Reduviasporonites is an ichnogenus of palynomorphs. It was first described from specimens found in the Flowerpot Formation by L. R. Wilson in 1962. That first paper conjectured that they were a type of Penicillium fungus. Another analysis suggested that it might have been algal. It has been classified as phragmospores, having cell walls in a ladder-like formation.[1]

It is of interest as possible evidence for a spike in fungal abundance associated with the Permian–Triassic extinction event.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Thomas N Taylor, Michael Krings, Edith L. Taylor (2014), "Fungal spores", Fossil Fungi, Academic Press, p. 229, ISBN 9780123877543{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduviasporonites
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