NAME Diporicellaesporites macellus
AGE Middle Eocene.   AGE span: 48.6...37.2 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. macellus Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Puryear clay pit, one-half mile south of Puryear, Henry County, Tennessee, USA.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Phragmospore 8.7 x 31.9 µm, six irregular oblong cells. Tapered slightly toward both ends, one terminal cell round, the opposite end flat. Psilate, pentaseptate opaque, varying in width, wall 1 µm thick.
COMMENTS* Flat terminal end may be a septum separated from a longer chain of cells. The opening at the apex appears to be a tear, not a pore.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.
K&J REMARKS Terminal cells clear, central 4 cells darker pigmented. The flat end looks like a hilum, the "tear" at the opposite end [that] Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) interpret as a pore. The spore may belong to Pluricellaesporites if the distal end is demonstrated to be aporate.

Derivation of name: L. macellus = rather slender, thin.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Multicellaesporites attenuatus Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 44, pl. 16, fig. 48.
Non Diporicellaesporites attenuatus Ramanujam & Srisailam 1980 =Quilonia attenuata (Ramanujam & Srisailam) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000; Diporicellaesporites macellus
SERIAL NUMBER 383
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.