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The oldest fossil mushroom

A new fossil mushroom is described and illustrated from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeast Brazil. Gondwanagaricites magnificus gen. et sp. nov. is remarkable for its exceptional preservation as a mineralized replacement in laminated limestone, as all other fossil mushrooms are known...

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Autores principales: Heads, Sam W., Miller, Andrew N., Crane, J. Leland, Thomas, M. Jared, Ruffatto, Danielle M., Methven, Andrew S., Raudabaugh, Daniel B., Wang, Yinan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5462346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28591180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178327