Endospora mellea N.L.Gardner
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Authority
Gardner, Nathaniel L. 1927. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 1-144. pl. 1-23.
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Family
Xenococcaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Colonies variable in size, more or less cuboidal with rounded corners, containing 4-16 cells, rarely more; yellowish or honeycolored, closely crowded together; resting spores with thin yellowish walls, 6.5-8 µ diam., decidedly angular.
Distribution and Ecology - Growing on rock about ten kilometers- north of Utuado, -no. 1533 a, type; on rocks in Jayuya, no 1770 d; on limestone at Guanica, no. 1840 a.