Endophyton

Endophyton is a genus of filamentous green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae. As its name suggests, is an endophyte of marine red and brown algae macroalgae.^[1]

Endophyton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chaetophorales
Family:	Chaetophoraceae
Genus:	Endophyton N.L. Gardner, 1909

Endophyton consists of uniseriate filaments that penetrate the medulla of the host alga. The filaments in the host's medulla are relatively thin, long and pale; the filaments in the host's cortex are broader, shorter and green. Filaments produce irregular branches towards the surface of the host. Cells contain a parietal, perforated chloroplast with one to few pyrenoids.^[1]

Endophyton reproduces both asexually (with quadriflagellate zoospores), or sexually (with biflagellate gametes; gametes are anisogamous).^[1]

Species

The species currently recognised are:E. laurenciae and E. atroviridis.