NAME Glomites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Zygomycetes, Endogonales.
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FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Glomites Taylor, Remy, Hass & Kerp 1995, p. 561.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: [combined description] Extraradical, aseptate hyphae up to 25 µm in diameter, occasionally occurring in bundles, hyphal wall two-parted, rarely branched; intraradical hyphae of two types, one consisting of aseptate hyphae 8-14 µm in diameter, thin-walled, extensively branched in hypodermis, branches produced in acute angles of 30-60¬∞, occasionally with slight projections representing former site of deteriorated hyphae; other narrower hyphal branches produced at more nearly right angles, narrow (5 µm) and giving rise to solitary, occasionally multiple, terminal globose-elongate spores ranging from 50-80 µm; spore wall multilayered with inner layer continuous with subtending hypha, basal septum absent; other narrow hyphal branches penetrate cortical cell wall to form highly branched arbuscules, arbuscule with basal stalk approximately 3 µm in diameter, and forming fine distal tips, sometimes slightly swollen; arbuscules confined to narrow (one to four cells wide) outer cortical zone beneath hypodermis.
COMMENTS* Kidston & Lang (1921) used the generic name Palaeomyces Renault for the spores and hyphae they described from the Rhynie chert. Their study encompasses a wide range of isolated fungal structures in which there was limited organic attachment among parts, and for which affinities and nutritional mode were conjectural. Although some details regarding the structure and morphology of this remains unknown, we believe that there are sufficient characters available to propose the generic name Glomites [now: Palaeomycites. Ed.] for a fungus found in the chert with intraradical arbuscules. Palaeomyces will remain a generic name for other isolated spores and hyphae found in the chert.

Etymology: The name Glomites refers to similarities to the Glomineae (see Remy et al., 1994) [as stated by Phipps & Taylor, 1996], and [in particular] underscores the similarity to the extant genus Glomus.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Taylor TN, Remy W, Hass H, Kerp H. 1995. Fossil arbuscular mycorrhizae from the Early Devonian; Mycologia, v. 87, p. 560-573.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE TYPE: Glomites rhyniensis Taylor, Remy, Hass & Kerp 1995, p. 561, fig. 25.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Glomites;
SERIAL NUMBER 640
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.