On the occurrence on an imperfect fungus tetracoccosporium obtained from a fossil wood belonging to the Deccan intertrappean series, M.P., India

N.V. Biradar; T.S. Mahabale

doi:10.54991/jop.1972.1484

Authors

N.V. Biradar Botany Department, University of Poona, Poona-7
T.S. Mahabale Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science, Poona-4

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1972.1484

Abstract

A well preserved septate mycelium having 4-celled conidia with short conidiophores belonging to an imperfect fungus was found in the vessels of a fossil dicot wood. The wood is being described separately. It was collected from Mohgaonkalan, District Chhindwara, M.P., India. Comparing its characters with those of living fungi, this fungus was found to belong to the genus Tetracoccosporium Szabo and is a new species. It has been named as Tetracoccosporium eocenum sp. nov.

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