Zygospores as evidence of sexual reproduction in the genus Orphella

Mycologia

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1335-1347

  Valle, Laia G ^a   Santamaria, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Harpellales; Kickxellales; Plecoptera; Systematics

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; ONTOGENY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOMYCETES;

SPORES, FUNGAL; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HARPELLALES; KICKXELLALES; ORPHELLA; ORPHELLA CATALAUNICA; ORPHELLA HAYSII; ORPHELLA HELICOSPORA; PLECOPTERA; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 33646567145     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 00275514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.97.6.1335     Document Type: Article

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