Talk:Leptothoe

Etymology and description

Etymology: The genus name Leptothoe is made up of the Greek words λεπτός (leptos)—thin and Θόη (Thoe) one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of Nereus, sea nymphs of Greek mythology particularly associated with the Aegean Sea.

Description: Filaments densely and irregularly entangled, forming compact colony (thallus), attached to the substrate, pinkish to reddish or brownish-red; unbranched, straight to curved, not attenuated toward the ends. Sheaths colorless, firm, thin, and slightly to rarely distinct. Trichomes 0.8–2.9 μm wide, immotile, slightly constricted to strongly constricted at the cross walls. Cells isodiametric, longer or shorter than wide with peripheral thylakoids; apical cells rounded or conical rounded.

[Moved from taxon page to discussion) Thiotrix (talk) 15:12, 21 July 2024 (UTC)