Podohedriella F.Hindák, 1988

Holotype species: Podohedriella falcata (Duringer) Hindák

Currently accepted name for the type species: Podohedra falcata Düringer

Original publication and holotype designation: Hindák, F. (1988). Studies on the chlorococcal algae (Chlorophyceae). IV. Biologické Práce 34(1/2): 1-264.

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Description: Thalli unicellular or joined in 2-4-8 celled colonies. Cells attached at one end to substratum or secondarily planktonic. Cells17-50 x 1.5-4 µm, fusiform, lunate, curved or sigmoidal with basal end elongated and both ends pointed. Cell walls smoth, without mucilage envelopes. Cells uninucleate; chloroplast single and parietal; pyrenoid absent. Asexual reproduction by autospores, 2-4 per sporangium; spores formed in parallel and released by longitudinal rupture of parental wall. Flagellated cells and sexual reproduction unknown. Podohedriella subaerially on damp wood or in forest pools; known only from Europe. Genus similar to Podohedra but distinguished based on absence of pyrenoids.

Information kindly contributed by D. Garbary & F. Hindák but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of .

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Fuciková, K., Lewis, P.O. & Lewis, L.A. (2014). Putting incertae sedis taxa in their place: a proposal for ten new families and three new genera in Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 50(1): 14-25.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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