Evolution of Fungi and Update on Ethnomycology

Li, De‐Wei; Castañeda-Ruíz, R. F.; LaMondia, J. A.

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“…[115][116][117][118][119]), none come close to the quality of the Rhynie chert fossils [120]. Because of the sublime preservation, the Rhynie chert fungi have played, and continue to play a major role in shaping our perception of the diversity of fungi in ancient non-marine ecosystems and the roles that these organisms played in the biology of early plant life on land [121][122][123][124][125][126]. However, geothermal ecosystems today are remarkably rich in fungi, and plants growing in these environments often harbour diverse communities of fungi [127][128][129][130], suggesting that the fossils described to date from the Rhynie chert represent only a small segment of the fungal diversity that was actually present in the Rhynie ecosystem.…”

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Fungi and fungal interactions in the Rhynie chert: a review of the evidence, with the description ofPerexiflasca taylorianagen. et sp. nov.^†

Krings

Harper

Taylor

2017

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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The Lower Devonian Rhynie chert is one of the most important rock deposits yielding comprehensive information on early continental plant, animal and microbial life. Fungi are especially abundant among the microbial remains, and include representatives of all major fungal lineages except Basidiomycota. This paper surveys the evidence assembled to date of fungal hyphae, mycelial cords and reproductive units (e.g. spores, sporangia, sporocarps), and presents examples of fungal associations and interactions with land plants, other fungi, algae, cyanobacteria and animals from the Rhynie chert. Moreover, a small, chytrid-like organism that occurs singly, in chain-like, linear arrangements, planar assemblages and three-dimensional aggregates of less than 10 to [Formula: see text] individuals in degrading land plant tissue in the Rhynie chert is formally described, and the name proposed for the organism. probably colonized senescent or atrophied plant parts and participated in the process of biological degradation. The fungal fossils described to date from the Rhynie chert constitute the largest body of structurally preserved evidence of fungi and fungal interactions from any rock deposit, and strongly suggest that fungi played important roles in the functioning of the Early Devonian Rhynie ecosystem.This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'The Rhynie cherts: our earliest terrestrial ecosystem revisited'.

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Fungi and fungal interactions in the Rhynie chert: a review of the evidence, with the description ofPerexiflasca taylorianagen. et sp. nov.^†

Krings

Harper

Taylor

2017

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Evolution of Fungi and Update on Ethnomycology

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Fungi and fungal interactions in the Rhynie chert: a review of the evidence, with the description ofPerexiflasca taylorianagen. et sp. nov.^†

Fungi and fungal interactions in the Rhynie chert: a review of the evidence, with the description ofPerexiflasca taylorianagen. et sp. nov.^†

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Fungi and fungal interactions in the Rhynie chert: a review of the evidence, with the description ofPerexiflasca taylorianagen. et sp. nov.†

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Fungi and fungal interactions in the Rhynie chert: a review of the evidence, with the description ofPerexiflasca taylorianagen. et sp. nov.^†

Fungi and fungal interactions in the Rhynie chert: a review of the evidence, with the description ofPerexiflasca taylorianagen. et sp. nov.^†