NAME Hypoxylonites elongatioides
AGE Middle Eocene.   AGE span: 48.6...37.2 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Elsik WC. 1990. Hypoxylonites and Spirotremesporites, form genera for Eocene to Pleistocene fungal spores bearing a single furrow; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 216, p.137-169.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY H. elongatioides Elsik 1990a, p. 148, pl. 2, fig. 82.
LOCATION Tennessee, USA.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Aseptate, psilate fungal spores ca. 6-8 x 11-14 µm overall. Outline elliptical with smoothly rounded ends. Spore wall ca. 1.0 µm thick, interrupted by a straight furrow 2/3 to 3/4 of the length of the spore. Furrow gaping or unsplit.
COMMENTS* The outline of Hypoxylonites elongatioides is more smoothly rounded over the ends, probably due to the shorter furrow, than the outline of Hypoxylonites elongatus (Rouse 1962) comb. nov., emend. Hypoxylonites pirozynskii and H. pirozynskioides have thinner walls.

Derivation: Named for its similarity to Hypoxylonites elongatus (Rouse 1962) comb. nov., emend.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Elsik WC. 1990. Hypoxylonites and Spirotremesporites, form genera for Eocene to Pleistocene fungal spores bearing a single furrow; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 216, p.137-169.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE Cf. Hypoxylon sp. Elsik & Dilcher 1974, p. 71, pl. 27, fig. 25 (holotype, reillustrated in Elsik 1990a).
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Cf. Hypoxylon sp. Elsik & Dilcher 1974, p. 71, pl. 27, fig. 25 .; Hypoxylonites elongatioides
SERIAL NUMBER 720
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.