Palaeoglomus
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| Palaeoglomus Temporal range: | |
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| Spore and arbuscle of Palaeoglomus strotheri, from Douglas Lake Member of Lenoir Limestone, at Douglas Dam, Tennessee[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Glomeromycota |
| Class: | Glomeromycetes |
| Order: | Glomerales |
| Family: | Glomeraceae |
| Genus: | †Palaeoglomus Redecker et al. (2002)[2] |
| Type species | |
| Palaeoglomus grayi Redecker et al. (2002) | |
Palaeoglomus ("ancient ball") is a genus of microscopic mycorrhizal fossil, found in palynological preparations of rocks which separate out organic remains by acid dissolution.
Palaeoglomus has large spherical to ellipsoidal spores with multilayered walls, as well as irregularly shaped vesicles, attached to aseptate hyphae.