Fossil Mycorrhizae: A Case for Symbiosis

Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae are significant in the physiology and ecology of extant vascular plants, and they may also have played a major role in the origin of the vascular land flora. The case for fossil vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae rests upon hyphae and chlamydospore-like bodies in sever...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Stubblefield, Sara P., Taylor, T. N., Trappe, James M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1987
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
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Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.237.4810.59
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.237.4810.59
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Summary:Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae are significant in the physiology and ecology of extant vascular plants, and they may also have played a major role in the origin of the vascular land flora. The case for fossil vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae rests upon hyphae and chlamydospore-like bodies in several Paleozoic taxa, but fossil arbuscles are unknown to date. Specimens from the Triassic of Antarctica represent the first known occurrence of arbuscles in the fossil record.

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