Chroococcus varius A. Braun

Jr, Watson Arantes Gama, Iv, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse & Sant’Anna, Célia Leite, 2014, How diverse are coccoid cyanobacteria? A case study of terrestrial habitats from the Atlantic Rainforest (São Paulo, Brazil), Phytotaxa 178 (2), pp. 61-97 : 70

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.178.2.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5151295
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scientific name	Chroococcus varius A. Braun
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Chroococcus varius A. Braun View in CoL in Rabenhorst (1876: 2451) ( Fig. 5C View FIGURES 5 ).

Round, elliptical to irregular colonies, 8.8–12.2 µm diam., 2–4–8–16 celled. Sheath firm, hyaline to brown, conspicuous, non-lamellate, smooth. Cells spherical to hemispherical, 3.2–4.6(5.1) µm diam. Cell content homogeneous to slightly granulated, blue-green to yellowish.

Habitat: —Wet rocks.

Studied material: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: Peruíbe, Ecological Station “Juréia-Itatins”, 24° 24.146’ S, 47° 3.648’ W, 15 August 2011, W.A. Gama-Jr., G.S. Hentschke, C.F.S. Malone & C.L. Sant’Anna (SP 427310) GoogleMaps .