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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Hormotila Borzì 1883;
2 of 3 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically.
Order class= Tetrasporales; Family Sphaerocystidaceae
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Morphology:
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Mucilaginous colony with irregular branches. Spherical or ellipsoid cells, ! 10 – 20 µm, are scattered through thallus or clustered at ends of branches. Green cells may become yellow to red with
increases in carotenoid content. Reproduce asexually with autospores or biflagellate zoospores, or fractionation of
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Habitat:
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Mainly terrestrial on soil
or damp rocks, occasionally in acidic Sphagnum
lakes. |
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References:
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Borzì, A. 1883. Studi
algologici. Saggio di richerche
sulla biologia delle Alghe. Fasc. 1. pp. [i]-vi, [i, h.t.],
[i]-i 117, [i, cont.], errata slip, pl. 1-9, uncol.
liths. by
author. Messina: Gaetano Capra e Co. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, |
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