A new endophytic species of Preussia (Sporormiaceae) inferred from morphological observations and molecular phylogenetic analysis

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 25, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-17

  Arenal, Francisco ^a   Platas, Gonzalo ^b   Peláez, Fernando ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b Medical affairs Merck sharp and Dohme ltd   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Bayesian analysis; Elongation factor; ITS; LSU; Maximum likelihood; Phylogeny; rDNA; Spain; Sporormiaceae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; PREUSSIA AFRICANA; PREUSSIA AUSTRALIS; PREUSSIA SIMILIS; SPORORMIACEAE;

EID: 38049123467     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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