Fungalpedia – Note 336, Palaeocolletotrichum (Fossil fungi)

 

Palaeocolletotrichum S. Mitra & M. Banerjee.

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

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Classification: Fossil Fungi, Ascomycota, Sordariomycetes, Glomerellales, Glomerellaceae.

The monotypic fossil genus Palaeocolletotrichum was described by Mitra & Banerjee (2000) from the Geabdat Sandstone Formation (Middle Miocene), exposed along the National Highway 31 Road Section, Darjeeling Foothills, Eastern Himalaya, India. This genus is characterized by indistinct subdermal acervuli and long, narrow, stiff, and pointed setae emerging from the acervular surface.

Type species: Palaeocolletotrichum graminioides S. Mitra & M. Banerjee 2000

 

 

Figure 1 – Palaeocolletotrichum graminioides. Scale bar = 25 μm. Redrawn from Mitra & Banerjee (2000).

 

References

Mitra S & Banerjee M 2000 – On the occurrence of epiphyllous Deuteromycetous fossil fungi Palaeocercospora siwalikensis gen. et sp. nov. and Palaeocolletotrichum graminioides gen. et sp. nov. from Neogene sediments of Darjeeling Foothills, Eastern Himalaya. Journal of Mycopathological Research 37(2), 7–11.

 

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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