Assessing clonality and chemotype monophyly in Thamnolia (Icmadophilaceae)

Bryologist

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-53

  Nelsen, Matthew P ^a   Gargas, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Symbiology LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Clonal; Incomplete lineage sorting; Recombination; Secondary metabolites; Thamnolia

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ICMADOPHILACEAE; THAMNOLIA; THAMNOLIA VERMICULARIS;

EID: 61849155173     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.42     Document Type: Article

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