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Pleurocladia (Fucophyceae, branched filament)

 

Pleurocladia lacustris from coastal streams in west central California, USA illustrating tuft of uniseriate trichomes and a single parietal chloroplast in each cell.
Photograph by © Wehr et al. (2013) posted online

Wehr, J.D., R. Stancheva, K. Truhn and R.G. Sheath 2013. Discovery of the rare freshwater brown alga Pleurocladia lacustris (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae) in California streams. Western North American Naturalist 73(2): 148-157.

 

 

Pleurocladia lacustris from coastal streams in west central California, USA illustrating unilocular sporangium (cell on left).
Photograph by © Wehr et al. (2013) posted online

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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