vulcanochloris's Identifications

Fruticose lichen collected from Camp Overlook, Keezletown, VA

Known symbiont

Photosymbiont of Cladonia foliacea, compare https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282589/

Asterochloris algea is the primary photobiont algea for Cladonia sp lichens. I found this algea in a Cladonia, therefore it is probably Asterochloris sp.

Here it is at x2000 magnification.

Periphyton from an intermediate swamp; pH = 6.5.

Plankton tow, Paul's Pond, zone 3

Collected from B.B. Clark Beach on Lake Monona, 7/9/2024. Along the edge of the water during a slight algal bloom.