Ultrastructural observations on the ascomata and ascospores of the truffle Mattirolomyces terfezioides

Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Healy, Rosanne A ^a,c   Kovács, Gábor M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cup fungi; Septal pore; Spore wall; Truffle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; HETEROGENEITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHRUB; SPORE; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MATTIROLOMYCES TIFFANYAE; PEZIZACEAE; PEZIZALES; TERFEZIA; TERFEZIA TERFEZIOIDES; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 76749096402     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B09-094     Document Type: Article

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