Botrydium granulatum
This yellow-green alga forms clusters of minute pinhead-sized bright-green spheres attached to soil or mud by branching root-like filaments. The whole plant is a single cell.
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often on exposed marginal mud of ponds, lakes, etc.
sue
Swithland Reservoir
29 September 2025
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- fungoid
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 29/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 29/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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