Recent and fossil epiphyllous fungi of the Manginula-Shortensis group
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Botany
- Vol. 17 (3) , 565-574
- https://doi.org/10.1071/bt9690565
Abstract
Attention is directed to Shortensis (Dilcher, 1965) described from fossils as the perfect state of Manginula. Manginula is a genus of epiphyllous fungus described in 1918, apparently not reported since, and in need of revision. A new species of Manginula has been detected from present day vegetation and the material used to reinterpret the original generic description of the perfect state. The distinction between Shortensis and Manginula is invalidated. Two new fossil species of Manginula are described from a lens in the Eocene South Maslin Sands, South Australia, and the implications of their occurrence are discussed.Keywords
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