NAME Caenomyces laurineus
AGE Early Eocene.   AGE span: 55.8...40.4 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes?, Pyrenomycetes?
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY C. laurineus Berry 1916b, p. 162, pl. 88, fig. 4.
LOCATION Holly Springs sand; Oxford Gully, Lafayette County; U.S.A.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Usually situated or most extensively developed on or near the vascular framework of the leaf and comparable with modern forms that cause leaf blight by their interference with the circulation in the leaf. This form is abundant on the leaves of Nectandra lowii Berry, particularly along the midrib, where perithecia are represented by elliptical more or less confluent masses of discoloration about 3 mm in length and 1.5 mm in width, evidently starting as small circular spots which become elongated and run together, since they are isolated in the upper part of the leaf but form a common mass toward the base of the midrib.

This species resembles Depazea andromedae described by Saporta 1889 on a species of Andromeda from the Ligurian (Sannoisian) of Aix in southeastern France.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Berry EW. 1916. The lower Eocene floras of southeastern North America; United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 91, 481 p.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Caenomyces laurineus
SERIAL NUMBER 144
PUBLIC COMMENTS Host: Nectandra lowii leaves
Habitat: on plant, Nectandra lowii leaves
 *For source, see Publication Reference.