Three reasons to re-evaluate fungal diversity 'on Earth and in the ocean'

Fungal Biology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 159-164

  Bass, David ^a   Richards, Thomas A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

454 Sequencing; Archaeorhizomycetes; Cryptomycota; Fungal diversity; Number of species

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 82455212877     PISSN: 17494613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2011.10.003     Document Type: Review

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