Asterocapsa aerophytica Lederer (2000: 24)

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 : 69

Asterocapsa aerophytica Lederer (2000: 24) ( Figs. 4B–4D ).

Round to elongated colonies, rarely irregular, 13.9–154.1 µm diam., isolated or in groups. Sheath firm, hyaline to reddish brown, conspicuous, rarely lamellate, granulated. Cells spherical to ellipsoid, 4.3–5.4 µm diam. Spores dark reddish brown, solitary or in groups after releasing, 5.6–6.3 µm diam. Cell content granulated, green to blue-green.

Habitat: —Dry wood.

Notes: —This species was found within a black mass growing on wood and epiphytic on Scytonema filaments, similar to the original habitat described by Lederer (2000).

Studied material: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: Peruíbe, Ecological Station “Juréia-Itatins”, 24° 26.392’ S, 47° 4.536’ W, 15 August 2011, W.A. Gama-Jr., G.S. Hentschke, C.F.S. Malone & C.L. Sant’Anna (SP 427304) .

Figures

FIGURES 4A. Coelosphaeriopsis sp. General aspect of a colony and detail of cells in individual envelopes (arrow).