Globicultrix nugax nov. gen. et nov. spec. (Chytridiomycota), an intrusive microfungus in fungal spores from the rhynie chert

Zitteliana Reihe A: Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie

Volumn 48-49, Issue , 2008, Pages 165-170

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

^a BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apophysis; Chydridiomycota; Early devonian; Fossil fungi; Rhynie chert; Zoosporangium

Indexed keywords

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84860592392     PISSN: 1612412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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