The obligately lichenicolous genus Lichenoconium represents a novel lineage in the Dothideomycetes

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-187

  Lawrey, James D ^a   Diederich, Paul ^b   Nelsen, Matthew P ^c,d   Sikaroodi, Masoumeh ^a   Gillevet, Patrick M ^a   Brand, A Maarten ^e   van den Boom, Pieter ^e  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSÉE NATIONAL D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anamorphic fungi; Coelomycetes; Conidial fungi; Mitosporic fungi

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LICHEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

FRANCE; NETHERLANDS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COELOMYCETES; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; LICHENOCONIUM;

EID: 79551686942     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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