Mushroom and Mycophagous Rove Beetle in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber

[Oxytropidoceras]

Intact mushroom and mycophagous rove beetle

in Burmese amber leak early evolution of mushrooms

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-intact-mushroom-mycophagous-rove-beetle.html

http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/201703/t20170314_174886.shtml

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/03/intact-mushroom-and-mycophagous-rove-beetle-in-burmese-amber-leak-early-evolution-of-mushrooms/114360

 

Chenyang Cai, R. A. B. Leschen, D. S. Hibbett, Fangyuan

Xia, Huang Diying, 2017: Mycophagous rove beetles

highlight diverse mushrooms in the Cretaceous.

Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14894

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

 

Yours,

[fossiling]

well, beat me to it! Nonetheless, here are some pics from the local english newspaper:

[squali]

Ha fossil mushrooms finally