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Name derivation: |
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Named after Felix Eugene Fritsch 1879-1954), well-known British phycologist, author of encyclopedic two-volume text Structure & Reproduction of the Algae
(1935, reprinted several times). He
also collected algal sketches, continued after his death by J.W.G. Lund,
later published as The Fritsch
Collection of Illustrations of Freshwater Algae (Lund 1961) available in
microfiche transparencies.
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Classification: |
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Fritschiella Iyengar 1932; one species is recognized
(Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Chaetophorales; Family Chaetophoraceae |
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Morphology: |
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Branching green filaments with
colorless rhizoids penetrating damp soil.
‘Heterotrichous’ habit – has upright as well as horizontal branches.
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Habitat: |
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Terrestrial,
damp soil.
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Citing Phycokey:
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Baker,
A.L. et al.
. Phycokey -- an image based key to Algae (PS Protista),
Cyanobacteria, and other aquatic objects. University of New Hampshire Center
for Freshwater Biology. http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/phycokey.htm
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References: |
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Fritsch, F.E. 1935.
The structure and reproduction of the algae. Cambridge at the University Press (1130
pp). Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National Universityof Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 February 2013. Iyengar,
M.O.P. 1932. Fritschiella, a new terrestrial member of the
Chaetophoraceae. New Phytologist 31(5):
329-335. Lund., J.W.G. 1961.
The Fritsch Collection of Illustrations of Freshwater Algae. Phycologia 1:193. |
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