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Acidophilic and acid-tolerant fungi and yeasts

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Fungi have not been systematically studied from mines and mine drainage waters, even though they are often encountered there. This paper provides a key from literature sources and lists morphological characteristics and habitat information for the 81 fungal species that have been collected or identified in pH <4 environments.

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Gross, S., Robbins, E.I. Acidophilic and acid-tolerant fungi and yeasts. Hydrobiologia 433, 91–109 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004014603333

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