Evidence for a fungal affinity for Nematasketum, a close ally of Prototaxites

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Edwards, Dianne ^a   Axe, Lindsey ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banded tubes; Basidiomycota; Cords; Hepatics; Rhizomorphs

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; LIVERWORT; NEW SPECIES; PERIPHERAL REGION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIMEN BANK; VEGETATION TYPE;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN;

EID: 83255162167     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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