Comparative taxonomy of desert truffles of the Australian outback and the African Kalahari

Mycological Progress

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-143

  Trappe, James M ^a,b   Kovács, Gábor M ^c   Claridge, Andrew W ^d,e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Basidiomycota; Pezizaceae; Sclerodermataceae; Tuberaceae

Indexed keywords

ARENIVAGA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; PEZIZACEAE; REDDELLOMYCES; SCLERODERMATACEAE; TERFEZIA; TUBER (TRUFFLE); TUBERACEAE;

EID: 77949318433     PISSN: 1617416X     EISSN: 18618952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11557-009-0612-6     Document Type: Article

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