Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegovic

Acta Botanica Instituti Botanici Universitatis Zabrabensis 10: 80 (Ercegovic 1925). Komárek & Anagn., Cyanoprokaryota Part 1: Chroococcales 19 (1): 256, f. 336 (Komárek & Anagnostidis 1998).

DESCRIPTION. — Colony irregular, composed of groups of small sub-colonies; mucilage envelop colourless, yellow or yellow brown, not or slightly lamellate; cells more or less spherical, pale blue-green (Fig. 8B).

DIMENSION. — Cells 1.8-3.5 µm in diameter.

ENVIRONMENT & HABITAT. — Marine and terrestrial species, wet rocks; temperature 1°C.