An isolated lichenicolous fungus forms lichenoid structures when co-cultured with various coccoid algae

Symbiosis

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 127-136

  Brunauer, Georg ^a   Blaha, Juliane ^b   Hager, Armin ^a   Türk, Roman ^a   Stocker Wörgötter, Elfie ^a   Grube, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endolichenic fungi; Lichenoid associations; Lichens; Phototropic hyphae; rDNA; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FUNGUS; LICHEN; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; COCCOIDEA; FUNGI; LECANORA RUPICOLA;

EID: 34347356308     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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