Stigeoclonium helveticum

S. helveticum: the zoospores germinate to form an erect filament, attached at the lower end by a Ulothrix-like holdfast cell, or vey short prostrate filaments and/or slender rhizoids growing out of the basal cell.

 

Here are some pictures of cultured Stigeoclonium

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John Kinross