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Trichoderma species associated with the green mold epidemic of commercially grown Agaricus bisporus

Gary J. Samuels
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Sarah L. Dodd United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Rm. 304, B-011A, BARC-W, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
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Walter Gams Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Lisa A. Castlebury United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Rm. 304, B-011A, BARC-W, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
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Orlando Petrini Tèra d'Sott 5, CH-6949 Comano, TI, Switzerland
Pages 146-170 | Accepted 01 Mar 2001, Published online: 31 Jan 2017

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