Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data

Mycological Research

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 873-884

  Blanco, Oscar ^a   Crespo, Ana ^a   Divakar, Pradeep K ^a   Esslinger, Theodore L ^b   Hawksworth, David L ^a   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LICHEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MELANELIA; MELANELIA DISJUNCTA; MELANELIA EXASPERATA; MELANELIA GLABRA; MELANELIA STYGIA; MELANELIXIA; MELANOHALEA; NEOFUSCELIA; PARMELIACEAE; PLEUROSTICTA; XANTHOPARMELIA;

EID: 4544227012     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000723     Document Type: Article

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