Kingdom: Bacteria     Phyllum: Cyanobacteria     Stigonema sp. Cyanobacteria A crusty or woolly thallus comprised of coiled, branched filaments with roundly irregular or barrel-shaped cells. See microscope photographs below.

ID: Brian Coppins Photographs: December 2009 On moss and stone Ballingeary Co. Cork, SW Ireland.

Microscope photographs




Immediately above: Stigonema x 400