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Observations on Micrasterias papillifera

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Micrasterias papillifera Brébisson ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Micrasterias papillifera var. verrucosa Schmidle 1896

Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Three images.

First and second:	Synoptic representation of the cell surface.
Third:	Optical cross-section through the cell showing chloroplasts, globules of storage substances and nucleus.

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Place name: Wetland Lauchseemoor, Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.46954439 Longitude: 12.53826499

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

Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Three images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the cell surface also showing the structure of the chloroplasts with storage globules.
Second:	Optical cross-section through the cell showing chloroplasts with globules of storage substances.
Third:	Optical cross-section through the cell showing chloroplasts, globules of storage substances and nucleus.

Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!

Place name: Bog Waasenmoos, Pass Thurn near Mittersill (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.30234117 Longitude: 12.41751194

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

Sampling date 06/2013. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Wetland Mittermoos near Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47998695 Longitude: 12.5240922

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

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