Cosmarium
Desmidiaceae –
Archaeplastida

Observations on Cosmarium botrytis

Protisten / Protisten.de – created by Wolfgang Bettighofer / Algae green-colored (2: Desmidiaceae): Cosmarium / Cosmarium botrytis

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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

Sampling date 06/2024. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Five images. Journey into the cell.

First and second:	Synoptic representation of the cell with the cell wall warts and the very fine pores in between.
Third and fourth:	Optical cross-section showing the chloroplasts.
Fifth:	Optical cross section the four pyrenoids.

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Place name: Wetland at the Pillersee (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.531785 Longitude: 12.573095

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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Observations on Cosmarium botrytis

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