NAME Hypoxylonites truncatus
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. truncatus Elsik 1990a, p. 158, pl. 2, fig. 79.
LOCATION The Gulf Coast.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Aseptate, psilate fungal spores ca. 8-10 x 18-19 µm overall. Outline elliptical in a fusiform fashion; narrowly rounded at one end and truncated at the other end by a 2-3 µm attachment scar. The longitudinal furrow is a narrow slit ca. 10 µm long. The spore wall is 0.25-0.5 µm, occasionally folded.
COMMENTS* Hypoxylonites truncatus has a thinner spore wall and shorter furrow than Hypoxylonites wolfei. In the latter, the furrow traverses the full length of the spore.

Derivation: Named for the truncated 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 truncatus
SERIAL NUMBER 748
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.