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Description:

Botrydium (bot-rid-ee-um), xanthophyte - a group of walled stramenopiles. Botrydium is usually assigned to the Vaucheriales, which are can adopt a coenocytic (multinucleate) body form - as is illustrated here. Normally grows on mud, often with aerial and subsurface elements. This image shows a number of the forms adopted by the vegetative cells. Differential interference contrast optics.