NAME Hypoxylonites lammonsii
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. lammonsii Elsik 1990a, p. 151, pl. 1, fig. 27.
LOCATION The Gulf Coast.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Bilateral, aseptate, psilate fungal spores with a short spine at each end and a longitudinal furrow for almost the full length of the grain. Size ca. 11 x 20 µm overall; thickness of the spore wall ca. 0.5 µm or more. Short spine 1- 2 µm long at each apex; spore cavity also hollowed/pointed into the base of the spines.
COMMENTS* Differentiated on the spinose ends of the spore. Another unpublished spinose species is known to occur in the fossil record, but that species has a much more elongate spore with longer spines.

Derivation: Named in honor of J.M. Lammons.
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 lammonsii
SERIAL NUMBER 731
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.