A fossil peronosporomycete oogonium with an unusual surface ornament from the Carboniferous of France

Fungal Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 446-450

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Chert; Esnost (central France); Ornamented oogonium; Paragynous antheridium; Peronosporomycetes; Visean

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SWELLING;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FOSSIL; FRANCE; OOCYTE; OOMYCETES;

FOSSILS; FRANCE; OOGONIA; OOMYCETES;

FRANCE;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES;

EID: 77953489264     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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