Lobosphaera
Genus of algae
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Lobosphaera is a genus of green algae in the family Trebouxiaceae.[2] It was originally described from soils in Austria,[1] but has since been found in freshwater habitats and as a symbiont within lichens.[3]
| Lobosphaera | |
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| Lobosphaera incisa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Trebouxiales |
| Family: | Trebouxiaceae |
| Genus: | Lobosphaera Reisigl |
| Type species | |
| Lobosphaera tirolensis Reisigl[1] | |
| Species[1] | |
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Lobosphaera consists of solitary, spherical cells around 15 μm in diameter, surrounded by a thin cell wall. Cells contain a single chloroplast that is parietal with marginal indentations. Chloroplasts lack pyrenoids but have starch grains. Reproduction is asexual and occurs by the formation of 4-32 autospores; these are released by the rupture of the parental cell wall.[1] Species in the genus Lobosphaera have also been placed in Myrmecia.[4]
