Orchids keep the ascomycetes outside: A highly diverse group of ascomycetes colonizing the velamen of epiphytic orchids from a tropical mountain rainforest in Southern Ecuador

Mycology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 262-268

  Herrera, Paulo ^a   Suárez, Juan Pablo ^a   Kottke, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; Epiphytic orchids; Helotiales; Tropical mountain rain forest; Velamen

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HELOTIALES; ORCHIDACEAE; PLEUROTHALLIS; STELIS (ANGIOSPERM); VELAMEN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958712966     PISSN: 21501203     EISSN: 21501211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2010.526645     Document Type: Article

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