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Gloeotrichia

Gloeotrichia colonies look like koosh balls.

Genus: Gloeotrichia

Cyanobacteria (blue green algae)

Gloeotrichia colonies look like koosh balls. Gloeotrichia colonies have straight trichomes with tapered end radiating outwards. The basal end of the trichomes have an akinete and a heterocyst. Gloeotrichia is uncommon in Lake Erie.