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The database is hosted by Kiel University
and is established by Magda Wieckowska-
Lüth, Wiebke Kirleis and Kay Schmütz,
Institute for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology.
© Wieckowska-Lüth/Kirleis/Schmütz 2020
Type: UG-1078
Category: Fungi
Taxonomical identification: Sporidesmium spp.
First publication: Gelorini, V., Verbeken, A., van Geel, B., Cocqyt, C. and Vershuren, D. (2011) Modern non-pollen palynomorphs from East African lake sediments. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 164, 143–173
Other publication/s: Ellis, M.B. (1976) More dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey
Description: Conidia straight, slightly curved and narrower towards the ends, unequally and asymmetrically 11- or more celled (often broken), dark yellow to pale brown, ca. 47–105 × 8–13 μm (length dependent on the number of septa), smooth, very thick-walled, constricted at the septa. This morphotype probably includes different Sporidesmium species.
(Sub-) Fossil occurence: No information
Co-occurence: No information
Modern occurence: Sporidesmium has a worldwide distribution (e.g., Australia, England India, Tanzania, and United States) and is common on (fallen) leaves rotten wood and dead culms of temperate (e.g., Tilia, Sambucus, Alnus) and tropical plants (e.g., Cissus, Cordia, Caja
Palaeoenvironmental indication: No information