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A PROBLEMATIC FILAMENTOUS SAPROPHYTIC ALGA
Author(s) -
Singh R. N.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1962.tb14928.x
Subject(s) - biology , sporangium , protoplast , botany , affinities , algae , spore , biochemistry
S ingh , R. N. (Banaras Hindu U., Varanasi 5, India.) A problematic filamentous saprophytic alga. Amer. Jour. Bot. 49 (2) : 188–191. Illus. 1962.—A problematic, filamentous and saprophytic alga, having superficial resemblance to a water‐mold, is described. Although some of its features, such as highly vacuolated colorless protoplast, non‐cellulosic cell wall, and peg‐like outgrowths from the filaments, show fungal affinities, it has been considered to be a saprophytic alga. Its characteristic setiferous branches of large cells, sporangia with recurved sterigmata and, at times, its heterotrichy show affinities with Trentepohlia .