A possible endoparasitic Chytridiomycete fungus from the perman of Antarctica

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Garcia Massini J L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycetes; Endoparasitic fungi; Fossil fungi; Synchytrium

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; ENDOPARASITE; EOCENE; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; LIFE CYCLE; NEW SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERMIAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHYTRIDIALES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; SYNCHYTRIACEAE; SYNCHYTRIUM;

EID: 38049156432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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