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Allison May Buiser

Knox College
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Discovering fossil plants from Mongolia (2016)
Paleobotany

Is mycorrhizae present in root structures found in plant fossils of Mongolia in in the Early Cretaceous Period (~100-120 million years ago) ? 

Exquisitely preserved fossil plants were collected in central Mongolia. The specimens collected include wood, roots, leaves, seeds, and pollen and seed cones that date back ~100-120 million years ago from the Early Cretaceous Period. The Mongolian flora is mostly composed of conifers such as the spruce and juniper families which grew in a swamp environment. 

 

Final Presentation/Poster
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Discovering fossil plants from Mongolia (2013)

Is there necromass degradation from one species of fungus? What is the chemical signature from what is left over?