Article: An unusual microfungus in a fungal spore from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
53
Part:
4
Publication Date:
July
2010
Page(s):
753
–
759
Author(s):
Michael Krings, Nora Dotzler, Joyce E. Longcore and Thomas N. Taylor
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