NAME Polyadosporites suescae
AGE Maastrichtian.   AGE span: 70.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Dictyosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Van Der Hammen T. 1954. El desarrollo de la flora Colombiana en los periodos geológicos. I. Maestrichtiano hasta Terciario más inferior; Boletín Geológico, v. 2, p. 49-106.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. suescae van der Hammen 1954, p. 105, pl. 21.
LOCATION Magdalena Valley, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia, South America.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 40-55 µm; psilate.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Van Der Hammen T. 1954. El desarrollo de la flora Colombiana en los periodos geológicos. I. Maestrichtiano hasta Terciario más inferior; Boletín Geológico, v. 2, p. 49-106.
K&J REMARKS The holotype is a clustered mass of at least 30-40 fungal spores, their joined walls apparently somewhat flattened, with no spaces between them.

Clusters of Polyadosporites suescae are comparable to sclerotium-like "bulbils" found in the modern genus Papulospora Preuss. The "bulbils" consist of irregular masses of pigmented cells (pale brown or orange) and often appearing like microsclerotia (Barron, 1968). Kalgutkar (1993) considered them analogous to the spore balls of some smut fungi, which consist of aggregates of either teliospores (e.g. Sorosporium) or both teliospores and sterile cells (e.g. Urocystis). Spherical to often sarciniform sclerotia found in Acremonium nigrosclerotium Gams and aggregate conidia of Solosympodiella queenslandica Matsushima are also comparable to the polyads of P. suescae (Matsushima, 1989).
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Polyadosporites suescae
SERIAL NUMBER 1432
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.