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

• Main Author: Harper, Carla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Collinson Ridge; Gondwana; Late Paleozoic; Permineralization; Polar forest; Saprotrophism; Skaar Ridge; Smart & Sustainable Planet; ANTARCTICA; FOSSIL; FOSSIL LEAVES; Fossil Fungi; Fossils; PERMIAN; Antarctic; Glossopteris; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/96281; http://people.tcd.ie/charper; https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/26937/1/zitteliana_2015_55_06.pdf

PUBLISHED 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...