NAME Fungites hirtus
AGE Tertiary (Oligocene?).   AGE span: 65.5...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Mycelia sterilia.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Caspary R. 1906-1907. Die Flora des Bernsteins und anderer fossiler Harze des ostpreussischen Tertiärs [Nach dem Nachlasse des Verstorbenen bearbeitet von Richard Klebs, in Königsberg]; Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt, Neue Folge, v. 4, 181 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY F. hirtus Caspary & Klebs in Caspary 1907, p. 10, pl. 1, fig. 3.
LOCATION Baltic area, Poland.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* On a leaf (Künow collection no. 29) are two places with a whitish color, instead of the brown color of the other parts, from which arise fungal remains. These consist of delicate, whisker-like opaque-brown hyphal threads that break through the epidermal cell walls, one or several per cell. These threads are very pointed, stiff and straight, 86 µm long and no thicker than 3 µm.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Caspary R. 1906-1907. Die Flora des Bernsteins und anderer fossiler Harze des ostpreussischen Tertiärs [Nach dem Nachlasse des Verstorbenen bearbeitet von Richard Klebs, in Königsberg]; Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt, Neue Folge, v. 4, 181 p.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Fungites hirtus
SERIAL NUMBER 604
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.