First Record of Fungus of the Family Mycocaliciaceae in Rovno Amber (Ukraine)

Chaenothecopsis polissica V.P. Heluta et Sukhomlyn, sp. nov. (Mycocaliciales, Ascomycota) from late Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine) is described. In the shape of fruit bodies and morphology of mycelium, the new species is similar to late Eocene C. bitterfeldensis , although ascomata of C. polissica sp....

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Published inPaleontological journal Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 684 - 690
Main Authors Sukhomlyn, M. M., Heluta, V. P., Perkovsky, E. E., Ignatov, M. S., Vasilenko, D. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.11.2021
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Amber
Body shape
Body size
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Eocene
Fossils
Fruit bodies
Fruits
Fungi
Lichens
Mycocaliciaceae
New records
New species
Paleontology
Shape
Ukraine
Ascomycota
fossil fungi
late Eocene
calicioids
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Summary:Chaenothecopsis polissica V.P. Heluta et Sukhomlyn, sp. nov. (Mycocaliciales, Ascomycota) from late Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine) is described. In the shape of fruit bodies and morphology of mycelium, the new species is similar to late Eocene C. bitterfeldensis , although ascomata of C. polissica sp. nov. are significantly smaller. Among the extant calicioid species of fungi and lichens, C. marcineae is the closest species to C. polissica , according to fruit body shape and size. The former species is reported to grow on spruce resin from boreal North America (Canada and United States) and Europe (Finland). C. polissica sp. nov. represents the smallest-fruited species of resinicolous calicioids and is the second record of fossil fungi in Rovno amber.
ISSN:0031-0301
1555-6174
DOI:10.1134/S0031030121060125