Gloeothece tepidariorum (A.Braun) Lagerheim (1883: 44)

Jr, Watson Arantes Gama, Iv, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse & Sant’Anna, Célia Leite, 2014, How diverse are coccoid cyanobacteria? A case study of terrestrial habitats from the Atlantic Rainforest (São Paulo, Brazil), Phytotaxa 178 (2), pp. 61-97 : 65-66

Gloeothece tepidariorum (A.Braun) Lagerheim (1883: 44) ( Figs. 2I–2J ).

Basionym: Gloeocapsa tepidariorum A. Braun in Rabenhorst (1865: 38).

Round to oblong colonies, 18.9–45.7 µm diam. Sheath firm, hyaline, conspicuous, intensely lamellate, smooth to finely granulated (rare). Cells oblong to ellipsoid, 6.1–11.1 × 4.4–5.5 µm, 1.7–2.2 times longer than wide. Cell content finely granulated, greyish green to olive green.

Habitat: —Concrete wall.

Notes: — Gloeothece tepidariorum was found together with populations of Gloeothece interspersa Gardner (1927: 13) , both differing mainly by cell dimensions, with G. tepidariorum larger than G. interspersa .

Studied material: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: Peruíbe, Ecological Station “Juréia-Itatins”, 24° 23.002’ S, 47° 4.839’ W, 17 August 2011, W.A. Gama-Jr., G.S. Hentschke, C.F.S. Malone & C.L. Sant’Anna (SP 427325) .

FIGURES 2B–2C . Gloeothece interspersa . General colony habit and detail of concentrically lamellate sheaths (arrow).

FIGURES 2D–2G . Gloeothece rhodochlamys . 2D. General colony habit with granular orange red sheaths. 2E. General colony habit with colorless sheaths. 2F. Resistant spores. 2G. Detail showing a cell with concentrically lamellate sheaths.

FIGURE 2H . Gloeothece samoensis .

FIGURES 2I–2J . Gloeothece tepidariorum . General colony habit and detail of concentrically lamellate sheaths (arrow).

FIGURES 2K . Lemmermaniella terrestris .

Figures

FIGURES 2A. Gloeothece fuscolutea. General colony habit, with yellowish sheaths and a colony showing cells with an individual envelope (arrow).