NAME Palaeomycites vestitus
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. vestitus (Kidston & Lang) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Muir of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fine aseptate hyphae about 3 µm in diameter; bearing spherical resting-spores about 45 µm in diameter; wall of spore thin, but frequently invested by a close covering of slender hyphae. Similar spores of larger size are also met with. Occurs in decaying tissues, especially of stems of Asteroxylon.
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 vestitus Kidston & Lang 1921, p. 869, pl. 4, figs. 36-38 (slide no. 2454).; Palaeomycites vestitus
SERIAL NUMBER 1221
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.