Scytonema guyanense Bornet & Flahault (1888: 94)

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Scytonema guyanense Bornet & Flahault (1888: 94) ( Fig. 13A–C ).

Filaments entangled, 13.20–54 µm wide. Sheath firm, 1.3–2.64 µm wide, non-lamellated or with 1 lamella, slightly ornate, hyaline to brown. Trichomes cylindrical, false geminate or single branched, constricted or not. Cells cylindrical isodiametric or short, 6.16–15.61 µm wide, 3.94–14.29 µm long, ratio l/w = 0.70. Cell content homogenous, pale green. Heterocyte cylindrical, isodiametric, elliptical, or short, 12.3–17.57 µm wide, 4.75–19.88 µm long, in intercalary position. Necridia present. Hormogonia constricted, with intercalary elliptical heterocyte, cell sub-quadratic to short.

Habitat: —Soil covered by moss.

Studied material: — PEUFR 55791

Figures

FIGURE 13. A–C. Scytonema guyanense; D–E. Scytonema javanicum; F–I. Scytonema schmidtii. False branch (arrow); J–L. Scytonema stuposum; M–O. Scytonemataceae sp. Scale: 50 μm (G); 10 μm (to the others).