NAME Phomites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Sphaeropsidales.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Phomites Fritel 1910, p. 14.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: An Imperfect Fungus with a subcutaneous perithecium, erumpent (breaking out after having darkened), membranous, somewhat leathery or even semi-woody; globular or flattened, without a beak; ostiole small or rudimentary.

Monotypic.
COMMENTS* The genus Phoma, now distributed world-wide, has not so far been reported as a fossil.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Fritel PH. 1910. Étude sur les vegetaux fossiles de l'etage sparnacien du Bassin de Paris; Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, Paléontologie, no. 40, p. 5-37.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE TYPE: Phomites myricae Fritel 1910, p. 14, pl. 1, fig. 13.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) (Phoma Fries, sensu lato) ; Phomites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1310
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.