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A fossil Aspergillus from Baltic amber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2005

Heinrich DÖRFELT  and
Alexander R. SCHMIDT
Heinrich DÖRFELT
Affiliation:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Institut für Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Neuwerk 21, D-06108 Halle/Saale, Germany.
Alexander R. SCHMIDT
Affiliation:
Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. E-mail: alexander.schmidt@museum.hu-berlin.de
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Abstract

A piece of Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene) contains an inclusion of a springtail (Collembola) which is overgrown by an Aspergillus species. The fossil fungus is described as A. collembolorum sp. nov. The excellent mode of preservation of the numerous conidiophores is remarkable and can be explained by sporulation in liquid resin. This is the second report of a fossil Aspergillus, the first being from Dominican amber.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mycological Research , Volume 109 , Issue 8 , August 2005 , pp. 956 - 960
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© The British Mycological Society 2005

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