HdV-61

Taxonomical Group

Algae

Type description

Van Geel 1978: Zygospores square, 22-28 X 25-30 μm, laterally straight to concave; the broad ends of the retuse angles (the former places of attachment of the vegetative cells) about 7 μm in diameter, providing some indication of the breadth of the vegetative cells. Depressions in the centre of the angles 2-3 μm deep and 3-3.5 μm in diameter. Small pits, about 0.5 μm in diameter and about 2 μm apart present all over the hyaline surface of the zygospore wall.

Records

First publication

van Geel B (1978) A palaeoecological study of Holocene peat bog sections in Germany and the Netherlands, based on the analysis of pollen, spores and macro- and microscopic remains of fungi, algae cormophytes and anymals. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 25:1-120.