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Phylogenetic analyses of Podaxis specimens from Southern Africa reveal hidden diversity and new insights into associations with termites.
Fungal biology - 1 Sept 2016
Conlon Benjamin H, de Beer Z Wilhelm, De Fine Licht Henrik H, Aanen Duur K, Poulsen Michael
Abstract excerpt
Although frequently found on mounds of the grass-cutting termite genus Trinervitermes, virtually nothing is known about the natural history of the fungal genus Podaxis (Agaricaceae) nor why it associates with termite mounds. More than 40 species of this secotioid genus have been described since Linnaeus characterised the first species in 1771. However, taxonomic confusion arose when most of these species were...
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