New ultrastructural and physiological features of the thallus in Antarctic lichens

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-52

  Giełwanowska, Irena ^a,b   Olech, Maria ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctic lichens; Bryoria forsteri; Caloplaca regalis; Cetraria aculeata; Morphology; Ramalina terebrata; Sphaerophorus globosus; Ultrastructure; Usnea antarctica

Indexed keywords

BRYORIA FORSTERI; CALOPLACA; CETRARIA ACULEATA; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; LOBOSPHAERA; OLECH; RAMALINA; SPHAEROPHORUS GLOBOSUS; TREBOUXIA; USNEA; USNEA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84868105816     PISSN: 00015296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10182-012-0004-0     Document Type: Article

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