Margaretbarromyces dictyosporus gen. sp. nov.: a permineralized corticolous ascomycete from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Mycological Research

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 680-684

  Mindell, Randal A ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Beard, Graham ^b   Currah, Randolph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Island Paleontology Museum   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Fossil Fungi; Loculoascomycetes; Palaeomycology; Pleosporales

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CANADA; FOSSIL; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FOSSILS; SEEDS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; LOCULOASCOMYCETES; PLEOSPORALES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 34447509249     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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