An enigmatic fossil fungus from the 410 Ma Rhynie chert that Resembles macrochytrium (Chytridiomycota) and Blastocladiella (Blastocladiomycota)

Mycologia

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 303-312

  Krings, Michael ^a,b   Taylor, Thomas N ^b   Martin, Helmut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar thallus; Discharge papilla; Operculum; Rhizoidal system; Saprotrophism; Sporangium

Indexed keywords

CHERT; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; RHIZOME; SAPROTROPHY;

BLASTOCLADIELLA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

BLASTOCLADIOMYCOTA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FOSSIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BLASTOCLADIOMYCOTA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FOSSILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84974627330     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/15-224     Document Type: Article

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