Periconia Explained

Periconia is a genus of sac fungi in the order Pleosporales. Fossils of Periconia have been reported from 12 million year old rocks from central England[1] and from Baltic amber from Eocene epoch (34-38 Mya).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Pound . Matthew J. . Nuñez Otaño . Noelia B. . Romero . Ingrid C. . Lim . Michael . Riding . James B. . O’Keefe . Jennifer M. K. . The fungal ecology of the Brassington Formation (Middle Miocene) of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and a new method for palaeoclimate reconstruction . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 2022 . 10 . 10.3389/fevo.2022.947623 . 2296-701X. free .
  2. Tischer . Marta . Gorczak . Michał . Bojarski . Błażej . Pawłowska . Julia . Hoffeins . Christel . Hoffeins . Hans Werner . Wrzosek . Marta . 2019 . New fossils of ascomycetous anamorphic fungi from Baltic amber . . 123 . 11 . 804–819 . 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.08.003 .