NAME Asterothyrites edvensis
AGE Miocene.   AGE span: 23.03...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Microthyriales.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Rao KP, Ramanujam CGK. 1976. A further record of microthyriaceous fungi from the Neogene deposits of Kerala in South India; Geophytology, v. 6, p. 98-104.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY A. edvensis (Rao & Ramanujam) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Edvai, Quilon Formation, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Free mycelium lacking. Ascomata flattened, somewhat circular, margin firm and even, 50-85 µm in diameter; ostiolate, ostiole with no specialized border, rounded to slightly irregular, 7.5-9 µm in diameter; cells of ascomata radially arranged, 3-4.5 µm wide, squarish to rectangular near central region, elongated, 6-9 µm long and thin-walled near margin, margin mostly crenate with local thickenings.
COMMENTS* Fruit bodies of this type are fairly common in the Edvai lignite of Quilon Formation. Paramicrothallites spinulatus (Dilcher 1965) Jain & Gupta 1970 is characterized by the possession of small spines on the margin of the fruit body. P. menonii Jain & Gupta 1970, recorded from the Quilon beds near Padappakkara, has a smooth margin. P. edvensis is distinguishable in its crenate margin. Named for the locality Edvai.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Rao KP, Ramanujam CGK. 1976. A further record of microthyriaceous fungi from the Neogene deposits of Kerala in South India; Geophytology, v. 6, p. 98-104.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Paramicrothallites edvensis Rao & Ramanujam 1976, p. 100, pl. 1, fig. 7.; Asterothyrites edvensis
SERIAL NUMBER 71
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.