Palaeodiversity of Agaricales:Evidence from Mushrooms and Mycophagous Beetles in Amber

摘要

Mushrooms,or Agaricomycetes,are common,conspicuous and morphologically diverse fungi.Most agaricomycete fruiting bodies are ephemeral,so they are extremely rare in fossils.Up to now,all described species of gilled mushrooms,or Agaricales,have been known exclusively from amber.Among them,two forms are from the Mesozoic,