEAE; ASCOMYCOTA; MYCOMICROTHELIA MACROCARPA; MYCOMICROTHELIA XANTHONICA; OPEGRAPHA; OPEGRAPHA CURVATA; PSEUDOPYRENULA CRYPTOTHECA; ROCCELLACEAE; TRYPETHELIACEAE;

EID: 1442291193     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lich.2002.0391     Document Type: Article

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