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Paleoambrosia
Genus Paleoambrosia Poinar, F.E. Vega Fungal Biol., 122(12): 2 [1160]. 22 Aug 2018
- Name
- Paleoambrosia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Poinar G. O.
Vega F. E.
- Publication
- A mid-Cretaceous ambrosia fungus, Paleoambrosia entomophila gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Ascomycota: Ophiostomatales) in Burmese (Myanmar) amber, and evidence for a femoral mycangium [2018/8]
- Journal
- Fungal Biology
- Volume
- 122
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 2 [1160]
- Year
- 2018
- Parent Taxon
- [Regnum] Fungi
- Fossil Status
- thallus (mycelial)
- Type
- Paleoambrosia entomophila
- Diagnosis
- Mycelium septate, hyaline; conidiophores unbranched,
variable in length, one-celled, fuscous, 2.1e2.4 mminwidth,
bearing terminal spore clusters; conidia non-septate, straight, smooth,
fuscous, globose to obovoid, length 2.7e3.5 mm, width 2.1e2.7 mm,
borne in apical yellowish slime droplets. Yeast-like propagules,
length 2.5e4.2 mm, and hyphal fragments present in glandular sac
mycangia extending 118 mm in length and located in the femur.
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