Choosing one name for pleomorphic fungi: The example of Aspergillus versus Eurotium, Neosartorya and Emericella

Taxon

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 593-601

  Taylor, John W ^a   Göker, Markus ^b   Pitt, John I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anamorph; Generic concept; One fungus one name; Phylogeny; Pleomorphic fungi; Taxonomy; Teleomorph

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RANKING; TAXONOMY;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA; EUROTIALES; EUROTIUM; FUNGI; NEOSARTORYA; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 84977488777     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: 19968175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12705/653.10     Document Type: Article

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