Biology:Combresomyces

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Short description: Extinct genus of single-celled organisms

Combresomyces
Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous–Triassic
Scientific classification e
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Incertae sedis/Oomycetes
Genus: Combresomyces
Dotzler, M. Krings, Agerer, Galtier & T.N. Taylor, 2008
Species
  • C. cornifer Dotzler, M. Krings, Agerer, Galtier & T.N. Taylor, 2008
  • Strullu-Derrien et al., 2011 C. williamsonii

Combresomyces is a genus of hyphal, parasitic oomycete known from the fossil record; it infects organisms such as the seed fern Lyginopteris .[1]

References

  1. Strullu-Derrien, C.; Kenrick, P.; Rioult, J. P.; Strullu, D. G. (2010). "Evidence of parasitic Oomycetes (Peronosporomycetes) infecting the stem cortex of the Carboniferous seed fern Lyginopteris oldhamia". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1706): 675–680. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1603. PMID 20843846. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5150952 entry