HdV-1013

Taxonomical Group

Fungi

Type description

Van Geel et al 2011: Ascospores with truncate base (in some cases the hyaline pedicel is partly preserved) and conical apex with pore; spores ca. 20–25 X 12 μm (excl. pedicel).
Gelorini et al 2011: Ascospores ellipsoid, inequilaterally one-celled, brown, 15–30×10–15 μm, smooth and thick-walled, tapering at one end but truncate at the other, often with one less convex side; pore often in a subpolar position and slightly protruding. See also van Geel et al., 2011.

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.