The rare and fascinating devil's cigar, Chorioactis Geaster

Mycologist

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-35

  Rudy, K C ^a   Keller, Harold W ^b  

^a River Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apothecium; Ascomycete; Dehiscence; Disjunct; Distribution; Hymenial surface; Monotypic; Operculate; Paraphyses

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; CHORIOACTIS GEASTER;

EID: 1542708653     PISSN: 0269915X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-915X(96)80051-6     Document Type: Article

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