Gloeotrichia pisum Thur. ex Bornet et Flahault, (a cyanobacterium)
IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN


29 Aug 2010 at OSGR: SJ41 in Shrops, England

Record Summaryon lower surface of Frogbit leaf, in artificial pond at Field Centre
Found as
Date29 August 2010
OS grid refOSGR: SJ41
Lat/Lon52° 40’ N, 2° 50’ W
Vice CountyShrops, VC no: 40
CountryEngland

Notes:

Hetercyst: spherical, 11-12µm diam., pale green.

Akinetes: not seen.

Trichomes: cells: 7-9µm diam., tapering to 7µm, then hyaline, septate, tapering to 4.5µm wide, round-ended, with thin-walled tails.

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