Thallus development and the systematics of Chytridiomycota: An additional developmental pattern represented by Podochytrium

Mycotaxon

Volumn 97, Issue , 2006, Pages 91-109

  Blackwell, Will H ^a   Letcher, Peter M ^a   Powell, Martha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apophysis; Bipolar growth; Prosporangium; Sporangium; Zoospore cyst

Indexed keywords

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PODOCHYTRIUM;

EID: 33846426418     PISSN: 00934666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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