title: Preserved ascomatal and other fungal structures on the remains of a ninth century Longobard abbess exhumed from a monastery in Pavia, Italy.
abstract: Auxarthron californiense, Mixotrichum aeruginosum, Oncocladium flavum and Chaetomium elatum were recognized on the basis of ascomatal structures on the remains of a Longobard abbess who died in the IX century A.D. These fungi, which had remained isolated in a crypt of the S. Felice Monastery of Pavia for almost 1000 years, are phenotypically identical to the type specimens. The occurrence of these fungi and their ecological role are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Micologia Medica, Università di Pavia, Italia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caretta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piontelli
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000382:microbiology; D002410:Catholicism / Q000266:history; D002597:Chaetomium / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010164:Paleopathology; D010641:Phenotype; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013784:Textiles / Q000382:microbiology