NAME Trihyphites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Staurosporae.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Trihyphites gen. nov.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* DIAGNOSIS: Fungal spores triradiate; from a small triangular central cell, three arms radiate out, each consisting of up to a dozen cells, and each terminating with a wide pore-like structure.

Derivation of name: A contraction of Trihyphaecites, of which the type species, T. triangulatus, was transferred to Tribolites.

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 Spores of Alleppeysporites are triradiate, each arm comprising three to five cells, and distally narrowing into a solid? club-like structure. Mossopisporites has no differentiated central cell, and all cells are very broad and short. The arms in Tribolites are distally closed.
TYPE TYPE: Trihyphites fractus (Song & Cao) comb. nov.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Trihyphaecites fractus Song & Cao, in Song Zhichen, Li Guangxing, Cao Liu, Luo Haicen & Sun Zihua 1989, p. 46, pl. 4, fig. 21. ; Trihyphites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1747
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.