NAME Ascochytites intertrappeus
AGE Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian).   AGE span: 70.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Sphaeropsidales.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Barlinge SG, Paradkar SA. 1982. Record of the new fossil algal and fungal forms from the Deccan lntertrappean of Mohgaon-Kalan. M. P., India; The Botanique, v. 18 (1979), p. 163-175.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY A. intertrappeus Barlinge & Paradkar 1982, p. 170, pl. 1, fig. D.
LOCATION Mohgaon-Kalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Saprophytic sphaeropsidaceous fungus with ostiolate pycnidia; pycnidia 80-100 x 60-65 µm; mycelium 1.5-2 µm broad, branched; conidia 2celled, elongate, hyaline, 3.5 x 2-1.5 µm.
COMMENTS* This fungus is comparable to the modern genus Ascochyta Libert.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Barlinge SG, Paradkar SA. 1982. Record of the new fossil algal and fungal forms from the Deccan lntertrappean of Mohgaon-Kalan. M. P., India; The Botanique, v. 18 (1979), p. 163-175.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Ascochytites intertrappeus
SERIAL NUMBER 54
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 *For source, see Publication Reference.