NPP

Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database

NPP

...“extra fossils“ in pollen slides

HdV-1005

NPP type

Taxonomical Group

Fungi

Type description

Van Geel et al 2011: Conidia lemon-shaped, 2-septate, ca. 28–36 X 20 μm, the central cell large, the end cells small with thinner walls than central cell.
Gelorini et al 2011: Conidia lemon-shaped, unequally and symmetrically 3-celled, pale brown to brown, 30–47×13–18 μm, smooth, thick-walled; central cell larger (20–37×13–18 μm) and darker than end cells (5×7 μm), which are broadly trapezoidal.

Records

First publication

van Geel B, Gelorini V, Lyaruu A, Aptroot A, Rucina S, Marchant R, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Verschuren D (2011) Diversity and ecology of tropical African fungal spores from a 25,000-year palaeoenvironmental record in southeastern Kenya. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 164:174-190.

Brachydesmiella sp.

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