DNA Sequence Analyses Reveal Abundant Diversity, Endemism and Evidence for Asian Origin of the Porcini Mushrooms

Bang Feng; Jianping Xu; Gang Wu; Md. Iqbal Hosen; Nian-Kai Zeng; Yan-Chun Li; Bau Tolgor; Gerhard W. Kost; Zhu L. Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037567

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DNA Sequence Analyses Reveal Abundant Diversity, Endemism and Evidence for Asian Origin of the Porcini Mushrooms

Bang Feng,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Jianping Xu,

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Gang Wu,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Md. Iqbal Hosen,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Nian-Kai Zeng,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Yan-Chun Li,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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Bau Tolgor,

Affiliation Institute of Mycology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China
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Gerhard W. Kost,

Affiliation Systematic Botany & Mycology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Zhu L. Yang

* E-mail: fungiamanita@gmail.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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DNA Sequence Analyses Reveal Abundant Diversity, Endemism and Evidence for Asian Origin of the Porcini Mushrooms

Bang Feng,
Jianping Xu,
Gang Wu,
Md. Iqbal Hosen,
Nian-Kai Zeng,
Yan-Chun Li,
Bau Tolgor,
Gerhard W. Kost,
Zhu L. Yang

Published: May 18, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037567

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