Why Mycophoris is not an orchid seedling, and why Synaptomitus is not a fungal symbiont within this fossil

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Why Mycophoris is not an orchid seedling, and why Synaptomitus is not a fungal symbiont within this fossil. / Selosse, Marc-Andre; Brundrett, Mark; Dearnaley, John; Merckx, Vincent S. F. T.; Rasmussen, Finn N.; Zettler, Lawrence W.; Rasmussen, Hanne Nina.

In: Botany, Vol. 95, No. 9, 09.2017, p. 865-868.

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Selosse, M-A, Brundrett, M, Dearnaley, J, Merckx, VSFT, Rasmussen, FN, Zettler, LW & Rasmussen, HN 2017, 'Why Mycophoris is not an orchid seedling, and why Synaptomitus is not a fungal symbiont within this fossil', Botany, vol. 95, no. 9, pp. 865-868. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2017-0038

APA

Selosse, M-A., Brundrett, M., Dearnaley, J., Merckx, V. S. F. T., Rasmussen, F. N., Zettler, L. W., & Rasmussen, H. N. (2017). Why Mycophoris is not an orchid seedling, and why Synaptomitus is not a fungal symbiont within this fossil. Botany, 95(9), 865-868. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2017-0038

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Selosse M-A, Brundrett M, Dearnaley J, Merckx VSFT, Rasmussen FN, Zettler LW et al. Why Mycophoris is not an orchid seedling, and why Synaptomitus is not a fungal symbiont within this fossil. Botany. 2017 Sep;95(9):865-868. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2017-0038

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Selosse, Marc-Andre ; Brundrett, Mark ; Dearnaley, John ; Merckx, Vincent S. F. T. ; Rasmussen, Finn N. ; Zettler, Lawrence W. ; Rasmussen, Hanne Nina. / Why Mycophoris is not an orchid seedling, and why Synaptomitus is not a fungal symbiont within this fossil. In: Botany. 2017 ; Vol. 95, No. 9. pp. 865-868.

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abstract = "A recent publication in Botany introduced two new taxa: a fossil orchid seed (Mycophoris) and a fossilized basidiomycete fungus (Synaptomitus) in an alleged relationship with this orchid, encased in 15–20 million year old Dominican amber (Poinar, G. 2017. Two new genera, Mycophoris gen. nov., (Orchidaceae) and Synaptomitus gen. nov. (Basidiomycota) based on a fossil seed with developing embryo and associated fungus in Dominican amber. Botany, 95: 1–8). From the working knowledge of extant orchid seeds, seedlings, and mycorrhiza shared among us, we cannot support these interpretations. Here we analyse: (i) why Mycophoris may not be an orchid seed, (ii) why Mycophoris is not a germinating seed, (iii) why fungal hyphae and a symbiotic fungus are absent in Mycophoris, and (iv) why Synaptomitus is likely not a fossil basidiomycete.",
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AU - Zettler, Lawrence W.

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