Novel endophytic lineages of Tolypocladium provide new insights into the ecology and evolution of Cordyceps-like fungi

Mycologia

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1090-1105

  Gazis, Romina ^a   Skaltsas, Demetra ^b   Chaverri, Priscila ^b,c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Entomopathogens; Hevea; Inter kingdom host jump; Sapwood; Species concept; Species delimitation

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENDOPHYTE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RUBBER; TROPICAL REGION;

CORDYCEPS; FUNGI; HEVEA; TOLYPOCLADIUM;

CLASSIFICATION; CORDYCEPS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ENDOPHYTE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; HEVEA; HOST RANGE; HYPOCREALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CORDYCEPS; ECOLOGY; ENDOPHYTES; HEVEA; HOST SPECIFICITY; HYPOCREALES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84915819809     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/13-346     Document Type: Article

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