NAME Palaeomycites horneae
AGE Early Devonian.   AGE span: 416...397.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Chytridiomycetes, Chytridiales; or: Zygomycetes, Endogonales; or: Oomycetes, Peronosporales.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kidston R, Lang WH. 1921. On Old Sandstone plants showing structure, from the Rhynie Chert Bed, Aberdeenshire. Part V. Thallophyta occurring in the peat-bed; the succession of the plants through a vertical section of the bed, and the conditions of accumulation and preservation of the deposit; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, v. 52, p. 855-902.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. horneae (Kidston & Lang) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Muir of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Aseptate, branched hyphae often with brown walls, attaining a diameter of 10-15 µm; present in the intercellular spaces of the tissues and also in the adjoining matrix, from which entering hyphae may be traced. Spherical or oval resting-spores; about 100 µm in diameter; with, at maturity, moderately thick, brown walls not differentiated into layers.

Occurs in relation to the surface, and in between the cells, of some rhizomes and the basal regions of stems of Hornea lignieri.
COMMENTS* Refer to comments under P. agglomeratus.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kidston R, Lang WH. 1921. On Old Sandstone plants showing structure, from the Rhynie Chert Bed, Aberdeenshire. Part V. Thallophyta occurring in the peat-bed; the succession of the plants through a vertical section of the bed, and the conditions of accumulation and preservation of the deposit; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, v. 52, p. 855-902.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Palaeomyces horneae Kidston & Lang 1921, p. 869, pl. 3, figs. 29-35 (slides nos. 2531, 2532).; Palaeomycites horneae
SERIAL NUMBER 1216
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.