Antiquity of tritrophic interaction in black mildew: Evidence from the Neogene Siwalik forest of Arunachal Sub-Himalaya
Journal
Mycologia
ISSN
0027-5514
Date Issued
2026-05-29
Author(s)
Abstract
The present work is the first fossil evidence of fungi associated with black mildew fungi, Meliolales. Here we present the occurrence of three different fungicolous fungi colonizing members of Meliolinites (fossil taxonomic equivalent of extant Meliola) on three different compressed angiosperm host leaves from middle-upper Siwalik strata (Pliocene to Early Pleistocene) of Arunachal Pradesh, eastern Himalaya. We suggest that the fossil fungicolous fungi were biological stressors of the black mildew in a potential tritrophic interaction in the tropical palaeoenvironment of middle-upper Siwalik forest of Arunachal Sub-Himalaya. © 2026 The Mycological Society of America.
Subjects
Arunachal Pradesh
black mildew
hyperparasitism
Meliolinites
middle-upper Siwalik
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Description
CODEN MYCOA
Type
journal article