Pandora's mycological box: Molecular sequences vs. morphology in understanding fungal relationships and biodiversity

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 127-133

  Hawksworth, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MycoNova   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Fruit bodies; Fungi; Genomics; Lichens; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOMICS; GENUS; HUMAN; LICHEN; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; MOULD; MYCOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PNEUMONIA; SPOROCARP; TAXONOMY;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; OOMYCETES; PANDORA (ZYGOMYCETE);

EID: 33750953455     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(06)70031-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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