Tian Ning, Wang Yongdong, Li Fangyu, Jiang Zikun, Tan Xiao
College of Paleontology, Shenyang Normal University, China.
Key Laboratory of Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Ministry of Natural Resources, China.
Natl Sci Rev. 2025 Apr 26;12(6):nwaf160. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaf160. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Definitive fossil blue-stain fungi was documented from the Jurassic of China, extending the earliest fossil record of this fungal group by approximately 80 million years. The new finding reshapes the evolutionary timeline of blue-stain fungi, and provides new insights into the evolution of their ecological associations with wood-boring insects.
确凿的化石蓝变真菌在中国侏罗纪被发现,将该真菌类群的最早化石记录提前了约8000万年。这一新发现重塑了蓝变真菌的进化时间表,并为其与蛀木昆虫生态关联的进化提供了新见解。