Cord-forming Palaeozoic fungi in terrestrial assemblages

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 452-460

  Smith, Martin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Basidiomycota; Dikarya; Fungal evolution; Higher fungi; Land colonization; Mycelial cords

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COLONIZATION; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

GOTLAND; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SCOTLAND; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MYCELIUM (GENUS);

EID: 84961200650     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12389     Document Type: Article

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