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DNA-based identification of lichen-forming fungi: can publicly available sequence databases aid in lichen diversity inventories of Mount Cameroon (West Africa)?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2012

Elizabeth Ayuk OROCK ,
Steven D. LEAVITT ,
Beatrice Ambo FONGE ,
Larry L. ST. CLAIR  and
H. Thorsten LUMBSCH
Elizabeth Ayuk OROCK
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Buea, Cameroon, P. O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon
Steven D. LEAVITT*
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA. Email: sleavitt@fieldmuseum.org
Beatrice Ambo FONGE
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Buea, Cameroon, P. O. Box 63, Buea, Cameroon
Larry L. ST. CLAIR
Affiliation:
M. L. Bean Life Science Museum and Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
H. Thorsten LUMBSCH
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA. Email: sleavitt@fieldmuseum.org
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The Lichenologist , Volume 44 , Issue 6 , November 2012 , pp. 833 - 839
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