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Margaretbarromyces
Genus Margaretbarromyces Mindell, Currah, Stockey, G. Beard in Mindell, Stockey, G. Beard, Currah Mycol. Res., 111(6): 681. Jun 2007
- Name
- Margaretbarromyces
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Mindell R. A.
Currah R. S.
Stockey R. A.
Beard G. D.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mindell R. A.
Stockey R. A.
Beard G. D.
Currah R. S.
- Publication
- Margaretbarromyces dictyosporus gen. sp. nov.: a permineralized corticolous ascomycete from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia [2007/6]
- Journal
- Mycological Research
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 681
- Year
- 2007
- Parent Taxon
- [Regnum] Fungi
- Fossil Status
- ascostromata
- Type
- Margaretbarromyces dictyosporus
- Diagnosis
- Ascoma uniloculate, solitary, erumpent through periderm, pyriform, 390 mm diam, 420 mm in height. Neck short, tapering to ostiole 60 mm diam. Ascostroma pseudoparenchymatous and two layered, inner layer stratified and compressed, up to 11 cells wide; outer layer irregular and thickened around ostiole. Peridial hyphae septate, highly branched. Asci elongate, attachment basal. Ascospores uniseriate-biseriate, multicellular, unconstricted, up to 24 times asymmetrically dictyoseptate, 55–90 mm x 7–21 mm.
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