star jellies
Nostoc
Nostoc is a genus of cyanobacteria found in various environments that forms colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Star Jelly
speciesNostoc commune
Mare's Eggs
speciesNostoc pruniforme
Nostoc parmelioides
speciesNostoc parmelioides
Nostoc kihlmanii
speciesNostoc kihlmanii
Nostoc verrucosum
speciesNostoc verrucosum
Nostoc sphaericum
speciesNostoc sphaericum
Fat Choy
speciesNostoc flagelliforme
Nostoc linckia
speciesNostoc linckia
Nostoc zetterstedtii
speciesNostoc zetterstedtii
Nostoc microscopicum
speciesNostoc microscopicum
Nostoc caeruleum
speciesNostoc caeruleum
Nostoc paludosum
speciesNostoc paludosum
Nostoc muscorum
speciesNostoc muscorum
Nostoc punctiforme
speciesNostoc punctiforme
Nostoc minutum
speciesNostoc minutum
Nostoc planctonicum
speciesNostoc planctonicum
Nostoc ellipsosporum
speciesNostoc ellipsosporum
Nostoc spongiaeforme
speciesNostoc spongiaeforme
Nostoc calcicola
speciesNostoc calcicola
Nostoc piscinale
speciesNostoc piscinale
Nostoc sphaeroides
speciesNostoc sphaeroides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67332.