Unexpected diversity of basidiomycetous endophytes in sapwood and leaves of Hevea

Mycologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 284-297

  Martin, Rachael ^a   Gazis, Romina ^a   Skaltsas, Demetra ^b   Chaverri, Priscila ^b,c   Hibbett, David ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Natural rubber; Polyporales; Tropical fungi; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; RUBBER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILD POPULATION;

AGARICALES; APHYLLOPHORALES; AURICULARIALES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BJERKANDERA; CANTHARELLALES; CERIPORIA; COPRINELLUS; FUNGI; HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOCHAETALES; OTUS; PENIOPHORA; PHANEROCHAETE; PHLEBIA; RIGIDOPORUS; SEPTOBASIDIALES; SEPTOBASIDIUM; STEREUM; TINCTOPORELLUS; TRAMETES; TREMELLALES;

BASIDIOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOPHYTE; GENETICS; HEVEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; WOOD;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; ENDOPHYTES; HEVEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; WOOD;

EID: 84938910624     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/14-206     Document Type: Article

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