Fungalpedia – Note 339, Pezizasporites (Fossil fungi)
Pezizasporites T.C. Huang.
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 monotypic fossil genus, Pezizasporites, was instituted by Huang (1981) from the Peliao Sandstone (Miocene, 23–5 mya) of Taiwan. Pezizasporites includes oval-elliptical fungal spores with thin reticulate spore wall.
Type species: Pezizasporites taiwanensis T.C. Huang 1981
Figure 1 – Pezizasporites taiwanensis. Scale bar = 10 μm. Redrawn from Huang (1981).
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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)
Published online 27 August 2024