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Polyporus s. str. in southern South America: mating tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2002

R. M. Borges da SILVEIRA
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 90046-900 Porto Alegre, RGS, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]
Jorge E. WRIGHT
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Abstract

Six species of the genus Polyporus s. str. from which monosporic cultures were obtained, were studied to investigate their sexual compatibility. All species tested have an heterothallic multifactorial tetrapolar system. Results of intraspecific matings indicated a certain reproductive isolation of the Argentine and Brazilian collections of P. tenuiculus. Interspecific matings confirmed the separation of the species P. ciliatus and P. tucumanensis, as well as P. dictyopus and P. melanopus. Di-mon matings allowed the separation of P. tenuiculus from P. philippinensis.

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Research Article
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© The British Mycological Society 2002

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