Cosmarium
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida
Observations on Cosmarium hammeri var. homalodermum
Gallery Prof. Rupert Lenzenweger
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Cosmarium hammeri var. homalodermum (Nordstedt) West & G.S.West 1905
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Cosmarium homalodermum Nordstedt 1875
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Dimension: Length 50–65 µm, width 40–60 µm.
Occurrence: Widespread in fens, wet meadows and the like.
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.
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