The Kalgutkar and Jansonius Database of Fossil Fungi
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NAME
Palynomorphites
AGE
AGE span:
mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
Fungi Incertae Sedis.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY
Palynomorphites Moore 1963, p. 356.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION
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ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Single coccoid, ovoid, or baccilum-like cells, or aggregates of such cells; beaded or non-beaded filaments, aseptate, 0.75-1.5 µm in cross-section and occurring on or within fossil spores.
Monotypic.
COMMENTS
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PUBLICATION REFERENCE
Moore LR. 1963. Microbiological colonization and attack on some Carboniferous miospores; Palaeontology, v. 6, p. 349-372.
K&J REMARKS
Srivastava (1976) stated that the genus Annella differs from Palynomorphites Moore 1963 in its lack of continuous or long filamentous structures or mycelia. Annella has small, cylindrical bacillary hyphae that disintegrate after the development of the spherules.
TYPE
TYPE: Palynomorphites diversiformis Moore 1963, p. 356, pl. 54, fig. 13.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms)
Palynomorphites;
SERIAL NUMBER
1244
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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For source, see Publication Reference.