A fungal community in plant tissue from the Lower Coal Measures (Langsettian, Lower Pennsylvanian) of Great Britain

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 679-690

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

^a BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Arborescentlycophyte; Carboniferous; Coalball; Fossilfungi; Hostresponse; Periderm; Peronosporomycetes

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL MEASURES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDOPHYTE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; ORNAMENTATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 78650838501     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1209     Document Type: Article

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