Fungal assemblage and leaf litter decomposition in riparian tree holes and in a coastal stream of the south-west India

Mycology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-124

  Sridhar, Kandikere R ^a   Karamchand, Kishore S ^a   Seena, Sahadevan ^b  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

aquatic hyphomycetes; coastal stream; decomposition; ergosterol; leaf litter; tree holes

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLOSPORA LONGISSIMA; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FLAGELLOSPORA CURVULA; HYPHOMYCETES; LUNULOSPORA CURVULA; TRISCELOPHORUS;

EID: 84884350807     PISSN: 21501203     EISSN: 21501211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2013.825657     Document Type: Article

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