Aracistrobus, an enigmatic non-araceous fossil from the Eurasian Oligocene and Miocene

Abstract

Putative infructescences described as Aracistrobus Nikitin ex Dorofeev from the Upper Oligocene of western Siberia and Lower-Middle Miocene of European Russia and Germany have nothing to do with the Araceae but their true nature remains elusive.

Keywords

• Enigmatic fossils
• Tertiary
• Fungi