The Kalgutkar and Jansonius Database of Fossil Fungi
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NAME
Appendicisporonites
AGE
AGE span:
mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
Ascomycetes, Microthyriales?.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY
Appendicisporonites Saxena & Khare 1992, p. 40.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION
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ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Spores subcircular, inaperturate; multicellular, each cell possessing a long process; processes septate or aseptate, with pointed or blunt tips; wall psilate.
Monotypic.
COMMENTS
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Phragmothyrites Edwards 1922, emend. Kar & Saxena 1976 is distinguished from the present genus by its well developed pseudoparenchymatous cells and in the absence of processes.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE
Saxena RK, Khare S. 1992. Fungal remains from the Neyveli Formation of Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu, India; Geophytology, v. 21, p. 37-43.
K&J REMARKS
As for the type species.
TYPE
TYPE: Appendicisporonites typicus Saxena & Khare 1992, p. 40, pl. 1, fig. 1.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms)
Appendicisporonites;
SERIAL NUMBER
41
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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For source, see Publication Reference.