NAME Alleppeysporonites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Alleppeysporonites Ramanujam & Rao 1978, p. 299.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Spores branched, brownish in color, multicellular, inaperturate, septa only transverse, branches one or two per spore, gently curved. Basal and terminal cells each with a conspicuous appendage. Spore wall psilate to scabrate. Monotypic.
COMMENTS* The branched nature and the presence of appendages are the important features of this spore type. The fossil taxon shows striking similarity to the dematiaceous fungus Grallomyces (Barnett, 1956; Ellis, 1971; Subramanian, 1971). The appendages of the fossil are similar to the stalked attachment organs of Grallomyces conidia. The spore wall in Grallomyces is minutely verrucate whereas in the fossil spores it is essentially scabrate. Grallomyces is common in moist tropics. Alleppeysporonites was found occasionally in the Warkalli beds. It was also noticed, although rarely, in the clay samples of the Padappakkara area.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ramanujam CGK, Rao KP. 1978. Fungal spores from the Neogene strata of Kerala in South India; Proceedings of the IV International Palynological Conference, Lucknow, 1976-77, v. 1, p. 291-304.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE TYPE: Alleppeysporonites scabratus Ramanujam & Rao 1978, p. 299, pl. 3, fig. 40.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Alleppeysporonites;
SERIAL NUMBER 5
PUBLIC COMMENTS

 *For source, see Publication Reference.