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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-1208
Category: Fungi
Taxonomical identification: Coniochaeta 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:
Hawksworth, D.L. and Yip, H.Y. (1981) Coniochaeta angustispora sp. nov. from roots in Australia, with a key to the species known in culture. Australian Journal of Botany 29, 377–384
Hanlin, R.T. (1990) Illustrated Genera of Ascomycetes, Volume I & II. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, Minnesota
van Geel, B., Gelorini, V., Lyaruu, A., Aptroot, A., Rucina, S., Marchant, R., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. and Verschuren, D. (2011) Diversity and ecology of tropical African fungal spores from a 25,000-year palaeoenvironmental record in southeastern Kenya. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 164, 174–190
Description: Ascospores ellipsoid to globose, equilaterally one-celled, dark brown, 20–24 × 18–24 μm, smooth, thick-walled; Germ slit straight, running over the entire spore-length and enclosed by a pale brown zone. When seen in polar view or a particular side view, the germ slit may be invisible; Often the ascospore is also disrupted by a weakening of the germ slit. Based on small differences in size and shape, this morphotype may include Coniochaeta ligniaria (Grev.) Massee (HdV-172, see van Geel et al., 2011) and several other Coniochaeta species (Hawksworth and Yip, 1981).
(Sub-) Fossil occurence: No information
Co-occurence: No information
Modern occurence: Coniochaeta species are common on dung and dead wood (Hanlin, 1990).
Palaeoenvironmental indication: No information