Rikkinen , J , Meinke , K , Grabenhorst , H , Gröhn , C , Kobbert , M , Wunderlich , J & Schmidt , A 2018 , ' Calicioid lichens and fungi in amber : Tracing extant lineages back to the Paleogene ' , Geobios , vol. 51 , no. 5 , pp. 469-479 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2018.08.009
Title: | Calicioid lichens and fungi in amber : Tracing extant lineages back to the Paleogene |
Author: | Rikkinen, Jouko; Meinke, Kristin; Grabenhorst, Heinrich; Gröhn, Carsten; Kobbert, Max; Wunderlich, Jörg; Schmidt, Alexander |
Contributor organization: | Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS) Plant Biology Lichens Finnish Museum of Natural History Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme Teachers' Academy |
Date: | 2018-10 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 11 |
Belongs to series: | Geobios |
ISSN: | 0016-6995 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2018.08.009 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/308761 |
Abstract: | Calicioid lichens and fungi are a polyphyletic grouping of tiny ascomycetes that accumulate a persistent spore mass (mazaedium) on top of their usually well-stalked ascomata ('mazaediate fungi'). In addition to extant forms, six fossils of the group were previously known from European Paleogene amber. Here we report nine new fossils and analyze the preserved features of all fossils to assess their applicability for dating molecular phylogenies. Many fossils are extremely well preserved, allowing detailed comparisons with modern taxa. SEM investigation reveals that even fine details of ascospore wall ultrastructure correspond to those seen in extant specimens. All fossils can confidently be assigned to modern genera: three to Calicium (Caliciaceae, Lecanoromycetes), five to Chaenotheca (Coniocybaceae, Coniocybomycetes), six to Chaenothecopsis (Mycocaliciaceae, Eurotiales), and one to Phaeocalicium (Mycocaliciaceae, Eurotiales). Several Calicium and Chaenotheca fossils are assignable to specific lineages within their genera, while the Chaenothecopsis fossils demonstrate the extent of intraspecific variation within one such lineage. Some features in the morphology of Chaenotheca succina nov. sp. seem to be ancestral as they have not been reported from modern species of the genus. (C) 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. |
Subject: |
Amber
Ascomycota Ecology Fossil fungi Resinicolous fungi Taxonomy ACADIAN FOREST ECOREGION NORTHEASTERN NORTH-AMERICA GONGGA MOUNTAINS SICHUAN CRUSTOSE LICHENS CHAENOTHECOPSIS MYCOCALICIACEAE ASCOMYCOTA PHYLOGENY CALICIACEAE CONTINUITY 1183 Plant biology, microbiology, virology |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Rights: | cc_by_nc_nd |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
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