Miscellaneous contributions to the anatomy and molecular phylogeny of tropical African resupinate Thelephorales [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Nourou Soulemane Yorou

Miscellaneous Contributions to the Anatomy and Molecular Phylogeny of tropical African resupinate Thelephorales Dissertation Zur Erlangung des Doktorsgrades der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) Der Fakultät für Biologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Vorgelegt von Nourou SOULEMANE YOROU München, February 2008 Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 26. Februar 2008 Erstgutachter und Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Agerer Zweitgutachter: PD. Dr. Peter Döbbeler To my wife Alice YOLLOU YOROU who endured a 3-year period of physical separation. To my daughter Astride Magnoutewa Dolorès whose early childhood I very much missed. Acknowledgments The current project would have neither started nor successfully been completed without the constant financial support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). My DAAD contact people, e.g. Mrs. Leistritz and Mrs. Basu (from 2006 on), played paramount liaison roles during countless exchanges with the DAAD. I would like to express my sincere thanks to both contact persons. My special thanks go to Dr. Roland Weiß, the present chief of the Subdivision 413 Africa/Sub-Sahara and my scholarship donor DAAD.