A mantled fungal reproductive unit from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert that demonstrates Carboniferous "sporocarp" morphology and development

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-205

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fungal "sporocarp"; Glomeromycota; Hyphal investment; Mycocarpon; Zwergimyces; Zygomycetous fungi

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CHERT; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

ABERDEENSHIRE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84905843030     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0423     Document Type: Article

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