NAME Trichopeltinites pulcher
AGE Oligocene-Miocene.   AGE span: 33.9...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Microthyriales.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE 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.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY T. pulcher Cookson 1947a, p. 72, pl. 14, fig. 22.
LOCATION Australia, New Zealand and the Kerguelen Archipelago.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Thallus epiphyllous, dark brown, from 18-150 µm in width, frequently narrow-elongate with many lobes and some branches, sometimes broader and more leaf-like in form. Cells 3-7 µm broad and 5-8 µm long with straight, firm walls. Ascomata 72-90 µm in diameter, darker brown than thallus, opening by an irregular fissure.
COMMENTS* Trichopeltinites pulcher is strikingly similar to the extant species Trichopeltis reptans Speg. and undoubtedly is closely allied to, if not identical with, that species. On the upper surface of leaves of Oleinites willisii Yallourn and Hazelwood, Victoria.
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 T. pulcher Cookson 1947a, p. 72, pl. 14, fig. 22 [lectotype, designated by Jansonius & Hills (1976), card no. 2961].
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Trichopeltinites pulcher
SERIAL NUMBER 1726
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.