NAME Annella
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Incertae Sedis?
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Annella Srivastava 1976, p. 97.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Spherules or coccoid bodies, attached individually, in pairs, rows, or in clusters to the exine surface of spores, pollen, and woody fragments; occasionally diplococcoid, that is, one cell grows on the other; small hyphae seen occasionally, hyphae bacillary, sometimes beaded, indicating the developing spherules within them.
COMMENTS* The genus Annella differs from Palynomorphites Moore 1963 in its lack of continuous or long filamentous structures or mycelia. Annella has small, cylindrical bacillary hyphae that disintegrate after the development of the spherules.

Etymology: The generic name is derived from the middle name of Mrs. Rosalind Anne Srivastava. Latin, -ella, diminutive; Ann- + -ella = Annella.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Srivastava SK. 1976. Biogenic infection in Jurassic spores and pollen; Geoscience and Man, v. 15, p. 95-100.
K&J REMARKS As for the type species. See also remarks under Annella pulchra.
TYPE TYPE: Annella capitata Srivastava 1976, p. 97, pl. 2, figs. 10-11.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Annella;
SERIAL NUMBER 35
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.