The fungal ecology of the Brassington Formation (Middle Miocene) of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and a new method for palaeoclimate reconstruction
The fungal ecology of the Brassington Formation (Middle Miocene) of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and a new method for palaeoclimate reconstruction
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DOI：
10.3389/fevo.2022.947623
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2022-08
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3
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M. Pound;N. N. Nuñez Otaño-N.;Ingrid Romero;M. Lim;J. Riding;J. O'Keefe
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作者：
M. Pound;N. N. Nuñez Otaño-N.;Ingrid Romero;M. Lim;J. Riding;J. O'Keefe
来自比现代气候更温暖时期的化石真菌为人类气候变化的未来影响提供了独特的见解。在这里，我们报告的化石真菌组合从中中新世晚期英格兰中部的肯斯洛成员，与气候条件比现在温暖。鉴定的110个形态型，主要涉及潮湿的环境和木材的存在，已被用来开发一个新的最近的生活相对古气候重建。真菌组合表明气候属于柯本-盖革气候类型，以温带气候为代表，没有旱季，夏季温暖。这种新的真菌为基础的古气候重建技术具有令人兴奋的潜力，探索至关重要的，但知之甚少的古环境，并由此产生的定性推断与以前发表的古植物定量估计古气候。这些发现表明，不同的真菌组合可以首次成功地用于重建过去的气候。
Fossil fungi from periods warmer than modern climates provide unique insights into the future impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Here we report the fossil fungal assemblage from the late Middle Miocene Kenslow Member of central England, associated with climatic conditions warmer than the present-day. The identification of 110 morphotypes, which primarily relate to moist environments and the presence of wood, have been used to develop a new nearest living relative palaeoclimate reconstruction. The fungal assemblage indicates a Köppen–Geiger climate class, represented by temperate conditions, no dry season, and warm summers. This new fungal-based palaeoclimate reconstruction technique holds exciting potential to explore critically important but poorly understood palaeoenvironments, and the resulting qualitative inferences align well with previously published palaeobotanical quantitative estimates of palaeoclimate. These findings show that diverse fungal assemblages can successfully be used to reconstruct past climates for the first time.