Mougeotia C.A. Agardh

Hilgert-Moreira, Suzane Both & Lorscheitter, Maria Luisa, 2025, Identification of palynomorphs sampled from a sedimentary profile of the last 5000 years in Lagoa dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil., Acta Botanica Brasilica (e 20240187) 39, pp. 1-15 : 7

12. Mougeotia C.A. Agardh

(Fig. 4A–D)

Cylindrical zygospore with two wide apertures, often deformed by variable folds. Hyaline and laevigate thin wall. Diameter of apertures ca. 50–55 µm (x 52 µm). Ecological data: Mougeotia is found in water reservoirs and moist soils ( Dias, 1983; Hooghiemstra, 1984; Joly, 2002) and common in acidic, stagnant freshwater environments ( Franceschini et al., 2010).Ideal growth temperature appears to be 10 °C–15 °C ( Van Geel & Van der Hammen, 1978).