Paleomycology

Paleomycology is the study of fossil fungi.[1] Paleomycology is considered a subdiscipline of paleobotany, centered on mushrooms, fungal spores, and hyphae preserved in sediment layers and rock.[2] Fungi have been found in the palaeoecological record as far back as the Paleozoic era, with evidence of influencing the evolutionary processes of early flowering plants.[3]

  1. ^ Brown OLM (2004). "Fossil fungi or paleomycology". Interciencia (in Spanish). 29 (2): 94–98.
  2. ^ Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, Second Edition. Boston: Academic Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-08-055783-0. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  3. ^ Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (1 January 2010). "Paleomycology: The Rediscovery of the Obvious". PALAIOS. 25 (5): 283–286. doi:10.2110/palo.2010.S03. Retrieved 14 February 2024.