Ascospore ontogeny and discharge in megalosporous Trypetheliaceae and Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Dothideomycetes and Lecanoromycetes) suggest phylogenetic relationships and ecological constraints

Lichenologist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-296

  Sweetwood, Garrett ^a,b   Lücking, Robert ^b   Nelsen, Matthew P ^b,c   Aptroot, André ^d  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d ABL HERBARIUM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aptrootia robusta; Bathelium tuberculosum; Laurera megasperma; Laurera phaeomelodes; lichens; Trypethelium eluteriae

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; GRAPHIDACEAE; LECANOROMYCETES; LUCKING; OCELLULARIA; TERRICOLA; TRYPETHELIACEAE; TRYPETHELIUM;

EID: 84857004414     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000740     Document Type: Article

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