Dark septate endophytes (DSE) of the Phialocephala fortinii s.l. - Acephala applanata species complex in tree roots: Classification, population biology, and ecology

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1355-1369

  Grünig, Christoph R ^a   Queloz, Valentin ^a   Sieber, Thomas N ^a   Holdenrieder, Ottmar ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diversity; Host specificity; Mycorrhiza; Soil fungus; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DOMINANCE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MYCORRHIZA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ACEPHALA APPLANATA; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PHIALOCEPHALA FORTINII;

EID: 57549094475     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-108     Document Type: Review

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