Order Charales
Family Characeae
Chara
This genus lives in fresh water the plant body possesses very distinct features: 1) whorled branches, 2) rhizoids, 3) organized into nodes and internodes.
Habit of a plant portion. Plants are either monoecious or dioecious. Chara is coarsely covered with lime and most species have a disagreeable skunk or onion oder caused by sulphurated compounds.
Photomicrograph 4x of a single branch with an ellipsoid oogonium below and an antheridial cluster above.
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