Taxonomic affinities of dark septate root endophytes of Colobanthus quitensis and Deschampsia antarctica, the two native Antarctic vascular plant species

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 184-196

  Upson, R ^a,b   Newsham, K K ^b   Bridge, P D ^b   Pearce, D A ^b   Read, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dark septate endophyte (DSE); Helotiales; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region; Leptodontidium orchidicola; Mollisia; Rhizoscyphus ericae

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; HELOTIALES; LEPTODONTIDIUM ORCHIDICOLA; MOLLISIA; RHIZOSCYPHUS ERICAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 68849115289     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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