Fungi and fungal interactions in the Rhynie chert: a review of the evidence, with the description of Perexiflasca tayloriana gen. et sp. nov. †

Deciphering interfungal relationships in the 410-million-yr-old Rhynie chert: Morphology and development of vesicle-colonizing microfungi

(2017) Carla J. Harper et al.   GEOBIOS

Hagenococcus aggregatus nov. gen. et sp., a microscopic, colony-forming alga from the 410-million-yr-old Rhynie chert

(2017) Michael Krings et al.   NOVA HEDWIGIA

Climate, decay, and the death of the coal forests

(2016) David Hibbett et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Discovery of dark matter fungi in aquatic ecosystems demands a reappraisal of the phylogeny and ecology of zoosporic fungi

(2016) Hans-Peter Grossart et al.   Fungal Ecology

An enigmatic fossil fungus from the 410 Ma Rhynie chert that resembles Macrochytrium (Chytridiomycota) and Blastocladiella (Blastocladiomycota)

(2016) Michael Krings et al.   MYCOLOGIA

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

(2016) Joseph W. Spatafora et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Morphology and ontogenetic development of Zwergimyces vestitus , a fungal reproductive unit enveloped in a hyphal mantle from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

(2016) Michael Krings et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

High-order species interactions shape ecosystem diversity

(2016) Eyal Bairey et al.   Nature Communications

Chasing Ecological Interactions

(2016) Pedro Jordano   PLOS BIOLOGY

A New Chytridiomycete Fungus Intermixed with Crustacean Resting Eggs in a 407-Million-Year-Old Continental Freshwater Environment

(2016) Christine Strullu-Derrien et al.   PLoS One

Fungal colonization of the rooting system of the early land plantAsteroxylon mackieifrom the 407-Myr-old Rhynie Chert (Scotland, UK)

(2015) Christine Strullu-Derrien et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Mantled fungal reproductive units in land plant tissue from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

(2015) M. Krings et al.   BULLETIN OF GEOSCIENCES

Phylogeny, divergence time estimation, and biogeography of the genus Heterobasidion (Basidiomycota, Russulales)

(2015) Jia-Jia Chen et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Insights on the Evolution of Mycoparasitism from the Genome of Clonostachys rosea

(2015) Magnus Karlsson et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Deciphering interfungal relationships in the 410-million-yr-old Rhynie chert: Sporocarp formation in glomeromycotan spores

(2015) Michael Krings et al.   GEOBIOS

Role of root microbiota in plant productivity

(2015) A. Tkacz et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Algal ancestor of land plants was preadapted for symbiosis

(2015) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A colony-forming microorganism with probable affinities to the Chroococcales (cyanobacteria) from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

(2015) Thomas N. Taylor et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

A fungal reproductive unit from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) that demonstrates an unusual hyphal investment pattern

(2015) Michael Krings et al.   SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY

Symbiotic options for the conquest of land

(2015) Katie J. Field et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Diversity of fungi associated with plants growing in geothermal ecosystems and evaluation of their capacities to enhance thermotolerance of host plants

(2015) Wen-Na Zhou et al.   Journal of Plant Interactions

Estimating the Phanerozoic history of the Ascomycota lineages: Combining fossil and molecular data

(2014) Christina Beimforde et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A mantled fungal reproductive unit from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert that demonstrates Carboniferous "sporocarp" morphology and development

(2014) Michael Krings et al.   NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN

Fungal associations of basal vascular plants: reopening a closed book?

(2014) William R. Rimington et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fungal associations inHorneophyton lignerifrom the Rhynie Chert (c. 407 million year old) closely resemble those in extant lower land plants: novel insights into ancestral plant-fungus symbioses

(2014) Christine Strullu-Derrien et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An unusual fossil microfungus with suggested affinities to the Chytridiomycota from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

(2014) Michael Krings et al.   NOVA HEDWIGIA

Deciphering interfungal relationships in the 410-million-yr-old Rhynie chert: an intricate interaction between two mycelial fungi

(2014) Michael Krings et al.   SYMBIOSIS

A Putative Zygomycetous Fungus with Mantled Zygosporangia and Apposed Gametangia from the Lower Coal Measures (Carboniferous) of Great Britain

(2013) Michael Krings et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Discussion on ‘A high-precision U–Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: time scale and other implications’

(2013) D. F. Mark et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Wetland megabias: ecological and ecophysiological filtering dominates the fossil record of hot spring floras

(2013) Alan Channing et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Fossil evidence of the zygomycetous fungi

(2013) M. Krings et al.   PERSOONIA

First record of a fungal “sporocarp” from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

(2013) Michael Krings et al.   Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Microfossils from the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert with suggested affinities to the peronosporomycetes

(2012) Michael Krings et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Fossil fungi with suggested affinities to the Endogonaceae from the Middle Triassic of Antarctica

(2012) M. Krings et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Zwergimyces vestitus (Kidston et W.H. Lang) nov. comb., a fungal reproductive unit enveloped in a hyphal mantle from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

(2012) Michael Krings et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi

(2011) M. I. Bidartondo et al.   Biology Letters

A high-precision U–Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: time scale and other implications

(2011) S.F. Parry et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

40Ar/39Ar dating of hydrothermal activity, biota and gold mineralization in the Rhynie hot-spring system, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

(2010) D.F. Mark et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Diversity of thermophilic fungi in Tengchong Rehai national park revealed by ITS nucleotide sequence analyses

(2010) Wen-Zheng Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

A glimpse into the past of land plants and of their mycorrhizal affairs: from fossils to evo-devo

(2010) Paola Bonfante et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An unusual microfungus in a fungal spore from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

(2010) MICHAEL KRINGS et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Evidence of parasitic Oomycetes (Peronosporomycetes) infecting the stem cortex of the Carboniferous seed fern Lyginopteris oldhamia

(2010) C. Strullu-Derrien et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mutualistic mycorrhiza-like symbiosis in the most ancient group of land plants

(2010) Claire P. Humphreys et al.   Nature Communications

Fungi evolved right on track

(2009) Robert Lücking et al.   MYCOLOGIA

SILICIFICATION OF HIGHER PLANTS IN GEOTHERMALLY INFLUENCED WETLANDS: YELLOWSTONE AS A LOWER DEVONIAN RHYNIE ANALOG

(2009) A. CHANNING et al.   PALAIOS

The most ancient terrestrial lichen Winfrenatia reticulata: A new find and new interpretation

(2009) I. V. Karatygin et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Yellowstone hot spring environments and the palaeo-ecophysiology of Rhynie chert plants: towards a synthesis

(2009) Alan Channing et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Microfungi from the upper Visean (Mississippian) of central France: Chytridiomycota and chytrid-like remains of uncertain affinity

(2009) Michael Krings et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

Acaulosporoid glomeromycotan spores with a germination shield from the 400-million-year-old Rhynie chert

(2008) Nora Dotzler et al.   MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS

Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses

(2008) Martin Parniske   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Endophytic cyanobacteria in a 400-million-yr-old land plant: A scenario for the origin of a symbiosis?

(2008) Michael Krings et al.   REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY

Plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: an evolutionary-developmental perspective

(2008) Paola Bonfante et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE