NAME Hypoxylonites ater
AGE Early-Middle Miocene.   AGE span: 23.03...11.608 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kumar P. 1990. Fungal remains from the Miocene Quilon beds of Kerala State, South India; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 63, p. 13-28.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY H. ater (Kumar) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Padappakkara, Quilon District, Kerala State, South India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spores unicellular, broadly oval in shape, ends tapered. Size 25-30 x 18-20 µm. Longitudinal slit runs from end to end. Spore wall single-layered, ± 1.6 µm thick and smooth.
COMMENTS* Hypoxylonsporites miocenicus Kumar [now H. kumarii nom. nov.] differs from H. ater in having elongate shape with narrowly rounded ends.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kumar P. 1990. Fungal remains from the Miocene Quilon beds of Kerala State, South India; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 63, p. 13-28.
K&J REMARKS See remarks from Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) under Hypoxylonites Elsik 1990a and Hypoxylonsporites Kumar 1990.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Hypoxylonsporites ater Kumar 1990, p. 19, pl. 1, fig. 13.; Hypoxylonites ater
SERIAL NUMBER 712
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.