Green-colored Algae without Flagella –
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Observations on Eremosphaera viridis

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Eremosphaera viridis De Bary 1858

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Chlorosphaera oliveri Henfrey 1859

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

Three images.

First:	Synoptic representation of the parietal chloroplasts.
Second and third:	Two optical cross sections.

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

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

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Sampling date 06/2023. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1), 10 µm (2).

Two images.

First:	The picture shows, as is typical for Eremosphaera viridis, many disc-shaped chloroplasts, each with a pyrenoid in the center. In the pyrenoids, the cell produces the storage substance starch, which is deposited as a shell.
Second:	Close-up of the chloroplasts.

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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.

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Sampling date 04/2007. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Three images.

First:	Overview taken with a dissecting microscope.
Second and third:	Single cells.

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Place name: Bog Dosenmoor near Neumuenster (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.136219 Longitude: 10.026433

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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