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Classification:
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Diplosphaera M.W.Bialosuknia, 1909; Currently both of
2 species descriptions are accepted taxonomically (Guiry
and Guiry 2013).
Order Prasiolales; Family Prasiolaceae
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Spherical clusters of green cells. |
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Habitat: |
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Terrestrial epibionts (not symbionts) on
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References: |
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Bialosuknia, M.W.
1909. Sur une
nouveau genre de Pleurococcacées. Bulletin
de la Société Botanique
de Geneve, Série 2 1: 101-104, 46 figs. Guiry,
M.D in Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland,
Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched
on 29 January 2013. Voytsekhovich,
L.D. and O. Nadyeina 2011. Photobiont
composition of some taxa of the genera Micarea and Placynthiella (Lecanoromycetes, lichenized Ascomycota) from Ukraine.
Folia Cryptog. Estonica,
Fasc. 48:135-148. |
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