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Cultivation of isidia and transplantation of adult thalli of Xanthoparmelia tinctina in an abandoned asbestos mine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2012

S. E. FAVERO-LONGO
Affiliation:
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy. Email: sergio.favero@unito.it Interdepartmental Centre “G. Scansetti” for Studies on Asbestos and Other Toxic Particulates, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
R. PIERVITTORI
Affiliation:
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy. Email: sergio.favero@unito.it Interdepartmental Centre “G. Scansetti” for Studies on Asbestos and Other Toxic Particulates, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2012

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