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Cyanophyceae: Nostocales: Rivulariaceae

 Homoeothrix sp.

Family: Trichome (filamentous structure) tapered from base to tail
Genus: Genus: Heterocysts absent; one trichome within a sheath; coenobium absent (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Homoeothrix sp. ?, x 640, rice field, Tennoh, Tessei-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan, November 22, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Homoeothrix Homoeothrix

Homoeothrix: Heterocysts absent (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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