Genus: Filament with branching, attached on a substrate; dioecious; cell body cylindrical;
apical cell with a elongated spiny projections
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Bulbochaete sp. (B. nordstedtii Wittrock or B. crassiuscula Nordstedt or
B. insignis Pringsheim or B. brebissonii Kützing or?),
cell body 40 μm long, 10-18 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Tane-ike (pond), Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 12, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640