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Kenichi Nonaka1, Satoshi Omura, Rokuro Masuma

  • 1Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.

Mycologia
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Keywords:
multigene phylogenyoceanic islandssoil-inhabiting fungisubtropicstaxonomy

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