Fungalpedia – Note 186, Elsikisporonites (Fossil fungi)
Elsikisporonites Kumar
Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. (2024) in prep – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.
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Classification: Helicosporae, Fossil Fungi.
Kumar (1990) described the monotypic fossil genus, Elsikisporonites, from the Quilon Beds (Early-Middle Miocene, 23–11.6 mya) located in Kollam District, Kerala, India (Locality: Padappakkara) along the west coast of South India. Elsikisporonites is characterized by monoporate, nonseptate, tubular, and coiled spores having nozzle-like pores at the outer end and smooth and hyaline spore walls.
Type species: Elsikisporonites tubulatus Kumar 1990.
Figure 1 – Elsikisporonites tubulatus. Scale bar = 10 μm. Redrawn from Kumar (1990).
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Entry by
Ramesh K. Saxena, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
(Edited by Kevin D. Hyde, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)