SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN CHAETOSPHAERIDIUM GLOBOSUM (NORDST.) KLEBAHN (CHLOROPHYCEAE) AND DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIES NEW TO SCIENCE.
Developmental morphology and sexual reproduction of Chaetosphaeridium globosum are described. Dicoleon nordstedtii is reduced to synonymy with C. globosum. A species new to science, C. gemmatum, is described. Descriptions are given of material collected of C. ovalis and C. pringsheimii accompanied by a key to the 4 species of the genus. The species C. huberi is relegated to species dubium.
Department of Botany, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.
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