Pediastrum boryanum
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Pediastrum boryanum is a green alga from the class Chlorophyceae . Itsgapless colonies, consistingof up to 128 cells, are shaped like warty jagged wheels. The cells are up to 40 micrometers in size. The marginal cells are very variable and either end in pointed lobules or button-like processes. The cell membrane is punctured and warmed, but it can also be smooth. The very widespread species occurs in stagnant waters and rivers.
supporting documents
- Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in a drop of water. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2 , p. 170.
further reading
- Uwe Hafemeister: On the shape of the toothed wheel Pediastrum boryanum . In: Mikrokosmos Vol. 80 (1991), p. 350