Fungalpedia – Note 343, Lepiotasporites (Fossil fungi)

 

Lepiotasporites T.C. Huang 1981

Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi. 

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Classification: Fossil Fungi Incertae sedis, Amerosporae.

The fossil genus, Lepiotasporites, was described by Huang (1981) from Talu Shale (Miocene, 23–5.3 mya) of Taiwan to include elliptic fungal spores (12 × 6 µm) with terminal hilum. Spore wall is smooth. 

Type species: Lepiotasporites taiwanensis T.C. Huang 1981.

 

Figure 1 – Lepiotasporites taiwanensis. Scale bar = 10 μm. Redrawn from Huang (1981).

 

References

Huang TC. 1981 – Miocene palynomorphs of Taiwan (6). Miscellaneous spores and pollen grains. Taiwania 26, 45–57.

 

Entry by

Ramesh K. Saxena, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

 

(Edited by Kevin D. Hyde, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)

 

Published online 27 August 2024

 

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