Record Summary | Thin dense scum on surface of formal pond |
Found as | |
Date | 2 February 2016 |
OS grid ref | OSGR: TQ17 |
Lat/Lon | 51° 30’ N, 0° 20’ W |
Vice County | Surrey, VC no: 17 |
Country | England |
Notes:
Cells: subspherical, 9-15µm diam. With small papilla bearing two flagella. Single red eye-spot just behind the papilla.
Chloroplast parietal, cup-shaped, grass-green.
Pyrenoid not seen. Iodine stains the chloroplast brownish.
The following literature was used to identify this find:
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