title: Evidence of mycoparasitism and hypermycoparasitism in Early Cretaceous amber.
abstract: Evidence of mycoparasitism and hypermycoparasitism is demonstrated in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. The agaric, Palaeoagaracites antiquus gen. sp. nov., is parasitized by the mycoparasite, Mycetophagites atrebora gen. sp. nov., which in turn is parasitized by the hyperparasite, Entropezites patricii gen. sp. nov. This discovery shows that sophisticated patterns of fungal parasitism were well developed some 100 Myrago.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. poinarg@science.oregonstate.edu
authors.forename: George O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Poinar
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buckley
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018647:Amber; D005580:Fossils; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008853:Microscopy; D002052:Myanmar; D025282:Mycelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018647:Amber