Morphological Plasticity and Abundance Patterns of Arrhenia antarctica in the South Shetland Islands: Implications for Fungal Ecology in a Warming Antarctica

• Published in: Diversity (Basel) Vol. 17; no. 7; p. 489
• Main Authors: Bertazzo-Silva, Fernando Augusto, Putzke, Jair, Meira, João Lindolfo, Putzke, Marisa Terezinha Lopes, Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2025
• Subjects: Adaptation; Antarctic fungi; Basidiomes; Biodiversity; Climate change; Climatic changes; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental factors; extreme environments; Field study; Fungi; Growth patterns; Islands; Morphology; Mushrooms; Parasites; Physical characteristics; polar; Taxonomy; Brazil; United Kingdom; Antarctica; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands

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