Cosmarium
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Cosmarium botrytis
Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger
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Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs 1848
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Heterocarpella botrytis Bory 1825
Euastrum botrytis (Meneghini ex Ralfs) Nägeli 1849
Didymidium botrytis (Bory) Reinsch 1866
Ursinella botrytis (Bory) Kuntze 1891
Dimension: Length 60 – 100 µm, width 50 – 80 µm.
Occurrence: Widely spread in oligotrophic up to low eutropic waters of Central Europe.
Left: Original graphic by Prof. Lenzenweger.
Right: Photomicrograph by Prof. Lenzenweger. For microphotography, the microscope illumination was adjusted in such a way that as many features as possible that are important for species identification are prominently displayed.
Copyright by Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger, Ried im Innkreis, Austria.
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