Structure and in situ development of the microlichen Gyalectidium paolae (Gomphillaceae, Ascomycota), an overlooked colonist on palm leaves in southwest Florida

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1403-1412

  Sanders, William B ^a   De Los Ríos, Asunción ^b  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diahyphae; Foliicolous lichen; Hyphophore

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGUS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LICHEN; PROPAGULE; SURFACE LAYER; SYMBIONT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; GOMPHILLACEAE; GYALECTIDIUM;

ARECACEAE; ASCOMYCETES; CYTOLOGY; FLORIDA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARECACEAE; ASCOMYCOTA; FLORIDA; LICHENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT LEAVES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84942284183     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500202     Document Type: Article

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