Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Pseudotrebouxia sp.

The genus Pseudotrebouxia was split from Trebouxia, and the validity of the split is in question. We include this species since Brodo et al. list it as the photobiont for Lasallia papulosa. Both genera are single celled green algae.

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Pseudotrebouxia species, algal cells just below the cortex of the Lasallia papulosa, photo Russ Kleinman, Jason Roback & Karen Blisard, Gila National Forest, South Fork of Negrito Creek near Gwynn tank, October 17, 2020


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