Calothrix contarenii (Zanardini) Bornet et Flahault, (a cyanobacterium)


27 Sep 2011 at OSGR: SY67 in Dorset, England

Record Summarydark green patches on 115mm pebble
Found as
Date27 September 2011
OS grid refOSGR: SY67
Lat/Lon50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland

Notes: Colony forming a thin, shiny, gelatinous crust of dense, erect sheathed trichomes. Heterocysts basal, usually single but 4? seen. Trichomes 5-7µm diam, tapering into a hair. Filaments 11µm diam.

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