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Comparative Ultrastructural Observations of Spore Wall Structure in Six Species of Echinostelium and Three Species of Eumycetozoa

E. F. HaskinsDepartment of Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington98195
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M. D. McGuinnessDepartment of Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington98195
Pages 613-618 | Accepted 10 Dec 1985, Published online: 12 Sep 2018

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