| Diagnosis |
The gelatinous thallus is about 3.5 cm high, irregularly branched with numerous short, blunttapering branchlets. The colour is pale pinkish in situ. The thallus is multiaxial, composed of a filamentous medulla and cortex embedded in a gelatinous matrix. The cortical filaments are dichotomously branched, with rectilinear cells, 4-5 μm wide by 8-13 μm long. Gland cells are absent. Carpogonial branches are 3-celled. Auxiliary cells are placed intercalary in cortical filaments and uteriform in shape with a prominent apical bulge. Nutritive cells, grouped per 3-6 in chains 1-3 cells long, are present on the cortical cells immediately below and on the 2 cells distal to the auxiliary cell. The gonimoblast arises apically from the auxiliary cell and not laterally in conjunction with the connecting filament. Male gametophytes were not observed (Ref. 82093). |
