NAME Multicellites oculeus
AGE Eocene-Oligocene.   AGE span: 55.8...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. oculeus (Ke & Shi) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Kenli, Shandong Province, Coastal region of Bohai, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 75 x 58 µm. Outline broadly elliptical. Four-celled, uppermost cell unusually small, septa hyaline. Inaperturate. Spore wall relatively thick, as much as 5 µm, distinctly two-layered, outer layer conspicuously thicker than the inner one. Surface psilate.
COMMENTS* This species may be related to Dicellaesporites cartos; the spores of these two species differ in cell number, however.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
K&J REMARKS This type of fungal spores may, in different stages of development, be 2-, 3-, or 4-celled, all at the same time in the same mycelium. If they agree in overall shape, even in scattered condition, they may well be related and belong to the same species, regardless of the number of septa in the spore. Thus, the possibility of Diporicellaesporites cartos and Multicellites oculeus being taxonomic synonyms should be considered.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Multicellaesporites oculeus Ke & Shi 1978, p. 38, pl. 3, fig. 22.; Multicellites oculeus
SERIAL NUMBER 1123
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.