New fossils of ascomycetous anamorphic fungi from Baltic amber

Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Fungal BiologyAuthor(s): Marta Tischer, Michał Gorczak, Błażej Bojarski, Julia Pawłowska, Christel Hoffeins, Hans Werner Hoffeins, Marta WrzosekAbstractThree new fossils of saprotrophic fungi are presented and described from Baltic amber, dated to Eocene epoch (Paleogene, upper to mid-Eocene). All belong to Ascomycota and are represented by hyphae as well as asexual reproduction structures allowing to assign them to present genera, respectively Periconia, Penicillium and Scopulariopsis. These material provide both the first and the oldest known fossil record of the mentioned taxa, making this data valuable for the knowledge about the evolutionary history of the Ascomycota.
Source: Fungal Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: research