Trichothyriaceous fungi from the early Tertiary of southern England

Volume / Part: 23 / 1
Publication Date: January 1980
Page(s): 205 - 212
Authored By: Peter H. Smith

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Isolated ascocarps (thyriothecia) from Upper Eocene deposits of the Hampshire Basin are described as a new species of the genus Trichothyrites Rosendahl within the Trichothyriaceae, a family of epiphyllous fungi not previously recorded from English Tertiary deposits. Comparisons are made between the fossil material and the extant genus Trichothyrina Petrak to establish their affinity. Earlier records of epiphyllous fossil fungi from British deposits are reconsidered in view of recent taxonomic changes in living taxa.

Palaeontology - Volume 23 Part 1 Pages 205-212

Palaeontology - Volume 23 Part 1 Pages 205-212

Citations

SMITH, P. H. 1980. Trichothyriaceous fungi from the early Tertiary of southern England. Palaeontology, 23, 1, 205–212.