Combresomyces

Combresomyces Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous–Triassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Phylum:	Heterokontophyta
Phylum:	Pseudofungi
Class:	Oomycetes
Order:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Combresomyces
Species
C. cornifer C. williamsonii Strullu-Derrien et al., 2011

Combresomyces is a genus of hyphal, parasitic oomycete known from the fossil record; it infects organisms such as the seed fern Lyginopteris.^[1]

1. ^ Strullu-Derrien, C.; Kenrick, P.; Rioult, J. P.; Strullu, D. G. (2010). "Evidence of parasitic Oomycetes (Peronosporomycetes) infecting the stem cortex of the Carboniferous seed fern Lyginopteris oldhamia". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278: 675. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1603.  edit