Ophiocordyceps pulvinata sp. nov., a pathogen of ants with a reduced stroma

Mycoscience

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Kepler, Ryan M ^a   Kaitsu, Yoshitaka ^b   Tanaka, Eiji ^d   Shimano, Satoshi ^c   Spatafora, Joseph W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Miyagi University of Education ^*  (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astipitate; Morphological plasticity; Multigene phylogeny; Ophiocordycipitaceae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYPOCREALES; TORRUBIELLA;

EID: 78651260406     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-010-0072-5     Document Type: Article

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