HdV-1047

Taxonomical Group

Fungi

Type description

Van Geel et al 2011: Ascospores ellipsoid, one-celled, brown, 16–20×18–19 μm excluding the up to 2 μm wide, undulate hyaline epispore. Two apical pores ca. 1 μm in diameter. Similar, but slightly smaller ascospores with the characteristic ornamentation probably referable to Rhytidospora tetraspora (Jeng and Cain, 1977) were found at a Bronze Age archaeological site in The Netherlands (Buurman et al., 1995). The number of ascospores per ascus, reported to be a valid species-level character in this genus, could not be assessed, leaving some doubt about the species identification.

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.