TRIASSIC FUNGUS FROM ANTARCTICA WITH POSSIBLE ASCOMYCETOUS AFFINITIES |
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| Authors: | James F White Jr Thomas N Taylor |
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| Institution: | Department of Botany and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210 |
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| Abstract: | Hyphae, sporocarps, and structures which appear to represent arthroconidia are described from silicified peat deposits of Triassic age from Antarctica. Sporocarps with a single ostiole possess a multilayered wall with internally produced aseptate appendages that ornament the sporocarp surface. The primitive features exhibited by this fungus, together with previously described sporocarps, provide evidence for the existence of a group of fungi that may be ancestral to modern Ascomycotina. |
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