Charcoal evidence traces diverse fungal metabolic strategies to the Late Paleozoic

Summary: Wood decomposition through fungal activity is essential to the natural carbon cycle. There are three primary patterns of wood decay: white rot, brown rot, and soft rot. However, geological records of wood decay mainly originate from fossil woods, which exclusively describe white rot before...

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Main Authors: Yaofeng Cai, Hua Zhang, Biao Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224012252