Saprotrophy and lichenization as options for the same fungal species on different substrata: Environmental plasticity and fungal lifestyles in the Stictis-Conotrema complex

New Phytologist

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 459-465

  Wedin, Mats ^a   Döring, Heidi ^a   Gilenstam, Gunnar ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest succession; Ecological niches; Environmental plasticity; Fungi; Lichenization; Nutritional mode; Phylogenetic species recognition; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FUNGUS; LICHEN; PLASTICITY; SAPROTROPHY; SUCCESSION;

ASCOMYCOTA; CONOTREMA; FUNGI; OSTROPALES; STICTIDACEAE; STICTIS;

EID: 9244255861     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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