Molecular identification of species of the genus Agaricus. Why should we look at morphology?

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Wasser, Solomon P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b M G KHOLODNY INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS; ARTICLE; CULTIVATED SPECIES; EVALUATION; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN;

AGARICUS;

EID: 34147154943     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v9.i1.110     Document Type: Article

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