NAME Ascochytites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Sphaeropsidales.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Ascochytites Teterevnikova-Babaian & Taslakhchian 1973, p. 180 (nom. nud.).
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: [combined description] Conidia oblong-cylindrical or oblong-elliptical, with obtuse or rounded ends, uniseptate, with septum slightly constricted, hyaline, 7-8 x 3 µm.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Teterevnikova-Babaian DN, Taslakhchian MG. 1973. New data on fossil fungal spores in Armenia; Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Mycology and Phytology, v. 4, p. 159-164.
K&J REMARKS With no illustration of the spores, the name of the genus is not validly published, in spite of the fact that the locations where the type material was found and the specimens are stored, are cited: Types from near Rasdan, Armenia, USSR, in Tertiary clays, at a depth of 978988 m, between Upper Paleogene and Lower Neogene strata, [VII 1968, E. Eramian -- meaning of this unclear: date, name of collector?]; permanent preparation conserved at Faculty of Cryptogam Botany, University of Erevan.
TYPE TYPE: Ascochytites tertiarius Teterevnikova-Babaian & Taslakhchian, 1973, p. 180, no illustration (nom. nud.).
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Ascochytites;
SERIAL NUMBER 51
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.