Fungi in a Psaronius root mantle from the Rotliegend (Asselian, Lower Permian/Cisuralian) of Thuringia, Germany

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 239, Issue , 2017, Pages 14-30

  Krings, Michael ^a,b   Harper, Carla J ^a,b   White, James F ^c   Barthel, Manfred ^d   Heinrichs, Jochen ^a   Taylor, Edith L ^b   Taylor, Thomas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clamp connection; Hypha; Manebach Formation; Marattiales; Parasitism; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

FERN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PARASITISM; PEAT; PENNSYLVANIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; ROTLIEGENDES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GERMANY; THURINGIA;

FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; MARATTIALES;

EID: 85009840529     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.12.004     Document Type: Article

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