Disentangling the complex of Lichenothelia species from rock communities in the desert

Mycologia

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1233-1253

  Muggia, Lucia ^a,b   Kocourková, Jana ^b   Knudsen, Kerry ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black fungi; Cryptic speciation; Cultures; Morphology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DESERT; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; LICHEN; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK; MOJAVE DESERT; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CALCAREA; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; FUNGI; LICHENOTHELIACEAE;

ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

ASCOMYCOTA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84965085454     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/15-021     Document Type: Article

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