Protoascon missouriensis, a complex fossil microfungus revisited.
The Carboniferous microfungus Protoascon missouriensis has been interpreted variously as an ascomycete, chytridiomycete, zygomycete and oomycete. We offer a more complete interpretation based on a re-examination of the type material that suggests the fossil represents an (a)zygosporangium-suspensor complex of a zygomycete comparable to some modern members of the Mucorales.
Taylor
Thomas N
TN
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7534, USA. tntaylor@ku.edu
Krings
Michael
M
Klavins
Sharon D
SD
Taylor
Edith L
EL
D005580:Fossils; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology*; D008853:Microscopy