NAME Multicellites grandiusculus
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. grandiusculus (Sheffy & Dilcher) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Puryear clay pit, one-half mile south of Puryear, Henry County, Tennessee, USA.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Phragmospore, pentacellate, 15.5 x 35.8 µm, cells flattened along common boundaries, convex on sides, end cells rounded. Psilate, inaperturate, septa opaque, wall 1 µm thick.
COMMENTS* The materials attached to the walls appear to be artifacts. The specific name indicates that the spore is somewhat large in size. This spore resembles an unidentified spore illustrated by Wolf (1966a, fig. 4, no. 26), and material which Wolf & Cavaliere (1966, pl. 1, no. 17) identified as Calonectria. It is also similar to the spore of Meliola spinksii [now: Meliolinites spinksii], family Meliolaceae, order Erysiphales (Dilcher 1965, pl. 2, figs. 9, 10, 11).
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Multicellaesporites grandiusculus Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 45, pl. 16, fig. 51.; Multicellites grandiusculus
SERIAL NUMBER 1115
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.