Deciphering interfungal relationships in the 410-million-yr-old Rhynie chert: Morphology and development of vesicle-colonizing microfungi

Geobios

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 9-22

  Harper, Carla J ^a,b   Krings, Michael ^a,b   Dotzler, Nora ^a   Taylor, Edith L ^b   Taylor, Thomas N ^b  

^a BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomeromycotina; Mycoparasitism; Ontogeny; Peronosporomycetes; Reproductive biology; Saprotrophism

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CHERT; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES;

EID: 85012939270     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2016.11.003     Document Type: Article

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