Green-algal photobiont diversity (Trebouxia spp.) in representatives of Teloschistaceae (Lecanoromycetes, lichen-forming ascomycetes)

Lichenologist

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-212

  Nyati, Shyam ^a,b   Scherrer, Sandra ^a,c   Werth, Silke ^d   Honegger, Rosmarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Natural History Museum Winterthur   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Asterochloris; Josefpoeltia parva; nrITS; rbcL; Teloschistes; Xanthomendoza; Xanthoria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889672722     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282913000819     Document Type: Article

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