NAME Reticellites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Reticellites Ethridge Glass, Brown & Elsik 1986, p. 414.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Fungal spores of 3 or more cells, rarely 2, generally of unequal size, with sculpture of indistinct to distinct reticulum. Spore outline lanceolate, spatulate or ovate, indented or not across the septa. Axis appears to be straight, but when a pore is present the axis is occasionally curved through the smaller cell to the pore. Pore present or not, often very obscure. Spore wall of one or two layers; layers tightly appressed or, less commonly, separated. Spores with melanin pigment; the outer wall layer over the larger cells and both layers over the smaller cell can be yellow with practically no brownish component. Septa of two layers; layering not always evident. Septal pores are obscure in the type species.

Monotypic.
COMMENTS* The combination of overall shape and the reticulate spore wall is unique for these spores. Affinity unknown.

Named for the sculpture and the multiple number of cells.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ethridge Glass DL, Brown DD, Elsik WC. 1986. Fungal Spores from the Upper Eocene Manning Formation, Jackson Group, east and south-central Texas, U.S.A.; Pollen et Spores, v. 28, p. 403-420.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE TYPE: Reticellites houstonii Ethridge Glass, Brown & Elsik 1986, p. 414, pl. 4, figs. 1-5.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Reticellites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1523
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.