. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 1. Cap siphons. 2 & 3. Lateral appendages of stipe. 4. Habit of plant. PeniciUus lamourouxii Decaisne 1842:97. Thallus shaggy, bristly, heavily calcified, shaving brush-like; to 10 cm tall; faded, light green; cap spherical to oval, 2-5 cm diam., as long as broad; cap siphons sparsely scattered, dichotomously branched; stalk unbranched, 5-8 mm diam., 3-4 cm long, often compressed, surface smoothly corticated; rhizoidal mass bulbous. Cap siphons 300-500 /xm diam., stiff, often sporadically moniliform (const
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 1. Cap siphons. 2 & 3. Lateral appendages of stipe. 4. Habit of plant. PeniciUus lamourouxii Decaisne 1842:97. Thallus shaggy, bristly, heavily calcified, shaving brush-like; to 10 cm tall; faded, light green; cap spherical to oval, 2-5 cm diam., as long as broad; cap siphons sparsely scattered, dichotomously branched; stalk unbranched, 5-8 mm diam., 3-4 cm long, often compressed, surface smoothly corticated; rhizoidal mass bulbous. Cap siphons 300-500 /xm diam., stiff, often sporadically moniliform (constrictions at close intervals), constricted above dichotomies; stipe appendages close set, basal branches wide, swollen, dichotomous, apices short, flat. Fracture zone specimens: Seagrass bed of west fracture, 3 m deep on mangrove peat, , D&M Littler 25140 (US). Wall of east fracture, 4 m deep on mangrove peat, , D&M Littler 25077 (US). Wall of central fracture, 4 m deep on mangrove peat, , D&M Littler 25049 (US). Bottom of central fracture, 7 m deep on mangrove peat, , D&M Littler 25010 (US).. 200 Aim 1- Cap siphons. 2. Lateral appendages of stipe cortex. 3. Habit of plant. PeniciUuspyriformis A. Gepp & Gepp 1905:1, pi. 468, fig. 1. Thallus flat topped, heavily calcified, compact, brush-like; to 12 cm tall; gray-green; cap cone shaped, apex flat, sides tapering into stalk; cap siphons stiff, matted or entangled, dichotomously branched; stipe cylindrical or slightly flattened, 5-7 mm diam., 3-10 cm long, rarely branched; rhizoidal mass bulbous. Cap siphons 150-250 ^im diam., 2-3 cm long, constricted above dichotomies; stipe appendages 2-4 times dichotomous, loosely branched, apices tapering, bluntly pointed. Fracture zone specimen: Bottom of west fracture, 7 m deep on mangrove peat, 1993, D&M Littler 25190 (US).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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