Pseudochaete
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| Pseudochaete | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chaetophorales |
| Family: | Chaetophoraceae |
| Genus: | Pseudochaete W. West & G.S. West, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudochaete crassisetum | |
| Species[1] | |
Pseudochaete is a genus of green algae, in the family Chaetophoraceae.[1] However, this genus is not recognized by all authorities, sometimes being considered part of genus Stigeoclonium.[2]
The name Pseudochaete, published by T. Wagner & M. Fischer in 2002, is also used for a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hymenochaetaceae and formerly part of genus Hymenochaete described by Léveillé.[3][4] According to Index Fungorum, the fungus name is illegitimate (and the algal genus has priority) but its use is widespread.[5]
Pseudochaete consists of heterotrichous, uniseriate filaments. The basal part of the thallus is prostrate, from which erect filaments emerge. Prostrate filaments are short, branched, with cells containing a nucleus and a parietal chloroplast with a pyrenoid. Erect filaments are hair-like, five to eight cells long, with cylindrical cells and chloroplast lacking pyrenoids.[1]
