NAME Pezizites sylvaticus
AGE Tertiary, Oligocene.   AGE span: 33.9...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes; Pezizales
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ludwig R. 1859. Fossile Pflanzen aus der ältesten Abtheilung der RheinischWetterauer Tertiär-Formation, Palaeontographia, Abt. B, v. 8, p. 39·154.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. sylvaticus (Ludwig) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Salzhausen, Rheinisch-Wetterauer browncoal; Rhine valley, Germany.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Saucer-shaped, round, thick-walled fungi [apothecia], without a stalk, measuring 0.75-1 mm in diameter, arranged in close groups on a decaying substrate, but without touching each other.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ludwig R. 1859. Fossile Pflanzen aus der ältesten Abtheilung der RheinischWetterauer Tertiär-Formation, Palaeontographia, Abt. B, v. 8, p. 39·154.
K&J REMARKS These fossils appear, from the illustration, to be incredibly well-preserved small cup fungi. Ludwig compared them to Peziza humosa.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Peziza sylvatica R. Ludwig 1859, p. 57, pl. 8, figs. 12, 12a, 12b.; Pezizites sylvaticus
SERIAL NUMBER 1307
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.