Talk:Charales

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Does the encrusting of the algae by CaCO3 have any (potential) economic value? Are any other minerals (eg Mg,Sr,Zn,Mn,Fe++) ever sequestered along with the Ca? Does the lime provide protection? Does "acid rain" dissolve the lime? Are there organo-Ca chemicals or polymers created? The picture shows a verdant place; do these algae also grow in high osmotic or electrolyte areas such as alkali ponds? What controls the elaborated structure of the lime aggregates, and what variants are known, in vivo and in vitro? Are they edible? Just curious.... regford 18:19, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

The family Characeae (order Charales) has 6 modern genera but not 4!!! Dmitry Kapustin 19:27, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I have found (in the books):- Chara, Lamprothamnium, Nitella, Nitellosis, Tolypella. There may be another genus somewhere! I'll have to have another look. Any ideas?Osborne 16:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

And the sixth one is Lychnothamnus. Look: Krause W. Charales(Charophyceae) //Süβwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Band 18, 1997. Dmitry Kapustin 15:07, 18 February 2007 (UTC)