
Specimen with wrinkled membrane, about 60 µm long – small pond south of Kootwijk, the Netherlands
These photomicrographs were made from specimens in a sample from a small oligotrophic pond south of the settlement of Kootwijk, the Netherlands. It is probably L. granulatus.

The same specimen as above, but now showing its dorsal folds.

The same cell.


Specimen showing pseudostome and filopodia.


Optical cross-section

Lecythium granulatus 71 µm

Lecythium granulatus 103 µm