NAME Multicellites didymus
AGE Middle Eocene.   AGE span: 48.6...37.2 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. didymus (Sheffy & Dilcher) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Puryear clay pit, one-half mile south of Puryear, Henry County, Tennessee, USA.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Tetracellate spore 6.8 x 21.3 µm, psilate, inaperturate. Constricted in center, triseptate, equatorial septum thick, opaque. Light pigment, wall 0.5 µm thick. Longitudinal walls of center cells slightly convex.
COMMENTS* The specific name didymus means twin or similar pairs, referring to the two pairs of cells separated by the equatorial constriction. This spore resembles an unidentified spore illustrated by Wolf (1966b, pl. 3, no. 34), but is somewhat smaller.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.
K&J REMARKS The specific epithet can be a noun in apposition, or be treated as an adjective. Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) consider the epithet to be adjectival.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Multicellaesporites didymus Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 45, pl. 16, fig. 53.; Multicellites didymus
SERIAL NUMBER 1108
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.