Family I. Chroococcaceae, part 1

Most of the species of Chroococcaceae are capable of developing in various ways: as microscopic or macroscopic globular aquatic plants with homogeneous or lamellose matrices; as aquatic, subaerial, or aetial strata or cushions; or as free single cells where the sheath material has completely hydrolyzed. The cells, their methods of division and regeneration, and the arrangement of the cells in the plant are the chief means of distinguishing genera and species. Division of a cell into two equal daughter-cells is characteristic of the family