Alga for ID please

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Sat May 28, 2011 5:48 pm

Pond water 40and 100X semicircular "body" with protruding setae

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:06 pm

I can't tell you what the algae is - there is not much to be seen

These spikes look like a fungus to me - not related to the algae on the right.

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:28 pm

Could it be the alga Draparnaldia?

Franz

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:02 pm

Thank you both for your comments. My initial impression was that of one of the Coleochaetaceae.

John

ralfwagner · Post by **ralfwagner** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:36 am

jc maccagno wrote:Thank you both for your comments. My initial impression was that of one of the Coleochaetaceae.

John

Coleochaete looks like this one: http://www.dr-ralf-wagner.de/Bilder/Col ... ris-HF.jpg . I don`t think that this hits. For me it is looking more like some kind of Chaetophora: http://www.dr-ralf-wagner.de/Bilder/Cha ... fTeich.jpg . Here the spike are known to belong to the algae.

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:28 pm

dr. Ralf -Wagner

Thank you for your comment and the link. It certainly looks like a Chaetophora.

Best regards

John