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Vizellopsidites siwalikus
Vizellopsidites siwalikus A.M. Khan, M. Bera, S. Bera Nova Hedwigia, 107(3–4): 546. 11 Jun 2018
- Name
- Vizellopsidites siwalikus
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- siwalika
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Vizellopsidites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan A. M.
Bera M.
Bera S.
- Publication
- Vizellopsidites siwalika, a new fossil epiphyllous fungus from the Plio-Pleistocene of Arunachal Pradesh, eastern Himalaya [2018/6]
- Journal
- Nova Hedwigia
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 3–4
- Page number
- 546
- Year
- 2018
- Fossil Status
- pycnidia (with acervuli)
- Stratigraphy
- Piacenzian
- Strat. comment
- Kimin Formation
- Location
- On: Dysoxylum raptiensis Prasad & Awasthi (Meliaceae); Road cuttings along the Itanagar-Banderdewa road, Papumpare district (between 26°55' and 28°40'N and 92°40' and 94°21'E), Arunachal Pradesh (between 26°27' and 29°29'N and 91°29' and 97°24'E), India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/IB7/17/AS1
- Diagnosis
- Pycnidia complete, singular, hypophyllous, circular-globose, with isodiametric dark-brown cells with thick, dark septa; sunken in leaf cuticle, 40–50 µm in diameter, distinctly ostiolate, ostiole 3–4 µm diam.; pycnidial wall pseudoparenchymatous; vegetative hyphae thin-walled, septate, long, non-hyphopodiate; hyphal cells squarish to rectangular with conspicuously thickened dark septa, 7–9 × 4–5 µm; conidia small, brown, one-celled, spherical to broadly ovate, 6–7 × 5–6 µm.
