Mushrooms in Amber

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75RR
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Mushrooms in Amber

#1 Post by 75RR » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:29 pm

Those of you following kit1980's mushroom images will probably find this interesting.

"Here we report diverse gilled mushrooms (Agaricales) and mycophagous rove beetles (Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber ..."

http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14894

+ Supplementary Note 1.
http://www.nature.com/article-assets/np ... 894-s1.pdf
Note: There is quite a bit of zoom available in the pdf images

Sorry creationists ... :)
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Re: Mushrooms in Amber

#2 Post by Crater Eddie » Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:17 pm

Thanks for this very interesting paper, the images are fascinating. And I love this graphic, I'm stealing it.
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Re: Mushrooms in Amber

#3 Post by 75RR » Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:04 am

Thanks Crater Eddie. Tis pretty interesting stuff.
And I love this graphic, I'm stealing it.
Agree, best I have seen.
I am thinking of putting a copy on the wall next to my microscope. :)
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Re: Mushrooms in Amber

#4 Post by billbillt » Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:44 pm

"Sorry creationists ... :)"

I view it as evolution by creation...

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Re: Mushrooms in Amber

#5 Post by Rodney » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:21 am

Very nice creation by evolution of time.
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