Phycopeltis epiphyton Millardet 1870

Current name: Phycopeltis epiphyton Millardet
Monte Tropical Gardens, Madeira; with marginal zoosporangia - 02 August 2011. M.D. Guiry

Publication Details
Phycopeltis epiphyton Millardet 1870: 42, 48, figs 29-35

Published in: Millardet, M.A. (1870). De la germination des zygospores dans les genres Closterium et Staurastrum et sur un genre nouveau d'algues chlorosporées. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Strasbourg 6: 37-51, 1 pl.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Phycopeltis.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Freiburg im Breisgau, southern Germany (‘Friburgi Brisgavorum in sylvis humidis detecta nec infrequens’); Notes: A type was not designated. Millardet ‘s (1870) fig. 29 is suggested as a lectotype (Rindi, April, 2002).

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 October 2022

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Distributional note
According to Rindi et al. (2004), a taxonomic reassessment is desirable for extraeuropean records of this species. Although records of this species are available for the British Isles, this species probably does not occur in Britain and Ireland (Rindi et al., 2004; Rindi 2011: 571; Skaloud et al. 2018: 222). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Forming small spots on needles of conifers (Abies) and leaves of angiosperms and mosses (e.g., Hedera, Rubus, Leskea) in shaded habitats. - (20 March 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025