Zwergimyces vestitus (Kidston et W.H. Lang) nov. comb., a fungal reproductive unit enveloped in a hyphal mantle from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-19

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil microfungi; Glomeromycota; Hyphal investment; Palaeomyces; Zygomycetous fungi

Indexed keywords

CHERT; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PALEOBOTANY; SPORE;

ABERDEENSHIRE; RHYNIE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA;

EID: 84871990066     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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