Sparling, Shirley R. (U. California, Santa Barbara, Goleta.) A report on the culture of some species of Halosaccion, Rhodymenia, and Fauchea. Amer. Jour. Bot. 48(6): 493–499. Illus. 1961.—Cultures of the red algae, Halosaccion glandiforme (Gmelin) Ruprecht, Rhodymenia palmata f. mollis Setchell et Gardner, Fauchea laciniata J. G. Agardh, and F. fryeana Setchell were started from spores and in some instances maintained for about 2½ yr. Culture methods are described and the plants obtained in culture compared to those in nature. Of the plants cultured, only some of F. laciniata became fertile. The use of spores undergoing their first division in germination for observation of mitotic divisions is reported.
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