Klebsormidium (unidentified), (unidentified Klebsormidium filamentous charaphycean algae)

12 Dec 1998 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Klebsormidium (unidentified) is also a member of:
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Charophyta)

Record Summary	in puddle
Found as
Date	12 December 1998
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England

Notes:

Deep lettuce green, very fine filaments, often becoming trapped in water surface.

Without mucilage coating.

Filament: 7-7.5µm diam, cells: 5-14µm long.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Pentecost, A., 1984. Introduction to Freshwater Algae, 247pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002. The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, 702pp, Cambridge University Press

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Klebsormidium (unidentified), (unidentified Klebsormidium filamentous charaphycean algae)

12 Dec 1998 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Klebsormidium (unidentified) is also a member of:

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