Fungal spores in Caribbean mangrove sediments, dataset from southeastern Mexico

Cynthia Karina Can-Canales; Gerald A Islebe; Alicia Carrillo-Bastos; Nuria Torrescano-Valle; Alejandro Antonio Aragón-Moreno

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109631

Fungal spores in Caribbean mangrove sediments, dataset from southeastern Mexico

Data Brief. 2023 Sep 28:51:109631. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109631. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Cynthia Karina Can-Canales¹, Gerald A Islebe¹, Alicia Carrillo-Bastos², Nuria Torrescano-Valle¹, Alejandro Antonio Aragón-Moreno¹

Affiliations

¹ El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Chetumal, Chetumal, Mexico.
² Tecnológico Nacional de México / IT de Chetumal, Chetumal, Mexico.

Abstract

Most paleoecological investigations use different biotic or abiotic proxies for climate and environmental reconstructions. Although fossil pollen is one of the most used biological proxies, Non-Pollen Palynomorphs (NPPs), especially fungal spores and tissues, have an underestimated potential to infer local and regional climate dynamics. This dataset describes the most common Non-pollen palynomorphs of fungal origin from mangrove sediments in the Caribbean Sea, southeastern Mexico. A detailed descriptive Atlas is presented, with light micrographs taken from routine pollen slides in paleoecological reconstructions. Microphotographs were included to facilitate their identification. A total of 59 spores, 4 tissues, 2 hyphae, and 11 unidentified fungal palynomorphs are described.

Keywords: Fungal spores; Mangroves; Microfossil; Paleoecology; Paleontology; Palynology.