Eremithallus costaricensis (Ascomycota: Lichinomycetes: Eremothallales), a new fungal lineage with a novel lichen symbiotic lifestyle discovered in an urban relict forest in Costa Rica

Symbiosis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-170

  Lücking, Robert ^a   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^a   Di Stéfano, José F ^b   Lizano, Daniela ^b   Carranza, Julieta ^b   Bernecker, Andrea ^b   Chaves, José Luis ^c   Umaña, Loengrin ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Conservation; Hermit crab; Leotiomycetes; Lichenization; Lichinomycetes; Luis fournier; Ostropales; Phaeographis; Propolidium; Trentepohlia

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FUNGUS; LICHEN; RELICT COMMUNITY; SYMBIOSIS; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI; LECANOROMYCETES; LEOTIOMYCETES; LICHINALES; LICHINOMYCETES; OSTROPALES; PHAEOGRAPHIS; TRENTEPOHLIA;

EID: 47349126831     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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