NAME Saccisporonites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Saccisporonites gen. nov.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* DIAGNOSIS: One-celled fungal spores, spatulate in overall shape, with a distinct proximal hilum; spore proper with double wall layer, outer layer thicker than inner one, wall thickest at distal end; wall turned out at hilum, forming a lip with a characteristic 90 degree angle at pore; whole spore loosely enveloped by a filmy perine, that may be lost in preservation or preparation.

Derivation of name: For the sac-like membranous perine enveloping the spore.

Monotypic.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM, Jansonius J. 2000. Synopsis Of Fossil Fungal Spores, Mycelia And Fructifications; American Association Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Contributions Series Number 39, Dallas Texas, 423 p.
K&J REMARKS The thin-walled perine is sufficiently persistent to serve as a basis for segregating this form from other monocellate spores. The development of the hilum is diagnostic, as well.
TYPE TYPE: Saccisporonites stoughiae (Elsik) comb. nov. Lacrimasporonites stoughiae Elsik 1968, p. 274, pl. 2, fig. 21. D
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Saccisporonites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1544
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.