NAME Trichopeltinites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Microthyriales.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Trichopeltinites Cookson 1947a, p. 211.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Thallus that of the Trichopeltineae. Ascomata developed as thickened areas of the thallus and dehiscing by an irregular ostiole as in Trichopeltis Theiss. (Stevens, 1925). Ascospores unknown.
COMMENTS* Members of the family Trichopeltaceae are distinguished from the Microthyriaceae by the lateral union of mycelial hyphae to form a one-layered, radially constructed thallus. This may be irregularly strap-shaped as in the sub-family Trichopeltineae Theiss., or more or less circular in outline as in the subfamily Brefeldineae Theiss. (Theissen, 1914).
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Cookson IC. 1947. Fossil fungi from Tertiary deposits in the southern hemisphere. Part I; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, v. 72, p. 207-214.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE TYPE: Trichopeltinites pulcher Cookson 1947a, p. 211, pl. 14, fig. 22 [lectotype, selected by Jansonius & Hills (1976), card no. 2961].
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Trichopeltinites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1722
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.