Fungi associated with Glossopteris (Glossopteridales) leaves from the Permian of Antarctica : A preliminary report

• Main Authors: Harper, Carla J., Taylor, Thomas N., Krings, Michael, Tayor, Edith L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2015
• Subjects: Collinson Ridge, Gondwana, late Paleozoic, permineralization, polar forest, saprotrophism, Skaar Ridge; Collinson Ridge, Gondwana, Jungpaläozoikum, Permineralisation, polare Wälder, Saprotrophismus, Skaar Ridge; 560; Antarctic; Glossopteris; Skaar Ridge; Collinson Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarktis*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5282/ubm/epub.26937; https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/26937

Fungi today occur on virtually every plant part, living and dead, and represent a significant proportion of fungal diversity. Arborescent seed ferns characterized by large, tongue-shaped leaves with reticulate venation (Glossopteris) represent the dominant floral element in the Permian of Gondwana....