The establishment of affinities of fossil fungal spores with extant fungal taxa based mainly on
the detailed analysis of morphological traits is difficult. Thus, it is necessary to use …

New photographs of 27 species of fossil fungal spores from various publications, and new
descriptions of eight of these, are presented in order to substantiate the basis for some …

Even though the records of Tetraploa spores from Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary
strata along with spore-pollen assemblages are numerous and well documented, no …

Round to elongate microbodies associated with fossil vertebrate soft tissues were
interpreted as microbial traces until 2008, when they were re‐described as remnant …

Premise of research. Froelichsporites traversei is a prominent palynomorph in the Upper
Triassic of North America that always occurs in tetrahedral permanent tetrads. It is an …

Fungal spores are increasingly used as reliable proxies in palaeoenvironmental
reconstructions; however, little attention is paid to the ecological tolerances of the fungi …

Melanin is a ubiquitous biological pigment found in bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. It
has a diverse range of ecological and biochemical functions, including display, evasion …

In living organisms, color patterns, behavior, and ecology are closely linked. Thus, detection
of fossil pigments may permit inferences about important aspects of ancient animal ecology …

Melanin pigments play a critical role in physiological processes and shaping animal
behaviour. Fossil melanin is a unique resource for understanding the functional evolution of …

Colour, derived primarily from melanin and/or carotenoid pigments, is integral to many
aspects of behaviour in living vertebrates, including social signalling, sexual display and …