The fossil record of the peronosporomycetes (Oomycota)

Mycologia

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-457

  Krings, Michael ^a   Taylor, Thomas N ^b   Dotzler, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antheridium; Carboniferous; Chert; Coal ball; Devonian; Fossil water mold; Oogonium

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; ENDOPHYTE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PROTIST; VASCULAR PLANT;

FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; OOMYCETES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

BROWN ALGA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FERN; FOSSIL; OOMYCETES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FERNS; FOSSILS; OOMYCETES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHAEOPHYTA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 80052346608     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/10-278     Document Type: Article

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