NAME Fungites macrochaetus
AGE Tertiary (Oligocene?).   AGE span: 65.5...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Mycelia sterilia.
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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. macrochaetus Caspary & Klebs in Caspary 1907, p. 10, pl. 1, fig. 4.
LOCATION Baltic area, Poland.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* A fungus, located on the surface of a small fruit, consisting of bristle-like hyphal threads that project, perpendicularly or at odd angles, from the substrate [singly, or] in groups of up to 10 hyphae. These hyphae, black in color, taper somewhat toward their distal ends, and are irregularly bent this way or that, mostly gnarled and bumpy; they are 6.6-12.4 µm in diameter, and 330-440 µm in length. No spores were observed.
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 macrochaetus
SERIAL NUMBER 605
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.