The thallus is not gelatinous but is diffuse and pale grey-green in colour. The trichomes are without a sheath and are straight or curved, often closely entangled and rarely coiled. The dull blue- green trichomes are markedly constricted at the cross-wall and 4-5U broad.
The vegetative cells are fairly uniform in appearance being most commonly barrel-shaped and distinctly longer that they are broad
Reference:
Archibald, CGM.1967. New and Interesting Cyanophytes from the Kowie river system in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa) II. Nova Hedwigia, Vol. 13(3-4), pp 388-398
Archibald, C. (1967). New and Interesting Cyanophytes from the Kowie river system in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa) II. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4859
Archibald, CGM "New and Interesting Cyanophytes from the Kowie river system in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa) II." (1967) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4859
Archibald C. New and Interesting Cyanophytes from the Kowie river system in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa) II. 1967; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4859.