NAME Trichothyrites sastryi
AGE Neogene (undiff.).   AGE span: 23.03...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Microthyriales.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Patil BS, Ramanujam CGK. 1988. Fungal flora of the carbonaceous days from Tonakkal area, Kerala; Geological Survey of lndia, Special Publication, no. 11, vol. II, (Palaeontology Stratigraphy Symposium, Hyderabad, 1980), p. 261-270.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY T. sastryi Patil & Ramanujam 1988, p. 262, pl. 1, fig. 2.
LOCATION Tonakkal, Kerala, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Ascomata light brown, discoid, rounded, 163 µm in diameter [holotype], one-layered, mostly free mycelium lacking, ostiolate. Ostiole 23 µm, more or less rounded, slightly raised from the general surface of ascoma, centric, encircled by 2-4 layers of dark-brown, thick-walled angular cells. Rest of ascoma composed of strictly radiating hyphae, with both longitudinal and cross walls distinct, cells rectangular, 15-20 µm in length and 3-11 µm in width, longer towards ascomal margin. Marginal layers of cells thicker than rest of cells, dark-brown, simple or furcate, forming a rather well-defined band, margin uneven.

Named for Shri M.V.A. Sastry.
COMMENTS* T. padappakarensis is distinguished by its papillate cells bordering the ostiole, and its entire, rigid [peripheral] margin.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Patil BS, Ramanujam CGK. 1988. Fungal flora of the carbonaceous days from Tonakkal area, Kerala; Geological Survey of lndia, Special Publication, no. 11, vol. II, (Palaeontology Stratigraphy Symposium, Hyderabad, 1980), p. 261-270.
K&J REMARKS Description apparently based on a single specimen.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Trichothyrites sastryi
SERIAL NUMBER 1741
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.