Dispersal in a sterile lichen-forming fungus, Thamnolia subuliformis (Ascomycotina: Icmadophilaceae)

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 751-762

  Cassie, David M ^a,b   Piercey Normore, Michele D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Cangene Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group I intron; Hudson Bay Lowlands; ISSR; Lichen; Population subdivision; Sterile ascomycete

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FUNGUS; GENE FLOW; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LICHEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; STERILITY; TUNDRA;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ICMADOPHILACEAE; THAMNOLIA SUBULIFORMIS;

EID: 47649125791     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-032     Document Type: Article

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