Fungal cannons: Explosive spore discharge in the Ascomycota

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-18

  Trail, Frances ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apothecium; Ascospore; Ascus; Perithecium; Turgor pressure

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIACEA; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOSPORE; ASEXUAL SPORE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SPORE; SHORT SURVEY; SPOROGENESIS; TURGOR PRESSURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 35448960381     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00900.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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