A taxonomic revision of two dictyostelid species, Polysphondylium pallidum and P. album

Mycologia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Kawakami, Shin Ichi ^a   Hagiwara, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dictyostelid cellular slime molds; Mating; Polysphondylium album; Polysphondylium palli dum; Species complex; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; SLIME MOULD; TAXONOMY;

DICTYOSTELIIDA; POLYSPHONDYLIUM; POLYSPHONDYLIUM PALLIDUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYXOMYCETES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DICTYOSTELIIDA; GEOGRAPHY; SOIL; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 45149095338     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.100.1.111     Document Type: Article

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