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The growth, reproduction and ultrastructure of a new freshwater phaeophyte, Sphacelaria lacustris sp. nov., are described. The plant occurs as a minute calcified thallus at 5–15 m depth along the western shoreline of Lake Michigan. Both freshly collected and laboratory grown plants show apical growth of erect and basal filaments, intermittent longitudinal divisions in filament segments, vegetative reproduction by propagules, numerous parietal chloroplasts and an absence of pyrenoids, characteristics of Sphacelaria. This material is separated from the only other freshwater species in the genus (S. fluviatilis Jao) at least by differences in longitudinal septation, in branching, in its propagules and in general aspect. Between this plant and marine brown algae there are essential similarities of ultrastructure of cell wall and pores, chloroplasts, mitochondria, nucleus and the production/excretion of physodes.
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