| Lobosphaera | |
|---|---|
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| Lobosphaera incisa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Trebouxiales |
| Family: | Trebouxiaceae |
| Genus: | Lobosphaera Reisigl |
| Type species | |
| Lobosphaera tirolensis Reisigl [1] | |
| Species [1] | |
Lobosphaera is a genus of green algae in the family Trebouxiaceae. [2] It was originally described from soils in Austria, [1] but has since been found in freshwater habitats and as a symbiont within lichens. [3]
Lobosphaera consists of solitary, spherical cells around 15 μm in diameter, surrounded by a thin cell wall. Cells contain a single chloroplast that is parietal with marginal indentations. Chloroplasts lack pyrenoids but have starch grains. Reproduction is asexual and occurs by the formation of 4-32 autospores; these are released by the rupture of the parental cell wall. [1] Species in the genus Lobosphaera have also been placed in Myrmecia . [4]
