NAME Oochytrium
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Chytridiomycetes, Chytridiales.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Oochytrium Renault 1896, p. 424, figs. 78, 79.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Lepidodendron wood is commonly seen to be invaded by fungi. We draw attention to those among these that make up the new genus Oochytrium, which is characterized by: slender, branching mycelia [rhizomycelia] that occur, singly or grouped in considerable numbers, in the vessels of certain Lepidodendrons the branches of which are often terminated in ovoid or spherical sporangia that are surmounted by a rostrum. The protoplasm can be seen, more or less contracted, inside the smooth or finely granulate sporangial wall.

Monotypic.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Renault B. 1896. Bassin Houiller et Permien d' Autun et d'Épinac, Flore Fossile, pt. I; Études des gîtes minéraux de la France, Paris, Fascicule 4, 578 p.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE TYPE: O. lepidodendri Renault 1896, fig. 424, figs. 78, 79.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Oochytrium;
SERIAL NUMBER 1163
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.