TRIASSIC FUNGUS FROM ANTARCTICA WITH POSSIBLE ASCOMYCETOUS AFFINITIES

Hyphae, sporocarps, and structures which appear to represent arthroconidia are described from silicified peat deposits of Triassic age from Antarctica. Sporocarps with a single ostiole possess a multilayered wall with internally produced aseptate appendages that ornament the sporocarp surface. The p...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:American Journal of Botany
Main Authors: White, James F., Taylor, Thomas N.
Other Authors: National Science Foundation
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1988
Subjects:
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1988.tb11223.x
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Summary:Hyphae, sporocarps, and structures which appear to represent arthroconidia are described from silicified peat deposits of Triassic age from Antarctica. Sporocarps with a single ostiole possess a multilayered wall with internally produced aseptate appendages that ornament the sporocarp surface. The primitive features exhibited by this fungus, together with previously described sporocarps, provide evidence for the existence of a group of fungi that may be ancestral to modern Ascomycotina.

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