Microthia, Holocryphia and Ursicollum, three new genera on Eucalyptus and Coccoloba for fungi previously known as Cryphonectria

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2006, Pages 35-52

  Gryzenhout, Marieka ^a   Myburg, Henrietta ^a   Hodges, Charles S ^b   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryphonectria coccolobae; Cryphonectria eucalypti; Cryphonectria havanensis; Diaporthales; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

COCCOLOBA; COCCOLOBA UVIFERA; CRYPHONECTRIA; CRYPHONECTRIA EUCALYPTI; CRYPHONECTRIA HAVANENSIS; DIAPORTHALES; EPHEDRA DISTACHYA; EUCALYPTUS; FALLAX; FUNGI; MORELLA FAYA; MYRICACEAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 33747769011     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.55.1.35     Document Type: Article

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