Pseudochlorella J.W.G.Lund, 1955

Holotype species: Pseudochlorella pyrenoidosa (Zeitler) J.W.G.Lund

Original publication and holotype designation: Lund, J.W.G. (1955). Pseudochlorella nom. nov. Österreich Botanische Zeitung 102: 36-37.

Description: Solitary cells forming irregular palmelloid aggregates. Cells round to ellipsoid or slightly irregular, mostly 5-12 µm long. Cell walls thin and smooth, with cellulose and pectin. Cells uninucleate; chloroplast massive and central, filling most of cell; pyrenoid single and central, with starch sheath. Asexual reproduction by division of protoplasts and by autospores; (2-) 8-18 spores per cells; released by rupture of parental wall. Autospores ellipsoid, 5-4.5 x 1.4-4 µm. Flagellated stages and sexual reproduction unknown. Pseudochlorella associated with lichens; reported from Austria. This alga requires further study and the taxonomic affinities are unclear. Genus traditionally assigned to Chlorellaceae. The central chloroplast and cell aggregates resemble Trebouxia. Solitary cells forming irregular palmelloid aggregates. Cells round to ellipsoid or slightly irregular, mostly 5-12 µm long. Cell walls thin and smooth, with cellulose and pectin. Cells uninucleate; chloroplast massive and central, filling most of cell; pyrenoid single and central, with starch sheath. Asexual reproduction by division of protoplasts and by autospores; (2-) 8-18 spores per cells; released by rupture of parental wall. Autospores ellipsoid, 5-4.5 x 1.4-4 µm. Flagellated stages and sexual reproduction unknown. Pseudochlorella associated with lichens; reported from Austria. This alga requires further study and the taxonomic affinities are unclear. Genus traditionally assigned to Chlorellaceae. The central chloroplast and cell aggregates resemble Trebouxia.

Information contributed by: T. Kalina & D. Garbary. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-04-22 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Tsarenko, P.M. (2011). Trebouxiophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 61-108. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G..

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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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