Algal ID

This section contains images of algae for general identification purposes. The photos in the algal ID photo gallery are of cyanobacteria.

The images in our gallery can be viewed by page (in alphabetical order, 16-20 images per page), or by individual image from the lists below. Please note: These images are intended for general identification purposes only and are not intended to be used as specific identification for recommendations of treatment or other control methods.

Images by Page (16 - 20 per page)

Anabaena circinalis Anabaena crassa (mature akinetes) Anabaena crassa Anabaena flos-aquae Anabaena fusca Anabaena lemmermannii (akinetes) Anabaena lemmermannii Anabaena macrospora Anabaena mendotae Anabaena planctonica Anabaena smithii Anabaenopsis circularis Aphanizomenon cf. klebahnii Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Aphanizomenon gracile Aphanizomenon ovalisporum Aphanocapsa incerta Aphanothece stagnina Arthrospira maxima Borzia sp. Calothrix sp. (Epi-fluorescence) Chamaesiphon sp. Chroococcus turgidus Coelomoron sp. Coelosphaerium sp. Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi Cyanocatena. sp Cyanocystis sp. Cyanodictyon sp. Cyanogranis ferruginea

Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (spiral morph) Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (straight morph) Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (straight Raphidiopsis morph) Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (undulate morph) Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (undulate Raphidiopsis morph) Cylindrospermum licheniforme Eucapsis parallelepipedon Geitlerinema splendidum Glaucospira sp. Gloeocapsa sp. Gloeotrichia natans Gomphosphaeria semen-vitis Hapalosiphon sp. Heteroleibleinia sp. (Epi-fluorescence) Homoeothrix sp. (apical end) Homoeothrix(basal end) Hydrococcus sp. Jaaginema sp. Johannesbaptistia sp. Komvophoron constrictum Lemmermanniella sp. Leptolyngbya sp. Limnothrix redekei Lyngbya wollei mat Lyngbya wollei Merismopedia punctata Microchaete sp. Microcoleus lacustris Microcystis aeruginosa

Microcystis botrys Microcystis panniformis Microcystis virdis Microcystis wesenbergii Nodularia spumigena Nostoc commune Nostochopsis lobata Oscillatoria limosa Oscillatoria princeps Phormidium cf. retzii Phormidium favosum Planktolyngbya contorta Planktolyngbya limnetica Planktothrix agardhii Plectonema sp. Pseudanabaena limnetica Radiocystis geminata Rhabdoderma lineare Romeria cf. elegans Scytonema coactile Snowella lacustris Snowella litoralis Spirulina subsalsa Stichosiphon regularis (on Rhizoclonium) Stigonema sp. Synechococcus cf. nidulans Synechocystis aquatilis Tapinothrix sp. Tolypothrix tenuis Trichodesmium sp Woronichinia naegeliana