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Tolypothrix (Cyanophyceae)

Single false branches of Tolypothrix sp. occur adjacent to heterocysts, from Stac Pollaidh, UK, August 2001
Photograph by John Kinross posted online

Tolypothrix sp.
Photograph posted online

Tolypothrix sp.
Photograph posted online

Tolypothrix conglutinata Borzi 1879 ex Born.&Flah.1887
Modified from sketch by Pankow et al. (1991) from the collection of Manfred Bölter, University of Kiel, DE

Pankow H, Haendel D, Richter W (1991) Die Algenflora der Schirmacheroase (Ostantarktika). Nova Hedw, Beih 103, J Cramer, Berlin.

Tolypothrix sp.
Modified from sketch by Pankow et al. (1991) from the collection of Manfred Bölter, University of Kiel, DE

Broady, P.A. 1981. Ecological and taxonomic observations on subaerial epilithic algae from Princess Elizabeth Island and MacRobertson Island, Antarctica. British Phycological Journal 16: 257-266 .

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