NAME Hypoxylonites edigeri
AGE Late Eocene or Oligocene.   AGE span: 37.2...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ediger VS. 1981. Fossil fungal and algal bodies from Thrace Basin, Turkey; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 179, p. 87-102.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY H. edigeri Elsik 1990a, p. 148.
LOCATION Turkey.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Aseptate, psilate fungal spores ca. 12 x 23 µm overall. Outline in top view elliptical, ends of the spore are notched by the ends of the straight furrow which is parallel to the length of the spore. Thickness of the spore wall is 0.5 µm or less.
COMMENTS* Hypoxylonites edigeri is not as narrowly fusiform as Hypoxylonites fusiformis.

Derivation: Named in honor of V.S. Ediger.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ediger VS. 1981. Fossil fungal and algal bodies from Thrace Basin, Turkey; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 179, p. 87-102.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Hypoxylon sp. Ediger 1981, p. 90, pl. 1, fig. 11.; Hypoxylonites edigeri
SERIAL NUMBER 718
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.