New fossils of ascomycetous anamorphic fungi from Baltic amber

Marta Tischer; Michał Gorczak; Błażej Bojarski; Julia Pawłowska; Christel Hoffeins; Hans Werner Hoffeins; Marta Wrzosek

doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2019.08.003

New fossils of ascomycetous anamorphic fungi from Baltic amber

Fungal Biol. 2019 Nov;123(11):804-810. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.08.003. Epub 2019 Aug 14.

Authors

Marta Tischer¹, Michał Gorczak², Błażej Bojarski³, Julia Pawłowska², Christel Hoffeins⁴, Hans Werner Hoffeins⁴, Marta Wrzosek²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Center, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland; Department for Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: marta.tischer@gmail.com.
² Department of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Center, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.
³ Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Inclusions in Amber, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
⁴ Liseistieg 10, D-22149 Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 31627856
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.08.003

Abstract

Three new fossils of saprotrophic fungi are presented and described from Baltic amber, dated to Eocene epoch (Paleogene, upper to mid-Eocene). All belong to Ascomycota and are represented by hyphae as well as asexual reproduction structures allowing to assign them to present genera, respectively Periconia, Penicillium and Scopulariopsis. These material provide both the first and the oldest known fossil record of the mentioned taxa, making these data valuable for the knowledge about the evolutionary history of the Ascomycota.

Keywords: Ascomycota; Penicillium; Periconia; Scopulariopsis; Trichocomaceae.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amber*
Ascomycota / classification*
Ascomycota / cytology
Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
Fossils / microbiology*
Hyphae / cytology
Microscopy
Poland

Substances

Amber