Drought meets acid: three new genera in a dothidealean clade of extremotolerant fungi

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-20

  Selbmann, L ^a   de Hoog, G S ^b,c   Zucconi, L ^a   Isola, D ^a   Ruisi, S ^a   Gerrits van den Ende, A H G ^b   Ruibal, C ^b   De Leo, F ^d   Urzì, C ^d   Onofri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidophilic fungi; Antarctica; Black fungi; Extremotolerance; Halophilic fungi; ITS; Lichens; Phylogeny; Rock inhabiting fungi; SSU; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACIDOMYCES; DOTHIDEALES; FUNGI; HORTAEA WERNECKII; MIRABILIS; MYCOSPHAERELLA; SCYTALIDIUM ACIDOPHILUM;

EID: 59249085233     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2008.61.01     Document Type: Article

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