NAME Fungites pullus
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. pullus Caspary & Klebs in Caspary 1907, p. 9, pl.1, fig. 2.
LOCATION Baltic area, Poland.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* A twig of Thuites is infested by a brown fungus that crawls over the leaf surface by making a net formed by anastomosis of the hyphal threads. Occasionally, cylindrical threads are branching off perpendicularly. The crawling hyphae are 2.07-3.03 µm in diameter, the vertical branches a bit thicker (3.03-4.0 µm) and ca 33-45 µm tall.
COMMENTS* With some variation in thickness of the hyphae, this fungus was observed on leaves of Chamaecyparis, Sequoia and Libocedrites, all in amber fragments.
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.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Fungites pullus
SERIAL NUMBER 606
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.