NAME Didymoporisporonites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Didymoporisporonites Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 42; emend.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Spores dicellate, uniseptate, pore at apex of one cell. Sculpture psilate to punctate, shape variable.

DIAGNOSIS AS EMENDED (Kalgutkar and Jansonius 2000): Generally small to medium dicellate conidia; the proximal cell much thinner-walled and smaller than the distal one, with a distinct pore or hilum.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.
K&J REMARKS The genus Didymoporisporonites is here restricted to dicellate spores with dissimilar cells, of which only the smaller is porate.

In the past, a number of spores (e.g.: D. didymus, D. oblongatus) with equal or near-equal cells, of which one is porate, were also assigned to this genus. Elsik (1992) intended to propose a new genus "Poridicellites" to accommodate the latter type. Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) consider that the "pore" in those forms actually is a hilum, and here transfer spores of this type to the new genus Hilidicellites.
TYPE TYPE: Didymoporisporonites psilatus Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 42, pl. 13, fig. 35; pl. 15, fig. 35.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Didymoporisporonites;
SERIAL NUMBER 311
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.