Nostoc pruniforme

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Mare's eggs

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Division: Cyanobacteria
Class: see proposal
Order: Nostocales
Family: Nostocaceae
Genus: Nostoc
Species: N. pruniforme
Binomial name
Nostoc pruniforme

Mare's eggs (nostoc pruniforme) are a species of cyanobacterium. It grows underwater in colonies which take the form of dark greenish-gray, gelatinous spheres. This organism is a cyanobacterium.