Deasonia

Deasonia is a genus of green algae, in the family Actinochloridaceae.^[1] It is found in soils.^[2]

Deasonia
Deasonia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlamydomonadales
Family:	Actinochloridaceae
Genus:	Deasonia H. Ettl & J. Komárek, 1982[1]
Type species
Deasonia prolifera (T.R.Deason) H.Ettl & J.Komárek[1]
Species[1]
D. bispora D. irregularis D. multinucleata D. prolifera D. punctata D. saccata

Deasonia is a single-celled organism. Young cells are ellipsoidal or ovoid, while mature cells are consistently spherical with a smooth, thickened cell wall. In young cells, the chloroplast is cup-shaped and parietal, with an off-center pyrenoid; in mature cells, the chloroplast may have bifurcations and indentations and eventually forms an irregular network, with the pyrenoid in the center. Mature cells are multinucleate.^[2]