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The oldest sequenced fungal herbarium sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2012

Oleksii REDCHENKO ,
Jan VONDRÁK  and
Jiří KOŠNAR
Oleksii REDCHENKO
Affiliation:
M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2 Tereshchenkivska Street, 01601 Kiev, Ukraine
Jan VONDRÁK*
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ–252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic and Department of Botany, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Email: j.vondrak@seznam.cz
Jiří KOŠNAR
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, CZ-370 05, Czech Republic
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The Lichenologist , Volume 44 , Issue 5 , September 2012 , pp. 715 - 718
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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2012

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