'Sporidesmium' lichenicola sp. nov., a new lichenicolous fungus on Leptogium from Venezuela

Mycologia

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 392-396

  Iturriaga, Teresa ^a   Hawksworth, David L ^b,c   Crane, J Leland ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anamorphic ascomycetes; Conidial fungi; Dematiaceous hyphomycete; Lichens; Tropical fungi

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; LICHEN; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

GUARAMACAL NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; LEPTOGIUM; SPORIDESMIUM;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; VENEZUELA;

ASCOMYCOTA; PLANTS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 52649133263     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/06-166R     Document Type: Article

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