Germination shields in Scutellospora (Glomeromycota: Diversisporales, Gigasporaceae) from the 400 million-year-old Rhynie chert Export

@article{citeulike:1367945, abstract = {Abstract\ \ Glomeromycotan spores from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert provide the first evidence for germination shields in fossil fungi and demonstrate that this complex mode of germination was in place in some fungi at least 400 million\ years ago. Moreover, they represent the first direct marker relative to the precise systematic position of an Early Devonian endomycorrhizal fungus. In extant fungi, germination shields occur exclusively in the genus Scutellospora (Glomeromycota: Diversisporales, Gigasporaceae). These structures are regarded as a derived feature within the phylum Glomeromycota, and hence their presence in the Rhynie chert suggests that major diversification within this group of fungi occurred before the Early Devonian.}, author = {Dotzler, Nora and Krings, Michael and Taylor, Thomas and Agerer, Reinhard}, citeulike-article-id = {1367945}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11557-006-0511-z}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1007/s11557-006-0511-z}, journal = {Mycological Progress}, keywords = {fungi}, number = {3}, pages = {178--184}, posted-at = {2007-06-06 13:31:27}, priority = {3}, title = {Germination shields in Scutellospora (Glomeromycota: Diversisporales, Gigasporaceae) from the 400 million-year-old Rhynie chert}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11557-006-0511-z}, volume = {5}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1367945 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1367945 N2 - Abstract  Glomeromycotan spores from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert provide the first evidence for germination shields in fossil fungi and demonstrate that this complex mode of germination was in place in some fungi at least 400 million years ago. Moreover, they represent the first direct marker relative to the precise systematic position of an Early Devonian endomycorrhizal fungus. In extant fungi, germination shields occur exclusively in the genus Scutellospora (Glomeromycota: Diversisporales, Gigasporaceae). These structures are regarded as a derived feature within the phylum Glomeromycota, and hence their presence in the Rhynie chert suggests that major diversification within this group of fungi occurred before the Early Devonian. IS - 3 JF - Mycological Progress EP - 184 TI - Germination shields in Scutellospora (Glomeromycota: Diversisporales, Gigasporaceae) from the 400 million-year-old Rhynie chert VL - 5 SP - 178 KW - fungi AU - Dotzler, Nora AU - Krings, Michael AU - Taylor, Thomas AU - Agerer, Reinhard PY - 2006//23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11557-006-0511-z ER -