Plant Diversity ›› 1992, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (04): 1-3.

• Articles •    

ENDEMIC HIGHER FUNGI WITH A NOTE ON CHINA AND ADJACENT AREAS

ZANG Mu   

  1. Cryptogamic Herbarium, Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Kunming 650204
  • Online:1992-08-25 Published:1992-08-25

Abstract: The term endemic means occurring nowhere else, fungi can be endemic to geographic regions on a variety of spatial scales and at different taxonomic levels. A certain genera or species in specified mountainous landscaps with isoleted valleys, nearby deserts, arid habitats or isolation produced as an island formed distantly from mainland, of which the en-demics are members.

Key words: Endemic fungi