Fungalpedia – Note 238, Mohgaonidium (Fossil Fungi)
Mohgaonidium Singhai 1974.
Citation when using this entry: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.
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Classification: Sphaeropsidales, Dothideomycetes, Fossil Ascomycota
Singhai (1974) instituted the monotypic fossil genus Mohgaonidium from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds (Maastrichtian, 72–66 mya) of Mohgaon Kalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The genus is characterized by small (56–96 × 52–72 μm), brown, thick walled and ostiolate pycnidia; oval or more or less globose; conidia small (3–4 × 5–6 μm), faintly brown, 1-celled, ovoid or ellipsoidal; conidiophores short (5–8 μm) and simple.
Type species: Mohgaonidium deccanii Singhai 1974.
Figure 1 – Mohgaonidium deccani. Scale bar = 50 μm. Redrawn from Singhai (1974).
References
Singhai LC. 1974 – Fossil fungi from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of Biological Sciences 17, 92–102.
Entry by
Ramesh K. Saxena, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India.
(Edited by Kevin D. Hyde, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)