Mushroom's spore size and time of fruiting are strongly related: Is moisture important?

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-276

  Kauserud, Håvard ^a   Heegaard, Einar ^c   Halvorsen, Rune ^b   Boddy, Lynne ^d   Høiland, Klaus ^a   Chr Stenseth, Nils ^b  

^a Microbial Evolution Research Group (MERG)   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruiting; Fruiting body; Fungi; Phenology; Spore; Spore size

Indexed keywords

FRUITING; GERMINATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSHROOM; PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SELECTION; SPORE; WATER STORAGE;

NORWAY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 79954512663     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0820     Document Type: Article

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