Aureofungus is an extinct monotypic genus of gilled fungus in the order Agaricales.[1] At present it contains the single species Aureofungus yaniguaensis.
The genus is solely known from the early Miocene, Burdigalian stage, Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[1][2]Aureofungus is one of only four known agarics fungus species known in the fossil record and the third to be described from Dominican amber.[1]
Aureofungus is an extinct monotypic genus of gilled fungus in the order Agaricales. At present it contains the single species Aureofungus yaniguaensis...
Jersey Amber species Archaeomarasmius leggeti. The three other species, Aureofungus yaniguaensis, Coprinites dominicana and Protomycena electra are known...
of four known Agaricaceae genera in the fossil record. Others include Aureofungus, Protomycena, and Archaeomarasmius. Archaeomarasmius leggeti, from Atlantic...
dating back to the Miocene period. The formation hosts Dominican amber. Aureofungus yaniguaensis, named after the formation Cephalotes alveolatus, C. caribicus...
the only species to be known from the New Jersey amber. Three species, Aureofungus yaniguaensis, Coprinites dominicana and Protomycena electra, have been...
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Aureofungus Get et sp nov Valid Hibbett et al Burdigalian Dominican amber. Dominican Republic...
agaric fungus to be described. Two more species Protomycena electra and Aureofungus yaniguaensis have since been described from fossils found in the amber...
agaric fungus to be described. The two species Coprinites dominicana and Aureofungus yaniguaensis are also known from the amber mines of the Dominican Republic...
extinct agaric fungus to be described, and the oldest. The three species Aureofungus yaniguaensis, Coprinites dominicana and Protomycena electra are known...
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