NAME Dictyosporites paradkarii
AGE Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian).   AGE span: 70.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Dictyosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Paradkar SA. 1976. Pollen and fungal spore association on a fossil leaf from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India; Journal of Palynology, v. 10 (1974), p. 119-125.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. paradkarii Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Mohgaonkalan, Chhindwara district, M.P. India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungus saprophytic, mycelium septate; elongated or oval, smooth phragmospores (text-fig. 5; pl. 1, fig. 2), 31-40 µm long and 12-18 µm broad, 4- to 9-celled, seen singly and not as groups. Mycelium (observed only in one case; text-fig. 5), septate.
COMMENTS* Such spores are found in the genera Alternaria and Dactylosporium of the Imperfect fungi (Barnett, 1965). More resemblance is seen, however, with the genus Dactylosporium in the shape, size and number of cells in the compound spores, than with Alternaria. Hence it is named Dactylosporites dicotylophylli as other stages of the fungus are unknown. The specific name is after its occurrence on a fossil dicotyledonous leaf.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Paradkar SA. 1976. Pollen and fungal spore association on a fossil leaf from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India; Journal of Palynology, v. 10 (1974), p. 119-125.
K&J REMARKS This species is described essentially on the characteristics of the spores; any other parts of this fungus are barely described, and not illustrated. The structure of the spores is essentially that of the genus Dictyosporites, and therefore Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) transfer the species to that genus. A consequence of this action is that Dactylosporites becomes a junior taxonomic synonym of Dictyosporites.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Dactylosporites dicotylophylli Paradkar 1976, p. 120, pl. 1, fig. 2.
Non Dictyosporites dicotylophylli (Paradkar) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000 .
=Arbusculites dicotylophylli Paradkar 1976.; Dictyosporites paradkarii
SERIAL NUMBER 305
PUBLIC COMMENTS host: dicotyledonous plant leaf
habitat: dicotyledonous leaf
 *For source, see Publication Reference.