NAME Anatolinites subcapsilaris
AGE Middle Eocene.   AGE span: 48.6...37.2 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY A. subcapsilaris (Sheffy & Dilcher) Elsik, Ediger & Bati 1990, p. 101.
LOCATION Puryear clay pit, one-half mile south of Puryear, Henry County, Tennessee, USA.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Capsular, tricellate fungal spore with flattened basal attachment and round apex with single pore. Wall 1 µm thick, psilate, two opaque septa 4-7 µm thick. Size ranges from 14.2 x 21.3 - 16.4 x 26.6 µm (2 specimens).

EMENDED DESCRIPTION (Elsik, Ediger & Bati): Diporate, tetracellate (tricellate when the proximal cell is missing), psilate fungal spores ca. 14-16.5 x 21-27 µm overall. The spore axis is straight. The spore outline is obovate; the proximal cell is often missing, resulting in a definite truncation of the outline on the proximal end of the spore. Both pores are simple and less than 1 µm. The spore wall is ca. 0.25-1 µm; the wall is darkly pigmented over the three main cells. The septa are at least twice as thick as the spore wall, but are wider, up to 4-7 µm, where they adjoin the spore wall.
COMMENTS* (Sheffy & Dilcher): This spore is similar to an unidentified spore illustrated by Wolf (1966b, fig. 4, no. 36).

(Elsik, Ediger & Bati): Anatolinites subcapsilaris (Sheffy & Dilcher 1971) emend. Elsik et al. 1990, has a more smoothly obovate outline than A. alaskaensis. It resembles closely A. reklawensis, but has a more obviously obovate outline than that species. The specimens Sheffy & Dilcher (1971) illustrated should be reexamined to determine the presence or absence of the proximal cell. It is possible that there is a very short, very thin-walled cell attached at the proximal end, but folded out of view.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.

Elsik WC, Ediger VS, Bati Z. 1990. Fossil fungal spores: Anatolinites nov. gen.; Palynology, v. 14, p. 91-103.
K&J REMARKS The holotype is the smaller specimen, on the left. Neither of the two specimens shows an (axial or other) pore at the rounded apex.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Pluricellaesporites subcapsilaris Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 46, pl. 16, fig. 59.; Anatolinites subcapsilaris
SERIAL NUMBER 30
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.