Blue-stain fungus from the Jurassic provides new insights into early evolution and ecological interactions
Definitive fossil blue-stain fungi was documented from the Jurassic of China, extending the earliest fossil record of this fungal group by approximately 80 million years. The new finding reshapes the evolutionary timeline of blue-stain fungi, and provides new insights into the evolution of their ecological associations with wood-boring insects.
Authors
- Fangyu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2340-3622)
- Yongdong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2873-9427)
- Ning Tian
- Xiao Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2986-151X)
- Zikun Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1449-4761)
Institutions
- Guizhou University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CN)
- Shenyang Normal University (CN)
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (CN)
- Ministry of Natural Resources (RW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- National Science Review
- Published
- 2025-04-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf160
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.03
Funders
- University of Minnesota
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program