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Consortia of Conifers and Fungi in the Paleocene of the Amur Region, Russia

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The types of damage to Cupressaceae and Pinaceae conifers from the Arkhara-Boguchan, Belaya Gora, and Progress localities (Amur Region, Russia; Paleocene) are analyzed. Most of the damage types were caused by various microscopic fungi of the Ascomycota. Fungal remains are represented by hyphae, chains of conidia, different fruiting bodies, and dispersed spores of three types. The problem of differentiation of morphologically similar damage caused by arthropods and micromycetes is discussed. The abundance of diverse micromycetes on various organs of Paleocene conifers is consistent with previously obtained data on the existence of these plants in a temperate humid climate with a hot summer and without a dry season.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to Ludovic Le Renard (University of British Columbia, Canada) for valuable discussion of the results and to D.V. Vasilenko (Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) for kindly providing samples nos. 5142/1, 5142/2, and 4988/21 for analysis and helpful comments.

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The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 19-04-00046) and the State program (no. 0135-2019-0045, Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Science, for TK).

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    T. M. Kodrul

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Maslova, N.P., Sokolova, A.B., Kodrul, T.M. et al. Consortia of Conifers and Fungi in the Paleocene of the Amur Region, Russia. Paleontol. J. 55, 1525–1553 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103012112008X

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