NPP

Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database

NPP

...“extra fossils“ in pollen slides

HdV-1055

NPP type

Taxonomical Group

Fungi

Type description

Van Geel et al 2011: Spores globose, 16–24 μm in diameter, reticulate with verruculose meshes. For an overview of Ustilaginales spores see Vánky (1994).

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.

cf. Ustilago sp.

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