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Auxarthron californiense, Mixotrichum aeruginosum, Oncocladium flavum and Chaetomium elatum were recognized on the basis of ascomatal structures on the remains of a Longobard abbess who died in the IX century A.D. These fungi, which had remained isolated in a crypt of the S. Felice Monastery of Pavia for almost 1000 years, are phenotypically identical to the type specimens. The occurrence of these fungi and their ecological role are discussed.
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Caretta, G., Piontelli, E. Preserved ascomatal and other fungal structures on the remains of a ninth century Longobard abbess exhumed from a Monastery in Pavia, Italy. Mycopathologia 140, 77–83 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006805226954
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