Fungal Proliferation at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5663, 2004, Pages 1489-

  Vajda, Vivi ^a   McLoughlin, Stephen ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FUNGUS; TERTIARY;

ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY;

COAL; FERNS; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYPHAE; MINING; NEW ZEALAND; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; POLLEN; SPORES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TIME;

FUNGI;

EID: 1542377435     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1093807     Document Type: Article

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10. We thank I. Raine for collaboration in the field and for comments; F. Asaro for geochemical analyses; and E. Anders, A. Ocampo, R. Spicer, W. Elsik, and R. Tremain for comments and technical assistance. R. Boyd and C. Hollis assisted in the field. Supported by the Swedish research council, Crafoords Foundation grant 20020547, and Carl Tryggers Foundation grant CTS-02:301 (V.V.).