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Coelomycetes in Dominican and Mexican amber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2003

George POINAR
George POINAR
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Three species of fossil epiphyllous coelomycetes are described from Dominican and Mexican amber in the new genera, Asteromites gen. nov., Leptostromites gen. nov. and Leptothyrites gen. nov. Characters of the pycnidia and spores most closely resemble members of their extant respective genera, Leptostroma, Asteromella, and Leptothyrium, respectively. A. mexicanus sp. nov. occurs on a petal (possibly from a caesalpinoid legume such as Peltogyne) in Mexican amber. Leptostromites ellipticus sp. nov. occurs on a dicot leaf in Dominican amber, and Leptothyrites dominicanus sp. nov. on a monocot (grass?) leaf in Dominican amber.

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Research Article
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Mycological Research , Volume 107 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 117 - 122
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 2003

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