NAME Involutisporonites chowdhryi
AGE Miocene.   AGE span: 23.03...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Helicosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Jain KP, Kar RK. 1979. Palynology of Neogene sediments around Quilon and Varkala, Kerala Coast, South India 1. Fungal remains; The Palaeobotanist, v. 26 (1977), p. 105-118.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY I. chowdhryi (Jain & Kar) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Papanasam, Varkala, Kerala Coast, South India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores multicellular, coiled once in centre, generally keeping a hollow space. Cells smaller in centre and bigger in outer region. Spore wall granulose. Pore present or absent in cells. Holotype 80 µm.
COMMENTS* Colligerites kutchensis (Kar & Saxena 1976) Jain & Kar 1979 is much coiled and hence is easily differentiated from the present species.

Colligerites chowdhryi resembles closely the spores of Helicominopsis fici illustrated by Subramanian (1971). The spores of Helicomina caperoniae are also helicoid but the coilings are not so prominent as in the present species.

Derivation of name: in honor of Dr. Harsh Chowdhry.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Jain KP, Kar RK. 1979. Palynology of Neogene sediments around Quilon and Varkala, Kerala Coast, South India 1. Fungal remains; The Palaeobotanist, v. 26 (1977), p. 105-118.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Colligerites chowdhryi Jain & Kar 1979, p. 110, pl. 2, fig. 30.; Involutisporonites chowdhryi
SERIAL NUMBER 831
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.