Evidence of mycoparasitism and hypermycoparasitism in Early Cretaceous amber

George O Poinar Jr; Ron Buckley

doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.02.004

Evidence of mycoparasitism and hypermycoparasitism in Early Cretaceous amber

Mycol Res. 2007 Apr;111(Pt 4):503-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.02.004. Epub 2007 Feb 23.

Authors

George O Poinar Jr¹, Ron Buckley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. poinarg@science.oregonstate.edu

PMID: 17512712
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.02.004

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.

MeSH terms

Agaricales / isolation & purification
Agaricales / ultrastructure
Amber*
Fossils*
Fungi / classification
Fungi / isolation & purification*
Fungi / ultrastructure
Microscopy
Myanmar
Mycelium / ultrastructure
Species Specificity

Substances

Amber