Freshwater ascomycetes: Alascospora evergladensis, a new genus and species from the Florida Everglades

Mycologia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-38

  Raja, Huzefa A ^a   Violi, Helen A ^b   Shearer, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Herbaceous; Nymphaea odorata; Saprophyte; Systematics

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHOSPHORUS; TAXONOMY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; FUNGI; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA ODORATA; PERIDIUM; PLEOSPORALES;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPHAEA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NYMPHAEA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 77950344722     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/09-096     Document Type: Article

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