Sirolpidium bryopsidis, a parasite of green algae, is probably conspecific with Pontisma lagenidioides, a parasite of red algae.
Buaya AT, Scholz B, Thines M.
Buaya AT, et al. Among authors: thines m.
Fungal Syst Evol. 2021 Jun;7:223-231. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2021.07.11. Epub 2021 Mar 5.
Fungal Syst Evol. 2021.
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In either case, the apparently recent host jump from red to green algae is remarkable, as it opens the possibility for radiation in a largely divergent eukaryotic lineage. Citation: Buaya AT, Scholz B, Thines M (2021). Sirolpidium bryopsidis, a parasite of green alg …
In either case, the apparently recent host jump from red to green algae is remarkable, as it opens the possibility for radiation in a largel …