NPP

Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database

NPP

...“extra fossils“ in pollen slides

UG-1078

NPP type

Taxonomical Group

Fungi

Type description

Gelorini et al 2011: Conidia straight, slightly curved and narrower towards the ends, unequally and asymmetrically 11- or more celled (often broken), dark yellow to pale brown, ca. 47–105×8–13 μm (length dependent on the number of septa), smooth, very thick-walled, constricted at the septa. This morphotype probably includes different Sporidesmium species.

Records

First publication

Gelorini V, Verbeken A, van Geel B, Cocqyt C, Vershuren D (2011) Modern non-pollen palynomorphs from East African lake sediments. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 164:143-173.

Sporidesmiumspp.

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