NAME Spegazzinites cruciformis
AGE Tertiary.   AGE span: 65.5...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Staurosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Felix J. 1894. Studien über fossile Pilze; Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, v. 46, p. 269-280.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY S. cruciformis Felix 1894, p. 279, pl. 19, fig. 8a [lectotype selected by Jansonius & Hills (1976), card no. 2630].
LOCATION Germany.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* As for the genus [combined description].
COMMENTS* As compared to the conidia of recent forms, the fossil conidia resemble very closely those of a hyphomycete described by Saccardo as Spegazzinia ornata which belongs to the family Tubercularieae. Spegazzinia also displays partly parcel-shaped and partly cruciform conidia which consist of 4 cells and are partly covered with spines. The spination is particularly well developed in Spegazzinia tessarthra Sacc. (= Sporodesmium tessarthum [sic] B. et C. Cub., Fungi n. 582). [Unedited translation from German; GSC Calgary Library, Translation No. 4047621.]
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Felix J. 1894. Studien über fossile Pilze; Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, v. 46, p. 269-280.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Spegazzinites cruciformis
SERIAL NUMBER 1572
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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