Reddish/purplish algae on top of the mud of a dried up temporary pond.
550um x 120um
No obviations cell-wall ornamentation
Macroscopically observable giant green biomass of Tetmemorus granulatus with few other desmids in a small peat pool.
Video:
https://youtu.be/23QQYZGPYKE
Photos are snapshots of the same individual featured in the video
Size: 131 µm x 43 µm
Site of sample collection: Pavilion, Takamori Higashi Park (a freshwater habitat), Sendai, Japan
Date of sample collection: October 5th, 2024
Weather: Sunny
Water temp.: 21.8°C
pH 6.2-6.3 (pH test paper)
Date of observation: October 5th, 2024
Bright-field observation using a Wraymer microscope (model BX-3500TL, Osaka, Japan) equipped with a Floyd-2 HDMI ethernet digital camera (Wraymer, Osaka, Japan). The accuracy of the scale bar was confirmed by using a stage micrometer glass slide (1 div. = 10 µm; Wraymer, Osaka, Japan) at each magnification.
Collected from floating aquatic masses in wetland among emergent plants. Dodge County, Wisconsin. 7/14/2024.
Collected in eutrophic pond water among floating aquatic plants and surface water. 8/3/2024, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Collected by Zach Muscavitch, in Bigelow Hollow Lake. Near or on submerged vegetation and adjacent to Rivularia colonies.