Homortomyces gen. nov., a new dothidealean pycnidial fungus from the Cradle of Humankind

IMA Fungus

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-115

  Crous, Pedro W ^a,b   Groenewald, Johannes Z ^a,b   Lombard, Lorenzo ^a,b   Wingfield, Michael J ^b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

coelomycetes; Combretum; Dothideomycetes; ITS; LSU; Stilbospora; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015546360     PISSN: 22106340     EISSN: 22106359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.02.02     Document Type: Article

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