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Pleotrachelus askaulos
Pleotrachelus askaulos W.H. Bradley Amer. J. Bot., 54(5): 581. 7 Jul 1967
- Name
- Pleotrachelus askaulos
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Pleotrachelus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Bradley W. H.
- Publication
- Two aquatic fungi (Chytridiales) of Eocene age from the Green River Formation of Wyoming [1967/7]
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 5
- Page number
- 581
- Year
- 1967
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Pleotrachelus
- Fossil Status
- thallus
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Location
- Wyoming, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USNM 42640
- Num
- fig. 8
- Diagnosis
- Zoosporangium holocarpic, inoperculate, spherical, or nearly so, 40-45 mm in diameter with a firm, but not thick, wall and many (8 visible in the figured specimen) rather regular, radiating, cylindrical (4-6 mu diam) discharge tubes of various lengths. Zoospores and vegetative system, if any, unknown.
