Petrofilaments in palynological preparations.

Abstract:

:Microscopic structures (petrofilaments) may develop during palynological laboratory processing procedures that are superficially similar to secondary wall thickenings and elaters. These filaments form from angular bodies that resemble fungal spores and resin bodies. The angular bodies are a type of hydrocarbon called asphaltene and extrude the filaments when compounds in the bodies react with solvents in the mounting medium. They may be misinterpreted as fossils and so are illustrated here for the first time in the published literature.

journal_name

Am J Bot

authors

Graham A,Wood GD,Elsik WC,Speed RC

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-05-01 00:00:00

pages

752-3

issue

5

eissn

0002-9122

issn

1537-2197

pii

87/5/752

journal_volume

87

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