AuthorWainwright, M.
Year1987
TitleCan fungi grow on ’fresh air’?
TypePaper
SourceMycologist Vol 01 (4): 182-183.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Apparently so! Many fungi can grow on nitrogen-deficient media by scavenging traces of ammonia from the atmosphere so similar mechanisms probably exist utilising traces of volatile carbon compounds.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentFUNGItrue fungi
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