Paleoophiocordyceps
| Paleoophiocordyceps | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Ophiocordycipitaceae |
| Genus: | Paleoophiocordyceps Sung, et. al., 2008 |
| Species: | P. coccophagus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paleoophiocordyceps coccophagus Sung, et. al., 2008 | |
Paleoophiocordyceps coccophagus is an extinct parasitic fungus in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae from Cretaceous-aged Burmese amber.[1] P. coccophagus' morphology is very similar to the species of Ophiocordyceps. The only known specimen consists of two whip-like fruiting bodies emerging from the head of a male scale insect of an undescribed species very similar to the extinct species Albicoccus dimai.
References
- ↑ Sung G-H, Poinar GO Jr, Spatafora JW. (2008). "The oldest fossil evidence of animal parasitism by fungi supports a Cretaceous diversification of fungal–arthropod symbioses". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (2): 495–502. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.028. PMID 18817884.
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