Recent Studies of Co-Evolutionary Relationships of Fossil Plants and Fungi: Success, Problems, Prospects

First carnivorous fungus from Santonian Taimyr amber

“…Mycelium fragments are a rather common part of palinospectra. Their identification even at the level of the largest groups of fungi is impossible due to the almost complete absence of any morphological differences (Maslova et al 2021). However, the presence of septae and clamp connections in the Taimyr mycelium definitely indicates its belonging to Basidiomycota.…”

“…The results presented by us will be useful for tracing the evolution of nematophagous fungi and their trapping devices for inhibiting nematodes and are a contribution to documenting the stages of the formation of the Earth's mycobiota as a special evolutionary group of organisms, providing important evidence in favour of not only individual groups of fungi that appeared at the early stages of historical development, but also the co-evolutionary relationships of fungi and representatives of other Kingdoms of living beings (Maslova et al . 2021).…”