Chrysosporium speluncarum, a new species resembling Ajellomyces capsulatus, obtained from bat guano in caves of temperate Europe

Mycological Progress

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Nováková, Alena ^a   Kolařík, Miroslav ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chrysosporium chiropterorum; Czech Republic; Histoplasma capsulatum; Renispora flavissima; Romania; Slovakia; Tuberculate conidia

Indexed keywords

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM LOBATUM; FUNGI; ONYGENALES; POLYTOLYPA HYSTRICIS; RENISPORA FLAVISSIMA;

EID: 77952429850     PISSN: 1617416X     EISSN: 18618952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11557-009-0634-0     Document Type: Article

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