title: Bird's nest fungi (Nidulariales: Nidulariaceae) in Baltic and Dominican amber.
abstract: Nidula baltica sp. nov. and Cyathus dominicanus sp. nov. are described from Cenozoic Baltic and Dominican amber. These are the first fossil members of the Family Nidulariaceae and show that the basic characteristics of this group were already established some 40-50 million years ago.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. Electronic address: poinarg@science.oregonstate.edu.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poinar
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018647:Amber; D004293:Dominican Republic; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005580:Fossils; D012426:Russia
chemical_list: D018647:Amber
keywords: Amber fossils; Basidiomycota; Bird's nest fungi; Cenozoic Nidulariaceae; Fossilized resin; Tertiary fossils