Muyocopromyces quilonensis
Muyocopromyces quilonensis (K.P. Jain & R. Gupta) G. Worobiec, in Worobiec et al., Fungal Biology 124: 840 (2020).
≡ Callimothallus quilonensis K.P. Jain & R. Gupta, Palaeobotanist 18(2): 180 and Pl. 1, fig. 15 (1970) [1969].
Index Fungorum number: IF 836232; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11966, Fig. 1248
Description: see Worobiec et al. (2020).
Material examined: see Worobiec et al. (2020).
Fig. 1248 Muyocopromyces quilonensis (= Callimothallus quilonensis K.P. Jain & R. Gupta, re-drawn from Fig. 5 in Worobiec et al. 2020). a Sporodochium, note conidiogenous cells with a single conidiogenous locus (pore) oriented centrifugally and situated peripherally (arrow).
Importance and distribution
Muyocopromyces is a fossil epiphyllous callimothalloid fungi belonging to the fossil-genera Callimothallus hence, the structures occur as coalified compressions and permineralizations (Worobiec et al. 2020). Muyocopromyces comprises only one species known from Miocene horizon in Tertiary deposits in South India.
References
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Jain KP, Gupta RC. 1970 – Some fungal remains from the Tertiaries of Kerala Coast. Palaeobotanist 18, 177–182.
Jain KP, Kar RK. 1979 – Palynology of Neogene sediments around Quilon and Varkala, Kerala Coast, South India 1. Fungal remains. Palaeobotanist 26, 105–118.
Kalgutkar RM, Jansonius J. 2000 – Synopsis of fossil fungal spores, mycelia and fructifications. AASP Contribution Series 39, 1–428.
Saxena RK. 2000 – Palynological investigation of the Sindhudurg Formation in the type area, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra, India. Proceedings of XVI Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy, NIO, Goa. Bulletin of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation 37, 157–166.
Worobiec G, Worobiec E, Erdei B. 2020 – Fossil callimothalloid fungi: Revised taxonomy, modern equivalents and palaeoecology. Fungal biology 124, 835–844.
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