NAME Helicominites salvinites
AGE Cretaceous (Maastrichtian).   AGE span: 70.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Helicosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Barlinge SG, Paradkar SA. 1982. Record of the new fossil algal and fungal forms from the Deccan lntertrappean of Mohgaon-Kalan. M. P., India; The Botanique, v. 18 (1979), p. 163-175.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY H. salvinites Barlinge & Paradkar 1982, p. 167, text-fig. V [holotype designated as F2B, Dept. of Botany, Institute of Science, Nagpur, India].
LOCATION Mohgaonkalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Saprophytic fungus found inside Salvinia intertrappea megaspores, in space usually occupied by female gametophyte; mycelium 5-6 µm in breadth; conidia loosely, spirally coiled, 21-32 x 20-30 µm, narrow at both ends.
COMMENTS* The present form resembles the genus Helicomina of Deuteromycetes because of the coiled, thin-walled and hyaline conidia.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Barlinge SG, Paradkar SA. 1982. Record of the new fossil algal and fungal forms from the Deccan lntertrappean of Mohgaon-Kalan. M. P., India; The Botanique, v. 18 (1979), p. 163-175.
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TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Helicominites salvinites
SERIAL NUMBER 676
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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