Organization, anatomy, and fungal endophytes of a Triassic conifer embryo

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1873-1883

  Schwendemann, Andrew B ^a   Taylor, Thomas N ^a   Taylor, Edith L ^a   Krings, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combresomyces cornifer; Fossil fungi; Fremouw Peak; Mycocarpon asterineum; Parasciadopitys aequata; Triassic; Voltziales

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMBRYO; ENDOPHYTE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS; GAMETOPHYTE; LIGHT EFFECT; MESOZOIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; VOLTZIALES;

EID: 78249240881     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000194     Document Type: Article

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