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Genus: | Palaeocybe Dörfelt & Striebich (2000)
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Palaeocybe striata Dörfelt & Striebich (2000)
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Palaeocybe is a fungal genus in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single fossil species Palaeocybe striata, which was found in Tertiary amber in Saxony, Germany. The holotype consists of a single cap measuring 1.6 mm in diameter, and part of a stem, which is made of tubes. On the cap underside are decurrent gills[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Dörfelt H, Striebich B. (2000). "Palaeocybe striata, ein neuer fossiler Pilz in Bernstein des Tertiär" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Mykologie (in German). 66 (1): 27–34.
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