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Observations on Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii

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Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii (Ralfs) De Bary 1858

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Docidium ehrenbergii Ralfs 1848

Add’l Synonyms: Docidium ehrenbergii var. granulatum Ralfs 1848
                               Docidium trabecula var. ehrenbergii (Ralfs) Playfair ????
                               Docidium ehrenbergii var. delpontei Playfair ????
                               Pleurotaenium trabecula var. granulatum (Ralfs) Rabenhorst 1863
                               Docidium dilatatum (Cleve) Lundell 1871
                               Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii var. granulatum (Ralfs) West & G.S.West 1941
                               Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii f. granulatum (Ralfs) Kossinskaja 1960

Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bars indicate 100 µm (1), 25 µm (2).

Two images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the chloroplasts with their numerous pyrenoids an the terminal vacuoles.
Second:	Enlarged section of the apex showing chloroplast lobes, pyrenoids, an apical vacuole with crystals and apex granules.

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Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria)
Latitude: 47.37386 Longitude: 13.823016

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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