Racocetra beninensis from sub-Saharan savannas: A new species in the Glomeromycetes with ornamented spores

Mycotaxon

Volumn 110, Issue , 2009, Pages 199-209

  Tchabi, Atti ^a,b,c   Hountondji, Fabien ^a   Laouwin, Louis ^a   Coyne, Danny ^d,f   Oehl, Fritz ^e  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^e AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^f Carolyn House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Gigasporaceae; Scutellospora

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; FUNGI; GIGASPORACEAE; GLOMEROMYCETES; GLOMEROMYCOTA; SCUTELLOSPORA;

EID: 76649135484     PISSN: 00934666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5248/110.199     Document Type: Article

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