Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in the Cretaceous

Agarics (gilled mushrooms) are rarely preserved as fossils, which has obscured their evolutionary history. Here, the authors describe new forms of agarics as well as new species of rove beetles with morphological specializations for mushroom feeding discovered in 99-million-year-old Burmese amber.

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Auteurs principaux: Chenyang Cai, Richard A. B. Leschen, David S Hibbett, Fangyuan Xia, Diying Huang
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/8902d0c8e94d437bbee704e3c33c9928
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