Rindifilum ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new freshwater genus within the Ulvales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) Author Malavasi, Veronica Charles University, Faculty of Science, Benátská 433 / 2, 128 00, Prague (Czech Republic) veronica. malavasi 80 @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Klimešová, Michala Charles University, Faculty of Science, Benátská 433 / 2, 128 00, Prague (Czech Republic) veronica. malavasi 80 @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Lukešová, Alena Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Soil Biology, Na Sádkách 702 / 7, 370 05, České Budějovice (Czech Republic) Author Škaloud, Pavel Charles University, Faculty of Science, Benátská 433 / 2, 128 00, Prague (Czech Republic) text Cryptogamie, Bryologie 2022 2022-06-23 20 8 125 133 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2022v43a8 journal article 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2022v43a8 1776-0992 7819518 Rindifilum ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov. Rindifilum ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov. with the features of the genus. Thalli up to 0.5 mm consist of prostrate and erected/upright filaments. The vegetative cells of prostrate system are composed by rounded/spherical, pear-shaped or ovoid cells, up to 13.5 µm wide and 13.2 µm long. The pyriform cells of the prostrate system first develop into characteristic “hammer-shaped cells”, up to 77.6 µm long and 33 µm wide. Later on, filaments up to 147 µm long and 4 µm wide are produced. The chloroplast is parietal, usually filling the cell, with a spherical pyrenoid. HOLOTYPE . — Strain SAG 2052 permanently cryopreserved in a metabolically inactive state (cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen) in the Culture Collection of Algae of the Charles University in Prague (CAUP) as the item CAUP J 1701. Living cultures of the alga are maintained at the SAG, University of Göttingen, Germany, with the strain code SAG 2052 (ex-type culture). Illustrations of the holotype are provided in Figure 3. FIG. 2. — Light microscopic morphology of Rindifilum ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov. A -Q , SAG 2052; R , S , SAG 2039. Scale bars: 5 μm. TYPE LOCALITY. — Switzerland . Davos Valley, bank of brook Drusatschabächel, 1570 m a.s.l., 46°49’18”N , 9°51’36”E ( 1000 m ). HABITAT. — Photobiont from lichen Verrucaria margacea (Wahlenb.) Wahlenb. ETYMOLOGY. — L. neut. adj. ramosum , branching, referring to the morphology of the cells.