Fungi isolated from Antarctic mosses

@article{Tosi2001FungiIF,
  title={Fungi isolated from Antarctic mosses},
  author={Solveig Tosi and Bego{\~n}a Casado and Renato Gerdol and Giuseppe Caretta},
  journal={Polar Biology},
  year={2001},
  volume={25},
  pages={262-268}
}
Abstract. Microfungi were isolated from different moss species in Victoria Land. Twenty-eight taxa belonging to 18 genera were identified. New records for continental Antarctica were: Arthrobotrys superba, Conidiobolus sp., Penicillium minioluteum, Verticillium psalliotae and V. lamellicola. The most frequently isolated fungal species were: Cladosporium cladosporioides, Cryptococcus albidus, Cryptococcus laurentii, Geomyces pannorum var. pannorum, G. pannorum var. vinaceus, Mortierella… 
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