Combresomyces cornifer gen. sp. nov., an endophytic peronosporomycete in Lepidodendron from the Carboniferous of central France

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1107-1114

  Dotzler, Nora ^a   Krings, Michael ^a,b   Agerer, Reinhard ^a   Galtier, Jean ^c   Taylor, Thomas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Endophytism; Fossil fungi; Lycophyta; Oogonium; Paragynous antheridium; Periderm; Peronosporomycetes (Oomycetes); Visean

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; ENDOPHYTE; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; SECRETION; VISEAN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; FRANCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSS; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRYOPHYTA; FOSSILS; FRANCE; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LEPIDODENDRON; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; OOMYCETES; SPHERULES;

EID: 50649090458     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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