The Kalgutkar and Jansonius Database of Fossil Fungi
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NAME
Hysterites labyrinthiformis
AGE
Tertiary.
AGE span:
65.5...2.588
mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
Ascomycetes?, Pyrenomycetes? or Hysteriales?
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY
H. labyrinthiformis Unger 1841, p. 29, pl. 1, fig. 1a, b.
LOCATION
Croatia, Yugoslavia.
ORIG DESCRIPTION
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Epiphyllous, growing as pale spots; perithecia linear, parallel, closely spaced, disposed concentrically. (Fide Meschinelli 1902, p. 49.)
COMMENTS
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PUBLICATION REFERENCE
Meschinelli A. 1902. Fungorum fossilium omnium Iconographia; In Aedibus J. Galla, Vicetiae, 144 p.
K&J REMARKS
Meschinelli (l.c.) cited Schimper as considering this form not to be fungal, but rather the product of some kind of insect.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms)
Hysterites labyrinthiformis
SERIAL NUMBER
759
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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For source, see Publication Reference.