NAME Hypoxylonites fusiformis
AGE Neogene.   AGE span: 23.03...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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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. fusiformis Elsik 1990a, p. 150, pl. 1, fig. 38.
LOCATION The Gulf Coast.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Aseptate, psilate fungal spores ca. 8 x 20 µm overall. The spore wall is very thin, uniformly ca. 0.25 µm. Outline elliptical or narrowly elliptical with pointed or subpointed ends in an overall fusiform shape. The longitudinal furrow reaches the ends of the spore. The outline in side view was not seen.
COMMENTS* Hypoxylonites lineatus is similar but those spores have a thickening of the wall over the ends of the spore. Hypoxylonites eocenicus has a shape similar to H. fusiformis, but the furrow is schizoid, almost completely traversing the spore.

Derivation: Named for its fusiform outline.
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.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Hypoxylonites fusiformis
SERIAL NUMBER 727
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.