Fungal biodiversity: Distribution, conservation and prospecting of fungi from India

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-71

  Manoharachary, C ^a   Sridhar, K ^b   Singh, Reena ^c   Adholeya, Alok ^c   Suryanarayanan, T S ^d   Rawat, Seema ^e   Johri, B N ^e  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^d VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE   (India)

^e G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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