I fully agree with Simone, the photo reminded me of Cenococcum geophilum, although indeed the quality is thus that many other things come into consideration.
oTTo
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Onderwerp: Re: Seed Id Help
Maybe also take fungus sclerotia in consideration...
Good luck!
Simone
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> Dear Abby,
>
> with your picture it is very difficult. Fabaceae have often preserved
> hilum and Papaveraceae have a surface very characteristic.
> I don't know, may be you can try too with Chenopodiaceae. In France,
> there is Chenopodium rubrum which are small like your seed.
>
> Best wishes
>
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> Le 03/07/2017 à 17:16, Buffington, Abby a écrit :
>> I am working on an assemblage from southern Arabia and I came across
>> the following seed (?). It is 0.25 mm sq. in size, generally ovoid in
>> cross-section shape with a small flat margin on the lateral side and
>> circular on the ventral/dorsal ends. I thought perhaps wild Fabaceae
>> or Papaveracaeae but none of the examples in my reference material
>> match.
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