Mycology: A neglected megascience

Applied Mycology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-16

  Hawksworth, David L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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