New 1F1N Species Combinations in Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales)

Joseph W Spatafora1, C Alisha Quandt2, Ryan M Kepler3

  • 1Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA;

IMA Fungus
|January 7, 2016
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