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Observations on Nostoc commune

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Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault 1888

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Nostocella communis Gaillon ?
                        Anabaena chalybea var. amethystea Kützing ?
                        Anabaena chalybea var. ligustica Piccone ?
                          Amorphonostoc punctiforme f. polymorphum Kukk ?
                          Tremella nostoc Linnaeus 1753
                        Ulva pruniformis Linnaeus 1753
                        Nostoc coriaceum Vaucher 1803
                        Tremella fluviatilis Dillenius ex Clemente 1807
                        Nostocella coriacea (Vaucher) Gaillon 1833
                        Nostoc littorale Kützing 1842
                        Anabaena chalybea Kützing 1843
                        Nostoc hyalinum A.Roemer 1845
                        Nostoc crispum De Notaris 1846
                        Nostoc kurzianum Zeller 1873
                        Nostoc ciniflonum Tournefort ex Bornet 1880
                        Stratonostoc commune f. typicum Elenkin 1931
                          Stratonostoc commune f. crispum Castagne ex Elenkin 1931
                        Stratonostoc commune f. coriaceum Vaucher ex Elenkin,1931
                        Stratonostoc commune (Bornet & Flahault) Elenkin 1931
                      Sphaeronostoc zetterstedtii f. leve Elenkin 1938
                        Sphaeronostoc zetterstedtii f. centrifugale-corruptum Elenkin 1938
                        Sphaeronostoc zetterstedtii f. planum Elenkin 1938
                        Stratonostoc commune f. littorale Kützing ex Elenkin 1938

Sampling date 07/2012. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Nostoc mucilage in the grass roots after a rainy day. Sample from my garden.

Place name: Meadow soil, Kiel Russee (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
Latitude: 54.30445565 Longitude: 10.0790146

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF image.

Scale bars indicate 250 µm (1), 100 µm (2), 25 µm (3-5).

Several images of filaments in different magnification.
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides! Sample from my garden.

Place name: Terrestrial, Kiel Russee (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
Latitude: 54.30445565 Longitude: 10.0790146

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.

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