Fossil ectomycorrhizae from the middle Eocene

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 410-412

  Lepage, Ben A ^a,c   Currah, Randolph S ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Rothwell, Gar W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allenby Formation; ectomycorrhizae; Eocene; fossil fungi; Pinus; Princeton chert; Rhizopogan; Suillus

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZAE; EOCENE; FUNGUS;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0030620412     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446014     Document Type: Article

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