TRIASSIC FUNGUS FROM ANTARCTICA WITH POSSIBLE ASCOMYCETOUS AFFINITIES

• 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; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fj.1537-2197.1988.tb11223.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1988.tb11223.x; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/chorus/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fj.1537-2197.1988.tb11223.x

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.