NAME Diplodites mohgaoensis
AGE Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian).   AGE span: 70.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Sphaeropsidales.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Barlinge SG, Paradkar SA. 1982. Record of the new fossil algal and fungal forms from the Deccan lntertrappean of Mohgaon-Kalan. M. P., India; The Botanique, v. 18 (1979), p. 163-175.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. mohgaoensis (Barlinge & Paradkar) Kalgutkar, Nambudiri & Tidwell 1993, p. 115.
LOCATION Mohgaonkalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Pycnidia 100-114 x 7-80 µm, compact; conidiophores branched; conidia bicelled, dark, 7-8 x 3-3.5 µm, fusiform with striations; hyphae branched, septate.
COMMENTS* (Barlinge & Paradkar): The conidia resemble the fossil fungus Diplodia rodei described by Mahabalé (1969). There are, however, differences in the size of conidiospores. Those of D. rodei are larger, 17.5-18 x 7.5 µm, purple, and on a monocotyledonous leaf. The present form occurs on a dicotyledonous leaf and has smaller spores that are not purple. In a fossil form, the original natural color of spores may not remain but may be modified to some extent.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Barlinge SG, Paradkar SA. 1982. Record of the new fossil algal and fungal forms from the Deccan lntertrappean of Mohgaon-Kalan. M. P., India; The Botanique, v. 18 (1979), p. 163-175.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Botryodiplodia mohgaoensis Barlinge & Paradkar 1982, p. 169, pl. 1, fig. G.; Diplodites mohgaoensis
SERIAL NUMBER 343
PUBLIC COMMENTS Host: dicotyledonous leaf, plant
Habitat: embedded in dicotyledonous plant leaf
Structures: pycnidia or perithecia or pseudothecia; conidia or ascospores
Classification: Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; saccharomyceta; Pezizomycotina; leotiomyceta; dothideomyceta; Dothideomycetes
Classification: Botryosphaeriaceae (?)Structures: Ascospores or conidia
 *For source, see Publication Reference.