Pediastrum - a tiny Alga

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NikonUser
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Pediastrum - a tiny Alga

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EDIT: title changed from Desmid
Another incredible (Desmid) Alga from a local pond.
I'm fascinated by the diverse shapes of these organisms.

Oly 40x SPlan Apo, NFK 2.5x eyepiece, 10 frames @ 0.001 mm, ZS PMax.
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Post by Franz Neidl »

Hello NU,

I like very much your pictures. Congratulations!
(If I remember well Pediastrum is not a Desmid, but an alga from the Clorophyllaceae).

Franz

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Post by NikonUser »

Thanks Franz.
You are correct, from Wikipedia
"Pediastrum is a genus of algae, in the family Hydrodictyaceae. It is a nonmotile coenobial (fixed number of cells) green alga that inhabits freshwater environments."
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student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.

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Olympus microscope and objectives

Mitch640
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Post by Mitch640 »

Nice find. I can't wait to see one of these. Is each one of those X shaped things a single cell?

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