NAME Papulosporonites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Dictyosporae.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Papulosporonites Schmiedeknecht & Schwab 1964, p. 686.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Fungal remains of globular to elongate shape, consisting of numerous more or less polygonal cells that are firmly fused into mulberry-shaped aggregates. Cells without any regular order, or concentrically arranged. No differentiation of an outer wall layer; however, one to three of the innermost cells commonly much larger. Occasionally individual aggregates fused together. [Jansonius & Hills (1977), card no. 3379.] Monotypic.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Schmiedeknecht M, Schwab G. 1964. Bulbillen fossiler Pilze aus einer tertiären Weichbraunkohle; Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, v. 6, p. 683-692.

Jansonius J, Hills LV. 1977. Genera file of fossil spores - supplement 2; Special Publication, Department of Geology, University of Calgary, cards 3288-3431.
K&J REMARKS Palambages appears to represent thinner-walled vesicles, that are less tightly aggregated into spherical units; conceivably, Palambages could represent an algal fossil. The fungal affinity of Papulosporonites seems to be generally accepted. In Polyadosporites the individual cells are less tightly appressed into a spherical mass.
TYPE TYPE: Papulosporonites sphaeromorphus Schmiedeknecht & Schwab 1964, p. 686, pl. 1, fig. 1.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Papulosporonites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1246
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.