Host and geographic structure of endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 898-914

  U'Ren, Jana M ^a   Lutzoni, François ^b   Miadlikowska, Jolanta ^b   Laetsch, Alexander D ^a   Elizabeth Arnold, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Diversity; Endolichenic fungi; Endophytic fungi; Lichens; Plant fungal symbioses; Symbiotrophs

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LICHEN; MOSS; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; ENDOPHYTES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84860550454     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100459     Document Type: Article

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