Dilabifilum
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Dilabifilum is a genus of thalloid alga comprising approximately 4 species. The thalli take a crustose form. Choreonema reproduces by means of conceptacle
s; it produces tetraspores and dispores and carpospores. It is a source of agar.
Conceptacle
Conceptacles are specialised cavities of marine and freshwater algae that contain the reproductive organs. They are situated in the receptacle and open by a small ostiole. Conceptacles are present in Corallinaceae, and Hildenbrandiales, as well as the brown Fucales. In the Fucales there is no...
s; it produces tetraspores and dispores and carpospores. It is a source of agar.