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Illmanomyces corniger
Illmanomyces corniger M. Krings, T.N. Taylor Nova Hedwigia, 99(3-4): 405. 15 May 2014
- Name
- Illmanomyces corniger
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Illmanomyces
- Authors (Pub.)
- Krings M.
Taylor T. N.
- Publication
- An unusual fossil microfungus with suggested affinities to the Chytridiomycota from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert [2014/5]
- Journal
- Nova Hedwigia
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 405
- Year
- 2014
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Illmanomyces
- Fossil Status
- thallus
- Stratigraphy
- Pragian
- Location
- Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Avalonia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany
- Repository Number
- SNSB-BSPG 2013 V 2
- Diagnosis
- Zoosporangium spheroid to slightly dorsiventrally compressed, >60 μm in diameter, with proximal papilla-like protrusion attached to host; zoosporangium with 4–5 discharge tubes, each >20 μm long; 4 discharge tubes arranged around circumference of sporangium in single plane; if 5th tube present it may be located outside this plane; rhizoidal system originating from tip of protrusion, extending into host spore lumen; host: fungal spores, probably glomeromycotan.
