Living and Fossil Fungal Hyphae (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Living and Fossil Fungal Hyphae

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Thread-like monilioid hyphae of the living fungus Rhizoctonia solani (left) resemble hyphae of the 250 million-year-old Reduviasporonites.

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Rhizoctonia image courtesy of Lane Tredway, The American Phytopathological Society

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