Protographum luttrellii
Protographum luttrellii Le Renard, Upchurch, Stockey & Berbee, in Le Renard et al., Mycologia 112(3): 511 (2020).
Index Fungorum number: IF 831508; Facesoffungi number: FoF12432
Description: see Le Renard (2020).
Material considered: see Le Renard (2020).
Importance and distribution
Protographum comprises only one species known on angiospermous plant remains from the Lower Cretaceous Potomac Group in the United States. Protographum is a fossil fly-speck fungus consisting only of scutella and superficial hyphae.
References
Le Renard L, Stockey RA, Upchurch G, Berbee ML. 2020 – A new epiphyllous fly-speck fungus from the Early Cretaceous Potomac Group of Virginia (125-112 Ma): Protographum luttrellii, gen. et sp. nov. Mycologia 112, 504–518. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2020.1718441.
Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L et al. 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungi-like taxa. Mycosphere 11, 1060–1456.
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