Stuck in time - A new Chaenothecopsis species with proliferating ascomata from Cunninghamia resin and its fossil ancestors in European amber

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 199-213

  Tuovila, Hanna ^a   Schmidt, Alexander R ^b   Beimforde, Christina ^b   Dörfelt, Heinrich ^c   Grabenhorst, Heinrich ^d   Rikkinen, Jouko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecology; Fossil fungi; Proliferating ascomata; Resin compounds; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHAENOTHECOPSIS; CUNNINGHAMIA; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; FUNGI;

EID: 84872463458     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-012-0210-9     Document Type: Article

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