Arbuscular mycorrhizal-like fungi in carboniferous arborescent lycopsids

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-314

  Krings, Michael ^a,b   Taylor, Thomas N ^b   Taylor, Edith L ^b   Dotzler, Nora ^a   Walker, Christopher ^c  

^a BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arborescent lycopsids; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Carboniferous; Coal swamp forest; Stigmaria

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; LETTER; LYCOPODIACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

FOSSILS; FUNGI; GREAT BRITAIN; LYCOPODIACEAE; MYCORRHIZAE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; STIGMARIA;

EID: 79959829495     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03752.x     Document Type: Letter

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