First record of a fungal "sporocarp" from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-227

  Krings, Michael ^a,b,d   Taylor, Thomas N ^d   Taylor, Edith L ^d   Kerp, Hans ^c   Dotzler, Nora ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil fungi; Hyphal investment; Morphology; Mycocarpon rhyniense; Zwergimyces vestitus; Zygomycetous fungi

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; DEVONIAN; FUNGUS; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NOMENCLATURE; PEAT; SPORE;

ANTARCTICA;

FUNGI;

EID: 84904057290     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-013-0135-7     Document Type: Article

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