Life history strategies of corticolous myxomycetes: The life cycle, plasmodial types, fruiting bodies, and taxonomic orders

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 29, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-16

  Everhart, S E ^a   Keller, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticolous myxomycetes; Fruiting body; Life cycle; Plasmodia; R selected; Slime moulds; Tree canopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINOSTELIALES; MYXOGASTRIA; PERIDIUM;

EID: 47049110091     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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