Fungal endophytes associated with the mistletoe Phoradendron perrottettii and its host tree Tapirira guianensis

Mycological Progress

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-566

  de Abreu, L M ^a   Almeida, A R ^a   Salgado, M ^a   Pfenning, L H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Brazilian savannah; Colonization patterns; Fungal diversity; Paraconiothyrium

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; LECANICILLIUM; LECANICILLIUM PSALLIOTAE; MYCOTA; PARACONIOTHYRIUM; PARACONIOTHYRIUM BRASILIENSE; PHOMOPSIS; PHORADENDRON; PSEUDOCERCOSPORA; STAGONOSPORA; TAPIRIRA GUIANENSIS; VERTICILLIUM LEPTOBACTRUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 77958482554     PISSN: 1617416X     EISSN: 18618952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11557-010-0663-8     Document Type: Article

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