Fungal decay in Permian Glossopteridalean stem and root wood from Antarctica

IAWA Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-48

  Harper, Carla J ^a,b   Decombeix, Anne Laure ^b,c   Taylor, Edith L ^b,d   Taylor, Thomas N ^b,e   Krings, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Australoxylon; Basidiomycota; degradation pattern; Glossopteridales; Skaar Ridge; Vertebraria; white pocket rot

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009854050     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-20170155     Document Type: Article

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