Guanophilic fungi in three caves of southwestern Puerto Rico

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-70

  Nieves Rivera, Ángel M ^a   Santos Flores, Carlos J ^b   Dugan, Frank M ^c   Miller, Thomas E ^b  

^a US Customs and Border Protection   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat guano; Biospeleology; Caribbean; Coprophilous fungi; West Indies

Indexed keywords

CAVE; FUNGUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SINKHOLE; SPELEOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CIRCINELLA UMBELLATA; COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; GANODERMA RESINACEUM; GEASTRUM; HYPOXYLON; IMPERATA CONTRACTA; LEPIOTA; MUCORALES; POLYPORUS; RAMARIA; SCOMBRIDAE; XYLARIA;

EID: 63249098837     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.38.1.7     Document Type: Article

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