An unusual microfungus in a fungal spore from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 753-759

  Krings, Michael ^a,b   Dotzler, Nora ^a   Longcore, Joyce E ^c   Taylor, Thomas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catenulate swellings; Early Devonian fungi; Fossil fungi; Fungal spore; Interfungal association; Kryphiomyces catenulatus; Mycelium; Rhynie

Indexed keywords

CHERT; DEVONIAN; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPORE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HYPHOCHYTRIOMYCETES; MYCELIUM (GENUS);

EID: 77955142502     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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