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Microcoleus (Cyanophyceae)

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes -- an isolated trichome

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes hormogone formed by trichome fragmentation, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes., an isolated trichome compared with an unknown hair, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes, two isolated trichomes compared with an unknown hair, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus chthonoplastes trichomes escaping from "cable" colony surrounded by sheath material, from Alaska USA

Microcoleus spp.
Photo posted online originally published by Entwisle et al. (1997)

Entwisle, T.J., Sonneman, J.A. & Lewis, S.H. 1997. Freshwater algae in Australia. A guide to conspicuous genera. Sainty & Associates, Sydney.

Microcoleus vaginatus
Modified from sketch by Broady (1979) from the collection of Manfred Bölter, University of Kiel, DE
Broady P.A. 1979 The terrestrial algae of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. British Antarct Survey Report 98: 1-117

Microcoleus paludosus var. acuminatus Gardner 1927
Modified from sketch by Seaburg et al (1979) from the collection of Manfred Bölter, University of Kiel, DE

Seaburg, K.G., B.C. Parker, G.W. Prescott & L.A. Whitford 1979 The algae of Southern Victoria land, Antarctica. Bibl Lichenol, Vol 46, J Cramer, Vaduz

Microcoleus sociatus
Sketch by Hirano (1979) posted online

Hirano, M. 1979. Freshwater algae from Yukidori Zawa, near Syowa Station, Antarctica. National Institute of Polar Research Memoirs, Tokyo. No. 11: Special Issue. pp 1-25.

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