NAME Hilidicellites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Hilidicellites gen. nov.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* DIAGNOSIS: Small to medium-sized dicellate fungal spores, with the proximal end flattened or truncate, due to the presence of a hilum or pore-like structure; the two cells generally of comparable size; spore wall thin or of medium thickness, smooth or with subdued sculpture, generally thinner than the septal base.

Derivation of name: From Latin hilum, scar, and the dicellate structure of these spores.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM, Jansonius J. 2000. Synopsis Of Fossil Fungal Spores, Mycelia And Fructifications; American Association Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Contributions Series Number 39, Dallas Texas, 423 p.
K&J REMARKS In Didymoporisporonites the proximal cell is (much) smaller than the distal cell. Dicellaesporites lacks a hilum or pore.
TYPE TYPE: Hilidicellites appendiculatus (Sheffy & Dilcher) comb. nov. Dicellaesporites appendiculatus Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 41, pl. 15, fig. 30.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Hilidicellites;
SERIAL NUMBER 687
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.