A mid-Cretaceous trichomycete, Priscadvena corymbosa gen. et sp. nov., in Burmese amber
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Published on: August 6, 2019
George Poinar1, Fernando E Vega2
1Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Abstract:
Priscadvena corymbosa gen. et sp. nov., is described from thalli and sporangia emerging from the oral cavity of a click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The fossil contains several features unknown in extant Trichomycetes including a click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) host, spiny, aerial thalli with the entire thallus bearing numerous small uninucleate globular spores and stalks attached to the oral cavity of its host. Based on these features, P. corymbosa gen. et sp. nov. is placed in a new family, Priscadvenaceae fam. nov., and new order, Priscadvenales ord. nov. The new morphological and behavioral features of the fossil add to the diversity of the trichomycetes as currently defined.
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