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Rhizochrysis (Chrysophyceae)

Rhizochrysis sp.
Photograph by ©Martin Kreutz posted online

Rhizochrysis nobilis from a sphagnum bog pond in Simmelreid, Schwarzwald, Germany.
LK = leucosin (now known as chrysolaminarin) carbohydrate storage body.
Oil immersion photograph by ©Martin Kreutz posted online along with several more excellent images of this chrysophyte as well as interesting ciliates.

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